Here is the scenario for getting married at the earliest opportunity by the reading of the banns method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are lots of “ifs” and “buts” in this explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The minimum\namount of days in the period between notice being given and the marriage taking\nplace could be as little as 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you gave\nwritten notice on a Saturday, eight days would pass before the first reading of\nthe banns would take place. The first reading of the banns would take place, in\neffect, on the second Sunday but only 8 days after the giving of notice.The\nsecond reading of the banns would be read on the third Sunday (making a running\ntotal of 15 days), and the third and final reading of the banns would take\nplace on the fourth Sunday in the time period, making a total of 22 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, the banns\nwere read either after morning service or after evening service in both\nparishes where the applicants resided. (Section One of the 1753 Act)…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So……<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If<\/em> both applicants for marraige resided in the same parish and<\/em> if the banns were read after morning\nservice and<\/em>no objection to\nthe marraige was made and<\/em> the morning service ended at least 30 minutes\nbefore noon, then, in theory, the wedding could take place under the\necclisiastical hours rules : marriages could not be performed before 8 a.m or\nafter 12 noon. If there was enough time to perform the ceremony- and a simple\nsaid service under the prayer book liturgy should take no longer than 20-30\nminutes in my expereince, then the marriage could be legally concluded before\nthe end of 22 days had elasped since the commencement of the process. But it\nmight be a close run thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The period\nwould of course be at least one day longer if the banns were read after evening\nservice, for no wedding could legally be conclulded after noon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also I think\nthat any parson would be unwilling to marry a couple in the morning immediately\nafter the banns had been read in one parish, if <\/em>they resided in different\nparishes, and without first checking that the banns had been read and not\nobjected to in the other parish. Priests were subject to criminal charges if\nthey married someone without due regard to the provisions of the Clandestine\nMarraiges Act, so I’m certian they would amke sure that all the legalities were\nproperly concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here is the scenario for getting married at the earliest opportunity by the reading of the banns method. There are lots of “ifs” and “buts” in this explanation. The minimum amount of days in the period between notice being given … Continue reading