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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, Lancashire
Thomas Leigh - Hatter, Blackburn
Mary Patefield - Spinster, Whalley
    First Reading: 22 Jan 1653/4
    Second Reading: 29 Jan 1653/4
    Third Reading: 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, Lancashire
John Birtwistle - Husbandman, Wiswall
Hanagh Townson - Spinster, Wiswell
    First Reading: 22 Jan 1653/4
    Second Reading: 29 Jan 1653/4
    Third Reading: 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, Lancashire
James Robert - Husbandman, Cliviger
Jane Well - Spinster, Cliviger
    First Reading: 12 Mar 1653/4
    Second Reading: 19 Mar 1653/4
    Third Reading: 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, Lancashire
John Duckworth - Yeoman, Accrington
Mary Hadocks - Spinster, Church
    First Reading: 9 Apr 1654
    Second Reading: 15 Apr 1654
    Third Reading: 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, Lancashire
Richard Seller - Wiswall
Mary Wilkinson - Spinster, Whalley
    Witnesses: Robert Walmsley; Richard Walmsley; Thomas Laune
    First Reading: 3 Jun 1565
    Second Reading: 10 Jun 1655
    Third Reading: 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, Lancashire
John Lord -
Mary Blackshawe -
    First Reading: 28 Aug 1655
    Second Reading: 4 Sep 1655
    Third Reading: 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, Lancashire
Richard Haworth, Esquire - Manchester
Mrs Jane Stonehewer - Widow, This Parish
    First Reading: 14 Oct 1655
    Second Reading: 20 Oct 1655
    Third Reading: 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, Lancashire
Hugh Clitheroe - Whalley
Margrett Hayrust - Spinster, Whalley
    Witnesses: Christopher West; Laurence Slater; Thomas Leigh
    First Reading: 23 Dec 1655
    Second Reading: 30 Dec 1655
    Third Reading: 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, Lancashire
Edmund Ryley - Husbandman, Read
Ellen Walshman - Spinster, Read Hall
    Witnesses: Christopher Jonson; William Shuttleworth
    First Reading: 6 Jan 1655/6
    Second Reading: 13 Jan 1655/6
    Third Reading: 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, Lancashire
Thomas Braddyll, Esquire - Portfield, in this Parish
Mrs Anne Rushton - Tunnyhouse, in this Parish
    Witness: Anthony William Shuttleworth
    First Reading: 2 Feb 1655/6
    Second Reading: 9 Feb 1655/6
    Third Reading: 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, Lancashire
Alexander Nowell - Morton
Mrs Margrett Farrington - Morton
    First Reading: 15 Mar 1655/6
    Second Reading: 22 Mar 1655/6
    Third Reading: 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, Lancashire
Richard Bamford - Woollen Webster, Wiswell
Jennett Dobson - Widow, Wiswall
    First Reading: 15 Mar 1655/6
    Second Reading: 22 Mar 1655/6
    Third Reading: 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, Lancashire
Richard Stevenson - Grad Milner
Jenet Gregson - Spinster, Blackburn
    Groom's Father: Richard Stevenson
    Bride's Father: Richard Gregson
    First Reading: 30 Mar 1656
    Second Reading: 5 Apr 1656
    Third Reading: 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, Lancashire
Jeffrey Boulton - Husbandman, Mearley
Alice Withington - Spinster, Wiswall
    Witnesses: [Blank] Bolton; Richard Woods
    First Reading: 8 Jun 1656
    Second Reading: 15 Jun 1656
    Third Reading: 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, Lancashire
Edmund Wallman - Husbandman, Accrington
Lettice Kirkham - Accrington
    First Reading: 29 Jun 1656
    Second Reading: 6 Jul 1656
    Third Reading: 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, Lancashire
Thomas Alston - Haslingden
Anne Aspinall - Blackburn
    First Reading: 5 Jul 1656
    Second Reading: 13 Jul 1656
    Third Reading: 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, Lancashire
Thomas Diccinson - Collier, Colne
Anne Laycock - Colne
    Groom's Father: John Diccinson
    Bride's Father: John Siminson
    Witnesses: 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, Lancashire
John Towneley -
Katherin Rushton - Spinster, Mitton
    Witnesses: Jeffrey Rushton; Doctor Haworth; Wm. Hindle
    First Reading: 17 Sep 1656
    Second Reading: 24 Sep 1656
    Third Reading: 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, Lancashire
John Dobson - Whalley
Margaret Lodge - Whalley
    Witnesses: Doctor Haworth; Edmund Dobson
    First Reading: 4 Oct 1656
    Second Reading: 11 Oct 1656
    Third Reading: 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, Lancashire
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
    Witnesses: Laurence Duxbury; Christopher Thomson; Nicholas Duxbury; Roger Croasdell; John Stevenson
    First Reading: 17 May 1657
    Second Reading: 24 May 1657
    Third Reading: 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, Lancashire
Roger Kenyon, Gent - Parkhead in the Parish of Whalley
Mrs Alice Rigby - Great Mearley in the Parish of Whalley
    Witnesses: Mr Henry Nowell; Richard Haworthe
    First Reading: 23 May 1657
    Second Reading: 30 May 1657
    Third Reading: 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, Lancashire
Thomas Parker -
Elizabeth West -
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099

Marriage: 8 Oct 1660 St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Lancashire
Johannes Hudson - Barlswike in Con Ebor
Annae Norham - Read
    Register: Marriages 1653 - 1660
    Source: LDS Film 1471099
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