Thanks for your speedy reply. The person concerned related that he was
married at fifteen years of age but had not cohabited with her by the time
of a particular later event. Why do you think this might have been?
Gordon Lovett.
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From: "David Alan Gatley" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 10:04 AM
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
>
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