Consent of Parents

[blackpool]

Does anyone know why the phrase "with consent of parents" appears on a marriage certificate? The obvious inference is that one or both participants were under age, but according to all the subsequent census information, neither of them were underage. The marriage took place in Chirk, Denbighshire in 1830 if that helps.

[stanmapstone]

The priest could have made a mistake, there are parish entries that have  "with consent of congregation" and others "with consent of friends"
Perhaps the incumbent has written something in the "consent of" box every time ?


Stan

[Gadget]

The marriage took place in Chirk, Denbighshire in 1830 if that helps.

Could you give their names, please?  I have access to nearly all the Chirk records.

Gadget

[Gadget]

Just found them - Thomas Jones and Margaret Jones, 4th Dec 1830.

I had one 10 years earlier in Chirk  that was 'with consent of parents'

[Gadget]

Tryin to find out when the  wording on the forms changed. The 1812 ones didn't have the 'with consent of...' included, The 1815 onwards, did.

Added - the 'with consent' appears on the Chirk records from 1813. Also - left blank in most cases.

[blackpool]

That's the right marriage. It's not as though that wording appears on all the entries though is it? Could it have been left in by mistake, do you think?

[stanmapstone]

From 1754 the marriage registers give the names and parishes of the parties, the date and place of marriage, whether by banns or licence, whether with consent of parents or guardians, and the name of the officiating minister. Also given are the names of the witnesses and signatures or marks of the spouses.

Could it have been left in by mistake, do you think?

I said it could be a mistake.

Stan

[Gadget]

From 1754 the marriage registers give the names and parishes of the parties, the date and place of marriage, whether by banns or licence, whether with consent of parents or guardians, and the name of the officiating minister. Also given are the names of the witnesses and signatures or marks of the spouses.

Could it have been left in by mistake, do you think?

I said it could be a mistake.

Stan

The printed booklets that the marriage entries are written in all have 'With consent of......'  printed in them from 1813* as far as the Chirk booklets are concerned.  They were left blank in most cases.

This would of course have changed to the statutory forms from Sept q 1837.

*not in the 1812 ones.

Eg shown below.

[Gadget]

Someone raising a similar query here:

https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/9931/why-would-consent-of-parents-be-needed-for-1815-marriage-between-26-and-33-year