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Marriages at St Mary and All Saints
in the Parish of Whalley

Marriages recorded in the Register for 1653 - 1660

These Marriages occurred during the Commonwealth. At the start of this register is written :-

'The Names fornames and additions place of abode of all such parties who intend to marriage are published in the Parish Church of Whalley and in the next Market Towne to their abode and in either of then according to the Acte of Parliament.' --- This information was published in the Market Place on three successive Market Days (usually a Saturday but not necessarily at 7 day intervals) 'att the close of the morning'. Marriages took place in Parish Churches but were conducted by the Justices of the Peace for the County Palatine of Lancashire.

Marriage: Jan 1653/4 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
Thomas Leigh - Hatter, Blackburn
Mary Patefield - Spinster, Whalley
    Banns Read: 22 Jan 1653/4, 2nd: 29 Jan 1653/4, 3rd: 5 Feb 1653/4
    Married by Published according to the Act of Parliament
    Notes: Bride's mother Margrett Patefield, Widow [Couple married at Blackburn by Randle
           Sharples, Justice of the Peace in 1655]
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: Jan 1653/4 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
John Birtwistle - Husbandman, Wiswall
Hanagh Townson - Spinster, Wiswell
    Banns Read: 22 Jan 1653/4, 2nd: 29 Jan 1653/4, 3rd: 5 Feb 1653/4
    Married by Published according to the Act of Parliament
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: Mar 1653/4 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
James Robert - Husbandman, Cliviger
Jane Well - Spinster, Cliviger
    Banns Read: 12 Mar 1653/4, 2nd: 19 Mar 1653/4, 3rd: 26 Mar 1654
    Married by Published according to the Act of Parliament
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: Apr 1654 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
John Duckworth - Yeoman, Accrington
Mary Hadocks - Spinster, Church
    Banns Read: 9 Apr 1654, 2nd: 15 Apr 1654, 3rd: 23 Apr 1654
    Married by Published according to the Act of Parliament
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: 10 Jun 1655 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
Richard Seller - Wiswall
Mary Wilkinson - Spinster, Whalley
    Witness: Robert Walmsley; Richard Walmsley; Thomas Laune
    Banns Read: 3 Jun 1565, 2nd: 10 Jun 1655, 3rd: 17 Jun 1655
    Married by Published according to the Act of Parliament by: John Starkie, Esquire
    Notes: Witness Thomas Laune of Clitheroe
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: Aug 1655 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
John Lord -
Mary Blackshawe -
    Banns Read: 28 Aug 1655, 2nd: 4 Sep 1655, 3rd: 9 Sep 1655
    Married by Published according to the Act of Parliament
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: Oct 1655 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
Richard Haworth, Esquire - Manchester
Mrs Jane Stonehewer - Widow, This Parish
    Banns Read: 14 Oct 1655, 2nd: 20 Oct 1655, 3rd: 28 Oct 1655
    Married by Published according to the Act of Parliament
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: 8 Jan 1655/6 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
Hugh Clitheroe - Whalley
Margrett Hayrust - Spinster, Whalley
    Witness: Christopher West; Laurence Slater; Thomas Leigh
    Banns Read: 23 Dec 1655, 2nd: 30 Dec 1655, 3rd: 5 Jan 1655/6
    Married by Published according to the Act of Parliament by: John Starkie
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: 12 Mar 1655/6 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
Edmund Ryley - Husbandman, Read
Ellen Walshman - Spinster, Read Hall
    Witness: Christopher Jonson; William Shuttleworth
    Banns Read: 6 Jan 1655/6, 2nd: 13 Jan 1655/6, 3rd: 20 Jan 1655/6
    Married by Published according to the Act of Parliament by: Mr Roger Anyon
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: 15 Mar 1655/6 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
Thomas Braddyll, Esquire - Portfield, in this Parish
Mrs Anne Rushton - Tunnyhouse, in this Parish
    Witness: Anthony William Shuttleworth
    Banns Read: 2 Feb 1655/6, 2nd: 9 Feb 1655/6, 3rd: 15 Feb 1655/6
    Married by Published according to the Act of Parliament
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: Mar 1655/6 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
Alexander Nowell - Morton
Mrs Margrett Farrington - Morton
    Banns Read: 15 Mar 1655/6, 2nd: 22 Mar 1655/6, 3rd: 29 Mar 1656
    Married by Published at Clitheroe on three market days
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: 29 Apr 1656 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
Richard Bamford - Woollen Webster, Wiswell
Jennett Dobson - Widow, Wiswall
    Banns Read: 15 Mar 1655/6, 2nd: 22 Mar 1655/6, 3rd: 29 Mar 1656
    Married by Published at Clitheroe on three market days by: Richard Shuttleworth, Esquire
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: Apr 1656 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
Richard Stevenson - Grad Milner
Jenet Gregson - Spinster, Blackburn
    Groom's Father: Richard Stevenson
    Bride's Father: Richard Gregson
    Banns Read: 30 Mar 1656, 2nd: 5 Apr 1656, 3rd: 13 Apr 1656
    Married by Published according to the Act of Parliament
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: 30 Jun 1656 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
Jeffrey Boulton - Husbandman, Mearley
Alice Withington - Spinster, Wiswall
    Witness: [Blank] Bolton; Richard Woods
    Banns Read: 8 Jun 1656, 2nd: 15 Jun 1656, 3rd: 22 Jun 1656
    Married by Published according to the Act of Parliament by: Richard Shuttleworth, Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace for the County Palatine of Lanc
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: Jun 1656 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
Edmund Wallman - Husbandman, Accrington
Lettice Kirkham - Accrington
    Banns Read: 29 Jun 1656, 2nd: 6 Jul 1656, 3rd: 13 Jul 1656
    Married by Published according to the Act of Parliament
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: 28 Jul 1656 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
Thomas Alston - Haslingden
Anne Aspinall - Blackburn
    Banns Read: 5 Jul 1656, 2nd: 13 Jul 1656, 3rd: 20 Jul 1656
    Married by Published according to the Act of Parliament by: Randle Sharples, Esquire, one of the Justices of the Peace
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: 8 Oct 1656 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
Thomas Diccinson - Collier, Colne
Anne Laycock - Colne
    Groom's Father: John Diccinson
    Bride's Father: John Siminson
    Witness: Richard Cattelow; William Simson
    Married by Published at Colne by: Randle Sharples, Esquire, Justice of the Peace
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: 3 Nov 1656 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
John Towneley -
Katherin Rushton - Spinster, Mitton
    Witness: Jeffrey Rushton; Doctor Haworth; Wm. Hindle
    Banns Read: 17 Sep 1656, 2nd: 24 Sep 1656, 3rd: 4 Oct 1656
    Married by Published at Clitheroe by: Laurence Parkinson, Justice of the Peace for this County
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: 3 Nov 1656 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
John Dobson - Whalley
Margaret Lodge - Whalley
    Witness: Doctor Haworth; Edmund Dobson
    Banns Read: 4 Oct 1656, 2nd: 11 Oct 1656, 3rd: 18 Oct 1656
    Married by Published according to the Act of Parliament by: Laurence Parkinson, Justice of the Peace for this County
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: 9 Jun 1657 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
Richard Bulcock - Yeoman, Whitby Booth in the Parish of Pendle
Elizabeth Thomson - Spinster, Read in the Parish of Whalley
    Groom's Father: John Bulcock
    Bride's Father: John Thomson
    Witness: Laurence Duxbury; Christopher Thomson; Nicholas Duxbury; Roger Croasdell
    Witness: John Stevenson
    Banns Read: 17 May 1657, 2nd: 24 May 1657, 3rd: 30 May 1656
    Married by Published according to the Act of Parliament
    Notes: [Married at Padiham by Richard Shuttleworth, Esquire one of the Justices of the
           Peace for the County] Witnesses John Thomson, Yeoman of Read
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: 11 Jun 1657 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
Roger Kenyon, Gent - Parkhead in the Parish of Whalley
Mrs Alice Rigby - Great Mearley in the Parish of Whalley
    Witness: Mr Henry Nowell; Richard Haworthe
    Banns Read: 23 May 1657, 2nd: 30 May 1657, 3rd: 5 Jun 1657
    Married by Published according to the Act of Parliament at the market in Clitheroe by: Laurence Parkinson, Justice of the Peace for this County
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: 5 Aug 1660 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
Thomas Parker -
Elizabeth West -
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
 
Marriage: 8 Oct 1660 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancs.
Johannes Hudson - Barlswike in Con Ebor
Annae Norham - Read
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
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