These types of marriage ceremonies had been no doubt did under the Act, approved by new celebrated “Barebones Parliament” in the 1653, requiring marriages become did because of the a justice of your Tranquility an operate revealed because of the writer of The newest Municipal Warres out of The uk and lreland had written for the 1664 because passed “from meer envy to the clergy”.
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Brand new prosecution, or persecution, off Recusants shown zero cessation not as much as James 1. Within the 1615 seven individuals from Bowden Church were indicted during the Summer Assizes viz. Richard Beightowe, Agnes, Ralph, Anna and you can Francis Bagshawe, Anna Kyrke, Jane Mellor and you may Gertrude, wife of Thomas Yellott (Elliott).
In sД±cak Kosta Rika kadД±nlar the pursuing the Lent Assizes 30 individuals from Bowden Chapel have been convicted; they incorporated several of these indicted in the previous season and you may together with, amongst others, Henry Bagshawe, gent. and you will Florentia his partner, six most other Bagshawes, numerous Mellors, George Swindell and you will Johanna his wife, Katherine Smith, John Morten, Edward Ollerenshaw, and Nicholas Mustache.
In 1634 George Thornhill, Constable of Bowden Chappell, displayed next “popish recusants” for absence from church for 1 day past early in the day: Henry Mellor regarding Tunstyd, yeoman and you will Jane his wife, George Swindell this new elder from Chappell husbandman and his partner, Francis Taylor out-of Marsh Environmentally friendly, carpenter and you can Mary their wife, George Clarke from Ridge, labourer, Robert Bagshawe out-of Hollin Knowle, yeoman and you may Arnold Kirke off Martynsyde, yeoman. From what we understand of one’s Bagshawes of Ridge and you can Hollin Knowle and of this new Mellors off Tunstead it is extremely possible that it in addition to their servants had been adherents of your “Dated Faith” however, as well as seen in the Returns built in the rule off Charles II, there is little question the constables has worked because of the “laws