Note 1318 — Chapter X · RISE OF CIVIL MARRIAGE

The following is a specimen of such entry by a justice, taken from the parish register of Shudy Camps, in Cambridgeshire (Burn, op. cit., 26):

"Cambsh.—These are to certifie all whom it may concern y^t Jn^o Wignald Clerke (being elected Register of y^e parish of Shudy Camps by y^e Inhabit^ts. of y^e same Parish as hath appear'd unto me by a Certificate under y^e hands of y^e Inhabitants thereof) did come before me Tho. Benett Esq^r. one of y^e Justices for y^e peace of y^e s^d Countie and did take his oath for y^e due Execution of his office acc^g to y^e late Act of Parliam^t in y^t case made and provided. Which s^d John Wignald I do hereby constitute Register thereof. Accordingly witness my hand and seal this 10 of Jan. 1653. Tho. Benett."

For similar certificates see Stavert, Parish Register of Burnsall-in-Craven, 88; Cowper, The Booke of Register of the Parish of St. Peter in Canterbury, 89; and Waters, Parish Registers in England, 14.