Hello Mary, In England the dedication of a church is considered of relatively little importance - it is only when there's more-than-one of the same denomination within a town or a Civil Parish that extends over a wide area that the dedication is used to identify which one is meant. As the certificate states that the marriage was performed "in the Roman Catholic Church in the District of Coventry" that would be sufficient. Yes, there was a roughly 80-year period when Catholics [and all other 'nonconformists' other than Quakers and Jews] *did* have to marry in a Church of England church for the marriage to be 'legal' - but that was only between 1754 and 30 June 1837, when Civil Registration was introduced. Only Church of England Incumbents were permitted to hold Marriage Registers, though, which explains the presence of the Registrar here. HTH Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Temple" <marytemple@gmail.com> To: <WARWICK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 5:28 AM Subject: [WAR] Roman Catholic Marriages Hello all I have a puzzle and who amongst has not! Well more than one actually, but they are related. My great grandparents Henry Richardson and Ann Thacker were married - according to the certificate - in the Roman Catholic Church in the District of Coventry and - again according to the certificate were - married in the Roman Catholic Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Church by me J A A Clarkson and signed also by John Weston Registrar. This was on the thirteenth Day of April 1846. At the time of his marriage Henry was living at Town Wall in the City of Coventry and Anne in Harnall Lane in the City of Coventry. Does any one know the name of the Church please? I have also been told several times that a marriage in a Roman Catholic Chuch did not happen at this time, they were all married in C of E Churches first and then may be had their own ceremony later. Well we certainly have one here that did - does any one else have such a marriage???? Certainly the registrar was present and that made it legal. Certainly at least one partner, the Richardsons or the Thackers must have been Roman Catholic, perhaps both, but it has not come down this side of the family. Their son, Joseph, my grandfather, was married in St Andrews in Leicester. This may well be why I am having trouble finding the birth of Henry's father, John c1790 - which can be either in Brailles or Coventry according to which census is consulted. There is a RC Church in Brailles I notice. Some difficulty with William Thacker's birth and death, William was of course Ann's father. Does anyone else have the same problems please - trying to locate records that may have been Roman Catholic? Best wishes to all listers Mary Western Australia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message