EXTRACTS FROM PARISH REGISTERS. (VOL. II., p. 169.)

Brundall, Norfolk.

The register of this village, from the first entry-Roger Mogges, the sonne of Robert Mogges, was baptized the first day of August, 1563-to that of Robert Stratford, sonne of John Stratford and Barbary his wyffe, was baptized ye xij daie of February, 1598, is kept in the most studied order both in writing and in linear divisions.-H. DAVENEY. On a fly leaf:

The Register boke of Brundall which from ye beginning unto the year of our Lord God 1598, is truly and faithfully taken out of the olde booke, every page thereof subscribed by Ralph Barlowe then Parson, of Brundall, and Robert Weston, Churchwardens, according to an ecclesiastical Constitution in that behalf, made in ye yeare of the reign of our Souv'raigne lady Elizabeth, by the Grace of God Queene of Englond, France, & Ireland, defender of ye faith, &c., the nine and thirty,

1624. Hobart, one youth that dyed uppon the way, was buried the 28 of January.

1646. Anne, the daughter of John Boyton and of Elizabeth his wife, was baptized at Brundale because p'son Sturwood refused at Strumpshaw to Xtian it, the four & twentie day of January.

1688. Jacobus ffranciscus Edwardus, son of James ye second, King of England, etc., And Mary his Royal Consort, was born about 15 minutes before ten O'clock in the forenoon, on ye 10th of June, 1688, as was said, but generally believed to be a sham. 1698. Archer, a keelman of Norwich, drowned in the river against Brundal wood, was buried Sept. 30. Memorandum.

Upon the 7 daye of July, 1697, the Churchwardens & overseer of the poor of the towne of Bradestone, upon complaint that one George Maryson was likely to be chargeable to their town, did obtain warrent from John Houghton & John Jay, Esqrs., two of his Majesty's justices of the peace, for carrying the said George to his parish of Brundal St. Lawrence, to be settled and provided for there,

Whereupon the Churchwardens & other the inhabitants of this parish of Brundal St. Lawrence, did, upon the 14 day of the same month, at the general Quarter Sessions of the peace held for the County, at the Castle of Norwich, make their appeal against the said settlement, moving by their council that it might be made void, the said George having never been an inhabitant of the said parish of Brundal St. Lawrence.

The Council for the town of Bradiston did endeavour to prove that ye said George was legally settled in the Parish of Brundal St. Lawrence, by proving that he was born and had always lived, being now 14 years old, in one of those three houses that stand upon the Lord's waste, on the North side of the road from Brundal to Strumpshaw, at ye mouth of Brank lane near Leckford, which house as well as the other two, they did endeavour to proove did belong to the Parish of Brundal St. Lawrence, although they stand within the bounds of Brundal St. Clements,* wch. is now and hath been beyond memory, united to Bradiston: first by yeilding by their

*For a description of the site of the church of this village, see vol. ii., p. 146, where it is miscalled Bradestone.

Council and granting, that the lands on both sides of the road upon the waste whereof the houses stand, did and ought of right to pay to the Church of Brundal St. Lawrence, and proving particularly, that the lands on the North side, against which the said houses stand (for soe farre at least as those houses extend), doe & ought soe to doe by Mrs. Howes the owner of the said lands. Secondly, by alledging that all lands belonging to the manor of Brundal, altho in the parish of Brundal St. Clements, doe of com❜on usage and grant pay to the Church & poor of the Parish of Brundal St. Lawrence, or ought to doe soe: and thirdly, by saying that the waste whereupon the said houses stand, is the waste of the Lord of the Manor of Brundal, because the land on both sides doe belong to the manor, although they be within the parish of Brundal St. Clements, and are within the limits of the mannor of Bradeston.

This being all that was offered to prove the said George to have been even legally settled in the Parish of Brundal St. Lawrence, the Court would not admit it to be sufficient for that end. And therefore (without examining soe much as one of the witnesses in the behalf of Brundal St. Lawrence), did make the settlement before mentioned, void; and did discharge the said town of Brundal St. Lawrence from the said George, and gave the inhabitants of the said town ten shillings for costs, to be paid by the inhabitants of Bradeston, as will appear by the minutes & records of the said sessions.

This I thought necessary to record in this Register book, for the future advantage of the poor Parish of Brundal, whereof I am Rector : the truth whereof I personally know and doe avow, as God shall help me.

JOHN RUSSEL.

Ellen ffreeman, of Plofield, in ye County of Norfolk, widdow, maketh oath that she, ye said Ellen, hath known the town of Bredeston & Brundel, in this County, for the space of 50 years & upwards, & that she lived ye space of fifty years in the said towne, & that during all the said time, the houses that stand on ye waste on ye North side of the road from Bradeston to Strumpshaw, near Leckford, have been accounted to belong to Bradeston and not to Brundal St. Lawrence, and that the inhabitants of ye said houses have been accounted by the inhabitants of the Parish of Bradeston, as the inhabitants of their Parish, and have been accordingly all ye said time relieved by the officers of ye said town of Bradeston as the poor of ye said town, when they have wanted relief.

The mark X of the same Helen ffreeman. This writing was distinctly read to ye said Helen, and she was sworne to the truth thereof, the twentieth day of July, An. Domi., 1697, at Brundal, aforesaid. Coram,.... Thacker, &c., &c.

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William, the son of Timothy Money, and Mary his wife, was baptized Aug. 19, 1719, by Mr. Scott, a dessenting Minister in Norwich.

Memorandum. James Barker and his wife belong to Bergh Apton, but lived in Ashby, where his said son in September last, received private baptism by the Ministry of Mr. Hacon, rector of Yelverton, but he, removing thence at Mich. last, to a house in this town belonging to Bradeston at his request, the full office of Baptism was administered to the said Child.

Duty reed. on the Entry of all Births, Burials, & Marriages, made in this Register book for the Parish of Brundall, from the 1st Oct., 1783, to 1st Oct., 1784, amounting in the whole to the sum of One shilling & threepence, by me, Wm Brisby, Junr.

EAST ANGLIAN FOLK-LOKE. (VOL. п., p. 168.)

Most of the Norfolk weather proverbs given by Mr. Rayson, are equally used in Suffolk. One, however, reads differently, and it will be seen, would have a very different result.

The Norfolk proverb, "a burr round the moon, is a sign of rain," becomes in Suffolk, "near burr, far rain.”

Another with reference to the supposed similarity of certain days. In Suffolk, the saying "such a Friday, such a Sunday" is very common, and together with the above proverb, firmly believed by many above the rank of shepherds and agricultural labourers.

Wakefield.

QUERIES.

T. W. GISSING.

At Visitations, held early in the seventeenth century, in Cambridgeshire, four parishes, and, no doubt, many more, had this direction given them"The deske to be fringed upon greene cloth." Why was green to be the uniform colour of the cloth to be used ?-W.

Whittipole; Cary; Fortescue.-Information is requested, especially if accompanied with dates, concerning Henry Whittipole, of Christ Church, co. Suffolk, who married Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Cary, knight. Also concerning Dudley Fortescue, of Clements in Hawkswell, co. Essex, who married, circa 1600, Martha, daughter of Thomas Turner, of Wratting, co. Suffolk, and widow of the Hon. William Cary, son of Henry, 1st Lord Hunsdon. Monumental inscriptions would be most valuable.-C. J. R.

Norfolk Worthies.—I shall be thankful if you can give, or procure for me any information respecting John Sell Cotman, Sir Richard Ellis, Gillingwater, and Manship the younger; they are all mentioned by the late Dawson Turner, in his List of Norfolk Benefices, as antiquarian or topographical authors connected with Norfolk. What I want is the date of birth and death, parentage, profession, re-idence, and a list of their published works. If they never resided in Norfolk, they will not fall within my plan - E. W.

Cliffords of Suffolk.-Mr. Abbott, of Abbeville, Darlington, will feel very thankful for any information respecting a family of Clifford, of Suffolk. George Clifford acquired the manor of Hatching, in Essex, borders of Suffolk, temp. Henry VIII. Two or three Cliffords appear at Elmsett, Suffolk, at an early period. (See East Anglian.) But I more especially want the parentage of "Hannah Clifford," married at Semer, near Ipswich, in 1684. Any information will be gratefully received. Query any arms known to the Suffolk Cliffords?

any other copy than the contemporary MS., from which I have tra ing, in the hope that it may be acceptable to some of your readers.

Particular orders, Directions, and Remembrance Diocese of Norwich, vpon the Primary visitation of the R God, Matthew, Lord Bishopp of that See, 1636.*

1 That the whole divine service be read (both the Service) on Sundayes and holidayes, and Lecture dayes (i And that the Com'union service (called the Second Ser and distinctly read at the Com'union Table vnto the e Creede, before the Sermon or Homily (yet so as in very the minister may come neerer to reade the Epistle and Go the Sermon or Homily, the prayer for the whole estate of and one or more of the appoynted Collects, at ye Com'u wise, and there to dismisse the Congregation with the Pea

2 That the Prayer before the Sermon or Homily, be ing to the LVth Canon (mutatis mutandis) onely to move t in the wordes there p'scribed, and no otherwise, vnlesse he pose the name of the two Vniuersities, and of a Patron ; be vsed in the Pulpitt after Sermon: but the Sermon to b Glory be to the father, etc.; and so to come downe from th

3 That the Com'union Table in every Church do alw vnder the East wall of the Chauncell, the endes thereof, N vnlesse the Ordinary give particular direction otherwis Rayle be made before it, (according to the Archbishop's 1

* Matthew Wren, translated from Hereford to Norwich, Novem Norwich to Ely, April, 1638.

reaching Crosse from the North wall to the South wall, neere one yarde in height, so thick with pillars that doggs may not gett in.*

4 That the Letany be never omitted on Sundayes, wednesdaies, and fridayes; And that at all tymes the minister be in his Surplice and Hood, whensoeuer he is in publique, to performe any parte of his Preistly function. And that in reading ye Chapters he leave out the Contents, and after the Lessons, do vse no Psalmes or Hymnes, but those that are appoynted in the Com'on Prayer Booke.

5 That the Gloria Patri be sayd after euery Psalme, all standing vp; and that the people do audibly make all aunsweres in the Letany, and all other partes of ye Service as is appoynted in the booke of com'on prayer; And to that end to leade the com'on people therein, that there be a Clerke in every parishe that can reade sufficiently, and have competent allowance from the parishe; and where there is none, that there be one foorwith appoynted and chosen according to the Can'on.

6 That the Quicunq' vult, or Creede of Athanasius, be vsed (on the dayes by the Rubrick appoynted) in stead of ye Apostles' Creede; And that Ministers forgett not to reade the Collectes, Epistles, and Gospell, appoynted for the Conversion of St Paull, and for all the Holy weeke before Easter, and for St Barnabyes day, and for Ashwednesday, with the Com'ination also on that day; and Also to vse the Prayers and Suffrages in going the Perambulation, which is yearely to be observed in every parish, vpon the Rogation dayes, vizt: the monday, Tuesday, and wednesday before Ascension, and at no other tyme; At which it is antiently inioyned, that the ministers at some convenient place do (in a word) admonishe the people, to give thancks to god, beholding his benefitts in the fruits of the earth, sayeng the Ciij Psalme, and as tyme and place shall admitt, the Ciiij Psalme, and at any speciall bound marke, repeating this or such holy sentences of Scripture: Cursed be he that remoueth away the marke of his Neighbour's land: And that returning at last to the Church, there they say the divine service.

7 That no man do p'sume to have his hatt on his head in the tyme of Service and Sermon in the Church;† And that due and lowly reverence be visibly done by all persons present, when the blessed name of the Lord Jesus is mentioned, And that euery one of the people do kneele devoutly when the Confession, Absolution, Comaundements, or any Collect, or other Prayer is read, both at the tyme of the Com'on Service of the Church, as also at Christenings, Burialls, marriages, &c.

*Altar rails are of comparatively modern introduction. Dogs must have been a sad nuisance about this period. In the parish accounts of Watton, for 1659, is a memorandum of a man being employed to keep the dogs out of the church. And that the rail being made thick with pillars was no idle precaution, we may gather from a note to page 53 of Mr. Pigot's History of Hadleigh, in which mention is made of a dog running away with the communion bread.

It was the custom in Queen Elizabeth's time, if not later, for men to wear their hats in church during service. See Notes and Queries, 2nd s., vol. v., pp. 168, 247, 525.