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An Original  Very Early Handwritten Gretna Green Marriage License from 1778 between George Chandler and Mary Sadler of Gloucester

An Original Very Early Handwritten Gretna Green Marriage License from 1778 between George Chandler and Mary Sadler of Gloucester

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An Original Very Early Handwritten Gretna Green Marriage License from 1778 between George Chandler and Mary Sadler of Gloucester. Gretna's "runaway marriages" began in 1754 when Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act came into force in England. Under the Act, if a parent of a person under the age of 21 objected to the minor's marriage, the parent could legally veto the union. The Act tightened the requirements for marrying in England and Wales but did not apply in Scotland, where it was possible for boys to marry at 14 and girls at 12 with or without parental consent It was, however, only in the 1770s, with the construction of a toll road passing through the hitherto obscure village of Graitney, that Gretna Green became the first easily reachable village over the Scottish border. Size is 210mm x 1950mm. Condition is average. Mounted on card and very age toned.

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