8 Nov 1887 St Edmund Dudley
William Collins HODGETTS 50 B Farmers Merchant Oakham Dudley William Jarvis Hodgetts (Dec) Farmer & Timber Merchant
Martha HANSON 31 S Tower St Dudley Thomas Hanson (Dec) Wine Merchant
By License By Me Morris Piddockes? Vicar of Kirk Newton
Wit: Thomas Piddockes Hanson Juila? Brink?
Where most couples were married by banns, where a notice of the
impending marriage was posted four weeks prior to their wedding
day, sometimes unusual circumstances e.g. a soldier being called
off to war, or an unexpected pregnancy, called for a marriage
license. This granted permission to get married more quickly, or in
a parish of which neither bride nor groom was resident.
“As I learned from growing up, you don’t mess with your grandmother.” — Prince William