
a. |
Aged |
aff. (or afft.) |
Affidavit (see Act of 1678) |
b. |
Bachelor (or born) |
bap. |
Baptized |
bd. |
Bastard |
bur. |
Buried |
chr |
Christened |
ch.w. |
Churchwardens |
clerk. |
Clericus (clerk) |
co. |
County |
d. |
Daughter |
dioc. |
Diocese |
esq. |
Esquire |
f. |
Filius
or filia (son or daughter) |
Gard. |
Gardiani (guardian) |
gent. (or gen.) |
Gentleman |
inf. (or inft.) |
Infant |
lic. |
License |
mar. |
Married |
nup. |
Nupti (married) |
p. (or par.) |
Parish |
P. (or pau.) |
Pauper |
s. |
Son |
sep. |
Sepultus (burial) |
sp. |
Spinster |
str. |
? Stranger |
ux. |
Uxor (wife) |
vid |
Vidus (widowed / unmarried) |
w. |
Wife |
wid |
Widow |
widr |
Widower |
wit (or W.) |
Witnesses |
A capital letter after 'of' or 'p.' denotes the parish
whose particular Register is being printed (thus 'of A' = of Albrighton).
Pauper
The word 'pauper' does not necessarily imply poverty,
but that the duty imposed by Act of Parliament on registering births,
deaths and marriages, was not paid.
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