Faculty Office Marriage Licences

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Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations from 1701 to 1850 and Vicar-General Marriage Licence Allegations from 1694 to 1850
These allegation indexes contain the names of over 670,000 people issued with marriage licences between 1694 to 1850, by the Archbishop of Canterbury's Vicar-General index (1694-1850) and the Faculty Office index (1701-1850) identifying couples, particularly Londoners, who intended to marry. The Vicar-General marriage licence allegations are indexed by last name only. If you enter a first name and a last name when you search, your results will reflect the last name only.