Marriage Licences 1600-1800


It was normal practice for couples wishing to marry to have the Banns of Marriage called in their respective parishes on three consecutive Sundays before they married. However, for various reasons, this was not always practical or desirable. Examples include the rich who did not always like the publicity, couples away from their own parishes, and brides in a hurry to marry!

Below is a list of marriage licences for one or both parties in Angmering issued by the diocesan consistory court between 1600 and 1700 extracted from the Sussex Record Society's published volumes VI, IX and XII. These were extracted by Mr RGP Kerridge as research for his unpublished 1988 MA thesis entitled "Society and Economy along the Coastal Plain during the Seventeenth Century". We are most grateful to Mr Kerridge for this list. The marriage licences from 1700-1800 were extracted by Mr NA & Mrs R Rogers-Davis of The Angmering Society from the same SRS documents in February and April 2003.

Readers should always check original records whenever possible to verify correctness of information. This list does not include the names of sureties which may often be found in the original records or the SRS transcripts. The sureties were required to enter into a bond for a specified amount of money and they were required to ensure that the couple married lawfully in a specified church or chapel.

Between 1671 and 1675 the SRS records do not indicate whether the bride or groom came from Angmering but one or both of the parties certainly did. No marriage licences were issued during the Commonwealth period of 1649-1660 as there were no bishops to issue them.


Date

Groom

Status/Occ

Parish

Bride

Status

Parish

1600, Apr 24

William CUTFOLDE

 

East Preston

Susan PENFOLDE

 

Angmering

1600, Nov 23

John SMITH (or SMYTH)

gent

Kirdford

Margaret HOLLAND

 

Angmering

1602/3, Feb 18

Christopher WHITE

 

Angmering

Mary PRATT

maiden

Angmering

1607, Nov 30

William BROWNINGE

 

Angmering

Anne BRADFORD

widow

Angmering

1608, Dec 19

William GRIME

 

Angmering

Anne OKENDEN

 

Felpham

1608, Jul 14

Richard ADDAMS

   

Alice WHITE

 

Angmering

1609/10, Feb 3

Thomas MARTYN

 

Angmering

Mary WILLARD

 

Washington

1611, Sep 7

Thomas CHIPPER

blacksmith

Angmering

Eliz. LOCKE

 

Patching

1611/2, Feb 10

Edward HORE

 

Angmering

Agnes CARTER

 

Angmering

1611/2, Jan 18

Lawrence FORSTER

gent

Angmering

Mary BALL

widow

Chichester

1618, Feb 6

Edward ADDAMS

 

Angmering

Alic GYNNIER

maiden

Patching

1627, Sep 20

Edw. BARNARD

 

Goring

Dorothy SOUTHBIE

maiden

Angmering

1631, Jul 30

Thomas SOWTON

bricklayer

Angmering

Alice HURTE

widow

Broadwater

1632, Jul 24

John NAPPER

tailor

Angmering

Mary PAYNE

maiden

Angmering

1632/3, Feb 4

John BENNETT

yeoman

Ferring

Joan ANDREW

maiden

Angmering

1633, Apr 22

Robert EWEN

yeoman

Poling

Eliz. WITHIER

maiden

Angmering

1633, Sep 12

John BAKER

gent

Angmering

Anne SOUTHBY

maiden

Goring

1635, Mar 28

Thomas LONGE

husbandman

Angmering

Mary COMBE

maiden

Patching

1641, Dec 31

Adam BRANSBERY

miller

Angmering

Dinah HUTINGFORD

maiden

Bersted

1641, Sep 2

Richard ROADES

husbandman

West Angmering

Mary LUCAS

maiden

Patching

1645, Nov 4

Stedman BREADON

 

Rustington

Anne GRATWICKE

maiden

Angmering

1661, May 18

John DYER

yeoman

Angmering

Joan ADDAMS

widow

Angmering

1661, Sep 21

William ANDREW

 

Hampton Parva

Jane HENLING

maiden

Angmering

1662, Apr 28

Richard BATMANSON

 

Angmering

Jane TOWNER

maiden

Findon

1665, Oct 2

James DYER

yeoman

Angmering

Elizabeth HARDING

maiden

Ferring

1665/6, Mar 3

John JOHNSON

cordwainer

Angmering

Anne STONER

maiden

Angmering

1666, Jul 7

William TRICE

yeoman

Poling

Joan PESCOD

maiden

Angmering

1667, Nov 22

John PRATT

yeoman

Angmering

Jane HARRADEN

widow

Sullington

1668, Oct 30

William GARDNER

wheelwright

Angmering

Joan BEACH

widow

Broadwater

1668/9, Feb 3

John PRATT

husbandman

Angmering

Joan STAPLER

maiden

Goring

1669, Jul 24

Christopher TUBB

beer brewer

Clapham

Margaret DAVY

widow

Angmering

1670, Jul 25

Thomas LUDGATER

yeoman

Ferring

Anne MARTIN

widow

Angmering

1670, Jun 13

William PRATT

husbandman

Angmering

Mary NAPPER

maiden

Angmering

1670, Sep 19

Thomas GARDENER

husbandman

Angmering

Sarah UPPERTON

maiden

Storrington

1670/1, Feb 25

Hugh PENFOLD

yeoman

Angmering

Sarah HILL

maiden

Angmering

1671

John KENT

   

Mary OLLIVER

   

1671

Edmund DRUIT

   

Anne BARNARD

   

1671

Rich ADAMS

   

Jane CHALK

   

1672

John BLABER

   

Sarah INGRAM

   

1673

Edw. MITTELL

   

Mary COOK

   

1673

William GARDINER

   

Elizabeth HAMPTON

   

1673

Thomas FREELAND

   

Mary BUNN

   

1673

William BARNARD

   

Dorothy GROVER

   

1673

William SQUIRE

   

Anne MAY

   

1673

Peter SENDALL

   

Frances WILSON

   

1674

John MANNING

   

Mary MITTELL

   

1674

Edw. INGRAM

   

Anne STRONG

   

1674

Edw. YOUNG

   

Sarah INGRAM

   

1674

Richard STURT

   

Mary AUSTINE

   

1675

Thomas SOAL

   

Mary HOLLODAY

   

1675

John PANNET

   

Elizabeth COMBS

   

1675

James READ

   

Anne BRENSBURY

   

1676, Jun 8

John CHEESMAN

taylor

Angmering

Margaret CHALKE

maiden

Angmering

1683, Feb 2

Thomas FOSTER

mercer

Angmering

Mary BUSHBY

maiden

Patching

1685, Oct 3

John MILLS

 

Old Shoreham

Hannah HASELGROVE

maiden

Angmering

1686/7, Jan 22

John BATCOCKE

bricklayer

Rustington

Mary CHEESMAN

maiden

Angmering

1686/7, May 7

Thomas LUDGATER

   

Elizabeth CORDING

maiden

Angmering

1688, Jul 25

Peter PENFOLD

yeoman

Angmering

Eliz. DUKE

maiden

Angmering

1688, Jun 4

William INGRAM

yeoman

East Preston

Eliz. BROOKES

maiden

Angmering

1689, May 13

Phiniceas DERIN

   

Anne BUCKMAN

maiden

Angmering

1691, Dec 23

Richard GRATWICK

gent

Angmering

Ann WILSON

maiden

Angmering

1691, Sep 7

Thomas LUDGATER

ropemaker

Angmering

Eliz. ELLYOT

maiden

Angmering

1692, Sep 10

Hugh SKINNER

   

Mary HUMFREY

maiden

Angmering

1693, Aug 16

Thomas MARSHALL

 

Gramby, Co.Lincoln

Eliz. PELLAT

maiden

Angmering

1694, Sep 18

Chas. BUSHBY

yeoman

Patching

Mary FINCH

maiden

Angmering

1696, Dec 21

John HIGGINS

bachelor

Angmering

Eliz. GOSBY

maiden

Chichester

1699, Apr 22

Elias GREEN

miller

Arundel

Ann CHESTLE

maiden

Angmering

1699, May 26

John WASHER

husbandman

Angmering

Mary MONK

maiden

Angmering

1700, Nov 28

George PALMER

merchant

Angmering

Sarah EDMONDES

maiden

Angmering

1701, Mar 2

John WHITE

wheeler

Angmering

Sarah MARSH

maiden

Arundel

1701, May 5

John STURT

carpenter

Angmering

Mary LUCAS

maiden

Arundel

1701, Nov 29

John SNELLING

yeoman

East Preston

Joan KNOWLES

maiden

Angmering

1702, Oct 6

Thomas STREATER

miller

Angmering

Mary TAPERNER

widow

Washington

1704, Apr 27

Henry BLACKMAN

butcher

Angmering

Joan MADGEWICK

maiden

PETWORTH

1705, Apr 11

William WALLS

husbandman

Angmering

Mary TUTT

widow

East Preston

1706, Feb 5

Willard SMITH

husbandman

Angmering

Elizabeth DUKE

maiden

Lyminster

1707, Aug 13

Thomas GRAYLY

bachelor

Angmering

Mary SCOTCHFORD

maiden

Angmering

1707, Mar 31

Robert WALDER

druggist, bachelor

Arundel

Amy GRATWICK

maiden

Angmering

1707, May 26

John ROBARTS (?ROBERTS)

husbandman, bachelor

Angmering

Mary PETERS

widow

Angmering

1707, Oct 7

William BUDDLE

husbandman, bachelor

Angmering

Ann HAINES

maiden

Rustington

1710, Feb 3

Charles BIRCH

bachelor

Arundel

Anne GRATWICKE

maiden

Angmering

1710, July 25

Thomas LUDGATTER

roapmaker

Angmering

Joan HAMPTON

widow

Angmering

1710, Oct 7

Thomas LEASE

warrener, bachelor

Rustington

Elizabeth SPINKERNELL

widow

Angmering

1711, Jun 23

Richard LEEVES

gentleman, bachelor

Arundel

Mary GRATWICK

maiden

Angmering

1712, Jul 12

Thomas COMPTON

yeoman, widower

Rustington

Katherine EDSAW

maiden

Angmering

1713, Jan 28

James HUNT

butcher, bachelor

Angmering

Elizabeth WOODS

maiden

Pulborough

1714, Apr 1

Adrian NICHOLS

schoolmaster,widower

Angmering

Margaret DARBEY

widow

St.Martin, Chichester

1714, Mar 29

Thomas BAKER

husbandman, bachelor

Rustington

Anne MARNER

maiden

Angmering

1714, Sep 14

Phines DEDDING

yeoman, bachelor

Hampton Parva

Elizabeth TERRY

maiden

Angmering

1715, Nov 30

John EDMUNDS

butcher

Angmering

Mary MARDINER

maiden

Washington

1715, Oct 31

John EDMUNDS

bachelor

Angmering

Mary MARDINER

maiden

Washington

1716, Nov 3

Samuel HENTY (Jnr)

gentleman, bachelor

Portsmouth

Elizabeth GRATWICK

maiden

Ham in Angmering

1717, Feb 28

William MATTHEWS

yeoman, bachelor

Tarring

Mary EDMONDS

maiden

Angmering

1717, Jun 3

Daniel WALLS

yeoman, bachelor

Angmering

Anne EDMONDS

maiden

Angmering

1717, May 12

Anthony WACKHAM

 

Angmering

Sarah DORNFORD

 

Angmering

1717, Nov 9

Francis KNOWLES

yeoman, bachelor

Burpham

Jane EDSAW

maiden

Angmering

1718, Jan 20

Nicholas MANT

yeoman, bachelor

Ferring

Anne EDSAWE

maiden

Angmering

1718, Jan 7

Richard MAN

 

Clapham

Elizabeth WALDER

maiden

Angmering

1718, May 1

Robert CRANLEY

husbandman, Bachelor

Angmering

Mary BURCHER

maiden

Clapham

1719, Jan 17

Henry WARE

broommaker, widower

Stedham

Rebecca MARIA

widow

Angmering

1719, May 18

Thomas RICHARDSON

husbandman, bachelor

Ferring

Mary EWEN

maiden

Angmering

1719, Nov 17

Joseph HAMMOND

yeoman, widower

Patching

Elizabeth MASTERS

maiden

Angmering

1720, Nov 1

James BLUNDEN

 

Pulborough

Katherine PENFOLD

 

Angmering

1721, Nov 21

John BARNARD

cordwinder, bachelor

Angmering

Elizabeth HEATHER

spinster

Angmering

1722, Feb 3