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Tolerated?
« on: Tuesday 28 March 17 22:34 BST (UK) »
In a parish record of Kent in the 1700's. A baptism entry (both parents listed) was marked as 'Tolerated'. Any ideas what this meant?

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Re: Tolerated?
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 28 March 17 23:53 BST (UK) »
Could it be linked with

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Those not conforming to the state church were persecuted through the 17th century, then ‘tolerated’ as second-class citizens with restricted rights from 1689 into the 19th century.
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Re: Tolerated?
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 29 March 17 08:16 BST (UK) »
It could have been a baptism by a lay person.  It has always been recognised in ecclesiastical law that a person who is not a clergyman, can baptise in an emergency.

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Re: Tolerated?
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 29 March 17 08:52 BST (UK) »
It could be as Stan says:

It could have been a baptism by a lay person.  It has always been recognised in ecclesiastical law that a person who is not a clergyman, can baptise in an emergency.

Stan

But it's more likely to be as scotsmum says ~

Referring to the 1688 Act:

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The 1688 Toleration Act (1 William and Mary, c.18) established the right to religious freedoms for most non-conformist denominations of Christianity (although not fully for Roman Catholics until 1791). Three main conditions had to be satisfied for non-conformists to be allowed to worship without fear of prosecution:
meetings were not allowed with the doors locked, barred or bolted;
preachers and ministers had to sign a declaration of faith and subscribe to an oath (or solemn declaration) of allegiance;
places of meeting were to be certified to the bishop or archdeacon, or to local Justices of the Peace (JPs).

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