When I had a day at the archives I hunted through a box of documents relating to my family name. One note included this:
“My father married when 21 years old. It was a Gretna Green wedding. The fee was a hundred guineas.”
I think the marriage referred to must have taken place in the early 1800s, but I can't believe that it cost that much to marry at Gretna Green. I've googled but can't find anything about the cost (except for the present day). If it wasn't at Gretna Green was there somewhere else they might have married that could have cost one hundred guineas? The couple were from Gloucestershire if that helps.
Any ideas anyone?
scuda
“My father married when 21 years old. It was a Gretna Green wedding. The fee was a hundred guineas.”
I think the marriage referred to must have taken place in the early 1800s, but I can't believe that it cost that much to marry at Gretna Green. I've googled but can't find anything about the cost (except for the present day). If it wasn't at Gretna Green was there somewhere else they might have married that could have cost one hundred guineas? The couple were from Gloucestershire if that helps.
Any ideas anyone?
scuda
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