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CHAP. XIII. Of Christninges, Weddinges, and Burialls, to bee registrated. (Book 13)
IN everie Paroch-Church within the King∣dome, a Parchment Booke shall bee provi∣ded, at the Charge of the Parochin; vvhere-in shall bee written the daye and yeare of everie Christning, Wedding, and Buriall: vvhich shall bee kept, and layde vp in a sure Coffer, to bee provided also by the Parochin, and not taken foorth by the Presbyter, or anie other, except when the Christninges, Weddinges, and Burialls are to bee recorded. And to the effect those bee not neglected, the Presbyter shall everie Lord's Day, after Prayers, or Sermon, take foorth the sayde Booke, and wryte there-in the names of all persons Christned, with the names and Syrnames of their Parentes; The names also of all persons married, and buried in that Parioch in the weeke preceeding; with the day and yeare of everie such Christning, Wedding, and Buriall. And everie yeare once, within one moneth after the first day of Ianuarie, transmit vnto the Bishop of the Diocesse, a true Copie of the names of all persons Christned, married, and buried, the yeare before within his Parochin; with the dayes and moneths of every such Christning, Marriage, & Burial, subscribed with his hand: to the end the same may bee preserved in the Bishops Register.