What sort of Certificate is Required

[MaryA]

Hi all,

I have a set of Banns for a couple in St Stephen the Martyr, Edge Hill (apparently Grove street, built 1851, removed and rebuilt 1882.)

Leonard Bayley (B) of the parish of St Mary Edge Hill and Elizabeth Kaye, Spinster of this Parish had the banns called on March 28th, April 4th and April 11th 1909.

On the bottom of the Banns is says "Certificate Required".

As this is not an RC church, where I might have thought it was a baptism certificate that was needed, can anybody suggest what other sort of certificate?

I believe the bride's birthplace was Isle of Man, if that's any help.

And just in case anybody is looking for them in the censuses, I do believe that a couple of years after the marriage, they gave the number of years married as 10!! ~ with a couple of children aged 8 and 7.

[alcavtay]

I have come across CofE marriages where a baptism certificate was required.#

If the banns didn't state they were both 'of this parish' I would have suggested it was the certificate of banns from a second parish where one of them was resident.

Looking a few pages forward shows that there are several other entries with the same comment so it's unlikely to be an unusual requirement.

Sorry I can't be of more help!
Amanda

[MaryA]

If the banns didn't state they were both 'of this parish' I would have suggested it was the certificate of banns from a second parish where one of them was resident.

Didn't think of that but it makes sense of course, the Banns specifically stated that they were from different parishes. Thank you