Richard Wagon

[David Boulding]

The attached image is the marriage of Richard Wagon of Pepinbury (Pembury)  and Alice Gibbons in Tonbridge 1685.

However there is some text which confuses me. Any ideas?

Richard Wagon & } de Pepenbury [Pembury] y free Roffe (?)
     Alice Gibbons }

[Just as I posted I realised that what I thought was a "3" and a "d" is in fact a curly bracket. However what is not explained is the "y free Roffe"

[ciderdrinker]

Hello
It's something like
Richard Wagon  & } (but over both lines)  de(of) Pembury y free  roffe
Alice Gibbons

The latter seems to have something to do with is it by banns or licence.The other entries have Y Ban presumably for banns or per fac roffe .

Ciderdrinker

[emeltom]

Looking at other entries on the page it is fac. and not free.

I agree with Ciderdrinker that some of the marriages are by Banns and this one is by fac. Ross or Ress which is probably by Licence of some sort.

[David Boulding]

Excellent. Could that be "fac Roffensis" perhaps (faculty Rochester?)

[emeltom]

Sounds highly possible.

[Bookbox]

It reads …
... p(er) fac(ultatem) Roffe’ eodem die
... by a faculty of Rochester on the same day

Roffensis = ‘of Rochester’.

[David Boulding]

Thank you indeed. Much appreciated.

[Bookbox]

But it's not clear from the way you've snipped it whether eodem die relates to the faculty, or to the entry that follows (not shown).

[David Boulding]

Thanks. I thought the same. I suspect it deals with the following entry but it's not clear either way