Marriages (Ireland) Act 1844

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Act may be amended this Session.

LXXXV. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament.

SCHEDULES to which this Act refers.

SCHEDULE (A.)

NOTICE OF MARRIAGE.

To A. B. [or C. D.] Surrogate [or Deputy Surrogate], or

To the Registrar, of the District of [Roscrea] in the County of [Tipperary], [as the Case may be].

I HEREBY give you Notice, That a Marriage is intended to be had, within Three Calendar Months from the Date hereof, between me and the other Party herein named and described; (that is to say,)

Witness my Hand this [Sixth] Day of [May 1845].

(Signed) Lucius O’Hara.

[The Particulars in this Schedule to be entered according to the Fact.]

SCHEDULE (B.)

[No. .]

REGISTRAR’S CERTIFICATE.

I [John Cox], Registrar of the District of [Roscrea] in the County of [Tipperary], do hereby certify, That on the [Sixth] Day of [May] Notice was duly entered in the Marriage Notice Book of the said District of the Marriage intended between the Parties therein named and described, delivered under the Hand of [Lucius O’Hara], One of the Parties; (that is to say,)

Date of Notice entered, 6th May 1845.

Date of Certificate given, 28th May 1845.

The Issue of this Certificate has not been forbidden by any Person authorized to forbid the Issue thereof.

Witness my Hand this [Twenty-eighth] Day of [May One thousand eight hundred and forty-five.]

(Signed) John Cox,

Registrar.

This Certificate will be void unless the Marriage is solemnized on or before the [Seventh] Day of [August 1845].

[The Particulars in this Schedule to be entered according to the Fact.]

SCHEDULE (C.)

LICENCE OF MARRIAGE.

WHEREAS a Marriage is intended to be solemnized between A.B. of and C.D. of: And whereas Application for a Licence bath been made to me E.F. the Presbyterian Minister duly authorized by His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant pursuant to the Provisions of an Act passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria, intituled “An Act,” &c. [here insert the Title of this Act], to issue Marriage Licences within the Bounds of the Presbytery of: And whereas I have received the Certificate required by Law from the Reverend G.H., Minister of the Congregation of which A.B. [or C.D.] is a Member: And whereas I have duly ascertained, by the Oath [or Affirmation] of the said A.B. [or C.D.], that the Parties are respectively of the Age of Twenty-one Years, and that there is no Impediment of Kindred or Alliance or other lawful Hindrance to the said Marriage, and that A.B. [or C.D.] has had his [or her] usual Place of Abode for the Space of Fifteen Days last past within the Bounds of the Presbytery of, or [in Cases where either Party is under Age, and not a Widower or Widow,] that A.B. [or C.D.] is under the Age of Twenty-one Years, and that the Consent of I.K., whose Consent to his [or her] Marriage is required by Law, has been obtained thereto [or that there is no Person having Authority to give such Consent, or, where a Party so under Age is a Widower or Widow, that A.B. [or C.D.] is under Twenty-one Years of Age, but is a Widower or Widow, as the Case may be]: Now I do hereby grant unto the Reverend or other the Minister officiating in the certified Presbyterian Meeting House of full Licence, according to the Authority in that Behalf given to me by the said Act, to proceed to solemnize such Marriage; provided that the said Marriage be publicly solemnized in the Presence of Two Witnesses, within One Calendar Month from the Date hereof, in the certified Presbyterian Meeting House of [here describe the Meeting House in which the Marriage is to be solemnized], between the Hours of Eight in the Forenoon and Two in the Afternoon. Given under my Hand, Day of One thousand eight hundred and

(Signed) E.F.

Licenser of Presbyterian Marriages.

SCHEDULE (D.)

PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER’S CERTIFICATE.

I [John Mason], Presbyterian Minister of in the Presbytery of do hereby certify, That on the Day of Notice was duly entered in a Book kept for that Purpose in my Congregation of the Marriage intended between the Parties therein named and described, delivered under the Hand of One of the Parties, who is and has been for the last Calendar Month a Member of my own Congregation; (that is to say,)

Witness my Hand, this Day of One thousand eight hundred and

(Signed) [John Mason,]

Minister of the Congregation of

[The Particulars in this Schedule to be entered according to the Fact.]

SCHEDULE (E.)

LICENCE OF MARRIAGE.

A.B., Registrar of to C.D. of and E.F. of sendeth greeting.

WHEREAS ye are minded, as it is said, to enter into a Contract of Marriage under the Provisions of an Act passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria, intituled [here insert the Title of this Act], and are desirous that the same may be speedily and publicly solemnized: And whereas you C.D. [or E.F.] have made and subscribed a Declaration under your Hand that you believe there is no Impediment of Kindred or Alliance or other lawful Hindrance to the said Marriage, and that you C.D. [or E.F.] have [or has] had your [or his or her] usual Place of Abode for the Space of Fifteen Days last past within the District of (), and [in Cases where either Party is under Age, and not a Widower or Widow,] that you C.D. [or E.F.] are [or is] under the Age of Twenty-one Years, and that the Consent of G.H., whose Consent to your [or his or her] Marriage is required by Law, has been obtained thereto [or that there is no Person having Authority to give such Consent], or, where a Party so under Age is a Widower or Widow, that you C.D. [or E.F.] are [or is] under Twenty-one Years of Age, but are [or is] a Widower or Widow, as the Case may be]: I do hereby grant unto you full Licence, according to the Authority in that Behalf given to me by the said Act, to proceed to solemnize such Marriage; provided that the said Marriage be publicly solemnized in the Presence of Two Witnesses, within Three Calendar Months from the [here insert the Date of the Entry in the Notice Book of the Registrar], in the [here describe the Building in which the Marriage is to be solemnized], between the Hours of Eight in the Forenoon and Two in the Afternoon. Given under my Hand, this Day of One thousand eight hundred and

(Signed) A.B.

Registrar.

SCHEDULE (F.)

I [John Cox], Registrar of the District of [Roscrea] in the County of [Tipperary], do hereby certify, That this is a true Copy of the Entries of Marriage registered in the said District from the Entry of the Marriage of [John Wood] and [Anne Simpson], Number [One], to the Entry of the Marriage of [Lucius O’Hara] and [Margaret Shaw], Number [Fourteen]. Witness my Hand, this [First Day of July 1845].

(Signed) John Cox,

Registrar.

[The Particulars in this Schedule to be entered according to the Fact.]

SCHEDULE (G.)

1845.—MARRIAGES solemnized [at the Parish Church] in the [Parish of St. Audeon] in the City of [Dublin].

Married in the [Parish Church], according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the [United Church of England and Ireland, by Licence], or [after Banns].

By me, [William Jackson, Vicar.]

This Marriage was solemnized between us,

Patrick Donovan, Mary O’Brien,

in the Presence of us,

Denis Donovan. Laurence O’Brien.

[The Particulars in this Schedule to be entered according to the Fact.]