banns

Banns – putting the cart before the horse

Aug 12, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings, law, religion

banns, baptism, bigamy, church, denialists, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, Kenilworth, Losecoat Field, Richard Woodville, sacraments, Sir John Woodville, summary executions

I am somewhat puzzled by a recent suggestion (by “Historical Discussions” here) that Banns were published for Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville on 24th May 1465, over a year after their secret ceremony. Banns were normally read prior to the solemnisation of a canonical wedding and on three separate occasions. It is true that from…
How Edward IV’s bigamy should have been resolved

Jul 17, 2023

Alternative History, anniversaries, battles, genealogy, law, religion

Affinity, banns, bigamy, canon law, Castillon, Catherine de Roet, Catholicism, Church of England, consanguinity, Council of Trent, dispensations, Elizabeth Wydeville, family law, Henry VIII, illegitimacy, infertility, John Earl of Shrewsbury, John of Gaunt, lack of consent, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lumley-Conyers marriage, Moynihan barony, non-consummation, Papal Legate, pre-contract, R.H. Helmholz, Ralph Butler Baron Sudeley, Reformation, Sixtus IV, Statute of Merton, widows, witchcraft

Canon law, as practiced in most of Europe to the late mediaeval period, is noticeably different to the laws of the United Kingdom today, although it is somewhat looser today in several ways. Consequently, secret marriages were banned eventually, only first cousins now require dispensations and relationships do not beget affinity, although previous manages still…
Marriage in Medieval London And Extricating Oneself Only You Couldn’t…

Jun 8, 2023

anniversaries, buildings, law, religion

a mensa et thoro, a vincula, adultery, Affinity, amnesia, annulments, banns, bigamy, Church courts, coercion, consanguinity, consummation, contracts, cruelty, denial, divorce, Edward IV, fornication, future consent, heresy, Lady Eleanor Talbot, love, marriage, mediaeval canon law, present consent, validity, witnesses

My lastest A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com post. Artist’s impression of a medieval wedding being solemnised. ‘Frieze of a Medieval Wedding’. Artist Thomas Stothard (1755-1835) Yale Centre for British Art. I have, in my most recent meanderings, meandered quite a bit. Of late I’ve meandered from the Plague Pits of London 1665 to Gleaston Castle, rendezvous…

banns

Banns – putting the cart before the horse

How Edward IV’s bigamy should have been resolved

Marriage in Medieval London And Extricating Oneself Only You Couldn’t…