Clandestine Lovelock Marriages |
One of the requirements of church (canon) law that was essentially all that applied to marriages before 25th March 1754, when the Clandestine Marriages Act came into force, was that marriages should only take place in a parish where at least one of the parties was resident. However, this was widely flouted. Such marriages are regarded as 'clandestine' even though in practice the bride and groom might not have been hiding their marriage from anyone.
Whilst the Clandestine Marriages Act 1753 made certain requirements mandatory (such as the calling of banns or the issue of a licence, and being married in a church) others (such as the place, registration and witnesses) were only directory. Any marriage that qualified as Clandestine was still valid as long as an Anglican clergyman had presided over it.
The following clandestine Lovelock marriages are transcribed from the imagery at Ancestry.co.uk. As many as five images exist for some of the marriages, so for them the transcriptions below are an amalgam of all the details.
In no case is the precise location of the marriage recorded, although all were apparently carried out in London.
| 1707 Oct 28 | Oliver Barklet of St Margts Westminster, Glover, to Alice Lovelock of ye same |
| 1708 Oct 11 | Nicholas Lovelock a trougher (?) and Mary Lidcomb (of) Aldgate |
| 1716 Jan | William Lovelock of Rumford (sic) in Essex, Turner, and Elizabeth Painter, ditto (sic) |
| 1726 Aug 24 | Thos Shute, Gent, and Martha Lovelock, St Merydith |
| 1730 Apr 22 | Anthony Lovelock of Chelsea in ye County of Midlesex (sic), Mariner, Batr, and Jane Loveday, Spinsr |
| 1733 Dec 6 | John Benson, Weaver of Spittlefields and Anne Lovelock, Batchelor and Spinster |
| 1736 Nov 16/17 | Jno Lovelock, Gent of St Savrs Southwark and Sarah Baker, Widow, ditto (sic) |
| 1738 Oct 23 | James Lowree, Cordwainer of Bow near Stratford, Wid and Isabella Lovelock, Widow, Do (sic) |
| 1739 Sep 16 | John Seman, Marriner (sic) of St George in the East, Widr, and Margaret Lovelock, Do (sic), Widw |
| 1741 Apr 15 | John Lovelock, Linnen (sic) Draper of Newbury in Berks, Wr and Eliz Bond, of Do (sic), Spinster |
| 1744 Jul | Anthony Larrall, Mariner and Batr and Elizabeth Lovelock, Spinster |
| 1748 Jul 24 | Charles Brown, Blacklead pencel (sic) maker of St Georges Hanover Square, Widower and Jane Lovelock, Widow |
The data at Ancestry does not record any Clandestine Loveluck marriages.