If a child born in, say Spitalfields, London, is baptised in Ch Ch, Spitalfields, does that make the child C of E or was baptism in the nearest branch Established Church a necessary requirement for civil registration, regardless of the persuasion of the parents? Would the parents of the child have to be C of E to have their child baptised by the Established Church? If, in this case, the father of the child baptised in Ch Ch, Spitalfields sung in the choir of the dissenting Surrey Chapel in the Blackfriars Rd, can any inference be drawn about the father's persuasion?
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MF