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Phoenix
26-08-23, 10:17
Per the Archdeacons' transcripts, this is perfectly simple:

Henry was buried 12 September 1784 in Cley, aged 28:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/61636/images/48393_b406393-4115464_00751?backlabel=ReturnSearchResults&queryId=6e80b29adb104d332e1a26e78d78b71a&pId=77709

But what does it say in the original register?


https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/156752995/person/172115071566/hints?usePUBJs=true


The comment appears to be contemporary. But I can't read it. Does it relate to Henry, or to the records themselves?



I handled the original register when I extracted the reference more than forty years ago, and I can't believe that I ignored it.


Help, please.
Merry
26-08-23, 11:59
Can you post another link to the original PR as I can't find it via the link above and I can't find it by searching either!
Merry
26-08-23, 12:17
Is this the one?

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/61045/images/4034123_00713?backlabel=ReturnSearchResults&queryId=0294dae7a3f3a1d1e07d25691bc753b5&pId=1186352
Merry
26-08-23, 12:19
I think I'd only be guessing, so will leave that for someone else!!
kiterunner
26-08-23, 12:21
Extr'd John Baker Deliv'd (not figured out the next bit yet)
kiterunner
26-08-23, 12:22
It could be to do with the "new Duty" mentioned on the previous page? Stamp Collector??
Phoenix
26-08-23, 12:25
Lol! Yes, that's the one, Merry.

Looking at it yet again, I think it's possibly unconnected, but I'm baffled as to why the comment should be made in September.
Merry
26-08-23, 12:51
It could be to do with the "new Duty" mentioned on the previous page? Stamp Collector??


I def agree with Stamp collector or collection.
Phoenix
26-08-23, 14:57
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_Duties_Act_1783


Sorry, Kite, I missed your post. Yes, it's the 3d per burial, and it's taken them five years before they start noting any paupers. It just so happened that Henry was the last to be buried in the first year. And I'm sure that when I was looking at the original register, I would have read it for what it was, and consequently ignored it.