Hi Margaret, I have to say that 1855 - 18 years after the introduction of Civil Registration of marriages and the required change of wording of the Service - sounds much too long for any Incumbent to hold his objections. 4 or 5 years might be considered stubbornness - but *18*? This smacks of obsession... But - perhaps - to answer your original question, up until 1 July 1837, marriages were considered to be Religious Ceremonies only. For the previous 83 years all marriages - in order to be legal - *had* to be performed in a Church of England church, totally irrespective of the religious beliefs of the couple concerned. [The only exceptions were for Jews or Quakers - whose requirements for qualification of pre-marriage status (and their record-keeping) were accepted as being superior to those required under the 1754 Act.]. Certainly a significant number of CofE clergy - who found their income had dropped as a result of the 1837 Act, which permitted 'dissenting chapels' [once they'd been appropriately licenced] to perform Marriages, as were Registrars for non-believers of all persuasions - objected quite virulently, but they fairly rapidly came to accept the position. I suspect that whoever you'd've initially asked was either guessing - or that that particular Parish was notorious for consistently failing to comply with the 1837 Act. A pity it wasn't explained simply... Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Walker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [WAR] Marriage Cert > Hi, It was 1855 . Margaret > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gus Tysoe" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 4:04 AM > Subject: Re: [WAR] Marriage Cert > > >> Hello Margaret, >> >> Could you give a date for this? >> >> Could it be shortly after 1837? For this is as probable - from the >> Politically-Correct wording of your enquiry - as around 2008.... >> >> Gus >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Margaret Walker" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 8:58 AM >> Subject: [WAR] Marriage Cert >> >> >>> Hi List, I have a marriage cert with no information on the parents of >>> the >>> bride or groom , a query was done and the info said ( that the vicar >>> objected to civil partnership) can someone tell what that means . >>> Regards >>> Margaret >>> List archives are at >>> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> List archives are at >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > List archives are at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >