I have a marriage in 1821 which was solemnized "With consent of friends". What should I infer from this? Peter

Hi Peter , possibly refering to their Religion " Friends Meeting Houses", Quakers. I may be miles off , but that was my first thought. Derek in Western Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Hughes" <pete@dursley12.fsnet.co.uk> To: <gloucester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 3:57 AM Subject: [GLS] Friends >I have a marriage in 1821 which was solemnized "With consent of friends". > > What should I infer from this? > > Peter > > _____________________________________________ > > Browse the list archives at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GLOUCESTER/ > > Keyword search - any or all lists: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Peter Hughes wrote: > I have a marriage in 1821 which was solemnized "With consent of friends". > > What should I infer from this? > > I suspect that this is a situation where a bond was required to be submitted in support of a marriage licence. Bonds were sworn statements containing assurances by a couple's friends or relatives that they knew of no impediment to a marriage, confirming that the couple would marry in a specified church, and also stating the money by which they were bound and which would be forfeited if the licence was not complied with. (Herber, Ancestral Trails). The need for such bonds was abolished in 1823. David Steel