In message <001401c4014a$0bc9d1c0$1f677cca@oemcomputer>, Ken Robb <kwrobb@ispnz.co.nz> writes >Hi again, > Perhaps I did not make things that clear on my request, but William >Robbs second marriage took place by licence 6th January 1762 the application was >in January 1762 and the bond also. > >The date of 25th March 1754 with any precontract which would affect things in >1762 made me wonder if this was the date of his first marriage. no, date of the Hardwick Act. If he had already contracted a valid first marriage, then nothing which happened before 1754 could invalidate a second marriage in 1762. Nut the rules were different pre 1754. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society