Rushden Research Group: Bedfordshire Registers

Bedfordshire Parish Registers

Parish Registers
Dr. F. G. Emmison published the surviving Parish Registers for Knotting, Melchbourne & Yelden in 1933 under the auspices of the County Records Committee of the Bedfordshire County Council and the Ven. Archdeacon of Bedford, and with permission from the rectors.

The volume was signed by Dr Emmison, who was then Clerk of Records for Bedforshire, as number 36 of a publication of 75 copies, and is volume VII of the series. Rushden Research purchased a copy of this, at a sale of surplus books at the County Record Office.

To produce the book, Dr Emmison transcribed the parish records and then cross checked them with the Bishop Transcripts (BT’s) and added any extra information. Most of the BT’s survive from 1602 but some years are missing.

The transcript has now been re-typed into Rushden Research format for our website project, but the year has been left as transcribed by Dr Emmison (i.e. not upgraded for Jan-Mar before 1752).

abbreviations and dates

Knotting
Events	Index
Baptisms 1592-1700	blank - Dyeke
Baptisms 1701-1812	Earle - Hypwell
Marriages 1603-1812	Innings - Ould
Burials 1603-1700	Pack - Symonds
Burials 1701-1812	Taylor - Yarwell

Melchbourne Several pencil notes are added to the register
Events	Index
Baptisms 1602-1645	blank - Blott
Baptisms 1646-1699	Borne - Cavendish
Baptisms 1700-1769	Chandler - Durden
Baptisms 1770-1811	Eades - Glover
Marriages 1602-1812	Gobby - Hypwell
Burials 1602-1669	Ibbatt - Lynn
Burials 1670-1729	Maccaernesse - Quyck
Burials 1730-1812	Rainer - Street
	Sudaril - Younge

Click here for Yelden Parish Registers

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