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Chancery and Lord Chancellor's Office: Crown Office: Warrants for Royal Marriages
Catalogue reference: C 188
What's it about?
C 188
This series consists of warrants sealed and signed by the sovereign, countersigned by the Home Secretary, which were sent into the Crown Office in Chancery for the issuing of letters patent under the great seal. They signified the crown's assent...
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C 188
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery and Lord Chancellor's Office: Crown Office: Warrants for Royal Marriages
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Date (When the record was created)
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1861-1941
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of warrants sealed and signed by the sovereign, countersigned by the Home Secretary, which were sent into the Crown Office in Chancery for the issuing of letters patent under the great seal. They signified the crown's assent to royal marriages.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Other warrants for royal marriages (1791-1980) are in HO 124
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2 bundle(s)
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- Population
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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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The legislation which made crown assent necessary, the Royal Marriages Act of 1772, had been passed at the behest of George III after the marriage of his brother, the Duke of Cumberland, to Mrs Ann Horton, daughter of the Earl of Irnham. The Royal Marriages Act prohibited any member of the royal family marrying without the sovereign's consent (unless the person concerned was over twenty-five, whereupon by giving twelve months notice, and providing Parliament did not object, marriage was still possible); declared any such future marriage made without the sovereign's consent invalid; and stipulated sanctions against those who assisted in such marriages. The act is still in force.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3723/
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