1600-49 baptisms

• make comparisons with other known periods, and estimates for less well known periods
• track most users of the surname in this earliest period of emigration to North America.

Figures for Scotland 1600-49 may be less complete than for England and Wales. Parish Registers were not kept so well in Scotland at that time. Between 1600-49 2 Scottish parishes recorded Broket baptisms. But judging from later records there will not have been more than a couple of other Scottish parishes with Brokets 1600-49, adding perhaps a dozen baptisms at the most to raise the above 263 to a maximum total of baptisms in the UK between 1600-49 of 275.

Based on estimates of mortality before the age of 10 of up to 265 per 1000 births 1600-49 (Laslett 1983 p 112) the above figure of 275 could be reduced by 26.5% to provide an estimate of 202 Brokets alive in Britain c 1650 and about 50 households.

Hertfordshire was the largest centre 1600-49. These 6 comprised 81% of the total. Note: Southwark is included in London.

1. by year: pdf file
2. by first name: pdf file
3. by county: pdf file
4. by parish: pdf file
5. by parent: pdf file.

1. Contemporary Parish Registers, mainly from the IGI. There is much duplication in the IGI by individual contributions, so entries have all been carefully checked. This is especially the case with Wheathampstead entries, which have therefore only been included in this 1600-49 study if found in one of the next 2 categories.
2. Other contemporary sources, mainly from the Public Record Office.
3. Secondary sources.
4. Unconfirmed sources from the IGI.

These sources are indicated by a 1, 2, 3 or 4 before the abbreviation in the list of Parish Registers below, e.g. 1 Du = the Dunton Parish Registers.

1 A S N	Parish Registers transcript, 1600-1819, C of E All Saints Church Newcastle Upon Tyne
1 A S P	Parish Registers, C of E All Saints Pavement, York
1 Ba	Bassingham Bishop's Transcripts, 1562-1836, C of E Parish Church Lincs.
1 Bed	Bedforshire Parish Registers (F G Emmison)
1 Ber	Parish Registers transcript, 1573-1812, C of E Parish Church of Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumb.
1 Bo	Parish Registers of Boston, co of Lincs (F Besant)
1 Br	Bramfield Registrie Book 1539-1596 (T S Hill)
1 Ca	Campton Registers, Beds (F Wall)
1 Cod	Parish Registers, 1559-1929, C of E Parish Church Codicote
1 Cov	Parish Registers, 1559-1882, C of E Parish Church Covehithe, Suff.
1 Cow	Cowbit Bishop's Transcripts, 1561-1846, C of E Parish Church Lincs.
1 Cu	Parish Registers, Cuckfield, Sus, 1598-1699 (W C Renshaw)
1 Di	Parish Registers, Ditchley 1556-1750
1 Do	Parish Registers 1538-1879, C of E, Parish Church of Dorking, Sur.
1 Du	Dunton Parish Registers 1553-1971, Beds.
1 Ea D	Parish Registers, 1570-1812, C of E, Parish Church of Easington, Durham
1 Ea S	Parish Registers, 1558-1744, C of E Parish Church Eastbourne, Sussex.
1 Fr	Parish Registers printout of Frostenden, Suff, 1538-1813 (LDS)
1 Gr	Parish Registers, 1555-1974, C of E Parish Church of Graveley, Herts.
1 Ha	Parish Registers & misc, 1562-1939, C of E, Parish Church of Harpenden
1 He	Parish Registers 1538-1812, C of E, Parish Church of Heckfield
1 H H	Parish Registers, 1558-1949, C of E Parish Church of Hemel Hempstead
1 Hi	Hitchin St Mary's Parish Registers & misc pub recs, 1562-1911
1 Ke	Parish Registers, Kensington, Middlesex, 1539-1675 (F N Macnamara)
1 Ki	Bishop's Transcripts, 1561-1830, C of E Parish Church of Kirkby on Bain
1 Lu	Luton, Beds christenings, 1602-1759; births, 1653- 1700; marriages, 1602-1812, burials, 1602-1759 (F G Emmison)
1 Ma	Mareham le Fen Bishop's Transcripts, 1562-1840, C of E
1 O S M	Reg of baps, marriages, & burials of parish of Ottery-St Mary, Devon, 1601-1837 (H Tapley-Soper)
1 Po	Parish Registers transcript, 1600-1812, C of E Parish Church of Ponteland
1 Q	Quadring Bishop's Transcripts, 1565-1836, C of E Parish Church
1 Ra	Comp printout of Parish Registers, Radwell, Herts, pub by LDS
1 Ri	Parish Registers, 1574-1628, C of E Parish Church of Ripon
1 Ro	Parish Registers, transcript, 1653-1812, C of E Church Rothbury
1 Ry	Parish Registers transcript, 1581-1812, C of E, Parish Church of Ryton, Dur.
1 Sp	Bishop's Transcripts 1561-1858, C of E Parish Church Spalding, Lincs.
1 Sc	Scottish Old Parish Registers
1 St A H	Parish Registers 1556-1934, C of E, St Andrew, Holborn, London
1 St A N	Parish Registers transcript, 1597-1836, C of E, St Andrew’s Church Newcastle Upon Tyne
1 St B	Parish Registers 1274-1939, St Bride Fleet St, C of E, London
1 St C D	Parish Registers, 1558-1948, C of E, St Clement Danes, Westminster
1 St C Y	Parish Registers, 1539-1837, C of E, St Crux, York
1 St D	The Register of St Dunstan in the East, 1558-1654 (A W Hughes-Clarke)
1 St D S	Parish Registers 1568-1875, C of E, St Dunstan, Stepney
1 St G	Parish Registers, 1559-1936, C of E, St Giles Cripplegate
1 St H	Parish Registers, 1568-1901, C of E, St Helen’s Church Stonegate, York
1 St J	Parish Registers transcript, 1587-1812, C of E St John’s Church Newcastle Upon Tyne
1 St L	Reg, 1538-1812, of St Lawrence Jewry, London, to which St Mary Magdalen, Milk St, was united (A W Hughes-Clarke)
1 St M F	Parish Registers, 1550-1926, C of E Parish Church St Martin’s in the Field, Westminster, London
1 St M R	Parish Registers, St Mary, Reading, 1558-1812 (G P Crawford)
1 St M V	Parish Registers, 1617-1906, C of E, St Martin Vintry’s Church London
1 St M Wa	Parish Registers, 1558-1950, C of E, Church of St Mary-The-Virgin, Ware
1 St M We	Parish Registers, 1539-1660, St Margaret’s Church Westminster
1 St M Wh	Parish Registers, 1558-1940, C of E, St Mary’s Whitechapel, Stepney
1 St N	Parish Registers transcript, 1558-1837, C of E, St Nicholas, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northum.
1 St O D	Parish Registers transcript, 1538-1751, C of E, St Oswald’s Church Durham
1 St O S	St Olave's, Southwark (H Gray)
1 St S	St Saviour's, Southwark (H Gray)
1 Ste	Parish Registers, 1563-1875, C of E Parish Church of Stepney
1 Ty	Tynemouth Parish Registers, Northum (R H Couchman)
1 Wa	The Walloons and their church at Norwich; Their history and register, 1565-1832 (Moen, J.C.)
1 WD	Parish Registers transcript, 1570-1812, Willingale-Doe (R H Browne)
1 Wen	Parish Registers, 1626-1921, C of E, Parish Church of Wendover
1 Whe	Wheathampstead Parish Registers
1 Wo	Parish Registers, 1509-1902, C of E, Parish Church of Wonersh
1 Yo	Microfilm copies of Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts (email from R Madsen 24 June 02)
2 F	Fishmonger Company Records, London Guildhall Library
4 LDS	LDS Sealings for the dead—no other documentation furnished
4 Pa	Patron sheet submitted by a member of the LDS Church
4 St S	St Stephen’s Parish Church