Michael Tovey wrote: > An interesting one. > Any idea of the location of the ceremony? > Was it, for example, a Primitive Methodist Chapel? Derek S M Cusick wrote: > possibly refering to their Religion " Friends Meeting Houses", Quakers. > I may be miles off , but that was my first thought. I've seen consent given by the mother where the father is dead or the child was illegitimate. I've seen consent given by friends acouple of times as well. These have all been in the normal parish registers, not Quaker or non conformist registers. -- Charani (UK)