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Parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials were formally introduced in England in 1538, although a few Roman Catholic religious houses and parish priests had kept informal notes on the baptisms, marriages and burials of the prominent local families. (Source:Wikipedia.) The Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies in Aylesbury holds Bishops Transcripts for Chesham and these have been transferred to the FindMyPast website. Some of the dates provided for members of [[Family:Thomas Chase and Elizabeth Bowchiew (1)]] have been found in these records. Hundridge is a hamlet, now in the parish of Chartridge, a few miles to the west of Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Hundridge chapel is a mediaeval building which was used as a place of worship until the Reformation. It is now attached to Hundridge manor. Hundridge was written as "Hundrich" in the Chesham Parish Registers. |