Register of Burials at the Temple Church

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Excerpt from Register of Burials at the Temple Church: 1628-1853 The first portion of this Register, down to the end of the year 1714, has already appeared in print in Appendices to the second and third volumes (published in 1898 and 1901 respectively), of the 'Calendar of the Inner Temple Records, ' edited by F. A. Inderwick, one of the Masters of the Bench. The type was kept standing, with the idea that it might afterwards be found desirable to print the complete Register. This has now been done by order of the Library Committee of the Inner Temple, with the consent and support of the Society of the Middle Temple. The Register is contained in three volumes, and covers a period of 224 years, the earliest entry being dated February 19, 1628 [-29], and the latest, May 28, 1853. The entries from May 3, 1695 to January 2, 1704 [-05] have for some reason been copied into volume i, the originals being at the beginning of volume ii. In other places it seems as if several entries had been made at the same time, probably from memorandum slips. There are a few transpositions, and at least one serious omission. On the fly-leaf of volume ii. is a list of 'Fees due to the Buttlers for the Buriall of a Gent out of Middle Temple Hall, ' dated April 19, 1726. Dr. Micklethwaite, by whose order this 'Catalogue of Burialls' was begun, had a stormy Mastership, but in this matter he did good service. The use of the untechnical word 'Catalogue' (altered to 'Register' in 1639) probably implies that no previous Register existed in 1628. None at any rate has come down to us, and very little is known about earlier burials. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.