Hello, I'm trying to decipher a London marriage licence from 1625 between Elizabeth How and John Cock, and would be grateful for any help. For anyone familiar with this kind of document, I'd also be interested to know who the other people in the document would likely be. The image is here: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/message/5538/localities.britisles.englan d.lnd.london/7400 So far I have: 1 ... appeared Wm Brittayne ... 2 ... parish London ... 3 ... for a marriage between John 4 Cock of St Botolph ... Aldgate parish brewer 5 and a bachelor aged 30 years or thereabouts 6 and one Elizabeth How singlewoman aged 7 twenty years or thereabouts & both ... 8 to Wm Lowe? of the same parish beer brewer 9 & ... & his consent ... 10 Brittaine & George Lowndes? of St Sepulchre 11 tallow chandler And ... 12 13 or .. by reason of .. contract or 14 15 And prays ... for them to be married 16 together in the parish of St Botolph as 17 aforesaid thanks, Michael -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.14/548 - Release Date: 23/11/2006