Tag: Marriage Records and researchFamily planning in the 1920s: Marie Stopes and the ‘wise precaution of delay’Tuesday 29 March 2022was published. Aimed at married couples, it became an instant bestseller and went through...Records and researchPetitioning for love: ‘The grief we have suffered no tongue can tell’Wednesday 6 May 2020In 1829, John Travwicks, described as ‘a quiet inoffensive man’, was sentenced to transportation...Records and researchPeter Vannes, Henry VIII and early modern marriageThursday 13 April 2017Peter Vannes was central to divorce negotiations on behalf of Henry VIII, but he...Records and researchTill death do us part? Divorce in medieval EnglandThursday 6 April 2017There were actually only a very small number of divorce cases in medieval England...Records and researchThe same age as my tongue, and a bit older than my teethWednesday 31 July 2013This is an unfailingly accurate, if not exactly helpful, answer to the question ‘How...Records and researchArmed forces birth, marriage and death recordsMonday 10 June 2013If you need a copy of a birth, marriage or death certificate issued in...Records and researchWho needs to read fiction?Monday 20 May 2013I don’t read a lot of fiction. I don’t need to, because some of...Records and researchMartha’s marriagesFriday 8 June 2012In 1861 a marriage took place between Henry Wells and Martha Cottam, both of...