Bill, The Mr Sharpe of Coley, who you mentioned, was Nathan Sharpe, the Curate of Coley Chapel from 1703 until he died 9th May 1733, buried 15th May, age 58 years & 10 months. As curate of Coley, he would issue Banns or Licences for one of his Coley parishioners to marry a partner who lived or Worshipped at Almondbury, to be married at Almondbury. Regards, Gordon. On 6 February 2012 11:41, Billeye <billeye@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > G'day Folks, > > Have noticed several entries in the Almondbury Marriages Register for > 1729-30 where the marriage was performed "by virtue of Licence granted > by Mr Sharpe of Coley" or words similar. > > Why or how would he grant a Licence for these marriages? > > Thanks, > > Bill > Melbourne, Oz > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >