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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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