Findmypast is excited to bring you some of the earliest English marriage records around, with some as early as 1115. Covering fifteen English counties, some of those represented are London, Lancashire, Suffolk, Devon, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire.

Marriage licences will reveal your ancestor’s intended spouse, father’s name, and the intended marriage place. With each result, you will find a transcript of the vital facts and an image of the digitised volume of marriage licences. The detail in each licence varies depending on the age of the document and the individuals named in the licence. People of high social standing usually have more detail recorded in their licence such as occupations and fathers’ names. You will find a combination of the following facts in the marriage licence:
 – Name
 – Residence
 – Father’s name
 – Spouse’s name
 – Spouse’s residence
 – Spouse’s father’s name
 – Marital status
 – Marriage place

Containing over 530,000 records, the volumes that make up this record set are:
– Archdeaconry Court & Peculiar of Southwell Marriage Licences, 1701-1853
– Archdeaconry of Bedford Marriage Licences Vol I 1747-1790
– Archdeaconry of Bedford Marriage Licences Vol II 1791-1837
– Archdeaconry of Suffolk Marriage Licences Vol I 1613-1674
– Archdeaconry of Suffolk Marriage Licences Vol II 1663-1750
– Bishop of London Marriage Licences Vol I 1520-1610
– Bishop of London Marriage Licences Vol II 1611-1828
– Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol I 1568-1618
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Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol II 1619-1660
– Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol III 1661-1676
– Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol IV 1677-1700
– Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol V 1701-1725
– Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol VI 1726-1750
– Chertsey Marriage Licences
– Commissary Court of Surrey Marriage Licences 1673-1770
– Diocese of Bath & Wells Marriage Licences 1645-1775
– Diocese of Exeter Marriage Licences 1523-1631
– Diocese of Gloucester Marriage Licences 1637-1743
– Diocese of Lincoln Marriage Licences 1598-1628
– Diocese of London Marriage Licence Extracts 1598-1639
– Diocese of Worcester Marriage Licences 1446-1725
– Faculty Office Marriage Licences 1543-1700
– Hampshire Marriage Licences 1689-1837, Vol I – A-L
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Hampshire Marriage Licences 1689-1837, Vol II – M-Z
– Lancashire Marriage Bonds 1648-1710
– London Marriage Licences 1521-1869
– Paver’s Marriage Licences from the Registry of York 1567-1614
– St George Hanover Square Marriage Licences Vol I
– St George Hanover Square Marriage Licences Vol II
– St George Hanover Square Marriage Licences Vol III
– St George Hanover Square Marriage Licences Vol IV
– St George Hanover Square Marriage Licences Vol V
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St George Hanover Square Marriage Licences Vol VI
– St Giles in the Fields Marriage Licences
– St Mark Old Street Marriage Licences
– St Mary Magdalene Fish Street Marriage Licences 1687-1713
– St Mary Magdalene Fish Street Marriage Licences 1687-1737
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St Mary Newington Marriage Licences A-C
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St Mary Newington Marriage Licences C-G
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St Mary Newington Marriage Licences H-L
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St Mary Newington Marriage Licences M-R
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St Mary Newington Marriage Licences S-Y
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St Peter, Islington Marriage Licences

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