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Marriage Licenses: Canterbury, 1669

Nov. 19:     Edmond Michell, of St. Saviour’s, Southwark, Surry, Bachelor, abt 24 &
                    Sarah Rapley, of Warnham, Sussex, Spinster, abt 23, at own disp; at
                    St. Saviour’s aforesaid, or St. James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex.
 
                    James Goodwin, of St. Stephen’s, Coleman Street, London, Merchant
                    Taylor, Bachelor, abt 24 & Elizabeth Rayment, of St. Giles, Cripplegate,
                    London, Spinster, abt 20, with consent of her father; alleged by
                   Thomas Jince, of Benington, Herts, Gentleman; at St. Giles aforesaid or
                    St. Bartholomew the Less, London.
 
                    Abraham Wistin (Whistin), of Stepney, Middlesex, Citizen & Silk
                    Throster, Widower, abt 34 & Anne Roberts, of Richmond, Surry,
                    spinster abt 20, with consent of her mother; at Stepney.
 
Nov. 20:     Samuell Moore, of St. Botolph, Aldgate, London, Oilman, Bachelor,
                    abt 24 & Sarah Terrett, of the same, Spinster, abt 26, at own disp; at
                    St. Martin’s in the Fields, Middlesex.
 
Nov. 22:     William Goode, of St. Martin’s in the Fields, Middlesex, Bachelor, abt 23
                    & Margaret Sellers, of St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, Middlesex, Spinster,
                    abt 25, at own disp; at St. Bartholomew the Less, London.
 
Nov. 23:     John Edge, of St. Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, Bricklayer, Widower,
                    abt 33 & Sarah Jackson, of Dowgate, London, Widow, abt 33; at
                    St. Andrew’s, Holborn, London.
 
                    Thomas Williams, of Lumbard Street, London, Goldsmith, Bachelor,
                    abt 25 & Mary Sayer, of the same, Spinster, abt 27, at own disp; alleged
                    by John Herle, of ye Middlesex Temple, Gentleman; at Great St. Hellen’s,
                    London.
 
Nov. 24:     Richard Day, of St. James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, Carpenter, Widower,
                    abt 48 & Jane Lee, of the same, Spinster, abt 40; at St. Bartholomew the
                    Less, London.
 
                    Robert Mynn, of St. Clement Danes, Middlesex, Victualler, Widower,
                    abt 40 & Elizabeth Catton, of the same, Widow, abt 30; alleged by John
                    Deely, of Exeter House, Gentleman; at St. Mary, Savoy, Middlesex.
 
Nov. 27:     William Grove, of Ruscombe, Berks, Yeoman, Bachelor, abt 22 & Mary
                    Grove, Spinster, abt 18, daughter of Richard Grove, of White Waltham in
                    aforesaid county, Yeoman, who consents; alleged by Walter Challender,
                    of St. Clement Danes, Citizen & Merchant Taylor; at White Waltham.
 
Nov. 29:     Richard Britten, of St. Clement Danes, Middlesex, Taylor, Bachelor,
                     abt 34 & Margaret Godfrey, of the same, Widow, abt 35; alleged by
                    Wm Lee, of the same, Taylor; at Gray’s Inn Chapel, Middlesex.
 
                    Nicholas Luke, of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, Chandler, Bachelor,
                    abt 23 & Martha Tibby, of the same, Spinster, abt 23, with consent of her
                    mother; at Gray’s Inn Chapel, Middlesex.
 
                    Robert Cooke, of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, London, Instrument Maker,
                    Bachelor, abt 25 & Elizabeth Hart, of St. Olave’s, Hart Street, London,
                    Spinster, abt 25, at own disp; at St. Olave’s aforesaid.
 
Nov. 30:     Thomas Rowe, of Goudhurst, Kent, Widower, abt 50 & Margaret Tickner,
                    of Fishurst, Sussex, Widow, abt 50; alleged by Edward Roades, of
                    Hawkhurst, Kent, Clothier; at St. Botolph’s, Bishopsgate.
 
                    William Staverton, of St. Hellen’s, London, Citizen & Merchant Taylor,
                    Bachelor, abt 31 & Hester Proctor, of St. Michael Basingshawe, London,
                    Spinster, abt 20, with consent of her mother; at St. Alphage, St. Giles,
                    Cripplegate or St. Bartholomew the Less, London.
 
                    William Gamble, of St. Dunstan’s in the West, London, Citizen &
                    Cordwayner, Bachelor, abt 27 & Mary Burton, of the same, Spinster,
                    abt 27, at own disp; at St. Clement Danes, Middlesex.
 
Dec. 1:       John Edwards, of Little St. Bartholomew, London, Goldsmith, Bachelor,
                    abt 20 (with his father’s consent) & Frances Rose, of St. Sepulchre’s,
                    London, Spinster, abt 22, with consent of her father; at St. Mary’s,
                    Islington.
 
                    Humfrey Willitt, of St. Bartholomew by the Exchange, London, Bachelor,
                    abt 26 & Mary Miller, of the same, Spinster, abt 20, with consent of her
                    father; alleged by Thomas Quatermaine, of St. Giles, Cripplegate, Clerk;
                    at St. Giles, aforesaid.
 
                    Richard Stevenson the younger, of Reading, Berks, Brazier, Bachelor,
                    abt 26 & Joane Tyler, of Henley upon Thames, Oxon, Spinster, abt 24,
                    at own disp; at Henley, Pishell, Fawley or Pepper, Oxon.
 
                    Richard Stevenson the elder, of Reading, Berks, Brazier, Widower, abt 60
                    & Anne Messenger, of Henley upon Thames, Oxon, Widow, abt 60; at
                    Reading, Henley, Pishell or Pepper, Oxon.
 
                    Peter Coomes, of Crambrook, Kent, Clothier, Widower, abt 50 &
                    Elizabeth Ward, of Sandhurst in said county, Spinster, abt 22, at own
                    disp, parents dead; alleged by Thomas Weston, of Crambrook, Clothier;
                    at Sandhurst or Beningden, Kent.
 
Dec. 3:       John Oxton, Of Aldenham, Herts, Yeoman, Bachelor, abt 23 & Elizabeth
                    Hill, of the same, Spinster, abt 20, with consent of guardian; at
                    Adlenham.
 
                    John Le-Chambre, of Bevis Marks, London, Bachelor, abt 26 & Elizabeth
                    Martell, of Fanchurch Street, London, Spencer, abt 25, at own disp;
                    alleged by Thomas Rocke, of Exeter House, Strand, Gentleman; at
                    St. James, Duke’s Place. London.
 
                    Peter Maille, of St. Paul’s, Covent, Garden, Middlesex, Bachelor, abt 35 &
                    Bridget de la Court, of the same, Spinster, abt 26, at own disp; at
                    St. Botolph’s, Bishopgate, London.

 

Dec. 4:        Edward Weeks, of St. Margarett’s, Westminster, Husbandman, Widower,
                    abt 60 & Adry Buckston, of Kensington, Middlesex, Widow, abt 30; at
                    Kensington or St. Margarett’s aforesaid.
 
Dec. 6:        Charles Ryves, of St. Dyonis Backchurch, London, Grocer, Bachelor,
                    abt 39 & Mrs. Mary Jefferyes, of St. Andrew Undershaft, London, Widow,
                    abt 26; at St. Andrew Undershaft.
 
Dec. 8:        Richard Townsend, of St. Martin’s in the Fields, Middlesex, Goldsmith,
                    Bachelor, abt 24 & Elizabeth Drake, of St. Dunstan’s in the West, London,
                    Spinster, abt 21, with consent of her mother Elizabeth Horne alias
                    Drake; at St. Martin’s aforesaid.
 
Dec. 9:       Thomas Timpson, of Reddrith, Surry, Butcher, Widower, abt 45 & Frances
                    Driver, of St. Bartholomew the Great, London, Widow, abt 34; at
                    St. Bartholomew’s aforesaid.
 
Dec. 11:      Allen Bancks, of St. Dunstan’s in the West, London, Citizen & Stationer,
                    Bachelor, abt 28 & Catherine Clerke, of Edmundton, Middlesex, Spinster,
                    abt 17, with consent of her father.
 
                    William Young, of Tottenham, Middlesex, Monyer, Bachelor, abt 24 &
                    Susanne Kipping, of the same, Spinster, abt 18, with consent of her
                    mother; at Tottenham aforesaid.
 
                    Walter Sargent, of Kensington, Middlesex, Bachelor, abt 26 & Mary
                    Bohner, of the same, Spinster, abt 30, at own disp; alleged by Thomas
                    Haley, of Knightsbridge, Middlesex, Parish Clerk; at Knightsbridge.
 
                    Henry Mayland, of St. Dunstan’s in the West, London, Blacksmith,
                    Widower, abt 40 & Mary Milson, of St. Andrew, Holborn, London,
                    Spenster, abt 25, at own disp; at St. James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex.
 
                    William Martyn, of St. Dunstan’s in the West, London, Citizen & Vintner,
                    Widower, abt 36 & Mrs. Jane Bryan, of the same, Widow, abt 36; at
                    St. Dunstan’s aforesaid or St. Bartholomew’s the Less, London.
 
Dec. 13:     Ralph Howard, of Wilsden, Middlesex, Farrier, Widower & Sarah Friday,
                    of the same, Spinster, abt 27, at own disp; at Wilsden.
 
Dec. 14:     Raphe Norton, of St. Olave, Hart Street, London, Citizen & Leatherseller,
                    Widower, abt 56 & Katherine Carter, of the same, Widow, abt 58; at
                    St. Olave’s.
 
                    John Critchloe, of St. Bartholomew the Great, London, Fishmonger,
                    Bachelor, abt 26 & Rebeccah Bridge, of Hackney, Middlesex, Spinster,
                    abt 22, with consent of her father Daniell Bridge, of the same; at
                    St. Leonard’s, Shoreditch, or Hackney, Middlesex or St. James, Duke’s
                    Place, London.
 
                    John Buttler, of St. Clement Danes, Middlesex, Citizen & Fruiterer,
                    Bachelor, abt 22 & Elizabeth Capell, of St. Paul’s, Covent Garden,
                    Spinster, abt 18, with consent of her father; alleged by Henry Miller,
                    of St. Clement Danes, Citizen & Vintner; at St. Paul’s or St. Clement’s
                    aforesaid.
 
                    Roger Sheares, of Byfleet, Surry, Yeoman, Bachelor, abt 35 & Joane 
                    Francks, of the same, Spinster, abt 30; at Waltham (Walton) upon
                    Thames, Surry.

 

                    William Darby, of Allington, Kent, Husbandman, Bachelor, abt 30 &
                    Anne Mitchell, Spinster, abt 22, daughter of Thomas Mitchell, of Boxley
                   in said  county,  who alleges; at Allington or Bersted, Kent.
 
                    William Ludford, of St. Saviour’s, Southwark, Plasterer, Widower, abt 38
                    & Vertue Roker, of the same, Widow; at Stepney or Trinity, Minories,
                    Middlesex or Newington Butts, Surry.
 
Dec. 15:     Edmund Gostlin, of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, Citizen & Grocer,
                    Bachelor, abt 29 & Anne Stanford, of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, London,
                    Spinster, abt 16, with consent of her mother; at St. Botolph’s aforesaid.
 
Dec. 17:     Joseph Lee, of Throckmorton Street, Middlesex, Merchant, Bachelor,
                    abt 28 & Sarah Canfield, of Great St. Hellen’s. London, Spinster, abt 18,
                    with consent of her guardian Nicholas Bonfoy, Alderman of London;
                    at St. Hellen’s aforesaid.
 
Dec. 18:     Robert Ware, of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, London, Citizen &
                    Woodmonger, Widower, abt 32 & Anne Benyard, of the same, Widow,
                    abt 47; at St. Botolph’s aforesaid.
 
                    Anthony Whitwell, of St. Andrew Undershaft, London, Citizen & Salter,
                    Bachelor, abt 25 & Elizabeth Kenrick, of St. Mary, Islington, Middlesex,
                    Spinster, abt 19, with consent of her mother; at Stepney, Middlesex.
 
Dec. 20:     Gilbert Wallis, of Hadley, Middlesex, Bachelor, abt 23 & Mary Grayham,
                    of the same, Widow, abt 22; alleged by Elston Wallis, of Hadley, Citizen &
                    Goldsmith; at Munken, Hadley or South Myms, Middlesex.
 
Dec. 21:     Henry Swift, of Westerham, Kent, Husbandman, Bachelor, abt 27 &
                    Sarah Thorneton, of the same, Widow, abt 40; alleged by Richard Mayne,
                    of St. Martin’s in the Fields, Taylor; at Hawsted, Kent.
 
Dec. 22:     Thomas Byfeld, of St. John the Baptist, London, Skinner, Bachelor, abt 25
                     & Anne Holloway, of St. Saviour’s, Southwark, Surry, Spinster, abt 23, at
                    own disp; at St. Gabriel Fanchurch, London.
 
                    William Perkins, of Richmond, Surry, Waterman, Bachelor, abt 27 &
                    Bridgett Compton, of the same, Spinster, abt 23, at own disp; at
                    St. Margaret’s, Westminster or Richmond or in the New Chapel of
                    Westminster.
 
Dec. 23:     Jeremiah Gregory, of St. Michaell, Cornhill, London, Widower & Susan
                    Hancoke, of St. James, Clerkenwell, Widow; alleged by Clement Gregory,
                    of the  Prerog. Office, Cant., Gentleman; at St. James aforesaid.
 
                    Edward Falkingham, of St. Gabriel Fanchurch, London, Widower & 
                    Elizabeth Renolds, of St. James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, Spinster, abt 24,
                    at own disp; alleged by Clement Gregory, of the Prerog. Office, cant.,    
                    Gentleman; at St. James aforesaid.
 
Dec. 24:     Charles Harper, of St. Dunstan’s in the West, London, Citizen &
                    Stationer, Bachelor, abt 26 & Susanne Wynch, of St. Giles, Cripplegate,
                    London, Spinster, abt 24, at her own disp; at St. Bartholomew the Great,
                    London.
 
Dec. 25:     Rowland Grenells, of Hackney, Middlesex, Weaver, Widower, abt 40 &
                    Mary Patrick, of the same, Spinster, abt 40; at St. Giles, Cripplegate,
                    London.
 
Dec. 27:     Elias Clifford, of St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Surry, Mariner,
                    Bachelor, abt 24 & Mildred Fetter, of the same, Spinster, abt 20, with
                    consent of her father; at St. Mary Magdalen aforesaid.
 
                    Thomas Blockly, of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, London, Bachelor, abt 24 &
                    Anne Hooke, of the same, Spinster, abt 21, at own disp, her parents
                    dead; at St. Mary, Savoy, Middlesex.
 
Dec. 29:     Peter Whetcombe, of St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, Middlesex, Bachelor,
                    abt 44 & Martha Shawe, of Wasely, Huntingdon, Spinster, abt 28, at own
                    disp; alleged by John Clements, of Exeter House, Strand, Esq.; at Wasely
                    aforesaid.
 
Dec. 30:     Robert Wight, of St. Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, Widower, abt 40 &
                    Joanna Hamor, of Ashurst, kent, Spinster, abt 30, at own disp; alleged by
                    Clement Gregory, of the Prerog. Office, Cant.; Gentleman; at Ashurst or
                    Spenshurst, Kent.
 
                    Charles Fynch, of St. Clement Danes, Middlesex, Baker, Bachelor, abt 21
                    & Margaret smith, of the same, Spinster, abt 22, at own disp, her
                    parents dead; at Knightsbridge, Middlesex or the New Chapel at
                    Westminster.
 
                    Thomas Hart, of Stepney, Middlesex, Mariner, Bachelor, abt 32 & Martha
                    Vilet, of the same, Widow, abt 32; at Whitechapel, Middlesex.
 
Dec. 31:     Charles Ayng, of St. Martin’s in the Fields, Middlesex, Merchant Taylor,
                    Bachelor, abt 23 & Jois Alders, of St. Hellen’s, London, Spinster, abt 20,
                    with consent of her father Thomas Alders, Plumber; at St. Hellen’s
                    aforesaid.
 
 
 
 
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