1605 Latin/English burial transcription

[Janet Waterhouse]

Good afternoon,

can you please check and confirm whether I have translated the burial entry correctly:

1605 August 27 Uxor [Wife of] Maier [Mayor] Marshall buried August the 27 day.

The word I am not too sure about is Maier.

The BT's, of All Saint's, Parish Church, Batley, for this date are missing.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Regards,

Janet

[ptdrifter]

I've seen the name Maier as a first name a few times, often related to Jewish families.

[Janet Waterhouse]

Thank you ptdrifter for your response.

I must say I have never come across this first name before.

Regards,

Janet

[ptdrifter]

You're welcome Janet, don't know if this helps but

"Marshall is also an anglicization of the German and Ashkenazic Jewish surname 'Marschall' meaning 'keeper of horses' in German."

[DRH123]

"i" and "j" were often not distinguished in writing styles of this time, so it's possibly the name should be read as "Majer". That could be a Christian name or a military rank. I doubt Batley had a Mayor at that time.

David

[clayton bradley]

George Redmonds Christian names in local and family history pages 47, 72, 73. The name was Mauger, commonly spelled as Major and i for j was very common then. "Mauger was brought by the Normans and used in the Vavasour family who had a large estate in Lower Wharfedale". The name spread to other families  because the earlier you go the more important godparents were. I suggest you read page 73 in particular. I can't write it all here.

[Janet Waterhouse]

Good morning Clayton and DRH123,

thank you for responding.

I was unable to request a copy of Mr. Redmonds' book through my local library, reference copy only.  So I went onto the Amazon website and purchased a copy from Music Magpie for the princely sum of £1.05 plus postage.  The 'as new', with dust jacket, book arrived this morning.

On consulting the pages referenced by Clayton, I agree that Maier can be interpreted as Maje(o)r, also suggested by David, and does make sense for a first name, which I have come across many times before.

I thank all who contributed answers to this query.

Regards,

Janet