Continuing on with the transcription of the North Molton Devon Parish Registers and at the end of 1558 I now have 446 baptisms, 87 marriages and 210 burials. The family names are fairly consistent with very few new additions thus far. Not many Pincombe records thus far which was as I had earlier read them but at that time I didn't have my Tapp and Burges information and I can also hope to find more about these families.
The Tapp family goes back to Roger Tapp who was baptized 6 Oct 1595 at North Molton and he married Margarett Burges who was baptized 24 Jul 1597 at North Molton. Fortunately the marriage of John Tapp and Anne Thomas provided me with the names of their parents (a rare enough occurrence in the early registers but Bishops Nympton where they married had a priest who duly recorded the parish of the bride or groom if they were not of Bishops Nympton in the early 1600s).
Margaret Burges was the daughter of John and Ann Burges. Ann thus far is unknown with respect to her surname but John was baptized 29 Oct 1576 at North Molton and the son of Matthew and Margaret Burges. Matthew in turn was the son of Paul Burges and was baptized 7 Apr 1546 at North Molton. I can now extract all the children in these families to see if I can discover anything further on the Burges family. Finding a new family surname is always rather interesting especially now that I have done my Family Finder test at FT DNA. Expanding on the names by doing the collateral lines may help me with some of my brickwalls.
This is an interesting village with the baptisms being almost double the burials. It is a large areas in terms of manors/farms and some people have come to North Molton for baptisms from other parishes and this includes:
Brinacott
Brinsworthie
Elworthie/Ewerye
Flitton
Hunston
Molland
North Radderie
Radner
South Raderie
Upcott
Walscott
The year 1559 has been completely missed and not obviously so as the end of 1558 appears just above the beginning of 1560. No comment is made by the priest on the omission of the year 1559. The handwriting for 1558 and 1560 is virtually the same. A mystery that likely has no solution.
I have extracted the Burges entries below from 1539 to 1558 for any one interested in the Burges family of North Molton. Paul Burges left a will in 1579 which was lost in the bombing of Exeter in WWII unfortunately. Thomas Burges left a will in 1584 which is located at the National Archives. I wonder if these two men were brothers and have included both of their families below.
Baptisms
Burges John son Burges Johane 1539 Jun 29
Burges John son Burges Paule 1540 Apr 8
Burges Elizabeth daughter Burges Thomas 1540 Aug 19
Burges William son Burges John 1541 Sep 20
Burges William son Burges Thomas 1541 Jan 12
Burges Anstes daughter Burges Paule 1544 Oct
Burges Mathewe son Burges Paule 1546 Apr 7
Burges English son Burges Thomas 1547 Jan 11
Burges Peter son Burges Thomas 1553 Apr 9
Burges Phillip son Burges Thomas 1554 Mar 6
Burges John son Burges Richard 1555 Mar 2
Burges Ellen daughter Burges Richard 1555 Mar 2
Burges John son Burges Thomas 1556 Mar 4
Burges William son Burges Thomas 1556 Mar 4
Burges John son Burges Thomas 1557 May 12
Burges Agnes base daughter Burges Johane 1558 Mar 20
Marriages
Burges Richard Hodge Marye 1554 Nov 20
[Lowdye] Andrew Burges Johane 1547 Nov
Bray James Burges Agnes 1555 Jun 16
Kerbye Harrye Burges Alyce 1552 Jan 18
Hodge Christopher Burges Ellen 1558 Jan 15
Burials
Burges Johane 1540 Aug 6 widow
Burges Ales wife Burges Thomas 1543 Jan 27
Burges John 1547 Aug 20 Clerk, Vicar
Burges Johane daughter Burges Mychalel 1547 Mar 6
Burges John son Burges Thomas 1553 Mar 22
Burges John 1555 Oct 14
Burges John son Burges Richard 1555 Nov 30
Burges Ales 1556 Apr 14 widow
Burges John son Burges Thomas 1556 Mar 4
Burges William son Burges Thomas 1556 Mar 4
The Tapp family too has caught my interest and I have not yet located old wills for this family at North Molton.
Baptisms
Tapp Chosen daughter Tapp John 1540 July 6
Tapp Robert son Tapp John 1543 Mar 31
Tapp Johane daughter Tapp William 1545 Sep 10
Tapp Johane daughter Tapp John 1547 Feb 21
Tapp Johane daughter Tapp Peter 1551 Dec 20
Tapp Dorothye daughter Tapp John 1552 July 6
Tapp Thomas son Tapp John 1552 Nov 12
Tapp Anstes daughter Tapp Water 1552 Mar 12
Tapp Emet daughter Tapp Peter 1553 Mar 5
Tapp Siblye daughter Tapp John 1554 Feb 3
Tapp Henrye son Tapp Water 1556 Jun 19
Tapp Johane daughter Tapp John 1558 Sep 29
Marriages
Tapp John Beare Elizabeth 1556 Oct 20
Greade Gregorye Tapp Ales 1542 Sep 30 bride of Hunston
Burials
Tapp Anstes daughter Tapp Water 1552 Mar 13
Tapp Johane 1556 May 2 widow
Tapp Johane wife Tapp John 1556 May 20
I have never received any correspondence on the Burges family but occasionally I receive an email asking about my Tapp family. I think they were probably tradesmen/craftsmen.
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