THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE THORESBY SOCIETY, Leeds, ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR MDCCCLXXXIX VOLUME XX FOR THE YEARS MCMXI AND MCMXIV The Registers OF THE Parish Church of Leeds FROM 1722 TO 1757 Eleventh and Twelfth Books EDITED BY GEORGE DENISON LUMB, F.S.A. Hon. Treasurer of the Thoresby Society LEEDS 1914 PREFACE THE present Volume contains the entries in the eleventh and twelfth Books of the Leeds Parish Church Register, extending from the year 1722 to the year 1757 for the Baptisms and Burials, and to the year 1754 for the Marriages. It also contains the Burials at St. John's for the years 1722 and 1723, with a Marriage in 1723 and a few Baptisms. The leaves of the eleventh Book measure 17 × 101 inches, and of the twelfth Book 18 × 11 inches, and all are of parchment. Probably the Rev. John Roebuck wrote the entries in the eleventh Book until about the year 1735, when Thomas Wilson succeeded him. The entries were written by the latter until the year 1750. On the 27th January, 1754, the Rev. Thomas Faber was appointed Clerk. The entries in the two Books are printed as they appear in the Register Books. The Baptisms and Burials in the eleventh Book were copied by Mr. William Shackleton, and the Marriages by the Editor, who also copied the twelfth Book. Thomas Wilson, during the time he was Clerk, made many entries (chiefly in the burials) on passing events, which will be read with much interest. |