Child-Marriages, Divorces, and Ratifications in the Diocese of Chester, AD 1561-6

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Child- Marriages, Soft.1894.
Divorces, and Ratifications, &c.
In the Diocese of Chester, A.D. 1561-6.
DEPOSITIONS IN TRIALS IN THE BISHOP'S COURT, CHESTER,
CONCERNING
1. Child-Marriages, Divorces, and Ratifications.
2. Trothplights. 3. Adulterics. 4. Affiliations. 5. Libels.
6. tills. 7. Miscellaneous Matters.
8. Clandestine Marriages.
ALSO
Entries from the Mayors' Books, Chester,
A.D. 1558-1600.
EDITED FROM THE MS. WRITTEN IN COURT WHILE THE WITNESSES
MADE THEIR DEPOSITIONS, AND FROM THE MAYORS' BOOKS,
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