The first volume of the Registers of Bredon begins with Baptisms and Burials in 1559 and Marriages in 1562.  All entries prior to 1601 are written in the same handwriting and each page is signed by the rector, Thomas Nutte, and the Churchwardens, George Smythe and William Higgins.  This indicates that there was a previous register ending in 1600 which was copied in 1601.

At some stage after its completion the Register appears to have fallen apart and been rebound with little concern as to the order of the pages.  The Register as rebound commences half way through the baptisms of 1562 and thereafter is in the following order:

Pages 1-4

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Christenings 15 November 1562 to 7 December 1568

Pages 5-10

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Burials 20 November 1561 to 31 January 1581

Pages 11-12

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Christenings 11 January 1559 to 14 November 1562

Pages 13-28

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Burials 23 April 1582 to 10 October 1610

Page 30

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Burials 30 March 1559 to 5 October 1561

Pages 31-114

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Christenings 19 April 1573 to March 1686

Pages 115-117

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Christenings 28 December 1691 - 25 May 1700

Pages 119-128

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Marriages 25 January 1562 to 4 March 1603

Pages 129-166

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Burials 19 November 1610 to 13 March 1692

Pages 167-188

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Marriages 6 August 1604 to 21 May 1700

Pages 189-190

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Burials 10 April 1697 to 28 May 1700

Pages 190

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Christenings 19 March 1680

Christenings from late 1568 to early 1573, late 1686 to late 1691 and burials from late 1691 to early 1697 are missing.

The Bishops Transcripts for the Chapellry of Bredon’s Norton, also called Norton juxta Bredon have been transcribed separately to the Registers of Bredon.  The entries for most of these Transcripts do not appear in the Registers of Bredon and there are frequent references to separate Registers of Norton in the Transcripts.  Marriages from 1689, Burials from 1690 and Christenings from 1692 appear in the Bredon Registers and separate Bishop’s Transcripts for Norton cease in in 1692.