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Marriage Licenses: Canterbury, 1669

Oct. 19:     Richard Lewes, of Wadhurst, Sussex, Fellmonger, Bachelor, abt 20, at
                   own disp, partents dead & Elizabeth Francis, of Westram, Kent, Spinster,
                   abt 22, with consent of her father; at Westram  or Wadhurst aforesaid.
 
                   Robert Cox, of Sunning, Oxon, Husbandman, Bachelor, abt 30 & Mary
                   Purchase, of the same, Spinster, abt 25, at own disp; alleged by Roger
                   Nash, of Henley upon Thames, Oxon, Malster; at Shiplack, Pissell or
                   Henley, Oxon.
 
Oct. 20:     Richard Partridge alias Partriche, of Wapping, Middlesex, Mariner,
                   Widower, abt 47 & Dorothy Waters, of the same, Widow, abt 40; at
                   St. Mary Matfellon alias Whitechapel, Middlesex.
 
                   John Beesley, of St. Andrew, Holborn, London, Merchant, Bachelor, abt 30
                   & Elizabeth Turner, of Stepney, Middlesex, Spinster, abt 28, at own disp;
                   at Stepney aforesaid.
 
Oct. 21:     Richard Wise, of  St. Peter’s, Cornhill, London, Upholster, Bachelor, abt 30
                   & Hester Mayne, of Hogson, Bucks, Spinster, abt 22, at own disp, her
                   parents dead; alleged by John Mayne, of St. James, Duke’s Place, London,
                   Gentleman; at Quarendon or Hogson, Bucks.
 
Oct. 22:     William Bayley, of Gillingham, Kent, Bachelor’ abt 36 & Thomazine
                   Roberts, of the same, Widow, abt 36; alleged by Peter Stowell, of
                   Rochester, Gentleman; at Gillingham.
 
                   William Allington, of Little St. Bartholomew, London, Wine Cooper,
                   Bachelor, abt 30 & Mary Lynn, of the same, abt 24, at own disp; alleged
                   by Peniell Bowen, of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, Stationer; at Brainford,
                   Middlesex.
 
Oct. 23:     James Byrt, of St. Clement Danes, Middlesex, Periwig Maker, Bachelor,
                   abt 23 & Susanna Mason, Spinster, abt 18, with consent of her mother
                   Frithwith Mason, of Farnham, Surry, Widown; at Farnham.
 
                   Sameul Mellowes, of St. Botolph’s, Aldgate, London, Bachelor, abt 23 &
                   Alice Walker, of St. Martin’s in the Fields, Middlesex, Widow, abt 30;
                   alleged by Thomas Halley, of Knightsbridge, Middlesex, Parish Clerk; at
                   Knightsbridge.

 

Oct. 25:     Henry Toplady, of St. Sepulchre’s, London, Citizen & Fishmonger,
                   Bachelor, abt 28 & Alice Warde, of St. James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex,
                   Spinster, abt 20, with consent of her father, at St. James aforesaid.
 
                   Thomas Burdikin, of St. Martin’s in the Fields, Middlesex, Citizen &
                   Merchant Taylor, Bachelor, abt 23 & Anne Turner, of the same, Spinster,
                   abt 22, with consent of her father; at St. Clement Danes, Middlesex or
                   St. Dunstan’s in the West, London.
 
Oct. 26:     Roger Forth, of St. Michaell, Cornhill, London, Citizen & Innholder,
                   Bachelor, abt 27 & Elizabeth Turner, of the same, Spinster, abt 23, at
                   own disp; at All Hallows in the Wall, London.
 
                   George Ward, of St. Bennett Fincke, London, Citizen & Apothecary,
                   Bachelor, abt 24 & Lucy Saunderson, of the same, Spinster, abt 22, at
                   own disp, her parents dead; at St. Bennett’s Finck, London.
 
Oct. 27:     Robert Presgrave, of St. Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, Coachman,
                   Bachelor, abt 31 & Susan Mebstone, of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, Spinster,
                   abt 24, at own disp; at St. Giles aforesaid.
 
                   William Newlove, of Stepney, Middlesex, Citizen & Vintner, Widower,
                   abt 30 & Elizabeth Osgoodby, of the same, Spinster, abt 26, at own
                   disp; at Stepney.
 
Oct. 28:     Cornelius Whitting, of St. Anne, Aldersgate, London, Distiller, Bachelor,
                   abt 23 & Anne Coxey, of the same, Spinster, abt 22, with consent of her
                   father; alleged by George Booth, of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, Citizen & Tyler
                   & Bricklayer; at Gray’s Inn Chapel, Middlesex.
 
                   Nicolas Sint Paul, of St. Martin’s in the Fields, Middlesex, Confectioner,
                   Bachelor, abt 26 & Magdalen Skinner, of the same, Spinster, age 21, at
                   own disp; at St. Mary, Savoy, Middlesex.
 
                   Robert Ellis, of Hendon, Middlesex, Joyner, Bachelor, abt 25 & Mary Bird,
                   of the same, Spinster, abt 30, at own disp; at Hendon aforesaid.
 
                   John Voyce, of Sudbury, Suffolk, Clothier, Bachelor, abt 23 & Martha
                   Gunton, of the same, Spinster, abt 20, with consent of her father;
                   alleged by James Blatt, of St. Peter’s Cornhill, London, Citizen & Draper;
                   at Cornard, Suffolk.
 
Oct. 29:     Robert Brayne, of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, Citizen & Vintner,
                   Bachelor, abt 24 & Anne Silverton, of the same, Spinster, abt 17, with
                   consent of her mother; at Bowe, Essex.
 
Oct. 30:     Robert Wright, of St. Botolph, Aldgate, London, Bachelor, abt 22 &
                   Ellianora Carpenter, of the same, Spinster, abt 20, with consent of
                   Guardian; at St. James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex.
 
Nov. 2:      John King, of St. Martin’s in the Fields, Middlesex, Bachelor, abt 38 &
                   Elizabeth Feather, of the same, Spinster, abt 24, at own disp; at
                   St. Botoph’s, Aldgage, or St. Bartholomew the Great, London.
 
Nov. 3:      Henry Whisler, of Stepney, Middlesex, Widower, abt 34 & Jane Ward, of
                   the same, Widow, abt 34; alleged by Benjamin Peacocke, of Stepney,
                   Clerk; at Stepney or Shadwell Chapel, Middlesex.

 

                   Robert Randoll, of St. Sepulchre’s, London, Butcher, Batchelor, abt 24
                   & Sarah Hunt, of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, London, Spinster, abt 19, with
                   consent of parents; at St. James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex.
 
                   James Harris, of St. Anne, Aldersgate, London, Citizen & Merchant Taylor,
                   Bachelor, abt 30 & Honor Yerbury, of St. Mildred, Bread Street, London,
                   Spinster, abt 22, at own disp; at St. Mary, Whitechapel, Middlesex.
 
Nov. 4:      Peter Kirby, of Brainford, Middlesex, Yeoman, Bachelor, abt 26 & Sarah
                   Taylor, of the same, Spinster, abt 24, at own disp; alleged by John Solace
                   of Brainford, Parish Clerk; at Norwood, Middlesex.
 
                   John Jones, of St. Martin’s in the Fields, Middlesex, Bachelor, abt 24 &
                   Jane Fitchsall, of the same, Spinster, abt 30, at own disp; alleged by
                   Jonathan Westwood, of St. Mary, Savoy, Clerk; at St. Mary’s aforesaid.
 
Nov. 5:      Joseph Hijnmenrs, of Stepney, Middlesex, Merchant, Bachelor, abt 47 &
                   Catherine Ellford, of the same, Spinster, abt 19, with consent of her
                   father; at St. Botolph’s, Aldgate, London.
 
                   John Haige, of St. Mary, Savoy, Middlesex, Bachelor, abt 30 & Priscilla
                   Custen, of St. Margaret’s, Westminster, Spinster, abt 21, with consent of
                   her father; at St. Andrew’s, Holborn, St. Dunstan’s in the West, London, or
                   St. Martin’s or St. Giles in the Fields, Middlesex.
                    (This entry was cancelled.)
 
Nov. 8:      Jonathan Ashton, of St. Botolph’s, Aldgate, London, Merchant, Bachelor,
                   abt 24 & Mary Field, of Stepney, Middlesex, Spinster, abt 20, at own disp,
                   her parents dead; alleged by Francis Fleete, of St. Botolph’s, Aldgate,
                   Schoolmaster: at St. Botolph’s aforesaid.
 
                   Daniel Stone, of St. James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, Widower, abt 44 &
                   Elizabeth Fynch, of the same, Widow, abt 43; at St. James aforesaid,
                   St. Pancras, Middlesex or Clapham, Surry.
 
Nov. 9:      William Harman, of Shensford, Essex, Widower, abt 46 & Anne Ame,
                   of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, London, Spinster, abt 35, at own disp; at
                   Chignell St. James or Widdford, Essex.
 
Nov. 10:    Thomas Garrett, of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex, Carpenter,
                   Bachelor, abt 27 & Grace Tippon, of the same, Spinster, abt 25, at
                   own disp; alleged by Joseph Tarlton, of St. Alphage, London, Citizen &
                   Clothworker; at St. Alphage aforesaid.
 
                   Bartholomew Goodell, of Kingston upon Thames, Surry, Taylor, Widower,
                   abt 35 & Frances Waterman, of Maulden, in said county, Widow, abt 30;
                   at Chessingdon, Kingston or Epsom, Surry.
 
                   Thomas Wollfryes, of St. Ethelburgh, London, Citizen & Haberdasher,
                   Widower, abt 39 & Anne Jefferson, of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, London,
                   Spinster, abt 24; at St. Botolph’s, Aldgate, London.
 
Nov. 12:    Thomas Miller, of St. Clement Danes, Middlesex, Cordwayner, Bachelor,
                   abt 26 & Elizabeth Hight, of the same, Widow, abt 30; at St. Clement
                   aforesaid or St. Olave’s, Old Jury, London.

 

                   Samuell Bartlett, of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, Widower, abt 55 &
                   Mary Graves, of  St. Mary, Savoy, Middlesex, Spinster, abt 40; at St.Mary,
                   Savoy.
 
Nov. 13:    William Cooper, of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, London, Citizen & Stationer,
                   Bachelor, abt 30 & Mary Cleare, of St. Bartholomew the Less, London,
                   Spinster, abt 19, with consent of her father Richard Cleare, Carver; at
                   St. Bartholomew aforesaid.
 
                   William Read, of St. Margaret’s, Westminster, Bachelor, abt 28 & Diana
                   Salter, of St. Martin’s in the Fields, Middlesex, spinster, abt 19, with
                   consent of her father; at St. Martin’s aforesaid.
 
Nov. 15:    Robert Limpany, of Fulham, Middlesex, Citizen & Stationer of London,
                   Bachelor, abt 26 & Judith White, of Putney, Surry, Spinster, abt 19, with
                   consent of her father James White, of the same; at Putney or Fulham.
 
Nov. 16:    George Carleton, of Christ Church, London, Citizen & Fishmonger,
                   Bachelor, abt 32 & Mrs. Anne Maynestone, of St. Nicholas Coleabby,
                   London, Widow, abt 25; at St. James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex.
 
                   Francis Brerewood, of St. Peter’s, Cornhill, London, Citizen & Fishmonger,
                   Bachelor, abt 28 & Martha Graves, of St. Bride’s, London, Spinster, abt 23,
                   at own disp, her parents dead; at St. Dunstan’s in the  West, London.
 
                   Ralph Shepard, of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, Turner, Widower,
                  abt 39 & Agnes Ibbett, of the same, Widow, abt 35; at St. Giles aforesaid.
 
Nov. 17:    Samuel Burton, of Awliscombe, Devon, Widower & Ruth Glaudvil, of
                   Honyton in said county, Spinster, abt 24, at own disp; at Viniton.
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