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This register for Rugby School is very detailed, containing the age of the boys, names of parents, dates they entered school and often what they got up to after they had left. It also tells you their dates of birth, baptism and death, some entries may contain more details than others but its still as interesting. An examples entry is:

"Blake, Thomas, son of the late Rev. Nathaniel Blake, and of Mrs Blake, Rugby. (August). Baptised October 1709. A nephew of the Headmaster. Buried at Rugby 13 November 1784."

Not only are the boys registered in the book but also the trustees and Headmasters of the school. It also contains a useful 29 page index

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