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|    john to Jenny M Benson    |
|    Re: Dispensation for Catholic Marriage    |
|    18 May 22 17:57:44    |
      From: john1@s145802280.onlinehome.fr              On 18/05/2022 15:31, Jenny M Benson wrote:       > When Sara Bloor married Norbert Leyland at St Oswald's Church, Liverpool       > on 14 August 1920 (image at Ancestry) the priest wrote "disp. obt. <2       > words or abbreviations> Rel." under the surnames in the left margin.       >       > I know that the first two words mean a Dispensation was obtained, but       > I'm not sure what the following 2 words are or what the whole phrase means.       >       > Can anyone help, please?              Going backwards and forwards in the pages of the register I suspect       "mixta religio"              Similar dispensations are not uncommon in the register (and it 1922 I       noticed one where it is written in plain English)              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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