Other Parish Records on IGI

The following IGI interpretation of the parish registers is reprinted by kind permission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Copyright (c) 1999 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. It has errors in its transcription and multi-entry records for the same person, additionally corrupted by varying spellings. It is further to the list of Henham marriages at St Mary’s Parish Church – Marriages 1539 – 1837.

The following table is a compilation of persons recorded by Ancestry.co.uk and the International Genealogical Index as being born, christened, married, died or buried prior to 1538, the date when parish registers were first required to be kept by law. We are grateful to both organsiations for permission to reproduce these entries. The IGI source is reprinted by kind permission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Copyright (c) 1999 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc

The information comes with a large health warning. Both organisations have numerous errors in their databases, particularly for the period AD 1,000-1500. The repeated entries are full of mistakes but they do contain some truths as to the family names living in Henham during the period following the Conquest of 1066 until 1538. Only the wealthy could afford to pay for a church service so very few villagers are mentioned.

Pre 1538

After 1838