B A F ED T . M L GG . S . A I O . R T , YO R KS H IR E M RR IA E E I T E R A G R G S S . West R id in g . V0 L. ’ rmLuMon n s Y o rk shi re M a rri a e R e i s e r g g t s . West R id in g . GENERA L EDI TO R LA GG P A B . O S . S TH M , . V0 L. ’A T R AR T DONC S E , P 1 . ( 1 557- 1 784) E DITE D BY K A T B . B A. E . LUMH RD , LO NDO N I S S U E D TO T H E U B C B BY PH ILLIMO R E C o. LTD. S S RI ERS , , 1 2 ANC Y AN . 4, CH ER L E C O NTE NT S . PAG E PRE FA C E C O LLAT I O N O F VO LU M E S B B V T O NS E TC A RE IA I , . DO NC T S MAY 1 8 A S E A IAG E , 1 , to DE c . , R M RR 4 , 557 7 4 PR E FA C E . T H E Pari sh of Doncaster comp ri ses a l so the h amlet s or dis ricts of B a C arr H o s Elmfi eld H e or e Lan wa e lby , u e , , xth p , gth it , T f Lo e r a as T l se an d W ea e . he C a e r o w w n y , h tl y h p l y v s ll ithi the Soke of Don ca ster an d most of the m arri a ge s of Loversall eo e were e e ra e at the Par s C r of Don as er p pl c l b t d i h hu ch c t , th ough at the time O f the Parliamen tary R eturn of 1 83 1 Lover a had a se a ra e set of Re s ers e n n n in 0 ese s ll p t gi t b gi i g 1 7 3 . Th are said to h ave been maliciou sly burn t about Februa ry 1 — LO VE R S AL G T . B er ss on of the Rev . R. er RE IS ERS y p mi i L B . Oliv , war n an son f Mr. n i ar an d Mr. G eo. son r e r o . so v c , Simp , chu ch d (g d G D Simp , C r war en who a en e the emoran to the af a we are hu ch d , pp d d m dum fid vit) , en abl ed to give a copy of the pa rticulars preserved at Loversal as to the fate of those Regi sters Y F COP O AFFIDAVIT . I Thomas Lee of L ov ersall in the Coun ty of York Labourer Do solemn ly an d sin cerely D eclare That I am upward s of Fifty on e years of a ge That I am and h ave been for ten years p ast the Pa ri sh Cl erk of the Pari sh o f L oversall I rem ember the Ci rcumsta n ces of the Pari sh Church bein g broken into an d the Parish Registers burn t which h appen e d in or abo ut the mon th of Februa ry O n e thousan d eight hun dred an d forty four Th at my Fath er Matth ew Lee was then the Parish Cl erk That the Register B oo ks which were d estroyed were the Registers of M arri ages an d of Baptism s at the said Pari sh Church of Loversall An d I mak e thi s sol emn D eclara tion con sc ien tiously believin g the sam e to b e true and by virtue of the Provision s of An Act made passed in the Sixth year of the reign of H is late M aj esty Kin g William the Fourth i ntituled A n Act to repeal an Act of the present S ession of Parliam e nt in tituled An Act for the m ore effectual aboliti on of Oaths an d Affirmation s taken an d made in various departm ents of the State an d to substitute D eclaration s in lieu th ereof and for the more entire suppression of voluntary an d extrajudicial Oaths an d Affidavits an d to make other p ro vi sion s for the abolition of unnec essary O ath s Taken an d subscribed at Loversall in the County of York thi s twelfth d ay Thomas Le e of January O n e th ousan d eight hun dred and sixty B efore m e Wm Popplewell A Commission er to admin ister Oaths in Chancery in En glan d M em : Th ey were taken out of the Chest burnt on the flagged floor of the Chan cel the ash es part of the Book backs were foun d the d ay followin g by G eorge Race of Balby carpenter who was then n n f r n s e gaged in fittin g up a ew pew o Miss B a k . G o son r warden e : D . Simp Chu ch ae tatis 42 Loversall n) ’ 1 2th 1 860 Ja . The Pari sh of Rossington completes the li st of places with in the S o e e es a s a wa s e Austerfi eld B a on k , but ccl i tic lly it , lik , l xt , an d Aukle in the an en r ea on r of o n a y, ci t A chd c y N tti gh m . It ossesse Re s er n n n in p s gi t s begi i g 1 538 . The Don ca ster Regi sters ha ve literally passed th rough the . fi re a n d een rn e In e r re sen on n are , b bu d . th i p t c diti o they truly a memoria l of the coura ge a n d d ari n g of those who res ue e ro the fi re an d of the e ee n a en e s c d th m f m , xc di g p ti c , kill , a n d e o on of ose who had a an in e r re s ora n d v ti th h d th i t ti o . Any on e wishin g to study the hi story of the O ld er church of ’ “ S t . G or e s a nd the re or of the fi re s o on The e g , c d , h uld c sult ’ H n f r C r D n r or a n d De s r o o S t. Geo e s o as e ist y c i pti g hu ch, c t , by the R ev C an on o n E war a son r n e for the or . J h d d J ck , p i t d Auth 1 8 ro w a n d o er so r e s the o o n r e sum 55, f m hich th u c f ll wi g b i f a r ha s een a s a re eren e to the R e s ers m y b m de , with peci l f c gi t . wa s in n of S un a F b h so n a r e . 2 t 1 8 o e It the ight d y 7 53, ft n a a s ron a re wa s seen to b e ss n ro the mid ight, th t t g gl i ui g f m r n s f th f two easte nmost wi dow o e N orth Ai sle o the Chu rch . It was soon a aren a the C r wa s on fi re a n d the fi re pp t th t hu ch , s r a a a n ra p e d with pp lli g pidity. About two oclock the R oof of the N ave fell in with an aw ra a n d a so forwa r s n o the C r ful c sh, with it l fell , d i t hu ch a r the rea er ar of the es en d s a n a ron y d , g t p t W t , thu dmitti g st g ra f a ir ro fi r E a s ar d ught o which d ve the e tw d . About a qua rter past two the roof of the S outh C hancel fe in ower ar O f the ower en e a e n e an d ll , the l p t T th b c m ig it d, r r the flames streamed upward towa d the belf y door.