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Offline seank

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St George's Chapel, Windsor
« on: Sunday 05 April 09 15:50 BST (UK) »
My curiosity has been aroused after finding a reference to someone with my surname who married at St George's Chapel, New Windsor in 1670. I assume this is the royal chapel associated with the castle (which couldn't have been long repaired following the civil war!).

Does anyone know what sort of people were allowed to be married at the chapel? I assume (maybe incorrectly) it wasn't generally available to any tom, dick, harry or harriet to be splashed, matched or dispatched?
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Re: St George's Chapel, Windsor
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 05 April 09 21:58 BST (UK) »
St George's Chapel is the Chapel Royal of Windsor Castle.  It is a royal peculiar, administed by the Dean & Chapter of Windsor.

The castle had a large population who lived within its precincts.  I suggest that those who lived within its walls were perhaps entitled to marry in the chapel, particularly if employed within the royal household, or a soldier garrisoned there.

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