Burial register for the parish of Garboldisham in Norfolk covering the period 1609-1840

Notes

1. The earliest surviving register begins in 1609.

2. Items in square brackets [ ] are the transcriber's comments/observations; they do not form part of the register.

3. Bishop's and Archdeacon's Transcripts [BT AT] have been checked where these have survived (lists of which appear below), and differences from the registers noted in [ ] in the Notes column. They add important extra information, especially, but by no means only, in helping to fill in the gap in the registers from 1715-1726.

4. Place names are as they occur in the registers, and have not been put into modern form.

5. Variation in the spelling of surnames is common. Some will appear next to each other in the alphabetical version of this transcript, but others will be a long way separated. Baldery will be close to Baldry, for example, but Boldery will be a long way from Baldry as will Adkins from Atkins. Sometimes there's an H after a W, sometimes not: e.g Warby/Wharby. Jermany will be a long way from Germany! A list of at least some of the differences is shown below. Think how Norfolk people speak/would have spoken: e.g. Gowen is no different from Gowing and Doo is no different from Dew/Due.

6. Transcript undertaken by Graham Loveday King MA (Oxon) MA (SFU), Bergh Apton, August 2010.


Surviving Bishops transcripts

1705, 1708-9, 1713, 1715-6, 1718, 1720-4, 1728-30, 1733-4, 1736, 1739, 1744, 1746, 1752, 1759, 1762, 1769, 1776, 1783, 1790, 1792-3, 1800, 1802, 1804-5, 1812-1840

Surviving Archdeacons transcripts

1726/7-27/8, 1731/2-32/3, 1735/6, 1737/8-38/9, second half of 1740/1, 1741/2-43/4, 1747/8, 1749, 1750/1-51/2, 1753/4, 1754/5, 1755-58, 1761, 1763-68, July 1770 – March 1771, 1771, 1772-74, 1775-82, 1784-85, 1786 (water damage), 1787, 1788 (water damage), May 1789-March 1790, 1791, 1794-99, 1801, 1803, 1806-10, April 1811-March 1812


Variant surname spellings

Atkins/Adkins, Ayres/Aires; Barnard/Bernard, Barrett/Burrett, Batley/Battely, Beauty/Booty/?Booy, Bishop/Bushop/Boshop, Boldero/Baldero/Boldery, Bowles/Bowels/Boullse, Brook/Brock, Bruer/Pruer, Buckenham/Bucknam; Cawdwell/Cawdell/Caudwell, Chandler/Candler/Candeler, Clark/Cllark, Clowes/Klowes, Copping/Coppen, Cream/Crame; Doo/Dew/Due, Duffield/Tuffield/Duffell; Elliot/Elleat; Frances/Francis very inconsistent as Christian names male/female; Gooderham/Godram/Goodrham, Gore/Goar, Grey/Gray; Harber/Arbor/Harpur, Harrison/Hareson, Hart/Heart, Heydon/Haidon, Hicks/Hixe/Hycks, Howes/Hause, Hughes/Hews; Jermany/Jarmany/Germany/Jermy/Garminey/Jarminey/Jarmy, Jeffrey/Jaffrey/Geffery/Jaffery; Knights/Knites; Layt/Lait/Late, Linsted/Linstead/Lynsted, Lovel/Level, Lovick/Lovock/Luvock/Lovewick; Mitchel/Michel, Morris/Morice; Nichols/Niccolls, Nuby/Newby; Oakley/Ockley, Osborn/Asborn; Pearl/Perl/Perle, Poynton/Ponton, Pruer/Bruer, Pulfer/Pulpher; Quince/Quinch; Reeve/Reve, Reynolds/Ranoldes/Ranonldes/Renoldis, Robinson/Robbenson/Roberson/Robberson, Rose/Roase, Rudland/Rudlon; Sayer/Sare, Sevil/Seville/Sivil/Civell (see 1804 note), Shering/Sheering/Shearing, Simpson/Sympson, Skipper/Skepper, Stebbings/Stebings, Stocken/Stocking; Tigon/Tegon; Waby/Wayby, Wallingfeild/Warningfeild, Warby/Wareby/Wharby/Worby/Walby, Wilding/Wilden, Woodward/Wodward, Wright/Write/Wryte; Young/Yong