Wiltshire Marriage Licence Bonds

[deany70]

Ive got a copy of the above on CD and believe Ive found one of my ancestors but Im not entirely sure what all the info provided means.

please can someone assist?

This the entry

19569 MLB YEATES          WILLIAM         22  YEO    WINTERSLOW, WILTS                                                        COOPER            MARY                  22    WINTERSLOW, WILTS    SP
YEATES JOHN,YEO,CLARENDON PARK,WILTS    SALISBURY ST.EDMUND, FEB 6   1748

OK so I think the first no is the entry id.  and believe MLB is Marriage Licence Bond?
Yeates William is the groom and 22 his age
What is Yeo?  I believe its a profession but what?
Obviously Winterslow, Wilts is where he is from.
Cooper Mary is the bridge and age is 22 and Winterslow, Wilts where she is from and SP is Spinster
So who is John Yeates  - father or witness? 

If father then why on this entry is the father not a Judd? and what sort of profession would HUSB be?

10758 MLB JUDD            JOHN             22  HUSB  WINTERSLOW, WILTS   BAC                                                               
FORDER            JOAN        27    WINTERSLOW, WILTS                  SP                                                           
ROGERS CHARLES,CARPENTER,WINTERSLOW                                                                       WINTERSLOW/IDMISTON/NEWTON TONY,DEC 28 1731

All help really appreciated 

[Marmaduke 123]

Hi

John Yeates and Charles Rogers would be bondsmen, i.e. they would have given a financial security to the fact that there was no impediment to the marriage. A bondsman may or may not be related to the groom.

YEO = yeoman
HUSB = husbandman (probably a stockman looking after animals)

Anne

[deany70]

Anne
Many thanks for your help re my questions.
That makes it a lot clearer
best wishes

[Xristina]

Perhaps YEO means Yeoman. I lived in Winterslow for 21 years and these names are all familiar to me. The decendants of these people are still living in Winterslow. Clarendon Park is a big Country house where there is a wealthy family living and they own all the land and farms.They still have numerous staff working for them. Before I lived in Winterslow I lived on the Clanredon Estate called Rangers Lodge.1965-1969.

[Little Nell]

The full text of the entry gives an indication of what each field means, on the left hand side.  The last two fields before the marriage details are labelled 'Bondsman 1' and 'Bondsman 2'

Fathers' names are not routinely entered in marriage records.  A bondsman may of course be one of the fathers, but it would not necessarily say so.

Nell