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Record of the general business of the church courts. These courts deal with the following: presentments, naming individuals who committed offenses such as adultery, fornication, swearing, failure to attend church, heresy, drunkenness and those refusing to have their children christened.<br> | Record of the general business of the church courts. These courts deal with the following: presentments, naming individuals who committed offenses such as adultery, fornication, swearing, failure to attend church, heresy, drunkenness and those refusing to have their children christened.<br> | ||
Contents: Act Books: Day by day actions of the court serves as an index to other records. Ecclesiastical Cause papers: Examination of those giving testimony for the court. Gives names, ages, birthplaces, and other residences, and length of time in the community plus information on problem in question. | Contents: Act Books: Day by day actions of the court serves as an index to other records. Ecclesiastical Cause papers: Examination of those giving testimony for the court. Gives names, ages, birthplaces, and other residences, and length of time in the community plus information on problem in question. | ||
===Bishop’s Transcripts=== | ====Bishop’s Transcripts==== | ||
Each year, beginning in 1598, a copy of the parish register was made and sent to the bishop of the diocese. These copies are called bishop’s transcripts. Bishop’s transcripts were meant to be exact, but entries were sometimes abbreviated and may contain additional or variant information from that found in the parish registers. If the original register has been lost, the transcript may be invaluable as the only source of information. In Wales these transcripts survive from about 1662. Most begin in the eighteenth century and have many years missing. Search both bishop’s transcripts and parish registers, when available, because of the differences that may exist between them. | Each year, beginning in 1598, a copy of the parish register was made and sent to the bishop of the diocese. These copies are called bishop’s transcripts. Bishop’s transcripts were meant to be exact, but entries were sometimes abbreviated and may contain additional or variant information from that found in the parish registers. If the original register has been lost, the transcript may be invaluable as the only source of information. In Wales these transcripts survive from about 1662. Most begin in the eighteenth century and have many years missing. Search both bishop’s transcripts and parish registers, when available, because of the differences that may exist between them. | ||