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From: "Richard Callard" <>
Subject: RE: licences/banns for marriage
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:26:30 -0700
In-Reply-To: <01e001c03fb6$b321abe0$2900a8c0@one.net.au>


Not all BANNS or LICENSE are noted on the Parish Records. Some clerks were
just did not complete everything and so, did not record each BANNS or
LICENSE.
You must see the complete page not just an extraction of one line.
Usually on the right side of the entry are the letter "B" or "L" thats all
you get to indicate BANNS or LICENSE.
If you can see the original Parish Records there may be a copy of the
certificate of the Banns with the recording of the dates the Banns were
published (announced in the church of churches if two perishes were
involved).

Richard Callard

-----Original Message-----
From: Gill Cope [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 4:50 PM
To:
Subject: Re: licences/banns for marriage


Hi Chris
I have just looked up the marriage certificate for my ancestors who were
both widowed before marrying each other & there is no mention of whether
they were married by Banns or Licence. They were married in The Queen St
Chapel, Wolverhampton, Staffs according to the Rites of the Independant
Denomination, so maybe only C of E & RC churches needed the Banns/Licence.
Regards Gill Cope (Mrs), Perth, West. Aust.

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Burgoyne <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: licences/banns for marriage


>
>
> On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Audrey Fawn wrote:
>
> > If the bride or groom were underage or not from that parish, they were
> > married by licence. I'm not sure just how long they could live in a
parish
> > before they were considered to belong to it.
>
> I am afraid that I don't think this is true. If they were underage the
> parents had to give their permission but I don't think this needed a
> licence. Similarly, Banns could be read in both parishes if the bride and
> groom were from different places.
>
> It may be true that if BOTH parties were from a different parish, then it
> might be necessary to get a licence. The original query referred to Stoke
> Damerel, which probably had a lot of "passing trade" in every sense of th
> word.
>
> > Also, I believe widows didn't
> > have to go through any 'special' steps to remarry.
>
> I am not sure about this. It may not have been necessary, but most widows
> do appear to have married by licence in my experience.
>
> Chris Burgoyne
>
>
>
>
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