Mary WIGLEY (General)
Baptism. Mary Wigley
8th Aug 1869 Pauntly Gloucestershire
Vicar:- T.P Little
Sponsers:- Mary Wigley, Newland.
Phoebe Roberts,Pauntley.
Edward Walker DCL, Cheltenham
In the above can anyone help please, after Edward Walkers is DCL
What do you think these letters stand for ?
Thank you Eddie
Rev. Edward Walker D.C.L., Cheltenham
D.C.L. Doctor Civilis [or Canonicae] Legis ("Doctor of Civil [or Canon] Law")
The parish church of St. Mary ,Cheltenham
in the chancel is a monument of alabaster and marble to the Rev. Edward Walker D.C.L. perpetual curate from 1857, and first rector of this church, who died in 1872,
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Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster & Hereford Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>
Rev. Edward Walker D.C.L., Cheltenham
Thank you so much fof the information, I do not know hou you do it, looking at the forum you seem to be first to help.
thank you. eddie