Letheringsett, Norfolk Genealogy

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Parish History
LETHERINGSETT (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Erpingham, hundred of Holt, W. division of Norfolk, 1½ mile (W. by N.) from Holt.

Letheringsett St Andrew is an Ancient parish in the Diocese of Norwich. "The parish church is dedicated to St. Andrew and has a long history, as shown by the chartulary of Binham Priory. This book, preserved in the British Museum, is in Latin and the writing is almost as clear today as it was when the monkish scribe engrossed it qute five centuries go. It contains copies of documents showing the priory’s title to the extensive properties in the neighbourhood owned by it, and in particular an “Inquirey into the first foundation of the church of Leringesete’. But there is little about the foundation."

[1545] Tax List (Survived)

[1592] Tax List (Survived)

[Early 1600s] In 1603 "..there were eighty-eight Communicants; one man and two women recusant" "This gives a clue to the population, as the communicant comprised the whole body of the adult inhabitants, who were bound to partake on certain occasions." The rector Robert Lawson, in place since 1576 had been "presented by Sir Christopher Heydon. He had been ordained in 1570 and was like his patron of the Puritan school of thought. With George Leeds, rector of Holt, and Vincent Goodwin of Cley and sixty others in the county he refused to subscribe to Archbishop Whitgift’s articles designed to enforce a stricter observance of ceremonies, dress and Prayer Book practice. It is quite likely that he was suspended for awhile, but the Puritan ministers had good friends among the local gentry, particularly William Heydon of Baconsthorpe and Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey, which intervened on their behalf. …For some while, as we have seen, there were a number of Roman Catholics in the parish, which cannot have made things easy for Richard Lawson."

Starting with 1601 the Archdeacon Transcripts have survived and run to 1608.

[1623] After a 16 year gap, we have surviving Archdeacon Transcripts again and a new rector. The advowson was owned by John Jermy, "the squire of Bayfield, who proceeded in 1623 to present Thomas Kinge. The Jermys, as we shall see, were inclined to Puritanism and in the troubles of a few years later took strongly the side of Parliament against the King."

[1642-1651] English Civil War

[1653] Act passed "appointing secular 'parish register' ".

[1660] Restoration of Monarchy

Further reading:


 * Bryant, T.H.,The Churches of Norfolk (Norwich, 1900-15)Select Bryant and type in Letheringsett.
 * Cozens-Hardy, Basil. The History of Letheringsett in the County of Norfolk: with Extracts from the Diary of Mary Hardy, 1773-1809. See WorldCat.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.


 * Erpingham 1837-1938
 * North Walsham 1939-1974
 * The Register Office, 18 Kings Arms Street, North Walsham, NR28 9JX. Tel/Fax: 01692 406220. E-mail: registration.nwalsham@norfolk.gov.uk

Church records
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Images of the parish registers may be viewed online in Historic Records (formerly Record Search) Norfolk Record Office reference PD 547


 * [1607-1812] Archdeacon Transcripts 1600-1812. FamilySearch.
 * [1685-1941] Bishops Transcripts. FamilySearch. Arranged by date. No Letheringsett entries for 1687-1688, 1688-1689, 1689-1690.

Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Erpingham     http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/norf/erpingham_workhouse.htm

Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Norfolk Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
http://www.northnorfolkcentral.co.uk/GlavenValley/Letheringsett/letheringsett.html Glaven Valley website