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446 Christ: Amen Amen Amen. Filius meus Edwardus Bridgeman obiit Cestriæ 2 Octobris 1632. Sepultus in choro Cathedralis ib'm prope fratrem suū Matheū 4 octob: benedicar d'ns. 15. My daughter Bridgeman was borne on Sunday night 12 Maij 1633 half a quarter of an hour after twelve a clock at midnight in my house on the mill bank in Westminster: she was baptized in St Margaret's church in Westminster on fryday 17 Maij 1633. Sponsoribus Dr Bates prebendary ther & the Lady Aleph & Mrs Hopton. God blesse her wth many graces to his glory & her salvation that she may be his servant here & a saint wth him hereafter. Amen Amen Amen. She dyed. . . 1634 & is buryed by her sister in St Margret's church in Westminster. Bishop Bridgeman left a valuable MS. behind him relating to the ecclesiastical history of the diocese of Chester, which is preserved in the diocesan registry and known as bishop Bridgeman's Leger. And his care for the future interests of the see is well shewn by a notice of him, preserved in the Baker MSS. in the University Library at Cambridge, and endorsed: "From Sir William Dawes, bishop of Chester, by Dr. Fogg Prebendary there." "The Estate of the Diocess of Chester in the time of the R: R: Father in God John Bridgeman Ld: Bp: of Chester, who was consecrated on Sunday the 9: Maii 1619. 1. At the entrance of Bp: Bridgeman into the See of Chester, There were no Charters, Evidences, Registers, Rentals, Countreparts, nor any other escripts or Records to be found concerning his Bprick or the Revenues thereof: but with much search of labor, besides the charge, he sought out & caused to be written into his Register all that he could get or hear of.