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|    Chris Pitt Lewis to All    |
|    Re: banns _and_ licence?    |
|    26 Jul 19 11:51:06    |
      From: chris@cjpl.co.uk              On 26/07/2019 01:02, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:       > Wybunbury, 1736-6-14: "John Jackson of þe Parish of Wybunbury & Ellen       > Turner of the Parish of Betley by pub: & Certificate from þe Curate of       > Betley afores.d"       >       > I assume "pub" is banns (publication of). Is "Certificate" the same as       > licence? I've not come across both before - usually one or the other. Is       > it common? (Does it perhaps mean he was of age, or at least no-one in       > Wybunbury had objected during the banns, but she was under?)       >       > (Nice clear handwriting for a change.)              I assume it is simply a certificate from the Curate of Betley that the       banns had been read there without objection.              --       Chris Pitt Lewis              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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