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Offline jillruss

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Marriage Witnesses- when?
« on: Tuesday 18 July 06 13:24 BST (UK) »
Does anyone know if there is a specific date when it was mandatory to record witnesses at marriages? Or did it vary from county to county and parish to parish?

Jill

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 BATHSHEBA BOOTHROYD bn c. 1802 W. Yorks.

Baptism nowhere to be found. Possibly in a nonconformist church near ALMONDBURY or HUDDERSFIELD.

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Re: Marriage Witnesses- when?
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 18 July 06 13:28 BST (UK) »
Hi Jill

I think it was mostly due to Hardwicke's marriage act of 1753/1754 when printed books of forms for marriages and banns were first supplied (certainly in the South) to the church.

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