Marriage Licences - St George, Bloomsbury - 1770

[Ruskie]

Can anyone point me in the direction of the marriage licences for St George Bloomsbury?

I have a marriage on the 6th of February 1770 between Robert Akers and Elizabeth Starling - by licence. I have seen the original marriage entry on Ancestry (Marriages and Banns 1754 - 1938).

Internet searches only seem to mention the location of marriages, not licences, but I may be missing something.

I am hoping to find the licence, if it still exists, in the hope of a clue to Elizabeth’s origins.

I would be grateful for any assistance or advice.

Many thanks.

[mckha489]

They have it at the society of genealogists.
In the Vicar General licence set.  (£15 to have it scanned and sent I think ☹️).

https://sogdata.org.uk/bin/aps_detail.php?id=1900717

[Ruskie]

Many thanks mckha489.

£15 is a bit steep for me, but I’ll tell my fourth cousin - he may be willing to pay for it. 

Added: Using your link I can see the list of various marriage licences they hold. Do you need to be a paid up member to see the index?

[mckha489]

Try getting to it from their home page. 

https://www.sog.org.uk/


(I am an overseas member, so I can’t tell you what you can see without, but since a member can order that for £12 I would have thought you could get through to it)

If you have FindMyPast it is listed there and then an order button at the bottom.

[Bookbox]

Just to clarify, the allegations for VG licences are not held by the SoG and cannot be accessed from their website. They are held by Lambeth Palace Library. 

The SoG hold copies of the LDS films of these allegations, and they have indexed them. A digitisation of their index is on FindMyPast. A printout from the SoG copy of the film can be ordered via FindMyPast for £15.00, as mentioned above.

However, digitised images of these allegations are accessible free of charge at LDS Family History Centres. The film you need for the AKERS/STARLING allegation is 368961 (Vol. 158 Jan-Dec 1770).
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/42202?availability=Family%20History%20Library

[BumbleB]

I'm not certain that all Licences at this time have the same format.

I have a 1771 Bond and Allegation from Yorkshire.  The Allegation gives the name, occupation, residence (town/parish), marital status and age of the groom, and the information for the bride gives her age and residence (town/parish).  If she is a minor then additional information would say who gives their permission for the marriage to take place.  The Bond gives very little additional information.

[Ruskie]

Thank you again Mckha.

Bookbox, many thanks for tracking that film down for me. I haven’t been to an LDS centre for years, but have one nearby, so will have to organize a visit.

Bumblebee, that is exactly the sort of information I was hoping that a licence might give me.

Thank you very much everyone.

[BumbleB]

Good luck with your search 

[~buttons~]

I finally found that there was a BIG difference between asking for a copy of the Marriage Licence and the Bond/Allegation.

Don't get caught like I did - sent my £10 or £15 for a Marriage Licence and all it had was Fred Smith of St Mary's married Mary Brown of Enfield on 31 Feb 1800 (or whatever) - not what I was looking for at all.

I then realised I should have specified I wanted a copy of the Bond/Allegation. That's what had the extra information.

The film Bookbox mentioned looks like a winner