Tetbury Burial Registers
The items listed below are extracts from the registers covering the period 1631-1811, selected by the Rev. Alfred T. Lee
| 1631 | Clement NICHOLAS buried 25th of March 1631 [First entry in burial register] |
| 1658 | The 15th of January, deceased ould Ambrose INDE |
| 1663 | Richard TALBOYS, Esq., deceased, the 3rd of August, and was buried the 18th of August 1663 |
| 1665 | John DENNING, Clerk of this Parish for about fifty years, was buried the 25th day of May, aetas 91. |
| 1667 | Eliza CREED, illegittimata (buried). |
| 1669 | An KNOWLES, murdered by her own son, and buried April ye 19th, 1669. |
| Richard KNOWLES, hanged in irons, for murderen his own mother, August 4th. | |
| 1674 | Mr. Saml GASTRILE, Oct. ye 30th. |
| Mr. John ELTON, Dec. ye 18th. | |
| 1675 | Good wife HUGINGE, May ye 24th |
| A child of Witch WARRAND, Martch ye 12th | |
| 1678 | Henry HEAVEN, scoolmaster. |
| 1689 | A child of Witch COMLEYS, May ye first |
| 1681 | Mr. William SAVAGE, Esquire, Octob. ye 3. |
| 1685 | Mr. James GASTRILE, deceased Octob. ye 12th |
| 1696 | Mr. Daniel NORRIS, Vicar, Aprill 22nd. |
| 1695 | A child of Wm. HOLFORDS, Dec. 5th |
| Mr. DEACONS kinswoman, 30th. | |
| A Quaker, January 31st. | |
| 1700 | Dr. STEDMAN, May 3rd. |
| 1701 | A Stranger, Feb. 18. |
| A Scotchman, May 28. | |
| 1703 | Mr. HALL, Schoolmaster, June 5th. |
| Old CROWTHER, A Quaker, January 21 | |
| 1705 | Wm. HOLFORDS child, Nov. 4th. |
| 1708 | A child found dead in the Church porch, buryed Feb. 14th. |
| 1720 | Charles FISHER, a soulder, was shot on Monday, May the 25th, 1720, at the four mile house for desertion. Witness, John Mitchell, Clark. |
| 1738 | Elinor and Aquilla TURTELL, killed by ye fall of an house, March 8. |
| 1769 | Mrs Mary DEACON, aged 84, much lamented, March 2 |
| 1773 | James Stephens, our excellent Parish Clerk, aet 53, November 6th |
| 1775 | Mary, d. of John BARNFIELD, killed by a waggon, Aug. 16 |
| 1777 | Jane, d. of William LUDLAM, a child murder'd by its mother, May 19 |
| The Revd. John WIGHT, M.A., Vicar of this Parish, April 7 | |
| A chimney-sweeper, name unknown, June 26 | |
| 1788 | Elizabeth, the relict of T.C. WICKES, D.D., late Vicar, Dec. 27 |
| 1792 | Revd. Mr. Jno RICHARDES, Vicar of this Parish, May 31st |
| 1795 | William PREEN, found drown in a Canal between Stroud and Salperton, July 8th |
| 1797 | Mrs Ann TAYLOR, in her life time a great benefactress to the Tetbury Sunday Schools, Dec. 21st. |
| 1800 | A poor soldier belonging to the 43rd Regt. of Foot, Dec. 17th. |
| 1803 | The Revd. Mr. John SAVAGE, Rector of Beverstone, March 26th. |
| Thos. CRIPPS, of Upton, Dec. 30th | |
| 1807 | Mary SMITH, of DOUGHTON, who was blind for many years, Dec. 15th. |
| 1809 | Mr. Robert WIGHT, one of the Feoffees of this Borough, March 5th. |
| 1809 | John PILL, Junr., who was executed at Fisherton, March 26 |
| Mary PETERS, found dead in a well, April 21 | |
| 1811 | Josiah, S. of Samuel and Sarah LEE, a gipsey boy, who was shot, Oct. 5 |
Transcribed from "The History of the Town and Parish of Tetbury", by Rev. Alfred T. Lee, published in 1857.
Most, but not all, the extracts also appeared in Volume 1 of Gloucestershire Notes and Queries, published in 1881.