Marriage by Certificate ??

[ellis1813]

What does Marriage by certificate mean ??
Is it where either the Bride or Groom has been married before ?

Thanks

[stanmapstone]

Marriages in England and Wales could be by:
1)   Banns
2)   Surrogate’s or Common Licence
3)   Special Licence
4)   Superintendent Registrar’s Certificate
5)   Superintendent Registrar’s Licence

Under (1) (2) and (3) marriages may be solemnized by a Clergyman of the Established Church of England in a licensed Church or Chapel of the Church of England, or, if by Special Licence, in any place and at any time.
Under (4) they may, as in cases (1) and (2), be solemnized by a Clergyman of the Established Church of England subject to his being willing to accept the Certificate in lieu of Banns; and under (4) and (5) by or before a Registrar of Marriages in a building of Roman Catholic or other denomination duly registered by the Registrar-General; before a Registrar of Marriages and a Superintendent Registrar in the District Register Office; or after the 1898 Act .(Marriage; Nonconformist Places of Worship),  before a person duly authorised under the Act. Under this Act Roman Catholics and Nonconformists were not required to have a civil Registrar present.

Stan

[ellis1813]

Thank you Stan,

Will print that out and keep for future reference

[stanmapstone]

A Church of England wedding could take place on the authority of a Superintendent Registrar’s Certificate, but only if the minister concerned was willing to accept this. In such a case, banns were not called and a licence was not required.

Stan

[ellis1813]

Thank you again Stan,

Still trying to digest the first post

This particular marriage was in a Register Office in the 1920s

Debbie x

[stanmapstone]

Hi Debbie,
In that case they were married in the Register Office in a Civil Ceremony
This is from a Notice furnished by the Registrar-General under the Provisions of the Act for Registering Births, Deaths and Marriages in England.
Acts required to be done by persons who may be desirous of solemnizing marriage after the 1st day of March 1837 (changed to 1st of July), under the provisions of the acts of the 6th and 7th William IV., c.83 and 86.
Persons objecting to be married either according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, or in any such registered building, may, after notice and certificate as aforesaid*, solemnize marriage at the office of the superintendent-registrar, with open doors between the hours of 8 and 12 in the forenoon, (extended to 3pm in 1886) in the presence of the superintendent-registrar and some registrar of the district, and in the presence of two witnesses, making the declaration, and using the form of words, required in the case of marriage in a registered building.

 *One of the parties intending marriage must give notice under his or her hand to the superintendent-registrar of the district, within which the parties shall have dwelt for not less than seven days then next proceeding; or, if they dwell in different districts, they must give like notice to the superintendent-registrar of each district. The notice must be in the form of a schedule, which the superintendent-registrar will furnish on being applied to, and must be filled up with the following particulars:--
The name and surname of each of the parties.
Whether bachelor or widower, spinster or widow.
Their respective rank, profession, or calling.
Whether minors, or of full age.
Their respective dwelling-places.
Whether they have resided within the district more than one calendar month, or if not, how long.
In what church or building the marriage is to be solemnized.
The districts and county in which the other party resides when they dwell in different districts.
A copy of such notice will be entered by the superintendent-registrar in a book called “the marriage notice-book,”    which will be open at all reasonable times, without fee, to all persons desirous of inspecting the same.
After the expiration of 21 days after the entry of the notice, if no impediment has been shown, the superintendent-registrar may be required to issue a certificate.


I hope this helps


Stan

[ellis1813]

Hello Stan,

Hope I'm getting this......a certificate was required for couple who wished to marry in a hurry ?

Debbie x

[stanmapstone]

If they were in a hurry then they would apply for a Superintendent Registrar’s Licence.

A Superintendent Registrar was empowered to issue a Superintendent Registrar’s Licence only seven days after the couple’s details had been entered in the Marriage Notice Book. This was effectively a Superintendent Registrar’s Marriage Licence, printed in red ink with ‘Licence’ as a watermark. The subsequent ceremony could take place in any licensed building apart from an Anglican Church or Chapel.
This is not to be confused with the Ordinary Certificate, printed in black ink, and issued by the Superintendent Registrar; twenty one days after the couple’s details had been entered in the Marriage Notice Book. This enabled the couple to get married within three months by taking the Certificate to their priest and which gave him the authority to conduct the ceremony by the rites of their faith, in any place where prior to the Act marriages could have taken place by banns.
It is worth noting that Marriage laws are complex and have changed over time, so the date of any event will have a bearing on what rules applied. You can see some of the Acts relating to marriage at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~framland/acts/actind.htm

Stan   

[ellis1813]

Oh my word !


Better put the kettle on 

Thank you so much x