Hi Rob
I don't know if there were legal reasons for marriage by License but in
all the research I've done over the years, it is apparent that those who
had money married by License rather than Banns. So maybe it was also a
status thing?:-\
On 7/12/2016 12:30 PM, Rob Nelson, Perth WA wrote:
G'day CATHY & MARG, our resident specialists for matters ecclesiastical ...
Troving through the Bendigo Advertiser between 1860 and 1890 I've come across some wonderful treasures pertaining to matters HELLIER, but would like some explanation for the following:
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Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918), Monday 6 November 1865, page 2
MARRIAGE.
On the 4th inst., by special license, at the Church of England, by the Rev Mr Croxton, Mr Thomas Hellier, of Bristol, to Ellen, only daughter of Mr John O'Connor, of London.
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I wonder if either of you gals (or others among the general ALL) could expand on the meaning of a special license ... was it a mixed religious wedding OR was it a spin-off denomination that needed the official stamp from the CofE, or something quite different?
Cheers and thanks in anticipation, ROB!
rnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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