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Offline sallyb

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Age of marriage witnesses
« on: Wednesday 29 September 04 17:11 BST (UK) »
Does anyone know what, if any, the minimum ages for witnesses to a marriage in the eighteenth century England would have been?

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Re: Age of marriage witnesses
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 29 September 04 17:21 BST (UK) »
The only requirement was that the clergyman should be satisfied that the witnesses were capable of understanding the proceedings and attesting thereto.
Southern or Southan [Hereford , Monmouthshire & Glos], Jenkins, Meredith and Morgan [Monmouthshire and Glos.], Murrill, Damary, Damry, Ray, Lawrence [all Middx. & London], Nethway from Kenn or Yatton. Also Riley and Lyons in South Africa and Riley from St. Helena.
Any census information included in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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