A little help needed please, deciphering.

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Can someone try this please? It is the first of the two entries under Amo 1554.

I think it states Nata et baptism.. of? Margerita? Algor something something.

Depending on the source the date is 11 Feb 1554 or 31 Aug 1554, the first name is also shown as Maryanna or Margeria. I think I can discern a 't' in the name but I could be wrong, probably I am.

I cannot find a letter in the 16th and 17th century alphabets I have that resemble the first letter of the second something, the closest is a C but in the alphabet the straight line is horizontal not vertical, the line could belong to the word above that word, the writer does seem to use long line.

I'm not really sure whether Nata is a shortened version of Nathaniel or even whether it's a name.

Please enlighten me. :)
 

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From nowhere except the particles inside my skull I would say "Nata et baptism" meant Birth and Baptism- from the Latin maybe, as we have "natal" pertaining to the time around birth.?

The closest to the name I can see is Margarita and the Ottobria or something means 8th month- so August. "Filia de.." is daughter of...
 
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Looks like Mariana to me....Algor
Did you see that it’s an Algor in the first entry too?

As to the rest, no idea.
I dont think it is February because February is written quite clearly on the next page.
 
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Janet just beat me to it, but I agree with what she's said.

The only thing I would add is that I think it's definitely Margeria. The fourth letter is the same as in Algor and August, and there's no 't' - the ending is the same as in Maria in the next entry.

For comparison of 'g' and 'y', there's a 'y' in Perry in the next entry (though ends of words are sometimes a bit different) and in a surname ('Wynter....') on the next page - the difference is that 'g' has a line across the top to close the loop, and the lower part curls in the opposite direction.
 
Thanks all for the help, I dithered over whether Margeria or Margerita, I was not at all confident about seeing a t in that name, after a lot of dithering I was leaning more towards Margeria. Richard & Margarita Algor had a daughter Margarita baptised 12 Jan 1550 at Little Bardfield so I carried out a burial search for a Margarita Algor buried 1550 to 1554 but found none. The only Margerita Algor burial I have found is Margarita Algor wife of Richard 14 Apr 1582 at Little Bardfield.

Although there is no proof of parentage, I believe Margeria is the daughter of Richard and Margarita Algor because there doesn't seem to be evidence of any other Algor couple baptising children in Little Bardfield.

The next generation of Algors at Little Bardfield also had a father named Richard Algor, he was the son of Richard and Margerita Algor.

My Algor ancestor is Margarita baptised 12 Jan 1550 at Little Bardfield the daughter of Richard and Margarita Algor, she married William Searle 23 Jan 1583 at Little Bardfield.
 
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FS has it as Maryana 1554 father Richardi.
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I can't discern the name Richard in any form in the PR image and it doesn't seem as if any of those who helped me with the image saw it either. I suspect whoever transcribed the entry for F S made the same assumption I did, no-one else was baptising children around that time in Little Bardfield except Richard, therefore it's most likely that Margeria (ex Maryanna) was the daughter of Richard and of course his wife Margarita.

In fact the children of Richard Algor were the first children to have their baptisms recorded in Little Bardfield PRs.
 
Whether the person knew it or not it's probably correct to state Margeria is the daughter of Richard Algor but of course no surety.

I did a search on the 1598 death of Richard Algor on Ancestry thinking/hoping it might clear up matters somewhat but no Will was found,

One result came up, there was mention of a Will for a Richard Algor death 1588 Lincolnshire, not that it would help. :)
 
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