From: tickettyboo@mail2oops.com   
      
   On 2020-06-22 22:12:56 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) said:   
      
   > I'm trying to trace a Mary Smith!   
   >   
   > Yes, about as impossible as it could be. My 5th Great Grandmother.   
   >   
   > Married at St. Oswalds, Cheshire (I think it's actually in Backford,   
   > 3.7 miles north of Chester), 1767-June-1, to George Mason; I have the   
   > scan of the marriage register entry. Both were of the/this parish.   
   > Witnesses Tho.s Smith and Samuel Mason. By Licence.   
   >   
   > I have also found in "Cheshire Marriage licence bonds and allegations   
   > 1606-1905" a couple of documents (handwritten bits , rest printed   
   > form):   
   >   
   > "... we  and Thomas Smith of the City of Chester Carrier> are ... bound ... in   
   > the Sum of  Pounds   
   > ...   
   > the above bounden  now licenced   
   > to be married together ..."   
   >   
   > 1. Is Thomas Smith going to be Mary's father?   
   > 2. Isn't a hundred pounds a vast amount in 1767 (King George III)?   
   >   
   > The other, similar, document (1767-6-1):   
   >   
   > "... appeared personally  Eastham and County and Diocese of Chester Yeoman> ... alledged and made   
   > Oath as follows, That he is of the Age of  Years and   
   > upwards, and a  and intends to marry  parish of Saint Oswald in the City and Diocese of Chester> aged   
   >  Years and upwards, and a  ... and he prayed a   
   > Licence to solemnise the said Marriage ..."   
   >   
   > 3. "Years and upwards" puzzles me, as a specific number (25 and 21) is   
   > handwritten in; are these likely to be their actual ages?   
   > 4. As she's 21 (or "upwards"?), why does her father (if Thomas _is_ her   
   > father) need to be involved?   
   > 5. Was it normal for a Licence to be "prayed" (I assume that means   
   > applied for) the same day as the actual wedding?   
   >   
   > I'm new to marriage "bonds and allegations". Is it sort of a (monetary)   
   > deposit of good faith, that the couple are not related or that there is   
   > otherwise nothing that could impede the marriage? Was the money   
   > actually paid, and then refunded at some later date, or just an   
   > obligation to pay it accepted (which obligation became void at some   
   > later date)?   
      
   https://www.york.ac.uk/media/borthwick/documents/5marriagebonds.pdf   
      
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