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Warkworth St. Lawrence's Marriage Regster (1754 - 1812)

 

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Warkworth St. Lawrence's Marriage Regster - Click for bigger imageThis entry, from the Warkworth parish marriage register, which included Amble, refers to Robert Adams and Elizabeth Johnson who were married on 8th December 1798 after Banns. When two people are married an entry is recorded in the marriage register. Hardwick's Marriage Act of 1754 standardised the recording of information in marriage registers. The same Act ordered that a couple could only marry after banns were read or a licence had been obtained. Banns were read to the church congregation for three consecutive Sundays prior to the marriage. The reading of the banns gave any person who felt the couple should not marry an opportunity to say so. Those couples who did not want banns to be read could purchase a licence from the Bishop. After their marriage the bride and groom, and two witnesses, signed the marriage register or placed their mark [X] if they could not write. Marriage registers of Warkworth parish are deposited with Northumberland Archives Service.