. A history of the town and parish of Nantwich, or Wich-Malbank, in the county palatine of Chester. ainwaring, Gent., of Nantwich. She was married at Nantwich on the 7th Feb. 15S0-1; and died here in1635. Thomas Wilbraham (MS. Journal) says :— ]My Ant Alee Wilbraham died 21 Martii 1635. Her burial is thus entered at Nantwich — 1635. Mris. Ales Wilbraham, widdowe, died at Namptwich, buried att Afton March the 23.—(Par. Reg.) I Cf. pages 288-9. § Randle Wilbraham, Esq., of Nantwich (MS. Jour.) says:— 12 June 170S. My only Brother, Stephen Wilb[raham]married EUzabeth the dau. of Thos. Hoole of Bo
. A history of the town and parish of Nantwich, or Wich-Malbank, in the county palatine of Chester. ainwaring, Gent., of Nantwich. She was married at Nantwich on the 7th Feb. 15S0-1; and died here in1635. Thomas Wilbraham (MS. Journal) says :— ]My Ant Alee Wilbraham died 21 Martii 1635. Her burial is thus entered at Nantwich — 1635. Mris. Ales Wilbraham, widdowe, died at Namptwich, buried att Afton March the 23.—(Par. Reg.) I Cf. pages 288-9. § Randle Wilbraham, Esq., of Nantwich (MS. Jour.) says:— 12 June 170S. My only Brother, Stephen Wilb[raham]married EUzabeth the dau. of Thos. Hoole of Bostock, & widow of Crispin Birch. She survived her second husband21 years, and was buried at Nantwich on the 26th Jan. 1753.—(Par. Reg.) II This large Pewter Dish, which is preserved in the aumbry in the Lady Chapel, bears the following inscription; A citizen of London gave this bason and two breadplates to the Church of Nantwich April 4. Ano. Dom. , whether it was the gift of John Clife, gentleman, who is mentioned on page 318. THE REGISTERS. 335 f)e ^arisf) N the abolition of the Popes Supremacy in England, ThomasLord Cromwell was placed at the head of Ecclesiastical affairsunder the title of the Kings Vicar-General; and to his wisdomwas due the introdu(5tion of Parochial Registers. Injunctionswere set forth for their commencement in Sept. 1538 (30Hen. VIII); and though, in many parishes and chapelries,those injuncftions met with only a tardy compliance, atNantwich, Registers were commenced in the following year,as proved by the heading of the first page; as follows:— The pairyshe of Wychemalbanck. Anno Domine the xvj daye of Novembre in the xxxjo yeare of the Raigne of our most gracyousand dread sowergne Henrye the eighte by the grace of god Kinge of England and of ffraunce and Lord of Irelanddefender of the faythe &c. and on earth Supreame head under god of the churche of England. This booke conteneth a Register for the Wychemal
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