Deciphering help - dispensations - Latin?

montgo wrote: »

Attached partial scan from Parish Marriage Records page.

On the top of this column, there is the word "Denuntiationes"

This means publication or announcement - this is consistent with what I say below.

At the bottom of the page, the note "Si dispensatum fuerit, notetur, et a quo" - assume this is to note any dispensation and from/by whom.

Correct.

So is the name of the priest on the last line ie Canon Cahill the one who granted the dispensation?

Yes.

All the records that I have seen before referred to consanguinity dispensation, so what does "in bannis" mean?.

"The banns" - a fotrmal requirement that the intention of a couple to marry should be announced in the chuch on three consecutive Sundays before the ceremony. Dispensation from this requirement was commonplace - it seems that it was so common that a column was provided in the register specifically to record such dispensations.

"In tempore" means "In [the matter of] time". My interpretation is that the notice given of intention to marry was short, and a dispensation was also granted on that. The couple were either lax about dealing with things, or they married in haste.

I would think that a consaguinity dispensation would be a bigger deal than a publication dispensation. I have a hazy notion that such a matter had to be decided by the bishop, rather than one of the priests of the parish. I suspect that this column would not have been used for it, but that there would be a record in diocesan offices, and a letter furnished to the couple to tell the priest that he could go ahead with the ceremony.

But I'm guessing.

Dispensation "in tempore" might also indicate permission to marry in a "closed' period. I recall reading somewhere that marriage during Lent and, I think, around Christmas required special permission. The date of the marriage will, presumably, show whether this might be the explanation.

In that case, it must be a permission to marry at short notice.