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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)   
      
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