Duplicate Ceremonies in Two Locations

[jim1]

If you say they had connections to both Islington & Daventry it would seem a bit of a coincidence that the 2nd. marriage was entered in Daventry by mistake.
It's possible they had the Banns read in Daventry & intended to marry there but in the meantime married by Licence in Islington.

[Old Mother Reilly]

You have come up with some interesting thoughts on how this might have come about - thanks!  In the case of the marriage, A******y has images of the marriage register from St Marys Islington so that was easy to verify - however, the Daventry entry is from their dataset "Select Marriages" (in this case" Marriage allegations for the Province of Canterbury, 1660-1851") via FamilyS****h and is a transcription, not an image.  Maybe an error has crept in there!

[jim1]

The allegation will be that part of the Licence held at Canterbury.

[stanmapstone]

A visit to the clergyman issuing the licence resulted in three documents, an allegation or affidavit, a marriage bond and the licence. The allegation and bond would be filed in the Diocesan Registry. After 1823 bonds ceased to be necessary.
Without the names, and a look at the records on Ancestry and Familysearch, it is difficult to give a considered opinion on the matter.

Stan

[rosie99]

- however, the Daventry entry is from their dataset "Select Marriages" (in this case" Marriage allegations for the Province of Canterbury, 1660-1851") via FamilyS****h and is a transcription, not an image.  Maybe an error has crept in there!

If it appears as a transcription on familysearch you can order a copy of the document here

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0y5c/

[Nanna52]

My great great grandparents James Janes and Mary Cantle seem to have married twice on the same day. (15 June 1828)  St John Baptist Bristol and St James church Bristol.  I wondered if they were different religions.

[jim1]

St John Baptist Bristol and St James church Bristol.

If a couple married in a Chapel it will be registered twice, once in the Chapel register & again in the Parish Church register that the Chapel was made out of.
As these are 70 mls. apart that won't apply.

[stanmapstone]

My great great grandparents James Janes and Mary Cantle seem to have married twice on the same day. (15 June 1828)  St John Baptist Bristol and St James church Bristol.  I wondered if they were different religions.

Even if they were different denominations at that date a valid marriage had to take place in a Church of England Church, both these churches were C of E.

Stan

[JohninSussex]

I have a pair of marriages both on 3rd September 1814, I would post the images but probably get told off.
1) In the parish of St Saviour, Southwark,
Thomas Small of this parish, Batchelor, and Sophia Denman of this parish, Spinster
Married in this Church by Banns by me, W. Mann Chaplain  [also have image of the banns]
Signatures Tho: Small, Sophia Denman. Witnesses Wm. Moore, Lucy Moore
2) In the parish of St James, Westminster,
Thomas Small Esquire of the parish of St James, Westminster [not 'of this parish'], and Sophia Drake Widow of this parish,
Married in this Church by Licence by me, James Glen Curate
Signatures Tho: Small, Sophia Drake. Witnesses Wm. Moore, Lucy Moore

Register 1) is an original but 2) has all signatures in the same hand so is some sort of copy.

I tended to assume Sophia was known in one parish as unmarried and in the other as a widow; and perhaps Thomas wanted to be sure he was legally married; or some such explanation.  Or that the second entry was not of a second ceremony but just a record that the parishioner had married elsewhere (but then was there really a licence?)
Very mysterious.