Individual Details
Jane Letherland
(19 Aug 1747 - )
Events
| Birth | 19 Aug 1747 | Thornby, Northhamptonshire, England |  | ||
| Marriage | 5 Dec 1767 | Spratton, Northamptonshire, England - William Wilson | |  |
Families
| Spouse | William Wilson (1736 - ) |
| Child | Lydia Wilson ( - ) |
| Child | Thomas Wilson ( - ) |
| Child | Lydia Wilson ( - ) |
| Child | William Wilson Sr. (1777 - 1853) |
| Father | John Letherland (1717 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Source text: Church record: birth-name: Mrs Jane WILSON Church record: female Church record: birth: about 1740; Northamptonshire, EnglandMarriage
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.
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