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Marriage Duty Act 1694
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XLVII.Proviso as to Marriages in Places exempt from Visitation.
Parson, &c. unduly marrying any Persons; Penalty £100..
And bee it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That noe person shall bee married att any place pretending to bee exempt from the visitation of the Bishop of the Diocesse without a licence first had and obtained except the Banns shall bee published and certified according to Law And that every Parson Vicar and Curate who shall marry any persons contrary to the true intent and meaning hereof shall forfeit the su[m]m of One hundred pounds to bee recovered by action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information in any of his Majesties Courts of Record one moiety whereof to the King his Heires and Successors and the other moiety to the Informer who shall sue for the same and shall for the second offence bee suspended ab officio & beneficio for the space of Three yeares.
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