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Special Licence marriage

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Sands

Sands Report 4 Nov 2008 10:02

I have a marriage in 1923 for a couple who married in a register office u.k...
I have heard of a marriage taking place within a church using a licence what would be the reason for a register office wedding?
Any ideas/

JMW

JMW Report 4 Nov 2008 14:09

Often a clergyman will not read banns because the couple were divorced for example. Sometimes because they were marrying in a church that they did not attend. In each case the vicar may agree to marry nthem, but only when civil preliminaries have taken place at a Register office ie they gave their notice of marriage at an RO instead of banns. Another alternative is if the Diocesan Registrar issues a special licence for one of the above.

Jayne

Jayne Report 4 Nov 2008 14:33

This is a god entry to read about marriage licences...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_license

Sands

Sands Report 5 Nov 2008 00:28

Thankyou all for your reply's sorry i couldnt reply back straight away.
Some very interesting answers i know my own parents married in church under licence but i never thought it occured in a register office how wrong was i !