Aylsham is a major market town in north-eastern Norfolk. Situated where the main road north from Norwich to Cromer crosses the Bure valley, Aylsham has always been a major centre for the sale of goods and transfer of labour within the area.

The church of St Michael sits in a large area of unspoilt churchyard slightly offset from the busy market square, almost an enclave within the town. St Michael is a large church as befits the importance of the town. Largely from the 13th Century and dominated by its tower St Michael is a church fitting to its surroundings,

The compilation of this transcript should have taken place from microfiche 10 to 17 in the Norfolk Record Office sequence; however this valuable resource appears to have been either stolen or lost from the collection of Norwich Forum. As a result the Bishop's Transcripts have had to be utilised with all their attendant difficulties.

To add to the usual problems of hand writing and the like, this transcript has had to be compiled from faded, blotched and generally poorly legible BT's. It is guaranteed that errors will have occurred in the compilation of this transcript.