Every Parish was required to make a copy of the Parish Registers each year and send it to the Bishop. These copies are known as the 'Bishop's Transcripts', although in the case of Buckinghamshire they were actually sent to the Archdeacon. The Bishop's Transcripts for St Laud's are available for the period from 1576 to 1839, although many years are missing. They do, however, fill the gap in the Burials and Baptisms from 1798 to 1812, as well as 40 of the years from 1576 to 1697.
Up until 1812 the Transcripts were written on individual pieces of parchment of various shapes and sizes. From 1813, the information was added to pre-printed forms in the same format as the corresponding Register pages.
The following photos are available. They are organised into the same groups as the original manuscripts held at Aylesbury. Each transcript starts on Lady's Day (25th March). Until 1752, when the Gregorian Calendar was adopted, this was the first day of the year.
1576-1600 - Cover
1576 1576 page 1 1576 page 2
1600 1600 top 1600 bottom 1600 rear side (top) 1600 rear side (bottom)
1601-1625 - Cover
1603 1603 top 1603 bottom
1604 1604
1605 1605 top 1605 bottom
1606 1606 1606 top 1606 bottom
1607 1607 top 1607 bottom
1608 1608 1608 rear
1609 1609 1609 page 2 1609 rear
1610 1610 top 1610 bottom 1610 rear
1611 1611 1611 top 1611 bottom
1614 1614 top 1614 bottom 1614 rear all 1614 rear
1616 1616 top 1616 bottom 1616 Page 2
1618 1618 top 1618 bottom
1619 1619 top 1619 bottom 1619 page 2 1619 rear 1619 rear top
1620 1620 top 1620 bottom
1621 1621 top 1621 bottom
1622 1622 top 1622 bottom
1623 1623 top 1623 middle 1623 bottom 1623 page 2
1624 1624 top 1624 bottom 1624 rear
1604 /06 /08 /10 to 14 - Cover (Duplicates)
1604 1604 1604 rear
1606 1606 top 1606 middle 1606 bottom 1606 rear
1608 1608 1608 rear
1610 1610 top 1610 middle 1610 bottom 1610 rear 1610 rear all
1611 1611 top 1611 middle 1611 bottom 1611 rear
1612 1612 top 1612 bottom 1612 rear 1612 top page 2 1612 bottom page 2 1612 rear page 2
1613 1613 top 1613 bottom 1613 rear 1613 top page 2 1613 bottom page 2 1613 rear page 2
1614 1614 top 1614 bottom 1614 rear all 1614 rear
1626-1650 - Cover
1627 1627 1627 top 1627 bottom
1628 1628
1629 1629
1630 1630
1631 1631
1632 1632 top 1632 bottom 1632 page 2
1633 1633 1633 page 2
1634 1634
1636 1636 1636 page 2
1637 1637 1637 page 2
1638 1638 1638 page 2
1651-1675 - Cover
1659 1659 1659 rear 1659 page 2 1659 page 2 rear
1660 1660 1660 rear
1661 1661 top 1661 bottom 1661 rear top 1661 rear bottom 1661 page 2 top 1661 page 2 bottom
1662 1662 top 1662 bottom 1662 page 2 top 1662 page 2 bottom 1662 rear
1663 1663 top 1663 bottom 1663 rear 1663 page 2 top 1663 page 2 bottom 1663 page 2 rear
1676-1700 - Cover
1676 1676 1676 rear
1677 1677 top 1677 bottom 1677 rear
The following cover the gap in the Baptism and Burial Registers from 1798 to 1812. Note that each Transcript runs from Lady's Day (25th March) to Lady's Day of the following year.
1796 1796 top 1796 middle 1796 bottom
1797 1797 top 1797 middle 1797 bottom
1798 1798 top 1798 bottom 1798 rear
1799 1799 1799 left 1799 middle 1799 right 1799 rear
1800-1812 - Cover
1800 1800 left 1800 right 1800 rear
1801 1801 1801 left 1801 right 1801 rear
1802 1802 1802 left 1802 top right 1802 lower right 1802 rear
1803 1803 1803 left 1803 right 1803 rear
1804 1804 1804 left 1804 right 1804 rear
1805 1805 1805 top left 1805 lower left 1805 right 1805 rear
1806 1806 1806 left 1806 right 1806 rear
1807 1807 1807 left 1807 middle 1807 right 1807 rear
1808 1808 1808 left 1808 middle 1808 right 1808 rear
1809 1809 1809 left 1809 middle 1809 right 1809 rear
1810 1810 1810 left 1810 right 1810 rear
1811 1811 1811 left 1811 right 1811 rear
1812 1812 1812 left 1812 middle 1812 right 1812 rear
Although the Society has copies of the other Bishop's Transcripts, they have not yet been processed for the web site. Please refer to the Registers for these dates.
Photos
The St Laud's Parochial Church Council has given Sherington Historical Society permission to take digital photographs of each page in all the Parish Registers, for use in family history research. However, entries less than 100 years old (i.e. after 1912) have not been copied.
The original photos held by the Society are 2048x1536 pixels. The copies available on this web site are lower resolution to fit computer screens and facilitate download, so may lack some detail. They have been processed digitally to correct for fade and the contrast/brightness has been adjusted in order to improve clarity. The digital photos are generally much clearer than copies previously made by the older microfilm technology.
If you spot a mistake in any of the transcriptions, please tell us, so we can correct it.
All the information on the St Laud's Parish Registers, the transcriptions, and photos are copyright and are made available for the purposes of private family history research only. They may not be republished in any form elsewhere without obtaining prior permission. Any use for commercial purposes is prohibited.