C 2241673-1778Chancery: Petty Bag Office: Sacrament Certificates
Sacrament certificates presented in Chancery by Crown office-holders in accordance with the 1672 Popish Recusants Act (or Test Act).
They are signed by the minister or churchwarden of the parish in which the office-holder received communion, most of which are within a thirty mile radius of London and Westminster (in Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Surrey and Kent).