Allegation for marriage by licence of
William MALLET and Sarah LEE
Whitestone near Exeter 15 November 1797
Devon Records Office MBA 1797 box 91
Provided by Mike Mallett <mm-lists AT ntlworld.com>, by permission of the Diocese of Exeter
I, Sarah Mallet of Bow otherwise Nymet Tracey in the county of Devon widow, the Mother and only surviving Parent of William Mallet of Whitstone in the County of Devon, Husbandsman who is now under the Age of Twenty one Years Do hereby testify my consent to the marriage of the said William Mallet with Sarah Lee of Whitstone aforesaid Spinster as witness my hand this Fourteenth Day of November 1797. |
Witness hereto WB The mark of William Lee | The Mark of <signed> Sarah Mallet |
William Honeywill of Whitstone in County of Devon Yeoman appeared personally and made oath he saw Sarah Mallet the only surviving parent of William Mallet of Whitstone in the County of Devon husbandman subscribe or make her Mark to the writing hereunto annexed testifying her Consent to the Marriage of the said William Mallet with Sarah Lee of Whitstone aforesaid Spinster the said William Mallet being in his Minority and the said William Honeywill further on his Oath said that the said William Mallet and Sarah Lee are not related within the forbidden degrees to each other and that the said William Mallet hath had his usual abode in the Parish of Whitstone aforesaid for four Weeks and so upwards immediately preceding the Date hereof and William Lee of Silverton[?] in the County of Devon aforesaid Husbandsman also appeared personally and made Oath that he is the Father of said Sarah Lee and that he doth hereby testify his consent to the Marriage of the said Sarah Lee with him the said William Mallet, who being likewise in her Minority. William Honeywill |
Sworn before me this 15 day of Novr 1797 <signed> George Long Jnr | W The mark of William Lee |
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