Bishops' transcripts

From 1598, parishes were required to send lists of their baptisms, marriages and burials to their diocese. These lists are more commonly known as bishops' transcripts.

For Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, very few bishops' transcripts survive until 1780. From that date, the records are substantial but rarely complete. Survivals are noted on the online catalogue.

Bishops' transcripts are most useful where parish registers do not survive. The following transcripts fill gaps of five consecutive years or more in Hampshire parish registers.

Parish/Place	Bishops’ transcripts
Gosport, Haslar Hospital	Burials 1831-1860, 1862-1882
Holdenhurst	Marriages 1796-1806, 1808-1813
Linkenholt	Baptisms 1780-1781, 1783-1800 Marriages 1781-1785 Burials 1780-1785, 1787-1792
Micheldever	Burials 1780-1781, 1783-1789, 1791
Popham	Baptisms 1797-1812 Marriages 1811-1836 Burials 1791-1794, 1797-1864
Southampton, Holy Rood	Baptisms 1812-1855, 1858 Marriages 1812-1838 Burials 1812-1855, 1858
Southampton, St Lawrence	Baptisms 1813-1855, 1857-1875 Marriages 1811-1837 Burials 1813-1875
Timsbury	Baptisms 1790-1795 Burials 1790-1795
Vernham Dean	Baptisms 1780-1798 Burials 1780-1798, 1800, 1805-1813