This is the kind of clerical error that crops up from time to time They often wrote up the registers long after the events But even on the day mistakes occurred Wherever humans get involved there is plenty of scope for cock ups Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 04-Dec-17 7:25 PM, Karen & Ed Stewart wrote: > I have one in from the mid 18th century in Bruisyard, where the banns state > widow and the marriage entry shows single woman> > > Karen Stewart >