Britain, Marriage Licences

Narrative

Findmypast are excited to bring you some of the earliest marriage records we hold with records from as early as 1142. Fifteen English counties are represented including London, Lancashire, Suffolk, Exeter, Lincoln, Yorkshire, and more. Marriage licenses will reveal your ancestor’s intended spouse, father’s name, and the intended marriage place.

With each result, you will find a transcript of the vital facts and an image of the digitised volume of marriage licences. The detail in each licence varies depending on the age of the document and the individuals named in the licence. People of high social standing usually have more detail recorded in their licence such as occupations and fathers’ names. You will find a combination of the following facts in the marriage licence:

Name
Residence
Father’s name
Spouse’s name
Spouse’s residence
Spouse’s father’s name
Marital status
Marriage place
The volumes in this collection were provided by the College of Arms, Anguline Research Archives, and Gould Genealogy. Britain, marriage licences comprise licences obtained in Bedfordshire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, London, Middlesex, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Suffolk, Surrey, Worcestershire, and Yorkshire. There is a mixture of handwritten and typed record books from 1446 until 1837. A full list of all the volumes is provided below. You can also browse through each volume by searching Findmypast’s Britain, marriage licenses browse.

A marriage licence was obtained from the Church of England for a fee and with a sworn declaration that there were no legal impediments to the marriage. The licence waived the banns period necessary for a marriage to take place.

References

  1. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol II 1619-1660 page 861
    1. Fleet, Anne
  2. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol II 1619-1660 page 583
    1. Residence, Kerby, Thomas
      1. Kerby, Thomas (Primary)
    2. Kerby, Thomas
  3. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol II 1619-1660 page 583
    1. Kerby, Thomas
  4. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol II 1619-1660 page 861
    1. Sampson, Nicholas
    2. Residence, Sampson, Nicholas
      1. Sampson, Nicholas (Primary)
  5. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol II 1619-1660 page 583
    1. Kerby, Thomas
  6. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol IV 1677-1700 page 339
    1. Kerby, Paul
    2. Gentleman
      1. Kerby, Paul (Primary)
  7. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol I 1568-1618 page 290
    1. Marriage License, Family of Mockett, RICHARD and Sackett, SARA
      1. Sackett, SARA (Primary)
      2. Mockett, RICHARD (Primary)
    2. Sackett, SARA
    3. Mockett, RICHARD
  8. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol II 1619-1660 page 861
    1. Sampson, Nicholas
    2. Marriage License, Family of Sampson, Nicholas and Fleet, Anne
      1. Sampson, Nicholas (Primary)
      2. Fleet, Anne (Primary)
    3. Fleet, Anne
  9. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol II 1619-1660 page 861
    1. About 38 when he married Anna
      1. Sampson, Nicholas (Primary)
    2. Sampson, Nicholas
  10. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol II 1619-1660 page 861
    1. Fleet, Thomas
  11. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol IV 1677-1700 page 339
    1. Kerby, Paul
    2. Thomlin, Hannah
    3. Marriage License, Family of Kerby, Paul and Thomlin, Hannah
      1. Kerby, Paul (Primary)
      2. Thomlin, Hannah (Primary)
  12. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol VI 1726-1750 page 289
    1. Wilson, MARY
    2. Residence, Wilson, MARY
      1. Wilson, MARY (Primary)
  13. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol I 1568-1618 page 290
    1. Mockett, RICHARD
    2. Residence, Mockett, RICHARD
      1. Mockett, RICHARD (Primary)
  14. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol IV 1677-1700 page 403
    1. Mockett, Richard
    2. Residence, Mockett, Richard
      1. Mockett, Richard (Primary)
  15. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol IV 1677-1700 page 339
    1. Thomlin, Hannah
  16. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol IV 1677-1700 page 403
    1. Witherden, Sarah
    2. Birth, Witherden, Sarah
      1. Witherden, Sarah (Primary)
  17. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol VI 1726-1750 page 363
    1. Sackett, John
    2. Mockett, Elizabeth
    3. Marriage License, Family of Sackett, John and Mockett, Elizabeth
      1. Sackett, John (Primary)
      2. Mockett, Elizabeth (Primary)
  18. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol II 1619-1660 page 861
    1. Yeoman
      1. Fleet, Thomas (Primary)
    2. Fleet, Thomas
  19. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol II 1619-1660 page 861
    1. Fleet, Thomas
    2. Residence, Fleet, Thomas
      1. Fleet, Thomas (Primary)
  20. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol IV 1677-1700 page 403
    1. Mariner
      1. Mockett, Richard (Primary)
    2. Mockett, Richard
  21. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol VI 1726-1750 page 365
    1. Mockett, Elizabeth
    2. Sampson, Thomas
    3. Marriage License, Family of Mockett, Elizabeth and Sampson, Thomas
      1. Sampson, Thomas (Primary)
      2. Mockett, Elizabeth (Primary)
  22. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol VI 1726-1750 page 378
    1. Marriage License, Family of Simmons, John and Mockett, Abigail
      1. Simmons, John (Primary)
      2. Mockett, Abigail (Primary)
    2. Mockett, Abigail
    3. Simmons, John
  23. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol V 1701-1725 page 329
    1. Mockett, ISAAC the elder
    2. Kerby, ELIZABETH
    3. Marriage License, Family of Mockett, ISAAC the elder and Kerby, ELIZABETH
      1. Kerby, ELIZABETH (Primary)
      2. Mockett, ISAAC the elder (Primary)
  24. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol I 1568-1618 page 290
    1. Sackett, SARA
    2. Residence, Sackett, SARA
      1. Sackett, SARA (Primary)
  25. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol I 1568-1618 page 290
    1. Couper, Catharina
  26. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol I 1568-1618 page 290
    1. Husbandman
      1. Mockett, RICHARD (Primary)
    2. Mockett, RICHARD
  27. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol II 1619-1660 page 583
    1. Marriage License, Family of Kerby, Thomas and Pannell, Jane
      1. Kerby, Thomas (Primary)
      2. Pannell, Jane (Primary)
    2. Pannell, Jane
    3. Kerby, Thomas
  28. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol II 1619-1660 page 583
    1. Pannell, John
  29. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol IV 1677-1700 page 339
    1. Kerby, Paul
    2. Residence, Kerby, Paul
      1. Kerby, Paul (Primary)
  30. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol IV 1677-1700 page 339
    1. Residence, Thomlin, Hannah
      1. Thomlin, Hannah (Primary)
    2. Thomlin, Hannah
  31. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol IV 1677-1700 page 403
    1. Witherden, Sarah
    2. Residence, Witherden, Sarah
      1. Witherden, Sarah (Primary)
  32. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol II 1619-1660 page 583
    1. Pannell, Jane
  33. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol VI 1726-1750 page 289
    1. Wilson, MARY
    2. Marriage License, Family of Mockett, SAMPSON and Wilson, MARY
      1. Mockett, SAMPSON (Primary)
      2. Wilson, MARY (Primary)
    3. Mockett, SAMPSON
  34. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol II 1619-1660 page 583
    1. Pannell, John
    2. Yeoman
      1. Pannell, John (Primary)
  35. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol II 1619-1660 page 583
    1. Kerby, Thomas
    2. Residence, Kerby, Thomas
      1. Kerby, Thomas (Primary)
  36. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol IV 1677-1700 page 403
    1. Witherden, Sarah
    2. Mockett, Richard
    3. Marriage License, Family of Mockett, Richard and Witherden, Sarah
      1. Witherden, Sarah (Primary)
      2. Mockett, Richard (Primary)
  37. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol I 1568-1618 page 290
    1. Residence, Couper, Catharina
      1. Couper, Catharina (Primary)
    2. Couper, Catharina
  38. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol II 1619-1660 page 583
    1. Yeoman
      1. Kerby, Thomas (Primary)
    2. Kerby, Thomas
  39. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol II 1619-1660 page 861
    1. Fleet, Anne
    2. Residence, Fleet, Anne
      1. Fleet, Anne (Primary)
  40. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol I 1568-1618 page 290
    1. Couper, Catharina
    2. Marriage License, Family of Mockett, RICHARD and Couper, Catharina
      1. Mockett, RICHARD (Primary)
      2. Couper, Catharina (Primary)
    3. Mockett, RICHARD
  41. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol IV 1677-1700 page 339
    1. Kerby, Paul
  42. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol VI 1726-1750 page 289
    1. Residence, Mockett, SAMPSON
      1. Mockett, SAMPSON (Primary)
    2. Mockett, SAMPSON
  43. Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol I 1568-1618 page 290
    1. Sackett, SARA