Does anyone know how long Banns were valid for? Banns for John Corner and Elizabeth Lee were read on three Sundays from 25 April 1802 at St Anne's Soho, but there was no marriage. They were read again on the three Sundays from 25 December 1803, again at St Anne's, and the couple married there on 15 January 1804. There are too many Elizabeth Lees born in Westminster for me to work out whether or not she was underage which could have been an impediment the first time. Did the marriage have to take place within a certain period of time following the reading hence them being called again? Ann McDonald Corner ONS