Yvonne, E.mail the Borthwick Institute in Yorks. Hexham being a peculiar of York they very likely hold any Hexham marriage licences. They will tell you if the have the items you want or not free of charge, or so I found a few years ago when I got this kind of document from them. If the Borthwick does not hold what you need they may be able to tell you who does. The Borthwick Institute for Archives and their archival holdinds is at http://www.york.ac.uk/library/borthwick/catalogues/archival-holdings/ Regards Jenny DeAngelis <<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?>>