1746. Sample Marriage Licence Bond.

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Members of the Church of Ireland could get married by having Banns read three weeks in a row in Church or by applying for a Marriage Licence Bond. It is likely that this was the favoured route for the more prosperous.

Unfortunately most were destroyed in Dublin in 1922.

The Licences were administered by the Church of Ireland Consistory Courts. Some details of the Cork Court are included here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FWBV3gRAeVpYqD5Nlq9j4by9xQGww9Y141pT1mZshpA/edit

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