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-thurch Or jrablicxhapel of or belonging to the parish' or ' chapelry within which , the visual place of abode of one of the persons to be jHarrietl should have been for the space of . four weeks immediately before the granting of such licence ; or where both or eil ^ er of the parties to be married should dwell in any extra-parochial
place having no Church or chapel wherein banns had been usually published , then in the parish church or chapel belonging to some parish or chapelry adjoining to such extra-parochial place , and in no other place whatever ; " and certain penalties were by the same Act imposed on the solemnization of matrimony in any
other place than a church or public Chapel where banns had been usually published , unless by special licence from the Archbishop of Canterbury ; and all marriages solemnized elsewhere , except those of Quakers and Jews , or marriages solemnized beyond sea , were by the said Act declared to be null and void :
And whereas many of his Majesty ' s ^ ood and faithful subj ects , who conscientiously dissent from the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England as by law established , regard the necessity of solemnizing matrimony in a parish or chapel , and according to the rules prescribed bv the Rubric in the Book of
Common Prayer , as a grievance repugnant to their religious feelings , and have at various times petitioned Parliament to be relieved therefrom : And whereas It is expedient to grant ease to scrupulous consciences in this respect , without infringing on the general policy of the aforesaid Act :
Be it therefore enacted by the King ^ s most excellent Majesty , by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this present Parliament assembled , and by the authority of the same , That at any time from and after the passing of this Act it shall and may be lawful to and for the
occupier of any place which now is or hereafter may be registered or recorded according to law , as and for a place of religious worship , to cause the same to be registered in the court of the archbishop , bishop , or other ordinary having authority to grant marriage licences , within whose local jurisdiction the said place
situated , as and for a place for the solemnization of marriages under this Act ; and the registrar of such court is hereby required to register and record the same accordingly , and to give a certi * iicate of such registry to the person or persons requesting ther same , for which registration ' and certificate there shall be no
greater fee dr reward taken than shillings : And that from and after the expiration ? of- ( one : year ] from such registration ,
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it shall and may be lawful to solemnise marriages in every such place , provided that the same be publicly solemnized with open doors , in the presence of two or more credible witnesses , between the hours of eight and twelve in the forenoon , and
likewise subject to the further provisions of this Act : And that such certificate shall be given upon parchment or vellum * and shall or may be in the form or to the effect following , with such variations as the case may require ( that is to say )
" I , A B , registrar of the Court of the Archbishop [ bishop or archr deacon ] of do hereby certify that a certain house or tenement , situate in street , in the town of , and in the parish of , within the dipcese [ or archdeaconry ] of , and which hajli been duly registered as a place of religigious worship , was on the day of
1822 , duly registered in the abovementioned court as a place for the solemnization of marriages , at anytime after the day of 1823 , under the provisions of an Act of Parliament passed in the third year of his present Majesty ' s reign , intituled [ here set forth the title of this Act ] . As witness my hand this day of 1822 . "AB , Registrar . "
And be % t further enacted , That if , at any time after the expiration of [ one year ] from the passing of this Act , the banns of marriage shall have been duly published three several Sundays in the proper church or churches , chapel or chapels , without any declaration of ju ^ t cause or impediment to the marriage proclaimed , between any two parties , either bf whom
shall be a Dissenter from fche CKdlrch of England , and shaH entertah ^ Vo ^ scienti ous objections to the use of i 3 i £ tfflkie of matrimony contained in the Book of Common Prayer ; theu and in such case it shall and may be lawful to and for any such Dissenter , upon presenting a declaration in writing to that effect , which shall be deemed and accepted as conclusive evidence of such dissent , to demand
from the oraciatmg minister of each and every parish , chapelry , or ecclesiastical district in which such banns shall have been proclaimed , a certificate in writing under the said minister ' s hand , specifying the time of each publication , and certifying also that no cause or just impediment had then and there been declared
why the parties so proclaimed' should not be joined together in Jioly matrimony ; which certificate each and . every such minister is hereby authorized and required to give to the party so demanding i& , on the payment of or > e shilling and no more . And no person or persons shall solemnize matrimony between an v man
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tt&eMigence *—? Unitarian Asso ciatwn : Marriuge-Aat . 489
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1822, page 439, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2514/page/47/
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