From: richard@ex-parrot.com   
      
   On 06/06/18 19:11, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
   > In message , Richard Smith   
   >  writes:   
   >> On 06/06/18 17:25, Norfolkman wrote:   
   >>> Would it have been common to baptize a child around the age of 9 in the   
   16th   
   >>> century?   
   >>   
   >> I think it would be pretty unusual.  I don't recall having found any   
   >> instances of late baptisms in the 16th century in my family.   
   >   
   > How would you know, unless the age was given in the record?   
      
   There are lots of other records that can either tell you a persons age   
   or give a clue as to it.  Inquisition post mortems, wills that indicate   
   the person is under 21, burial records, monumental inscriptions, the   
   years when a woman was bearing children, university admission records,   
   even occasionally chancery cases.   
      
   Richard   
      
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