Abstract
Part 1 Introduction: case studies legal records courtship the making of marriage marriage, property and the Common Law customary unions and concubinage contract marriage - the first suppression 1540-1642, the revival 1642-1660, the second suppression 1660-1753 clandestine marriage - definition and development, demand from the laity, supply by the clergy, repressive legislation and actual growth 1666-1730, reform and abolition 1730-1753. Part 2 Case studies: courtship and contract forced marriage by the parish forced marriage by the seducer or suitor clandestine marriage - a fleet person, a valid clandestine marriage, a forged clandestine marriage, a bigamous marriage.
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