Baptism dues paid

[Jane Lucas]

Hi Threfall.. no. They did apply for a few short periods late 1600s/early 1700s.. for Registration of an entry.. haven't got the dates in front of me but someone else has already posted them. There were also burial fees for a short while. Now of course you pay wedding fees, but not for baptisms, though I think there is a fee for issuing a certificate of baptism.
Anyway.. none of this would explain why only one baptism entry says 'dues pa'd'... think I will have to accept that whoever was filling in the Register at the time aded something that meant something to him!

[stanmapstone]

Now of course you pay wedding fees, but not for baptisms, though I think there is a fee for issuing a certificate of baptism.

You can see a list of Parochial Fees at http://www.rootschat.com/links/01lbq/ which says the fee for a certificate of baptism is £14.
 It was not until the second half of the twentieth century that legislation provided for fees tables to be established on a national basis.The first legislation that provided for nationally applicable fees was enacted in 1962.

Stan

[ThrelfallYorky]

Thanks. It seems you learn something every day on this site.