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Stowford Burial

Posted by David Murrian on 15/1/2022, 10:20 am

I wonder whether anyone can decipher an entry in the Stowford Burial Register for John Marin buried August 25 1803 found on Find My Past. It seems somehow relevant to something at Tavistock on 3 May 1804. It reads, "(?Presented) so far at the" (and then two words which I cannot read)"Tavistock May 3 1804 John Marin was buried August 25 1803". There is a date written in the left hand margin, presumably 1804 for the change of year as the previously entry is for a burial on 10 October 1803 and the following entry is for a burial on 6 March 1804. However neither 3 May 1804 or August 25 1803 wouldn't "fit" naturally between those two entries. It

would help to understand exactly what the two words say, as, on face of it, the puzzle is if he was buried in 1803 how was something on 3 May 1804 relevant to him?

Re: Stowford Burial

Posted by Karen Newman on 15/1/2022, 11:05 am, in reply to "Stowford Burial"

I think the first word after 'the' is Visitation.

I think that means the burial register was 'presented' to the bishop or his representative on the 1804 date.

In effect, not directly related to the burial entry of John Marin.

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/England_Ecclesiastical_Visitations_(National_Institute)

Re: Stowford Burial

Posted by David Murrian on 15/1/2022, 12:59 pm, in reply to "Re: Stowford Burial"

Thanks Karen, looking closley I can see why the first word could be Visitation. Don't know enough about the procedures or forms they take, but might the second word be "Court"?

David

Re: Stowford Burial

Posted by David Murrian on 16/1/2022, 8:35 am, in reply to "Re: Stowford Burial"

Have just found an article of Family Search on "England Ecclesiastical Visitations" which includes, in examples of Visitations noted in from Parish Registers:
"Thus farre is returned into ye Court" and "Soe far delivered in to ye Court" with a date.
I am satisfied that, in the case I was querying, the second word is certainly likely to be "Court". Presumably in the case I had, the Register was presumably part of the checking of the administration/record keeping of the church

David

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