Marriage by Superintendent Registrar's Certificate

[Muggins in Sussex]

Maybe the bride and groom went to the vicar to see about getting married and he expressed his reservations. They then went to the registrars and intended to marry at the reg office. Maybe then one party (probably the bride or someone in her family) went back to the vicar and pointed out that the couple were going to marry anyway so wouldn't it be better in church than not? At this point the vicar relented and as they already had the sup reg cert they used that for the church ceremony.

Thanks Merry - that sounds possible.

Just another thought - although I've no evidence he was, I wonder whether the groom was in prison at the time the marriage was being arranged - could this be a possible explanation?

[Guy]

The most obvious reasons to me are that one (or both) of the couple was not CoE or even divorced.
Anyone who lives in a parish may be married in the parish church whatever their religion
Cheers
Guy

[Muggins in Sussex]

The most obvious reasons to me are that one (or both) of the couple was not CoE or even divorced.
Anyone who lives in a parish may be married in the parish church whatever their religion
Cheers
Guy

Thanks Guy. I hadn't thought of divorce, but I thought that divorcees were not allowed to remarry in C of E Churches

[kylejustin]

i thought that rule only affected the royal family?

[Little Nell]

I got married by certificate. The certificate isn't on display, but outside the register office is a list of the names of people due to be married by cert. This is in place of having banns called out in a church I suppose, though not sure nowadays who would look at cert listings and know if one of the parties was unable to marry for whatever reason.

In a small village, folk would have been able to say "but Lucy Scroggs is Old Tim's illegitimate daughter/Bert Whoosit's wife is in the asylum!" to prevent illegal marriages.

I only recall when I booked the wedding having to produce proof of address from a utility bill. In reality I could have been married umpteen times.

[Muggins in Sussex]

Now I am thoroughly confused!

Nell, was your marriage in a Church or a Register Office, please?

[Little Nell]

Register office. I don't mean confusion!

church - you can have the banns called for 3 Sundays before marriage
Register office - you give at least 3 weeks' notice and this info is posted outside the reg office.

[Muggins in Sussex]

Register office. I don't mean confusion!

church - you can have the banns called for 3 Sundays before marriage
Register office - you give at least 3 weeks' notice and this info is posted outside the reg office.

Thanks, Nell - and sorry, it was me who was confused!

And still am LOL!!

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Anyone who lives in a parish may be married in the parish church whatever their religion

When was that stopped then? I wasn't allowed to marry in my local C of E parish church in 1986 because I wasn't christened.

[Olde Crone Holden]

Nell

I too was marrid in a Registry Office and "notices of intent to marry" are published, like Banns, and are on display outside a Register Office.

I know this because I sometimes still go and have a looky at who is going to marry who!


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