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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
VI. Miscellaneous Observations on Parish Registers. Addressed to the Honourable Daines Barrington. By John Bowle, F.S.A
Contributor:
Bowle, John
imprint:
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1787
Published in:Archaeologia
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/s0261340900021160
ISSN:
0261-3409;
2051-3186
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:p>You do not want to be informed that the introduction of Parochial Registers was in consequence of the injunctions of Thomas Lord Cromwell. From whence he formed his resolution of bringing them into general use is not apparent; but their utility and advantage to posterity could not escape his sagacity and discernment. As he had lived abroad, and consequently had much intercourse with men of different countries, from these he might have formed his opinions, and at a fit season have carried them into execution. The known period when this was done makes the supposition no ways improbable; it being certain that in <jats:italic>Spain</jats:italic> it had been in use many years before. Very few years have elapsed since the place where, and time when, the famous Cervantes was born, and baptised, were known. Some Antiquaries of late among his countrymen have made it a point to investigate the matter with precision and indisputable certainty, by means of registers of churches still in being.</jats:p>