Surname and abode 17th-century Batley burial BT'S

[Janet Waterhouse]

Good afternoon,

this time a surname and abode to decipher in the following 1641 entry.

Alverey ? of Ozuwell bured [buried] December 28 [1641]

The parish register page is missing for this year.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Regards,

Janet

[JenB]

I think the place might be Churwell. it certainly starts 'Ch'

Possibly the surname is Kirtley.

[Milliepede]

I can't see a "Ch" - what is the second letter below the line that looks like a "g" or a long "z" 

[arthurk]

I can't see a "Ch" - what is the second letter below the line that looks like a "g" or a long "z" 

It's an 'h' - the curl to the right in the descender is very distinctive.

(I thought Churwell too, before reading JenB's post.)

[JenB]

I can't see a "Ch" - what is the second letter below the line that looks like a "g" or a long "z" 

It's 'h' - here's an example from the same page - Thomas

[Milliepede]

Thanks I didn't know an "h" was written like that. 

[JenB]

In fact the clerk has written it in several different ways on the same page!

[Janet Waterhouse]

Good afternoon,

thank you to all who responded.  I totally agree with Churwell, but, I cannot find another occurrence of Kirtley, or possible variant of that surname in Batley or surrounding environs.

He may have been an incomer?

Regards,

Janet

[arthurk]

Did you try looking for Kirkley and variants? Looking at it again, the middle letter is quite similar to the 'c' in December.

That would give Kircley, though I don't know if that would be feasible as a variant. It would probably sound the same, but a c-k variation at that point in a name isn't one that I've come across very often.