| Description | These are arranged alphabetically by groom in chronological bundles.
Index to 1828 available at History Centre.
Three folders of strays; 1606-1614 (D1/62/4/1), 1633-1646 (D1/62/4/1A), 1660-1681 (D1/62/4/2A)
Marriage licence bonds for the period after 1837 do not survive. The archives were offered post-1837 MLBs during the 1980s, however a decision was made not to retain these because the introduction of civil registration covered church weddings; it was felt that the had less genealogical information than can be found in the marriage register, because they did not state fathers’ names and so were not worthy of permanent preservation.
Transcript of Berkshire and Oxford archdeaconry bonds and affadavits available. The Oxford archdeaconry and Langford and Faringdon peculiar bonds and affadavits listed therein are held at the Oxfordshire History Centre. The Berkshire archdeaconry bonds and affadavits listed therein were destroyed by enemy action in Reading during the Second World War. There are a limited number of other Berkshire archdeaconry bonds held within the Bishop's collection at WSHC. Also check D1/62/2/1 Miscellaneous marriage licence bonds 1661-1779. |