'The twelfth entry in the first column of the first page of the first register book of the parish church of Holy Cross at Daventry (which register begins in 1560) is the record of William Blysse's second marriage, viz.:--
A true Regyster of the churche
Maryges--
1561. Willm smith Blisse
Elizabeth his wiffe the XXth of Septe
... The word "smith," with a line drawn through it, was the clerk's intention to state the man's business, obviously and erroneously written before instead of after the surname. The family names of brides were not recorded in this book for the first few years.'
