Hi Ruth, Many thanks for that. When I looked yesterday I did not find the original or the licence, only the typed “original”. And I was looking with wildcards because of the various spellings so I can’t think why I didn’t find them. And it confirms Sutton as the marriage place. I agree with you it is the 14th and I can see where 17th and 19th have come from with people’s different interpretation of that entry. Thanks again, Christine From: Ruth J Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 11:00 AM To: Cheshire ; christinebenson313@btinternet.com Subject: Joshua WHITAKERS' marriage FMP has the original Macclesfield entry written by the Curate so I guess that that is as original as it gets (meaning that the Curate could have written it at the actual time of the marriage, or copied it later from notes made at the time or remembered by him hours, weeks or months later - we will never know). FMP also shows the licence issued to the couple which states that 'their said Marriage to be openly solemnized in the Face of the Chapells of Congleton, Wincle or Sutton between the Hours of Eight and Twelve of the Clock in the Forenoon'. It is dated 31 October 1726. The marriage entry in Macclesfield Parish Register is dated 14 November 'Lica vi apud Sutton per Jon: Hanson' (Licence at Sutton by Jon[athan] Hanson'. Jonathan Hanson was the Curate at Macclesfield. When he writes numbers his 9s are rounded and his 4s are square. Ruth