 | 1882
...big folio volumes. It thereby appeared that, after 300 years of clerical custody, out of about 11,000 parishes, half the registers prior to the year 1600...commenced in 1538, the year of their institution. Canon LXX., under James I., in 1603, an important mark in the history of registers, and stringent in... | |
 | 1882
...aiter 300 years of clerical custody, out of about 11,ooo parishes, half the registers prior to tlie year 1600 had utterly disappeared, and not above 812...commenced in 1538, the year of their institution. Canon LXX., under James L, in 1603, an important mark in the history of registers, and stringent in... | |
 | 1898
...years ago, written by Mr. BL Lewis, he says, ' After 300 years of clerical custody, out of about 11,000 parishes, half the registers, prior to the year 1600,...the registers commenced in the sixteenth century, viz. : — St. Nicholas, Newcastle 1558 Berwick 1572 Morpeth 158* St. John's, Newcastle 1587 Earsdon... | |
 | 1898
...years ago, written by Mr. BL Lewis, he says, ' After 300 years of clerical custody, out of about 11,000 parishes, half the registers, prior to the year 1600,...the registers commenced in the sixteenth century, viz. : — St. Nicholas, Newcastle 1558 Berwick 1572 Morpeth 1581 St. John's, Newcastle 1587 Earsdon... | |
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... parish for ever.' The dissolution of the monasteries in 1536 and 1539 deprived the country of the sole depositories of the accumulated facts of domestic history. In an article in the Antiquary some years ago, written by Mr. BL Lewis, he says, ' After... 