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Notes and Queries for Worcestershire

by John Noake

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Baptisms

The number of godfathers and godmothers to attend at baptisms was fixed at Worcester, at a synod held in 1240, when the same provision was made as is now required by our rubric, viz., “That there should be for every male child that is to be baptized two godfathers and one godmother, and for every female one godfather and two godmothers.”

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