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From: "Mary Turner" <>
Subject: Re: [DEV] What is/was a "cresimor"?
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 12:42:10 +0100
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Sounds good to me. Did once hear of something like this being "powdered"
(remains) like your explanation better.
Mary
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From: "Anne Peat" <>
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Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [DEV] What is/was a "cresimor"?


> Peter, looking at the word, and from a schoolgirl knowledge of Latin,
> (chrism = anointing, mor, mortis = death ) John's suggestion of a
> variant on Chrisom child does seem sensible. A child who died before
> baptism was wrapped in the chrisom (chrysm) cloth or white robe of
> baptism when it was buried.
> However, I can't find the term anywhere in my church or genealogical
> reference books - and the church dictionary says the use of the chrisom
> cloth was discontinued in the Church of England after the Reformation
> in 1544.
> Were these Church of England registers?
>
> Sorry not to be able to help more
> Anne
> On 20 May 2005, at 23:02, P Williams wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know what is/was a "cresimor" (1600's PR's)? A Family
> > Histrory Centre member phoned me on this but I have never heard of the
> > term.
> >
> > The actual PR entry in question is as follows:
> >
> > Burials 1644
> >
> > "Jan The XVJ th burried a cresimor of John Hamans"
> >
> > In other entries where the word appears the spelling varies an example
> > being such as cressemor.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
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