1666-1756 Baptise and Burials.

1666-1753 Marriages.

From 1726 onwards bap., bur. and mar. are entered together.

Incl. notes of repairs to churchyard fence and church roof and planting of 6 elms and 6 poplars,

1726-27; whitewashing of church,

1730; repairs to channcel,

1731; purchase of new surplice,

1732 At front: note of purchase of parish pall,

1744. At back: annual totals of bap., bur. and mar.,

1666-1756, with list of incumbents,

1678 - 1886, and extract from Will of Mrs. Frideswell Turner, 1726.

All of these photos are taken from the Essex Archive online website and were free to view and copy at the time

(16) 1727 -1729 Christenings, Marriages and Burials Rector Bernard Mould

“23 April 1729.  James Parry was buryed. Who in his return from Bp. Stortford Market on

Thursday the 17th in the Evening was robbed on the road, and wounded

in ye neck and throat;

He returned to Stortford, and notwithstanding the Care of

the Surgeon dyed

on Monday following the 21st.”

(46) Will of Mrs. Fridesweed Turner, 1726

(46) Will of Mrs. Fridesweed Turner, 1726

“Extract from Mrs. Fridesweed Turner’s Will

Dated 31 May 1726.  She was buryed 28. December 1727.

Item.  I give and bequeath unto the Poor People of ye Parish of Widdington

in the County of Essex ye sum of five Pounds of Lawfull Money of Great Britain

to the laid out within two years after my Decease by my Executor and the

Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of ye said Parish in a

Purchase of Lands.  The Interest, Product or Rent of such Lands I will be yearly

laid out by the Rector Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish

for ye time being at Christmas time yearly and every year for ever towards the

Cloathing poor widows and poor children and for breed for ye

Poor of ye said Parish of Widdington and to be disposed of to no other use intent

and Purpose whatsoever. ”Robert Eden Executor about two years after Mrs. Turners

decease agreed to pay 5ah a year to be laid out in bread for the poor, Wch was done

accordingly for two or three years at Cmas.  But afterwards was neglected for 7 years

or more before his death: and then the Principle itself was lost. The adminstratix

his Widow denying there were assets sufficient to pay ye debt any more than most

of the debts Wch he owed at his death.  Whereby many of ye Creditors lost all, some

half, and some two thirds of their debts.