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Marriage dispensation queries

montgo · 2017-02-11 11:31:45

Hi, Were dispensations always recorded on the parish registers? I noticed that one parish register has only 2 dispensations over an 8/9 year period! Seems low! Did each parish/diocese keep a separate register of the dispensations? If so, could they still be filed somewhere in the diocese? Was there any impediment for a…

11-02-2017 11:31am

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montgo

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Hi,

Were dispensations always recorded on the parish registers? I noticed that one parish register has only 2 dispensations over an 8/9 year period! Seems low!
Did each parish/diocese keep a separate register of the dispensations? If so, could they still be filed somewhere in the diocese?
Was there any impediment for a widower to marry his wife's cousin in 19thC ie no dispensation required?
Tks

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