' One hundr e a nd r z d p nte d. Wilts hi r e , i s r Pa r i s h Re g t e s . marriages; EDITED BY P P W: . W HILLIMOR E M A . , . , OHN SA LER J D . V X OL. I I . ”I 1 01100“ ISSU D TO THE SU BSCR I B R S BY PHILLI MORE Co . LTD. E E , , 1 2 HANCER Y LAN . 4, C E 1 9 1 2 . P R E F A C E . This volume contains the Marri age Registers of seven is Fu le ston w as du e f r of par hes , counting gg ith Bemerton ; ou f ur them going back into the sixteenth century . These o are 6 0 t 1 2 0 n 1 S . Bratton , which begins in 5 4 ; B yton; i 5 ; Kington ' 111 1 6 o in 1 ' 8 d Michael , 5 3 3 and Latt n , 5 7 ; lying in wi ely dispersed a of fr oni N - E p rts the county , the orth astern boundary to well ‘ - e a s a n ove r towards the South Western . It inay be observ d t com e l de nce a Eise om e d in eresting th t at y , which is now J to R i i m 1 a nd Latton , the eg ster beg ns 5 7 5 , that in the adjoining of C it i 1 . parish astle Eaton is still older, beginn ng in 5 49 f la Fu le ston i i n O the ter Registers , gg with Bemerton be g ns h 6 - 1 6 0 8 C ollin bou r e 1 6 1 . , g Ducis in 5 4, and Sherrington in 7 7 A sentimental interest attaches to Fuggle ston with Bemerton in n u of c n of co seq ence, the onnectio George Herbert with the latter during that short period the Register Seems to be com " le e v f a r i p t , but speaking generally it is ery aulty ; there e ser ous gaps ; in one place it ha s apparently been deliberate ly mutilated r i s i n n a and the w iting ma y parts lamentably b d and illiterate . In the next volume It 1s proposed to commence the Marriage ’ f E i a s o St. n Register dmund s , Salisbury . This mporta t parish h a practically complete Register for over three hundred and fifty — f 1 st 1 - 6 0 h f f years rom January, 5 5 9 w ich will be ound to be ull f i e f o interest . The Marr age R gisters o Salisbury will the n be complete . ‘ The EditOrs desire to offer their tha h ks to the clergy of the ‘ parishes who have kindl-y given fa cilities for making these E . t . ho . w transcripts ; to the Rev J Gof on , , in addition , tran d of u n F P scribe the Marriage Register B tto ; to the Rev . ” Who the of S . Synge , completed transcript Kington t Michael, w A H . W . D hich was begun by the late Rev Adrian, DJ . 5 to r h W t e . d for of Rev . Symon s the transcript Fuggle ston with f r h f M r . o o Bemerton to J. J Hammond t ose Boyton and M r A H W F nm ore for of n Sherrington to . y that Latton a d B r e l . R . a t ot G . to the Rev . Grosvenor and the Rev F Tanner " who respectively began and finishe d that of Collingbourne Ducis. The Editors will be grateful for similar help from any clergy - v e t i f men whose Registers ha e not y been cop ed , or rom anyone else who will kindly undertake the task with the necessary “ permission of the , clergyman of the parish . It is only by such help that it is possible to carry on the work which probably everyone with any knowledge of these valuable records considers necessary for the preservation o f the information they contain . It is advisable to r' epeat the warning that these transcripts are not to be looked upon as evidence ”in the legal acceptation “ ” of the term 5 where such evidence is desired application must be made to the clergy in whose custody the Registers are . 1 2 ha ncer La ne London 4, C y , , t 1 1 2 O ober . c , 9 (tontents . PAR I SH. YE AR S . PA GE . Bratton Kington St. Michael Fuggle ston with Bemerton Boyton She iri ngton Latton collingbourne Dnbis M xltzbi re iaari zh 382915 121 5 . B a on Ma rri a ge s a t r tt , 1 1 542 to 8 3 7 . O — The e M a r ia e a r e n a i e d i n e e n o u m e of N . o he m TE s r g s , c t n s v v l s , all t e i T he fi r t five i n a g ood st a t o f pre s e r va t on . s a r e of p a rch — m e n a nd con a in e n ri e of Ba i m a nd Bu ia s a s w e l a s t , t t s pt s s r l l Marria g e s ; the l a st tw o a r e of p a p e r a nd cont a i n e ntrie s o f M ia e on arr g s ly . 01u m e I com m e nce i n 1 2 b ut he e is no M a i a e e nte e d V s 54 , t r rr g r 1 u ntil 1 544; it e nds in De ce m b e r 1 68 . Volu m e II com m e nce s in Ja nu a ry a nd contai ns the M a rria g e s u ntil 7 N ove m be r 1 7 1 5 ; it re com m ence s on 1 0 J u ne 1 a nd e nd i n 1 . 7 34, s 739 Volu m e III b e g ins in 1 7 1 6 a nd e nds in Ja nua ry V o e 1 1 0 1 lu m IV 74 747 . Volu m e V 1 7 50 March 1 7 54. o e 1 1 V lum VI 7 54 8 1 2 . o e 1 1 1 V l u m VII 8 3 837 . At the b e g i nm ng of Vol u m e I is a he a ding The nam e s of a ll s u ch which ha ve be e n m ar rie d within the C hu rch of Littl e o e a fo e id m e he fi r of n r D A i n St k r s a s e t s t Ja u a y A . ccord g ’ H Hu n to oa e dr e d o We stbu r . the e w e r e h e e i hin s r s f y , p 57 , r t r t t g ‘ i B i M i l r n B o n t on V z . : l b ou a n a nd S o e f . ra t , r tt t k i s i n B a o e h h h no n i n wh e t e u c w s a ds . A nd a Wi r tt n , r C r t ll d e d 1 i e W t N a n ii 0 6 the 8 d m zl s otes d u er zes vol . i . 2 at 55 , pr nt Q , , p , testat or e xpre ss e s a wis h to b e bu rie d i n the chu rchy ard of hi s “ a r r i f i ll e e e m f i to p s he chu r che o l te Stok i n Bra tton . It s s a r assum e the re fore tha t Bratton Church w a s once calle d Little S o e hou h it doe not a e a n w he n he na m e w a s cha n e d . t k , t g s pp t g The s e tra ns cripts have be e n rha de a nd colla te d w ith the Re g isters e f n i f B on n a r e i e d wi h b th Re v. t d . Go o ca o a a y J E , V r r tt , pr nt t hiS‘ e i p rm ssion . V L M E I O U . The names of a ll such which have been married within the fi r f A . D Church of Little Stoke afore said since the st o January . ’ 1 5 4 2 3 One [sic] White Fran ces WIL S — T .