Robert SPENCER of Hellidon, Northamptonshire and Alice FRENCH of Napton married 1784 31-Aug at Napton on the Hill by Licence The marriage bond is not at the Northamptonshire Record Office, where they have a large collection. If Robert applied for the licence in Warwickshire where would the bond be held (supposing that it survives) Google tells me it would be Worcester or Litchfield - which is most likely? There is a baptism for an Alice FRENCH 5th July 1757 in Stretton on Dunsmore daughter of George and Mary. This fits fairly well with her age at death - 78 - buried 26th Oct 1837 in Weedon Bec, Northants. Is anyone researching the FRENCH family in this area? Marilyn Ponting http://www.familyhistorynorthants.co.uk

Hi Marilyn, it's good to see you again. BTs for Napton on the Hill are held at Lichfield RO for 1662 to 1837 for marriages and to 1847 for baps/burials, so I would judge there's a good chance a 1784 marriage bond will be held there. The staff are brill but will probably charge you to do the lookup or a photocopy. Let me know if you need help getting info or a copy. Sadly FRENCH is not one of the names I'm chasing in Warwicks. Regards, Celia Renshaw in Chesterfield UK On 6 January 2013 21:20, Marilyn Ponting <lookups@dccnet.com> wrote: > Robert SPENCER of Hellidon, Northamptonshire and Alice FRENCH of Napton > married 1784 31-Aug at Napton on the Hill by Licence > > The marriage bond is not at the Northamptonshire Record Office, where they > have a large collection. > > If Robert applied for the licence in Warwickshire where would the bond be > held (supposing that it survives) Google tells me it would be Worcester or > Litchfield - which is most likely? > > There is a baptism for an Alice FRENCH 5th July 1757 in Stretton on Dunsmore > daughter of George and Mary. > This fits fairly well with her age at death - 78 - buried 26th Oct 1837 in > Weedon Bec, Northants. > > Is anyone researching the FRENCH family in this area? > > Marilyn Ponting > > > http://www.familyhistorynorthants.co.uk > > > > ------------------------------- > List archives are at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK > > ------------------------------- > 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