burials

[g eli]

I have just come across parish records for burials where the name of the deceased and the date of burial are followed by the word affidavit.
I have never seen this before, can anyone enlighten me.
Thankyou Liz

[CaroleW]

What timescale?

[goldie61]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burying_in_Woollen_Acts

"It was a requirement that an affidavit be sworn in front of a justice of the peace (usually by a relative of the deceased), confirming burial in wool, with the ..."

"The Burying in Woollen Acts 1666–80 were Acts of the Parliament of England which required the dead, except plague victims and the destitute, to be buried in pure English woollen shrouds to the exclusion of any foreign textiles. Wikipedia"

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/1a58ca57-16c1-477a-93ef-e5a301a62cbb

[g eli]

Thank you for your replies, the burials occurred in the 1780s so within the time frame of the act.