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Court Records: Marriage Records : Allegations

Catalogue reference: VH 91

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Reference
VH 91
Title
Court Records: Marriage Records : Allegations
Date
1676-1859
Description

The Dean of the Peculiar was empowered to grant commons marriage licences to those living within his jurisdiction

The allegations are missing for Croydon and Shoreham deaneries 1805-1811, and 1819-1824. A calendar of licences has been constructed from information in the contemporary index and the parish transcripts. The parties are included in the Index.

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Lambeth Palace Library
Language
English
Unpublished finding aids
<span class="wrapper"><p>Indexes to marriage licences issued by the vicar-general 1694-1850 are available online.http://www.englishorigins.com/help/mla-details.aspx. Also for those of the Faculty Office. Armytage, G.J. (ed.) &amp; Chester, J.L. (extractor) Allegations for marriage licences issued by the dean and chapter of Westminster, 1558 to 1699; also, for those issued by the vicar-general of the archbishop of Canterbury, 1660 to 1679, (Harleian Society, vol. 23, 1886).</p> <p>This is selective; for licences omitted from this volume, see Armytage vols. 33 and 34 below Armytage, G.J. (ed.) Allegations for marriage licences issued by the vicar-general of the archbishop of Canterbury, 1660 to 1668, (Harleian Society, vol. 33, 1892).</p> <p>Armytage, G.J. (ed.) Allegations for marriage licences issued by the vicar-general of the archbishop of Canterbury, 1669 to 1679, (Harleian Society, vol. 34, 1892).</p> <p>Armytage, G.J. (ed.) Allegations for marriage licences issued by the vicar-general of the archbishop of Canterbury, July 1679 to June 1687, (Harleian Society, vol. 30, 1890).</p> <p>Armytage, G.J. (ed.) Allegations for marriage licences issued by the vicar-general of the archbishop of Canterbury, July 1687 to June 1694, (Harleian Society, vol. 31, 1890).</p> <p>Index of the marriage allegations for the archbishop's peculiars of the Arches, Croydon and Shoreham in Lambeth Palace Library, (typescript, 1996).*</p> <p>Calendar of the marriage licences for the archbishop's peculiar of Bocking, 1771-1831, in Lambeth Palace Library, (typescript, 1998).*</p></span>
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Court Records: Marriage Records : Allegations