Excerpts from the Parish Records of Chelsworth, Suffolk

This information has been extracted from microform copies of the original Chelsworth parish records (FL549/4/1-9) held at the Suffolk Records Office in Bury St. Edmunds. Whilst every care has been taken to make this listing as accurate and complete as possible, no guarantee as to its fitness for any purpose whatsoever is given. Use of this data is entirely at your own risk.
Ancestral Surnames
Biles/Byles, Chaplin, Crick, Game, Harrington, Janning, Leeks, Piper, Scott, Wilden
Other Surnames
Abbott, Braybrook, Brewer, Bye, Clark, Everett, Gage, Gosling, Gould, Green, Grimsey, Hewett, Oldham, Pinchback, Raynham, Salter, Simpson, Steward, Symonds, Underwood, Ursup
Not Found
Burman, Elder, Middleditch, Notley, Peck
The following abbreviations may appear before the date:
B : Marriage banns
L : Anglicised version of the original entry which was written in Latin
R : Entry which appeared only in the register bills (bishop's transcripts)

Baptismal Records: 1559-1900

Surname      Forename     Parents                               Date

Crycke       John         John                                  24 Mar 1566
Crycke       William      John                                  19 Apr 1569
Chaplyn      Jediell      son of Stephen                           Jan 1581/2
Chaplyn      Zacharie     Andrew                                18 Apr 1585
Chaplyn      Elizabeth    Richard                               10 Sep 1592
Chaplyn      Emma         Stephen                               12 Dec 1592
Chaplyn      Margaret     Stephen                                2 Apr 1594
Chaplyn      Nicholas     Richard                                  Aug 1595
Chaplyn      Ann          Stephen                               13 Feb 1596/7
Chaplyn      Stephen      Richard                               27 Jul 1598
Chaplin      Steeven      Steeven                               29 Apr 1599
Chaplin      Ann          Richard                               25 Jan 1600/1
Chaplen      Susan        Stephen                                      1603
Chaplen      Ellen        Rychard                               12 Feb 1604/5
Chaplen      Nicholas     Steeven                               10 Nov 1605
Chaplin      Elizabeth    Richard                               28 Jun 1618
Chaplin      Elizabeth    Richard                                5 Jun 1620
Chaplin      Richard      Richard                                      1623
Chaplin      Robert       Richard                                8 Jul 1629
Chaplyn      George       George                                19 Sep 1633
Chaplin      Margery      Robert                                26 Aug 1634
Chaplin      Tryphena     daughter of George & Mercy             3 Oct 1635
Chaplin      Robert       Robert & Margery                       2 Nov 1635
Chaplin      Stephen      George & Mercy                        19 Nov 1637
Chaplin      Elizabeth    Robert & Margery                       3 Dec 1637
Biles        Anna         Francis                               23 Feb 1639/40
Chaplin      Elizabeth    Georg                                  5 Aug 1640
Biles        William      Francis                                2 May 1641
Chaplin      Georg        Robert                                17 Jan 1641/2
Chaplin      Alice        Robert                                 4 May 1643
Chaplin      Judith       Benjamin & Judith                      6 Jan 1717/8
Jennings     Sarah        William & Sarah                       29 Jan 1750/1
Jannings     Rebecca      illegitimate daughter of Ann,         12 Apr 1857
                          from Bildeston, age about 5

Marriage Records: 1559-1900

Records of marriage banns run from 1755 to 1900 only.
Surname      Forename     Notes                                 Date

Greene       John                                               29 Oct 1570
Chaplyn      Alice

Chaplyn      Andrew                                              2 Mar 1583/4
Abbott       Susan

Chaplyn      Richard                                            24 Aug 1591
Oldham       Ann

Brewer       Edmund                                             10 Apr 1609
Beles        Susan

Evaret       John                                               24 Aug 1613
Chaplin      Alice

Salter       Thomas       Bride was a widow.                    29 Oct 1615
Chaplyn      Mary

Chaplin      George                                              7 Jun 1631
Hewett       Mercy

Chaplin      Robert                                             29 Jul 1634
Pinchback    Margery

Biles        Francis                                            25 Apr 1639
Ursup        Anna

Grimsey      Robert                                              9 Nov 1646
Chaplin      Margret

Biles        William                                            26 Nov 1663
Symonds      Susan

Clark        Edmund                                             11 Oct 1666
Chaplin      Elizabeth

Leeke        John         Groom was from Hitcham. Bride was     13 Sep 1741
Gosling      Elizabeth    from Chelsworth.

Jennings     William                                            24 Oct 1749
Braybrook    Susan

Harrington   John         Both were single and from           B  3 Nov 1776
Bye          Mary         Chelsworth. Groom was illiterate.   B 10 Nov 1776
                                                              B 17 Nov 1776
                                                                 3 Dec 1776

Raynham      James        Both were single and from             11 Nov 1783
Piper        Hester       Chelsworth. Bride was illiterate.
                          Licence.

Leakes       William      Both were single, illiterate and      22 Feb 1803
Simpson      Mary         from Chelsworth. Witness: William
                          Leeks. Banns.

Abbott       William      Both were illiterate and from       B 29 Jun 1834
Jennings     Jemima       Chelsworth. Groom was a widower.    B  6 Jul 1834
                          Bride was single.                   B 13 Jul 1834
                                                                20 Jul 1834

Underwood    William      Both were single. Groom was from    B 21 Jan 1837
Game         Eliza        Chelsworth. Bride was from Monks    B 28 Jan 1837
                          Eleigh.                             B  4 Feb 1837

Gage         Edward       Both were single and from           B 30 Sep 1894
Piper        Selina       Chelsworth. Groom was 28 and a      B  7 Oct 1894
                          general dealer. Fathers: George     B 14 Oct 1894
                          Gage, [?]; John Piper, miner.         23 Oct 1894

Burial Records: 1559-1812, 1814-1900

Surname      Forename     Notes                                 Date

Chaplyn      Abigall                                             3 Apr 1581
Chaplyn      Zakery                                              1 Apr 1585
Chaplyn      Em           wife of Nicholas                      30 Oct 1592
Chaplen      Nicholas                                           29 May 1604
Chaplen      Susan        daughter of Steeven                   27 Sep 1604
Chaplin      Anne         wife of Stephen                        5 Oct 1611
Chaplin      Stephen                                             2 Sep 1612
Chaplyn      Ann          wife of Richard                              1613/4
Chaplen      Robert       son of Robert                         29 Mar 1631
Cricke       Edward       son of Thomas                          5 May 1631
Chaplin      Richard      senior                                16 Dec 1638
Chaplen      Georg        son of Georg                          22 Mar 1641/2
Biles        Anne         widow                                 11 Apr 1661
Chaplin      Samuel       "lately an Inhabitant of the town      8 Feb 1681
                          of Ipswich"
Chaplen      Judith                                              7 Jun 1719
Wilden       Anne         late Gould, wife of Joseph            17 Aug 1794
Chaplin      Susanna      wife of Thomas                        22 Dec 1802
Chaplin      William      single man                            22 Sep 1804
Jennings     Elizabeth    age 76, late Stewart, wife of Joseph  23 Jul 1809
Chaplin      Susanna      from Bury St. Edmunds                 30 Dec 1809
Chaplin      Thomas       age 75, widower, "brought from Bury"  22 Jun 1810
Jennings     Joseph       age 86, widower                       17 Sep 1818
Jennings     Mary         age 57, married woman                 20 Nov 1818
Crick        Sarah        age 79                                27 Oct 1843
Scott        John         age 86                                 1 Jul 1846

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