Handwriting: Sussex, England, parish record, 1639. Need another eye. [closed]

Question

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D1N9-Q8F?i=800

On the line: Joana the daughter of Alexander Luin by _______ his wife was baptized December 27 (1639). The blank looks like "Aline" to me, but I would like another eye for see if I'm correct. The "e" and the end of the name looks like other e's on the document. Some of the FS transcriptions say her name is Alice.

Later in the record, same page, show "Aline" dying on January 4, 1640. William was to get another woman, Mary Clare, pregnant, married her in June 1640, has a son by December that year. Quick boy!

These records are a mess. Pages out of order, and some in terrible shape. But the handwriting is pretty good!

Comments

Thanks to all. A little more looking and I found a marriage record in 1636. In this record, the name is Ales which is in line with both Julie’s and Colleen’s answers.

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I'd agree that it's Alice. It's the normal way that small cs were written (look at vicar,  there's also a Michel.  ) The reason these records are out of order is that they were never part of a book. They are  Bishop's transcripts, a copy of the register that should have been  sent just after lady day each year to the diocese.

Some vicars were scrupulous and sent good copies, some sent very poor copies(entries missed, names misscopied) Some vicars didn't send them regularly. There is a big gap following this page until 1662. That's because the system broke down in many areas during the Commonwealth period.

How they were kept in the diocese archives also varied. The  loose sheets may not have been assembled in parish and date order until fairly recently.

Answer 1

There is another Alice (or whatever) two lines down.  Then another two lines down, there is an entry for a William, and the "c" in the date of March looks quite a lot like the fourth letter in Ali--e.

Answer 2

In the line just above "Buryalls" it appears to show the words "...having been thrice published." If "thrice" is correct, it is written very similar to a name that appears to be "Alice/Aline" in the line just below "Buryalls." To me this would indicate that the name is Alice.

Answer 3

I carefully looked and compared,  I could not find a c anywhere for comparison.  It seems to resemble any n's that end the word with an e, including the Author's signature at the bottom of the page.  Aline is a female french name so its use is not out of the realm of possibility.  Wish I could help more!