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Could anyone tell me what the abbrieviation L.L.D. stands for when written on a parish baptism document?

Many thanks,
Rebecca

Thanks Roy. It clearly states L.L.D. I'm thinking it must have a reference to the child that was baptised. Like P.B. means Private Baptism. I don't think Bachelor of Laws would refer to the child.

Thanks for your help.
Rebecca

I also googled. I see the same, however can't make the link to a baptism....

I see that L.E. means local elder of a church and L.P. means local preacher. So perhaps L.L.D. has a reference to the person who did the baptism rather than the child: local l.... d.....??????

This might be useful?

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rigenweb/abbrev.html

Rebecca

What year was the baptism and where is it actually written in the record?

Chris

Thanks Lynski. That's where up picked up the other meanings of L.E and L.P.

Chris,

It's a baptism record from 10 Sep 1815 - not sure if you can read via this link:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1558&iid=31419_A103393-00001&fn=Eleanor&ln=Strip&st=r&ssrc=pt_t966025_p-1095681679_kpidz0q3d-1095681679z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid&pid=6437347

The abbreviation is written in capital letters above the name of the rector (John Grindley) who performed the ceremony.

Regards,
Rebecca

The baptism was performed in Horne, Surrey parish church.

It is a qualification held by the Rector... So nothing to do with the baptism.

If you Google 'lld rector' you will see what I mean

Chris :-)

Chris,

Many thanks. I've also picked this up after googling John Grindley the rector who performed the service.

Latin: Legum dcr. - I see that Legum is the plural for Law - so Roy wasn't far off after all!!

Thanks for your help.
Rebecca

LLD is Latin for Bachelor Of Divinity a qualification which would have been held by the person conducting the baptism.
Clerk in Holy Orders is another way of describing a vicar.
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