Maximilian?

[kiterunner]

This relates to Pudsey Mussendine but I thought I would post a new thread as the original thread about him got into complicated stuff about the Dry family. This should be much more straightforward, I hope!

Pudsey's baptism record - 8 Oct 1817 at St Cross (Holywell), Oxford, says he was the son of Maximilian Muscendine. But various sources, old books etc say his father was William Mussendine, and I can't find any trace of a Maximilian Muscendine or Mussendine anywhere else. Some of the other records for William's children say "Mr William Muscendine" so my question is this - do you think the baptism record could have been written that way in the day book and then misread as Maximilian when it was copied into the parish register?

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[Rick]

Well it sounds plausible to me. It's not as if Maximilian is a common name in England, let alone Oxfordshire. The script in the register is in several hands, so perhaps someone mistook someone else's handwriting ?

[kiterunner]

Thanks, Rick.