Individual Details

Birth

Source: Legacy NFS Source: William Wilson - Church record: birth-name: William WILSON
Source text: Church record: birth-name: William WILSON Church record: male Church record: birth: about 1737; Northamptonshire, England.
Reason attached to person: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2172920556

Christen

Possibly the same William Wilson
Residence Place: Welford, Northampton, England
Gender: Male
Christening Date (Original): 3 Jan 1738
Christening Place: Welford, Northampton, England
Father's Name: Thomas Wilson

Welford is just 2 or 3 miles from Yelvertoft.

Marriage

A true Copy of the Parish Register of Spratton...
Marriages 1767
Decr. 25
William Wilson of the parish of Spratton and Jane Letherland of the parish of Thornby were married by Banns Decr. 5, 1767.
"N.13 This marriage misplaced & shd. be dated Decr. 5, 1767.
Witness my hand Chr. Hodgson"

In England, under the provisions of Lord Hardwicke's Act of 1753, a marriage was only legally valid if the banns had been called or a marriage licence had been obtained, codifying earlier practice within the Church of England. By this statute, 26 Geo. II, c.33, the banns were required to be read aloud on three Sundays before the wedding ceremony, in the home parish churches of both parties. Omission of this formality rendered the marriage void, unless the bishop's licence (a common licence) or the special licence of the Archbishop of Canterbury had been obtained. This statutory requirement had the effect of requiring Roman Catholics and other non-conformists to be married in the Church of England, a requirement lifted by legislation in 1836.