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Peter,
Thanks.
I've done an extensive search of nearby parishes
(chapelries) also not just S-on-T.
Luckily the registers for all these parishes (chapelries)
have been transcribed and although I've looked at the
transcript registers I've double checked in the IGI as well.
Interestingly (it was 10 years ago when I did it) very few
of the marriages I did find were outside the parish.
David
On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:37:26 +0100 Peter King
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# It is no doubt easy to compare the parish listing with the parish register,
# and say that 50% of the couples were not married in Stoke, but that would
# not take account of those married in other parishes.
#
# One reads of marriages contracted for diplomatic reasons between royalty who
# were mere children, but presumably there was no attempt to consummate them
# until they were old enough. An age for lawful cohabitation must depend on
# the lawful age for intercourse. I suspect that was related to the age of
# puberty. I would also guess that the minimum age for marriage (except the
# diplomatic marriages) was probably similar. The present limit of 16 (I
# believe) is of a mid to late 19th century origin.
#
# I have heard it suggested that there has been a decrease in the age of
# puberty in the last 100 years. Is there any good quality evidence for that?
#
# Peter King
#
#
# ----- Original Message -----
# From: David Alan Gatley <[log in to unmask]>
# To: <[log in to unmask]>
# Sent: 13 August 2001 10:04
# Subject: Co-habitation
#
#
# > Don't know about minimum ages.
# >
# > My own work on the Stoke-upon-Trent parish listing of 1701
# > suggests roughly half the couples with children were not
# > married - although this may reflect none recording of
# > marriage ceremonies or some ceremony outside formal church
# > regulation.
# >
# > Certainly co-habitation has long been popular. Ask anyone
# > whose researched their family history and you'll see what
# > I mean.
# >
# > David
# >
# >
# > On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 09:50:53 +0100 Gordon Lovett
# > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
# >
# > # What were the rules governing the minimum age of marriage and the age of
# cohabiting etc. in the seventeenth century.
# > #
# > # Gordon Lovett
# >
# > ---------------------------------
# > David Alan Gatley (Dr),
# > School of Humanities and Social Sciences,
# > Staffordshire University,
# > Stoke-on-Trent,
# > ST4 2XW
# >
# > Telephone 01782-294780 (Office)
# > 01782-415340 (Home)
# > Fax 01782-294760
# >
# > http://www.staffs.ac.uk/sociology
# > http://www.staffs.ac.uk/census
# >
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David Alan Gatley (Dr),
School of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Staffordshire University,
Stoke-on-Trent,
ST4 2XW
Telephone 01782-294780 (Office)
01782-415340 (Home)
Fax 01782-294760
http://www.staffs.ac.uk/sociology
http://www.staffs.ac.uk/census
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