Thorpe Achurch is Around 19-Miles South of Duddington!
Diane Wyles located the page featured below - some years ago before we had a website. It is a page from the Parish Records of "Thorpe Achurch" which is situated around 19-miles south of Duddington. We know that the Wyles was in Duddington at this time - and in other surrounding areas (such as Bourne - in 1301). Here, "Henrie Wyles" is recorded as being the "Son" (written "Sonne") of one "Robert Wyles" - during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. I believe that in this year - 1598 - there are Tax Returns recorded for the Wyles family of Duddington.
The text reads:
Marriages 1598 - Christinngs - Burials
May 23rd Henrie Wyles the
Sonne of Robert Wyles
May 23rd Henrie Wyles the
Sonne of Robert Wyles
This is what the Parish Records of Duddington would look like if they existed for this time period. I have been told that the 1500s, 1600s, and early 1700s Parish Records for Duddington - once stored in the St Mary's Church - were destroyed during an extensive flooding incident involving the overflowing (nearby) River Welland. There are the Bishop's Transcripts, of course, (a copy of the Parish Records for the exclusive use of the Diocese) and I have been in communication with the Peterborough Diocese regarding this matter. However, I was forwarded an interesting link from the US which states that the Church of England, in 1966, once published the Duddington Bishop's Transcripts dating from 1604. This would suggest that somewhere this data is in the public domain. Why it would only be from 1604 is a mystery at this time. If we could find this information, then we would be able to fill-out our Duddington Family Tree - and perhaps shed some light on how long our family has been living in Duddington (the early 1500s is the current records we possess - but the family looks settled even then). It is interesting to note that "Births" are not included - and neither is the name of the mother. As spelling was not yet standardised in the 1500s - we have "Chirstinngs" istead of "Christenings".
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