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Family History Documents and Artefacts => FH Documents and Artefacts => Topic started by: Newfloridian on Friday 10 November 17 13:45 GMT (UK)
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Currently browsing the handwritten baprism records for Great Easton (Easton Magna), Leicestershire. On a number of entries, there is a large capital V on either side of the detail. On a few other entries there isa single capital P to the left of the detail. I can imagine the "P" could stand for private, but any thoughts what the "V" might be for?
Example:
1796
V Sharman, Mary D of John by Ann
bapd March 13th - born March 8th V
Thanks
Alan
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Looking back through a couple of pages the 'V' seems to have been written by the end/start of a year.
Not sure what it stands for though :-\
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Since posting, I've noticed the same abbreviations applied to certain marriage and burial records. They aren't related to beginning or end of year. Here is a marriage dated December 7th 1806!
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It is also the last marriage that took place in 1806. The page prior to that in the register has a letter 'V' next to the marriage in June 1805 of a John Lambert. Which was the last marriage of the year.
The next marriage occurs in March 1806
:)
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Curates submitted annual returns of baptisms, marriages and burials to the diocese authority (Bishop's Transcripts). The V may have been a mark to remind the curate in charge of that parish which was the last entry in the previous year's list. There was a similar question on here during the past fortnight, I think.
As to end of year, until mid 18th century the ecclesiastical year began at the end of March.
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Curates submitted annual returns of baptisms, marriages and burials to the diocese authority (Bishop's Transcripts).
Sometimes referred to loosely as a Visitation.
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For more information on Bishops' Transcripts see:
Discovering English Ancestors
dea.byu.edu/index.php?page=bishopstranscripts
New to archdeacons' and bishops' transcripts? A guide to archdeacons' and bishops' transcripts held at Kent ...
https://www.kent.gov.uk_data/assets/pdf_file/0017/16244/New-to-archdeacons-and-bishops-transcripts.pdf
The page on Bishops' Transcripts on the National Archives website says that clergy had to submit annual returns within a month of Easter.
Edit. Links don't work but sites can be found by googliing. Discovering English Ancestors looks like a useful guide to many aspects of FH research.
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Visitation sounds a reasonable explanation for the "V"