early Salthouse Christenings

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These transcriptions from the early Salthouse Parish Registers were made by Commander Frank Stagg in the 1930s when they were still in good condition (before they were mistakenly buried in the churchyard to save them from being damaged by bombing during the 1939-45 war). To see pictures of their present state in the Norfolk Record Office, click here
Extracts from the Salthouse Registers in the Sixteenth Century Christenings
	38th year of Henry VIII (1546) Henry Cowp, the son of John Cowp, 6 June Margaret Tucke, the daughter of William Tucke, 20 July Agnes Tucke, the daughter of William Tucke, 27 July Alice Burne, the daughter of William, 9 August Emme Niccollys, the daughter of Godfrey, 20 October Robert Peersonne, the son of Robert, 20 October John, the sonne of William Burne, 26 October Andrew Howesgoe, the son of Rbt, 1 December Margaret, the daughter of John Jamys, 28 March	2nd year of Edward VI (1548) Margaret, the daughter of James Magnus, 26 August George, the son of Robert Stanforth, 2 October Andrew, the son of Godfrey Niccollys, 6 October George, the son of John Jamys, 16 February Alice Peerson, the daughter of Robt Peerson, 16 February
	1st year of Edward VI (1547) Katerine, the daughter of Richard Tucke, 8 May Robert Carman, the son of Robt Carman, the last of May Katerine, the daughter of Robert Stanforth, 1 July Margaret, the daughter of George Parr, 18 July Eele Cotton, the daughter of George Cotton, 28 August Frederica, the daughter of Richard Cotts, 7 September John, the son of Jeffery Ipworth, 22 September John, the son of James Wysse, 28 October Agnes, the daughter of Thomas Tompson, 6 December John, the son of Thomas Gart, 6 January	3rd year of Edward VI (1549) James, the son of Reynolde Andeley, 21 April Richard and George Parr, sons of Robt Parr, 13 May William, the son of Robt Howsgoe the younger, 26 May Johanna, the daughter of John Cowp, 30 May Alice, the daughter of Wm Tucke, 21 June Robert, the son of Andrew Niccollys, 7 July John, the son of Thomas Camplin, 7 August Cecelie, the daughter of Richard Tucke, 21 September Alice, the daughter of Jeffrey Ipworth, 17 October George, the son of William Burne, 16 November Avis, the daughter of James Mangles, 20 January

A note from Frank Stagg in 1930, says that "The above is a copy of the earliest complete page of christenings (there is only a fragment of an earlier page)."

Christenings from 1593 next page

In the Middle Ages documents were dated not by calendar years but by regnal years, starting from the time that the monarch ascended the throne. Thus, a document of the third year of Henry VI, would be shown as such. In later records the Anno Domini year either replaced the regnal year or was given in addition to it. The calendar years have been added here in brackets. Before the introduction of the Gregorian calendar (which we did not accept until 1752), the inaccurate Julian calendar—dating from the time of Julius Caesar—was in force in England. The year began on Lady Day, 25 March, yet Margaret Jamyss, born on 28 March, was listed at the end of the year 1546 (above). The then rector of Salthouse, Stephen Prowet, may have been observing Old Lady Day (6 April) as the beginning of his calendar year.

Even today old customs die hard; one of our present-day dates, the starting of the official financial year on 6th April, is a survival of the Old System.

Extracts from the Salthouse Registers in the Sixteenth Century Christenings

Extracts from the Salthouse Registers in the Sixteenth Century
Christenings