Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

Hi
Wading through the Parish Marriage Records for Chelmsford Cathedral I came across a marriage which recorded 15 yes 15 witnesses Is this some sort of record I wonder

yappie

Wow, interesting, was it anybody famous?

Hi MaryA

The groom came from "the City of London" and married Ann Smith. Both the bride and groom "left their mark". The marriage was about 1810 (one of the very early certificates with little information) and when I first looked at it I thought a child had scribbled but no there was 15 badly written signatures across the bottom and upwards in the side margins A bit difference to form filling today.

yappie

How interesting. I'm imagining a party, a lot of merry (maybe in more ways than one) youngsters who suddenly decided a wedding was in order. The all trooped along to the Church and all insisted on signing their names

Probably totally make believe, don't disillusion me

I think there were a couple of local' dignatories' in the congregation and the bride and groom wanted their autographs!

Shades of Sid Field.... "What a performance"! Probably a bit before your time?

Just a little but I can google, there are a number of sketches on youtube.

Dickiesam I saw him at the Palladium in London when I was about ???? MaryA I strongly believe the boozeup came before the wedding not after
yappie