Dear all, I want to try and obtain copies of licences for two marriages which took place in Hexham: 1 Aug 1711 SCOTT, Mr Jn. of Alnwick, surgeon & apothecary to Mrs Ann Dawson, spr., Lic. 27 Feb 1793 ORD, Wm otp. Lic to GREY, Eliz. otp Witnesses: Mat. POOLE, J. WATSON I've tried twice to ring Northumberland Archives, but no reply. Does anyone know where these licences might be kept? Also, are there likely to be any records for John SCOTT, surgeon & apothecary, above. I was thinking he must have been apprenticed to become a surgeon & apothecary, or something like that? Many thanks for any help. Kind regards, Yvonne Purdy

A visit to the clergyman issuing the licence resulted in three documents, an allegation or affidavit, a marriage bond and the licence. The actual licence was issued to the bridegroom who presented it to the priest conducting the marriage. The licence could then have been kept by the priest, or returned to the diocesan registries, or given to the couple on their wedding day and kept within the family, but usually does not survive. The allegation and bond would filed in the Diocesan Registry. Stan On 16 April 2011 17:17, YvonnePurdy <von@yvonnepurdy.free-online.co.uk> wrote: > Dear all, > > I want to try and obtain copies of licences for two marriages which took place in Hexham: > > 1 Aug 1711 > > SCOTT, Mr Jn. of Alnwick, surgeon & apothecary to Mrs Ann Dawson, spr., Lic. > > 27 Feb 1793 > > ORD, Wm otp. Lic to GREY, Eliz. otp > Witnesses: Mat. POOLE, J. WATSON > > I've tried twice to ring Northumberland Archives, but no reply.  Does anyone know where these licences might > be kept? > > Also, are there likely to be any records for John SCOTT, surgeon & apothecary, above.  I was thinking he must > have been apprenticed to become a surgeon & apothecary, or something like that? > > Many thanks for any help. > > Kind regards, Yvonne Purdy > > > > > >  ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > To Post a message to this list send it to, > DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > List Web Page > http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Stan, Many thanks for this information, but do you know which is the Diocesan Registry for Hexham? Is it Northumberland or York? I'm not sure who to contact. Kind regards, Yvonne > Subject: Re: [DUR-NBL] Marriage Licences for Hexham marriages A visit to the clergyman issuing the licence resulted in three documents, an allegation or affidavit, a marriage bond and the licence. The actual licence was issued to the bridegroom who presented it to the priest conducting the marriage. The licence could then have been kept by the priest, or returned to the diocesan registries, or given to the couple on their wedding day and kept within the family, but usually does not survive. The allegation and bond would filed in the Diocesan Registry. Stan

Hi Yvonne, You could also have a look at http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=ead/ddr/ddrguide.xml#node.1.4.11.1 Stan On 16 April 2011 18:43, Stan Mapstone <stanmapstone@gmail.com> wrote: > A visit to the clergyman issuing the licence resulted in three > documents, an allegation or affidavit, a marriage bond and the > licence. The actual licence was issued to the bridegroom who presented > it to the priest conducting the marriage. The licence could then have > been kept by the priest, or returned to the diocesan registries, or > given to the couple on their wedding day and kept within the family, > but usually does not survive. The allegation and bond would filed in > the Diocesan Registry. > > Stan > > On 16 April 2011 17:17, YvonnePurdy <von@yvonnepurdy.free-online.co.uk> wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> I want to try and obtain copies of licences for two marriages which took place in Hexham: >> >> 1 Aug 1711 >> >> SCOTT, Mr Jn. of Alnwick, surgeon & apothecary to Mrs Ann Dawson, spr., Lic. >> >> 27 Feb 1793 >> >> ORD, Wm otp. Lic to GREY, Eliz. otp >> Witnesses: Mat. POOLE, J. WATSON >> >> I've tried twice to ring Northumberland Archives, but no reply.  Does anyone know where these licences might >> be kept? >> >> Also, are there likely to be any records for John SCOTT, surgeon & apothecary, above.  I was thinking he must >> have been apprenticed to become a surgeon & apothecary, or something like that? >> >> Many thanks for any help. >> >> Kind regards, Yvonne Purdy >> >> >> >> >> >>  ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== >> To Post a message to this list send it to, >> DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com >> >> ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== >> List Web Page >> http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >