Records of the Exchequer of ChesterCHES 41673-1823Palatinate of Chester: Exchequer of Chester: Sacrament Certificates
This series consists of sacrament certificates presented in the Cheshire court in accordance with the Test Act 1672 (25 Chas II, c 2). The certificates mainly relate to parishes in the Palatinate of Chester for the period 1673-1763, many of them dating from the 1715 Jacobite rising. There are also, however, two small bundles from parishes in Cardiganshire, 1761-1768, and Denbighshire, 1821 and 1823.
The certificates are in English, on parchment and in the form of either hand-written or pre-printed pro-formas. The certificates contain the signatures of the minister and churchwarden of the parish, with the names of two witnesses appended.