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Derbyshire / Re: marriage in two churches
« on: Wednesday 22 February 17 19:28 GMT (UK) »If a church wasn't C. of E. and hadn't obtained a licence to perform marriages a registrar had to attend marriages for them to be valid. One possibility is that the 1st church wasn't C. of E. and for some reason there was no registrar in attendance. In that case the couple would have had a later, legal ceremony. A late 20thC instance was reported in newspapers.
I know a person who had 2 marriage ceremonies because the registrar was unable to attend the church on the day planned for the wedding. To circumvent the problem and allow the wedding to take place in church,
the registrar attended a wedding rehearsal on the previous day. Bride, groom and priest went through the vital parts of the marriage service, bride , groom and witnesses signed register. Wedding party returned to church next day for another wedding ceremony with Nuptial Mass in front of guests. In this case I presume they signed the church register once, only appearing to do so on the 2nd occasion to pose for a photo.
Thanks that makes a lot of sense