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                                             Marriage Licenses:

     Issued by the Vicar General of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1669

                             Edited by George J. Armytage, F.S.A.

                                           Pub. London: 1892

March 26:     John Adams, of St. Botolph’s, Bishopsgate, Iremonger, Bachelor,
                       age abt 23 & Elizabeth Allen, Spinster, age abt 18, daughter of Thomas   
                       Allen, of St. Mary,  Whitechapel, Middlesex, cook, who consents; at St.
                       Botolph’s.
 
March 27:     Thomas Burch, of All Hallows in the Wall, London, Carrier, Bachelor,  
                       age abt 26 & Frances Legg, of the same, Spinster, age about 23, at own 
                       disp.; at Kensington, St. Mary, Savoy or St. Martin’s in the Fields,
                       Middlesex.
 
March 29:     Thomas Rich of St. Paul’s Covent Garden, Middlesex, Yeoman, Bachelor,
                       age abt 26 & Dennis Boswell, of the same, Widow, age abt 35,  
                       alleged by Thomas Clithero, of St. Clement Danes, Clerk; at St. Pauls or
                       St. Clement’s aforesaid.
 
                       William Allen of St. Botolphs, Bishopsgate, London, Citizen & Draper,  
                       Bachelor, age abt 26 & Mrs. Hannah Hodierne, Spinster, age abt 19,
                       daughter of Edward Hodierne, St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex,
                       Citizen & Merchant Taylor, who consents; at St. Leonrad’s aforesaid.
 
March 31:    Henry Aynscombe, of St. Olave’s, Southwark, Surry, Citizen & Merchant
                       Taylor of London, Bachelor, age abt 30 & Mrs. Martha Bish, of the
                       same, Widow, age abt 30; at St. Thomas’s, Southwark or St. Olave’s
                       aforesaid.
 
                        John Browne, of Reading, Berkshire, Miller, Bachelor, age abt 24 &
                       Elizabeth Searles, of the same, Widow, age abt 26, at St. Mary, Savoy,
                       Middlesex.
 
April 1:          Timothy Hughes, of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, Middlesex, Barber, Bachelor,
                       age abt 25 & Isabell Proctor, of St. Giles in the Fields, Middlesex,
                       Spinster, age abt 28; alleged by Isabell Mackwen (or Mackwell), of St.
                       Giles aforesaid; at Marybone, Middlesex.
 
                       Rowland Hess, of St. Martin’s in the Fields, Middlesex, Bachelor, age abt
                       27 & Joane Powell, of St. Margaret’s, Westminster, Spinster, age abt 32,
                       at St. Martin.
 
April 2:          Nathan Holroide, of St. Giles, Cripplegate, Merchant, Bachelor, age abt
                       26 & Catherine Pinder, of Springfield, Essex, Spinster, age abt 20, with
                       consent of her father; at Springfield or Badow Magna, Essex.
 
April 5:          Litton Faireclough, of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, Citizen & Vintner,
                       Bachelor, age abt 24 & Frances Gorssuch, of Weston, Hertfordshire,
                       Spinster, age abt 21, with consent of her brother Robert Gorssuch, of
                       the same, Yeoman; at Yardley, Hertfordshire.
 
April 28:        William Hawkins, of St. Anne’s, Blackfryers, London, Feltmaker,
                       bachelor, age abt 23, & Elizabeth Wright, of Westcott Barton, Oxford,
                       Spinster, age abt 17, with consent of her father Mathew Wright,
                       Apothecary; at St. James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, or Great or Little St.   
                       Bartholomew, London.
 
April 29:        John Allwood, of Reddrith, Surry, Timber Merchant, Widower, age abt 30
                       & Elizabeth Colleyr, of St. Olave’s, Southwark, Spinster, age abt 20, with
                       consent of her father; at St. Olave’s aforesaid.

 

April 30:        John Hall, of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, Bachelor, age abt 27 &
                       Elizabeth Hobbs, of Islington, Middlesex, Widown, age abt 26; at Little or
                       Great St. Hellen’s or St. Alphage, London.
 
May 1:           Joseph Broik, of Stepney, Middlesex, Bachelor, age abt 24 & Elizabeth
                       Pullyn, of St. Margaret’s, Westminster, Spinster, age abt 24; alleged by
                        James Bowers of St. Margaret’s aforesaid, Haberdasher; at St. Clement
                       Danes or St. Martin’s in the Fields, Middlesex.
 
May 3:           Maurice Abett, of St. Andrew’s Holborn, London, Tallow Chandler,
                       Bachelor, age abt 24 & Amy Moorer, of Rigate, Surry, Spinster, age abt    
                       25; alleged by Henry Weldon, of St. Giles in the Fields, Gentleman; at
                       Marybone, Knightsbridge, Paddington, or St. Mary, Savoy.
 
                       Edward Dickons, of Stratford Bow, Middlesex, Cook, Widower, age
                        abt 64 & Susanna Allen, of St. Mary Matfellon alias Whitechapel,
                       Middlesex, Widow, age abt 50; at Stratford Bow.
 
                        John Hudnall, of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, London, Yeoman, Bachelor, age
                       abt 22 & Mary Towes, of Bray, Berkshire, Spinster, age abt 32, with
                       consent of parents; at White Waltham, Berkshire.
 
May 4:           John Smith, of Stepney, Middlesex, Husbandman, Widower, age abt 37 &
                       Anne Tomlin, of Walthamstow, Essex, Spinster, age abt 32, at
                       Walthamstow.
 
                       George Cowdry, of Drayton, Middlesex, Yeoman, Bachelor, age abt 30 &
                       Catherine Norcote, of Longford, Middlesex, Spinster, age abt 21, with
                       consent of her mother; alleged by John Browne, of St. Margaret’s,
                       Westminster, Carpenter; at St. Margaret’s aforesaid.
 
May 5:           Richard Geast, of St. Botolph’s, Billingsgate, London, Citizen & Cutler,
                       Bachelor, age abt. 28 & Frances Browne, of Low Laighton, Essex,
                       Spinster, age abt 17, with consent of her mother; at Low Laighton.
 
                        John Marthew, of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, London, Cheesemonger,
                       Bachelor, age abt 22 & Margaret Newman, of the same, Spinster, age
                       abt 19, with consent of her mother; at Hackney, Newington Green or
                       Marybone, Middlesex.
 
                       Giles Hassard, of St. Paul’s Covent Garden, Middlesex, Taylor, Bachelor,
                       abt 31 & Frances Barker, of St. Clement’s Danes, Middlesex, Widow,
                       abt 38; at St. Dunstan’s West or St. Andrew’s Holborn, London or St.
                       Clement’s Danes.
 
                        Joseph Golding, of Waltham Abbey, Essex, Grocer, Bachelor, abt 25 &
                       Sarah Hopkins, of St. Peter’s, Cornhill, London, Widow, abt 25; at
                       Islington, Middlesex.
 
May 6:           John Bullemer, of St. Catherine near ye Tower, London, Citizen & Joyner,
                       Widower, abt 30 & Phillippa Lardner, of St. Margaret’s, Westminister,
                       Widow, abt 23, at St. Bartholomew the Less, London, or St. Jame’s,
                       Clerkenwell.
 
                       Thomas Edwards, of Castor, Northampton, Carpenter, Bachelor, abt 25
                       & Mary Wortley, of the same, Spinster, abt 22, with consent of her
                       father; alleged by Thomas Loftus, of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, Horsler; at
                       Castor aforesaid.

 

                       William Wood, of Rigate, Surry & Elizabeth Wood, of the same, (ages, etc.
                       not stated); alleged by Robert Thompson, Sr. of Exeter House, Strand,
                       Gentleman; at Rigate. ( Not signed nor attested)
 
May 7:           John Goodyeare, of St. Martin’s in the Fields, Middlesex, Tallow
                       Chandler, Bachelor, abt 22 & Hannah Wright, of the same, Spinster, abt.
                       23, at own disp., parents dead; at St. Martin’s aforesaid.
 
May 10:        George Gallop, of Northboward, Dorset, Gentleman, Bachelor, abt 33 &
                       Charity Duncombe, of Shawford, Surry, Spinster, abt 18, with consent of
                       her mother; alleged by William Smith, of St. Mary, Savoy, Middlesex,
                       Citizen & Draper; at St. Mary, Savoy. (This entry cancelled)
 
                       Thomas Bromfield, of Udimer, Sussex, Widower (age not given) & Anne
                       Wright, of the same, Spinster, abt 26, at own disp.; by John Clements, of
                       Exeter House, Strand, Esq. ; at Udimer or Brede, Sussex.
 
                       Philip Harman, of St. Michael, Cornhill, London, Widower, (age not given)
                       & Mary Girle, of St. Marybone, Middlesex, Spinster, abt. 24, at own disp.;
                       alleged by John Deely, of Exeter House, Strand, Gentleman; at Marybone
                       or St. Andrew’s Holborn, London.
 
May 11:         James Dalley, of St. Botolph, Aldgate, London, Draper, Bachelor, abt 25
                       & Elizabeth Atkins, of St. Andrew’s Holborn, London, Spinster, abt 22,
                       with consent of her mother Mary Rosewell alias Atkins; at St. James
                       Clerkenwell, St. Botolph’s, Aldersgate, Little St. Bartholomew, or St.
                       Andrew’s aforesaid.
 
May 12:         Francis Calverley, of St. Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, Scrivener,
                       Widower, abt 43 & Grace Laxter, of St. Stephen’s, Coleman Street,
                       London, Spinster, abt 34, at own disp.
 
May 13:        Nathaniel Haymer, of Stepney, Middlesex, Mariner, Bachelor, abt 40 &
                       Rebeccah Rose, of the same, Widow, abt 27, alleged by Thomas Sumerly,
                       of the same, Gentleman; at Stepney, Shadwell, or Bow, Middlesex.
 
May 14:        William Tydy, of Ockley, Surry, Yeoman, Bachelor, abt 22 & Elizabeth
                       Sidway, of Darking, Surry, Spinster, abt 21, at her own disp., her parents
                       dead; at Darking or East Horsley, Surrey.
 
                        John Atwaters, of Rochester, Kent, Labourer, Bachelor, abt 30 & Mary
                       Tayler, of Quinborough in said Co., Spinster, abt 24, at own disp.; at
                       Quinborough of Minster, Kent.

 

 

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