Thomas HERBERT 1820 Hewlesfield (General)

by Paul Andrews , Shropshire, England, Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 12:24 (6019 days ago) @ Jenna109

I agree that Thomas is probably the son of Sarah and John Herbert - which would mean that Amanda married two brothers.

From Archbishop Parker's statement of 1563, adopted as Cannon Law in 1603 and written into the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, the list of 'prohibited degrees' remained unchanged until 1907.

A woman was not permitted to marry her:

Grandfather
Grandmother's Husband
Husband's grandfather

Father's brother
Mother's brother
Father's sister's husband

Mother's sister's husband
Husband's father's brother
Husband's mother's brother

Father
Step-father
Husband's father

Son
Husband's son
Daughter's husband

Brother
Husband's brother
Sister's husband

Son's son
Daughter's son
Son's daughter's husband

Daughter's daughter's husband
Husband's son's son
Husband's daughter's son

Brother's son
Sister's son
Brother's daughter's husband

Sister's daughter's husband
Husband's brother's son
Husband's sister's son

These rules could be circumvented by the parliamentary personal Bill procedure, though doing so may not be to everyone's taste. They have also been overcome by oversight or deceit, particularly between widower and deceased wife's sister, according to a Royal Commission in 1847.

Source: The Family Tree Detective Colin D. Rogers 1983