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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Crystal clear.</p>
<p>Many thanks Mike.</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
<category>General</category><dc:creator>Paul Andrews</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And this, I think, is it. Provided, of course, that anyone can understand it.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1836_%2834%29_Marriages._A_bill_for_Marriages_in_England">http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1836_%2834%29_Marriages._A_bill_for_Marriages_in_England</a></p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 22:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
<category>General</category><dc:creator>Mike Pinchin</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Mike.</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My memory might be a bit hazy but I believe an Act of around 1836 allowed a registrar to issue a license or certificate (which remained valid for about 3 months) which a couple could then take to any place authorized to conduct marriages and have the ceremony take place. However, the legality was a bit ambiguous and many clergy held it to be at odds with canon law. Maybe this might explain the entry. I gather it was somewhat rare.</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
<category>General</category><dc:creator>Mike Pinchin</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Record_ID: 49955 <br />
Entry_Number: 278 <br />
Year: 1902 <br />
Month: Feb <br />
Day: 14 <br />
Grooms_Surname: LEWIS <br />
Grooms_Forenames: William <br />
Grooms_Age: 25 <br />
Groom_Condition: Bachelor <br />
Grooms_Occupation: Labourer <br />
Grooms_Residence: Tudorville Ross <br />
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Lewis <br />
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: James <br />
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Mason <br />
Brides_Surname: SCOTFORD <br />
Brides_Forenames: Emily Annie <br />
Brides_Age: 29 <br />
Brides_Condition: Widow <br />
Brides_Occupation:  <br />
Brides_Residence: Tudorville Ross <br />
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Colwell (deceased) <br />
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Robert <br />
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Farmer <br />
Licence_or_Banns: <span style="color:#f00;">Certificate </span><br />
Date_of_Banns:  <br />
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign <br />
Witness_1: Jane Lewis <br />
Witness_2: P D [illegible] <br />
Other_Witnesses:  <br />
Officiating_Minister: E H W Ingram Rector <br />
Event: Marriage <br />
Memoranda:  <br />
Notes:  <br />
Register_Reference: BW 14/7 <br />
Page_Number: 139 <br />
Parish_Chapel: Ross on Wye <br />
Soundex_Groom: L200 <br />
Soundex_Bride: S316 </p>
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Can anyone throw any light onto the entry of Certificate in the above record?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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