Series
MARRIAGE LICENCES
Catalogue reference: DS/MB
What’s it about?
This record is about the MARRIAGE LICENCES dating from 1940 - 1958.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DS/MB
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Title (The name of the record)
- MARRIAGE LICENCES
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940 - 1958
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains lists of marriage licences recording in brief the licence number, name of the surrogate clerk, date of the licence, the surnames of the bride and groom, and who the licence was given to.
For example entries in DS/MB/001, are set out as follows:
Number Clerk Date Parties How licence was given
1977 Salmon 4 December 1940 Ireland and Rogers 'Handed to parties'
('Salmon' is Reverend Canon D M Salmon of The Rectory, Streatham, according to the list of surrogates).
Lists of the surrogate clergy involved in the process of granting the licences can be found in DS/MB/001 and 003.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The books are arranged in chronological order.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<p>See also Calendar of Marriage Licences 1877 - 1910 (DS/MC) and Marriage Warrants and Affidavits (Licences) 1905 - 1974 (DS/MP).</p>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- London Metropolitan Archives: City of London
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 0.50 linear feet
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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ACC/1983
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Under Canons 101 to 103 of 1604 marriage licences could only be issued by the ecclesiastical authorities who had jurisdiction over the parish where the marriage was to take place. Licences enabled couples to marry without publication or calling of banns in church.
Usually the licences were handed over to the marrying couple. Sometimes they may be found among the parish records where the marriage took place, but most marriage licences have not survived.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/33546020-1f11-4070-8e77-d2013e46c653/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at London Metropolitan Archives: City of London
Within the fonds: DS
DIOCESE OF SOUTHWARK
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MARRIAGE LICENCES