Bob Did she say I doooooooooooo Philip ----- Original Message ----- From: "BOB CHOWN" <bob.chown@btinternet.com> To: "Woodchurch Ancestry Group" <ENG-KEN-WOODCHURCH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 7:54 AM Subject: [ENG-KEN-WOODCHURCH] Why did they get married in Woodchurch? > Dear WAGs > > While transcribing Cowper's marriage licence indices connected to > Woodchurch I came across this little gem; > > 'Thomas Brett of Great Chart, Maltster, bachelor, about 40 and Joan > Pemmer of Great Chart, maiden, about 27, daughter of Richard Pemmer, late > of Great Chart, Yeoman, deceased and now of her own government. At > Woodchurch because Mr Redeemed Compton, Curate there, intendeth to bestow > a wedding dinner upon them. Oct 14 1623'. > > Licence granted. > > A wealth of information but in the wrong place if you are researching > ancestors in Great Chart. > > A few questions raised about the depth of possible Puritan ideals held by > the Curate. Redeemed appears to be a Puritan name. Did the meal cost less > than his fee? Was this a way of the Curate touting for business? Did the > maltster provide the booze? Did the happy couple get back to Great Chart > safely on their wedding night? Exactly how religious were our ancestors? > > In the end where the couple were married was all about food! > > Good hunting - Bob Chown > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-KEN-WOODCHURCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >