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Tag: 17th century

Essex/Transcriptions

Harwich marriages update

Posted on 29 October, 2021 by Helen Barrell

Nearly 1,000 marriages for Harwich added, covering 1560-1665. These transcriptions include people from Essex, Suffolk, Harwich, and even Newcastle!

Essex

Mistley and the Witchfinder

Posted on 30 October, 2015 by Helen Barrell

I knew I would come across the burial of Matthew Hopkins, “witchfinder general”, when I came to transcribe Mistley‘s earliest parish register....

Essex

Was your ancestor married by a witchfinder?

Posted on 29 July, 2015 by Helen Barrell

Well… sort of…. During the Commonwealth, from the time of the 1653 Marriage Act to the Restoration in 1660, marriages weren’t performed by cle...

Essex

Talk: Wivenhoe’s epidemics

Posted on 7 July, 2015 by Helen Barrell

Just a quick note – I’m giving a talk for the Wivenhoe History Group at the William Loveless Hall in Wivenhoe on Wednesday 8th July at 7.30pm. All a...

Essex/Uncategorized

August 1666 – a bad time to be a sailor?

Posted on 3 March, 2015 by Helen Barrell

I’m currently transcribing the earliest register for Ramsey St. Michael in Essex. Although the very early register is lost, entries survive from 1645 onwa...

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