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CA1 - Records of the Diocese of Lichfield
- 3 - Visitation
  - 7 - Parish register transcripts: 'Bishop's transcripts'

Located At	Staffordshire Record Office
Level	SubSeries
Alt Ref No	B/V/7
Title	Walsall, St. Matthew, Staffordshire
Date	1673-1858
Description	Bishop's transcripts: dates missing: Aug-part Sep 1730 (marriages); Nov 1765-Feb 1766 (marriages); 1831-1835. Note: Includes marriages up to 1847. Contains Bloxwich baptisms and burials, 1786-1795. Bath Street Burial Ground entries do not tally with burial entries, 1791-1795.
Category	church registers
Access Conditions	Minimum of two working days advance notice is required for production
Related Material	Printed or typed versions available: Surname indexes: Baptisms, 25 Mar 1679-7 Feb 1715 (stored in parish register and bishop's transcript box file at Lichfield Record office); burial ground (in burial ground or chapel0, 10 Aug 1756-31 Dec 1812; burials in churchyard, 1 Jun 1749-24 Dec 1812 (stored in parish register and bishops transcript box file at Lichfield Record Office). 1570-1649 (Transcribed by F W Willmore) (942.46). Baptisms, 1646-1675; marriages, 1662-1754 (Staffordshire Parish Registers Society). Marriages, 1663-1718 (Transcribed by N W Tildesley and stored in red binder at Lichfield Record Office). Baptisms, 1679-1785; marriages, 1754-1837; burials, 1662-1812 (excluding 1 Oct 1746-30 May 1749 (Transcribed by M Cooper). Marriages, 21 Apr 1754-24 Jul 1837 (except 1831-35) (BMSGH). Marriages, Apr 1758-27 Nov 1760 (contains some additional entries included in registers but not in the bishops transcripts for 1765; 1775; 1776), (stored in marriage box file at Lichfield Record Office), (BMSGH). Burials, 12 Jan 1737-29 Aug 1738; 1814; Dec 1815; Jan 1816; 1817; (to cover missing or damaged bishops transcripts) (BMSGH). Baptisms, marriages and burials, Jan 1831- Dec 1835 (BMSGH).