Harry Hurst Church Warden of Abbotts Ann, near Andover, Hampshire, England, 1562
First noticed in the Parish Register manuscript, at the time when Elizabeth I was on the throne of England,
Richard Muckleton
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| John Grunsell |
First seen on a page for 1562.
Presumably a respected member of the community, and possibly an elder. This may be the only reference to this person until his burial.
However, going back to the title page, there appears to be a memorandum from September 1599.
The top of the page reads, This is the ???? Register booke of Abbotts Ann in County of Southampton.
I have zoomed in on the text and highlighted Harry Hurst name, as church warden and build ... a pulpit. I think he approved the building of the pulpit but I can't make out who was the doner.
It does suggest that a Harry Hurst was a church warden both in 1562 and 1599, 37 years later.
