Bishop’s Transcripts

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The St Laud’s Parochial Church Council has given Sherington Historical Society permission to take digital photographs of each page in all the Parish Registers, for use in family history research. However, entries less than 100 years old (i.e. after 1912) have not been copied.

All the information on the St Laud’s Parish Registers, the transcriptions, and photos are copyright and are made available for the purposes of private family history research only.

They may not be republished in any form elsewhere without obtaining prior permission. Any use for commercial purposes is prohibited.

Every Parish was required to make a copy of the Parish Registers each year and send it to the Bishop. These copies are known as the ‘Bishop’s Transcripts’, although in the case of Buckinghamshire they were actually sent to the Archdeacon. The Bishop’s Transcripts for St Laud’s are available for the period from 1576 to 1839, although many years are missing. They do, however, fill the gap in the Burials and Baptisms from 1798 to 1812, as well as 40 of the years from 1576 to 1697.

Up until 1812 the Transcripts were written on individual pieces of parchment of various shapes and sizes. From 1813, the information was added to pre-printed forms in the same format as the corresponding Register pages.

 

 

Bishop’s Transcripts 1576-1697

They are organised into the same groups as the original manuscripts held at Aylesbury. Each Transcript starts on Lady’s Day (25th March). Until 1752, when the Gregorian Calendar was adopted, this was the first day of the year.

 

Bishop’s Transcripts – covering the gap in the Baptism and Burial Registers from 1798 to 1812

Note that each Transcript runs from Lady’s Day (25th March) to Lady’s Day of the following year.

 

The original photos held by the Society are 2048 x 1536 pixels. The copies available on this website are lower resolution to fit computer screens and facilitate download, so may lack some detail. They have been processed digitally to correct for fade and the contrast/brightness has been adjusted in order to improve clarity. The digital photos are generally much clearer than copies previously made by the older microfilm technology.

If you spot a mistake in any of the transcriptions, please email us, so we can correct it.