what was his role?

[Trees]

Found in a Parish register:
Memorandum that upon Suny. Dec: 9th 1781 Edward Northey Clerk, M.A., Vicar of Kinlet ... read Common Prayer, &c. In witness whereof

SAMUEL JONES, Ch. War.
WILLIAM GREEN " "
THOMAS LAWLEY.

Can anyone suggest what Thomas Lawley's role was please. I wonder if he was the parish clerk or just a parishioner witness?

Any ideas?
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[Trees]

OK have now found his death
1811 Mar. 31. Thomas Lawley, aged 70, formerly farmer at Butt: br: & Psh. clark; paralytick stroke.

So he was the parish Clerk at the time of his death I have several Parish Clerks who held the office for decades so I think my theory was probably correct
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[Sandymc47]

Hi there,
I was interested in your post and did a search for Kinlet as I did not know
which County it was in.  There is a interesting paragraph about Edward Northey
vicar of Kinlet and also of Cleobury Mortimer.  If you were interested in Kinlet
its worth having a look at it unless thats where you got your information from?
There was a Francis Lawly living in Kinlet in 1657

regards Sandymc

[Trees]

Hi Sandy Mc I am gradually going through the Kinlet data for two of my cousins. We are so lucky there is plenty on the net if only there was the same for other villages i have yet to link FrancisLawley to the tree but I think its only going to be time there were several Church Wardens and parish Clerks in the family and in the Dayhouse family they marry into so plenty to keep the interest going There is also a Lawley Lawley marriage but I can't find the parents of the Dorothy Lawley who married Thomas Lawley in 1841 in Kinlet they are on my cousins' main line
if anyone trips over Dorothy please let me know
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