Permission to marry

[Misha77]

Hi Rootschatters,
My fourth great grandmother, Elizabeth Rhea married Thomas Graham in 1822 in Hutton Buscel, Yorkshire.  They were both born elsewhere although 'of this parish' at the time of their wedding. (They were to remain and have all their family there).  I noticed that after the calling of the banns, permission was granted by a John Dick (or Dirk) for their marriage and he stood as one of the witnesses along with two other people.  I do not think John Dick was actually family. It has crossed my mind that he might have been Elizabeth's employer and as she was slightly under twenty-one at the time, that he was acting 'in loco parentis'.   What do you think?  Have you come across this?

[Maiden Stone]

I've seen "With consent of friends". I've also seen "with consent of mother, father being dead"
John Dick might have been Elizabeth's guardian or an uncle by marriage.