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Marriage Licences Granted Within the Archdeaconry of Chester in the Diocese of Chester Volume 6
Period covered: from 1667 to 1680
World location: UK & Ireland
Country location(s): England, Wales
'Region' and/or city location(s): Cheshire, Lancashire, Denbighshire, Flintshire
Town/locale: Archdeaconry of Chester
When a licence for marrying without the proclamation of banns was granted by the Bishop of Chester or his appointee, a form, known as a marriage licence bond was completed by the contracting parties and their surety or bondsman and deposited with the registrar. From these forms, short extracts in Latin were entered into a book by the registrar.
This volume contains the entries contained in the marriage licence act books for the period 1667 to 1680.
As well as marriage licences, there are occasional mentions of licences issued to surgeons and midwifes to practice, and to teachers to operate a school.
The documents at Chester only relate to licences affecting residents within the ancient Archdeaconry of Chester, ie all of Cheshire, Lancashire south of the Ribble and the Welsh parishes of the Bangor Deanery.
Merchant: Genhound
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