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Excerpt from The Parish Register of Halifax, Co. York, Vol. 2: Marriages and Burials, 1538 to 1593 This volume contains all the entries of Marriages and Burials in Book I of the Register. The former, beginning on Nov. 28, 1538, and coming down to Dec. 20, 1593, occupy leaves 221 to 301. Leaves 302 to 304 are blank. The burials, which begin on Nov. 22, 1538, and end on Dec. 31, 1593, cover leaves 305 to 441. A small piece is torn off leaf 300, but fortunately this part of it was blank. The bottom edges of a number of pages are somewhat frayed, and in two or three places the ink has faded. In past times' some leaves, mostly blank, have been torn out, and, apart from this, there are a few gaps in the entries. With these exceptions this part of the Register is complete and in good condition. A careful examination shows that two leaves have been torn out between pages 572 and 573, but the fragments which remain do not bear any writing, and although there are no marriages between Dec. 23 and Jan. 19, 1583, it is quite possible that these pages were blank. There is a gap in the burials between Feb. 17, 1545, and May 9, 1546. Page 651 seems to have been left blank for these entries, which have never been filled in. Between pages 670 and 671 a leaf has been torn out, but there can be little doubt but that this was blank, as the entries follow on. The burials from April 6, 1567, to July 3, 1568, are wanting, though the Register appears to be intact at this date. Between pages 728 and 729, as the Register is now bound, are the remains of three leaves. On the first of them is a marginal note October with some letters which seem to be the beginnings of entries. It is possible that they bore some of the missing entries for 1567 and 1568, that the leaves were already lost when the three parts of the Register were first bound, and that the fragments were misplaced in the binding. Between pages 818 and 819 there are remains of five leaves which have been torn out, but no traces of writing on what is left. The burials, however, from April 21 to August 3, 1585, are wanting. There is also a gap in the burials from March 15, 1592, to July 20, 1593. It is somewhat doubtful whether there is a leaf missing here or not. Owingprobably to the illness and death of the custodian of the Register at that time, William Saltonstall, Curate, the burials between Feb. 13, 1561, and Apr. 27, 1562, are entered without date, but the regular system came into force again on May 2. The burials from Feb. 5 to 11, 1549, appear out of order on page 670 of the Register. Otherwise the entries are in regular order. Pages 508, 602 to 608, 651 and 882 are blank. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
