Hi Ruth You question is a little ambiguous to me. Do you mean baptised into the Church of England in any C of E church or baptised at St Chad's in particular? I assumed the first but then wondered about the latter. There are links to various marriage acts here that may answer your question. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_Act_%28disambiguation%29 My feeling would be, technically, no as I understand C of E recognises the baptisms performed in other mainstream Christian religions and that all mainstream Christian Churches consider that you can only be baptised once so vice versa. Therefore if she were baptised RC, for instance, she would not need to be baptised again C of E. Then again an individual Minister's interpretation of Church law may be different, especially then and especially if he was bigoted. Perhaps though she may have needed to be confirmed. You would really need to find an expert in Church law. Why do you ask? Regards Lyn In Oz. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 11:09 AM > Subject: [ENG-MAN] Cof E marriage conditions 1853 > > > > > > Please, does anyone know? > > Ggrandmother Ann LLEWELLEN was married in St. Chad's (CofE) in > > Rochdale in 1853. At that date did one have to be baptised > into the > > church before one could marry there? > > Ruth > > > > > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > > PLEASE and THANK YOU -- Don't cost a thing and mean so much. > > > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ______________________________________________ > > This email has been scanned by Netintelligence > > http://www.netintelligence.com/email > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by Netintelligence > http://www.netintelligence.com/email > > > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > PLEASE and THANK YOU -- Don't cost a thing and mean so much. > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the message