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Megan Roberts
08-12-2012, 2:19 PM
Any assistance with deciphering the baptism in the middle of the document below would be much appreciated.
Thanks
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s576/Megroban/Bapt1669ThomasCardigan.jpg
Coromandel
08-12-2012, 2:47 PM
Joh[ann]es fillius Joh[ann]is Gambold corvis(..)
babtizatus fuit Primo die Augusti
Anno Do[mi]ni 1669.
which would translate as
John the son of John Gambold cordwainer
was baptised the First day of August
A.D. 1669.
(The lines over Johes and Johis indicate omission of letters. I am not sure what the ending is on 'corvis': it's possible the word is in English and is corviser, or it could be some abbreviation of the Latin word corvisarius.)
Megan Roberts
08-12-2012, 3:05 PM
Thank you very much.
I have just realised that there is a "Gambold" in the left hand column; "marriages":
Cardigan Town and Parish
Griffith ********
******* (Hector?) Gambold
*******************
?Ano ****July? 1669
What do others think?
I think that I've only just noticed this because of the angle / positioning of the document inserted above.
Coromandel
08-12-2012, 3:43 PM
Griffith ********
******* (Hector?) Gambold
*******************
?Ano ****July? 1669
I think the last four lines say
Griffith Tucker(?)
Hector Gambold
Churchwardens
Ano D(ni?) 1669
It appears to be a marginal comment rather than a marriage - perhaps a record of their appointment?
Megan Roberts
08-12-2012, 4:13 PM
Thanks - I was looking at and thinking I am sure that he was married to a Mary.
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