Clergyman ....or not?

[Beeonthebay]

Hello I have also posted this on a Dublin thread on here but I thought I'd post it here too for confirmation as there seem to be many handwriting experts on this thread.  Apologies if this is not allowed but I want to be doubly sure before I spend any more hours looking for clergymen in Ireland or England.

Is the groom's father Samuel Browna clergyman or am I reading that ever so wrongly?

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=730531.msg5756523#msg5756523

[Aquilegia18]

Definitely clergyman.

[fanny-gas-light]

Yes I agree clergyman though when I first saw it I thought it said clingyman.. sorry ;-)

[Beeonthebay]

Thank you both.  When I first saw it I saw clergyman then I started having my doubts because it's unheard of in my family  and I saw clingyman and everything else too lol.

[sami]

Just adding my agreement to the others. Definitely Clergyman.

sami

[Beeonthebay]

Thank you Sami 

[sami]

Hi:

Thought this was interesting. Came across this 1848 marriage and thought of your Clergyman.

In this case 'Clergyman' was mistakenly entered and then corrected to 'Clerk". I guess its also possible your ancestor wasn't exactly a Clergyman but had some role in the Church.

Just a thought 

sami

[Suffolkgal]

In this case 'Clergyman' was mistakenly entered and then corrected to 'Clerk". I guess its also possible your ancestor wasn't exactly a Clergyman but had some role in the Church.

I think you'll find that clerk is often used to refer to a clergyman - as is cleric.

[Ruskie]

The above example qualified the occupation of Clergyman by adding "of the Church of England". It was obviously an error. I would not automatically assume that Clergyman means Clerk in BeeontheBay's case.

Have you looked for Samuel Brown in any census to see what his occupation is? Or the birth of the child whose marriage certificate you have? Either or both of these might help clarify.