Marriage Allegation of James Nourse and Sarah Fouace
Marriage Allegation of James Nourse and Sarah Fouace
Marriage Allegation of James Nourse and Sarah Fouace
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<strong>Marriage</strong> <strong>Allegation</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>James</strong> <strong>Nourse</strong>, <strong>of</strong> Covent Garden,<br />
to <strong>Sarah</strong> <strong>Fouace</strong>, <strong>of</strong> London<br />
Dated 29 September 1753<br />
From the<br />
<strong>Marriage</strong> allegations for the Province <strong>of</strong> Canterbury, 1660-1851.<br />
Church <strong>of</strong> Engl<strong>and</strong>. Province <strong>of</strong> Canterbury. Vicar General<br />
Transcribed by R. Scott <strong>Nourse</strong>
TRANSCRIPTION<br />
29 th September 1753<br />
On which day appeared Personally <strong>James</strong> <strong>Nourse</strong> <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Parish <strong>of</strong> Saint Paul Covent Garden in the County <strong>of</strong> Middlesex<br />
Woolen Draper -- <strong>and</strong> Charles <strong>Fouace</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Parish <strong>of</strong> St.<br />
Michael Bassishaw London gentleman <strong>and</strong> did jointly<br />
<strong>and</strong> [?] for themselves depose as follows to wit the aforesaid<br />
<strong>James</strong> <strong>Nourse</strong> for himself deposed that he is <strong>of</strong> the Age <strong>of</strong> Twenty<br />
two years <strong>and</strong> upward <strong>and</strong> a Batchelor <strong>and</strong> that he doth intend<br />
to intermarry with <strong>Sarah</strong> <strong>Fouace</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Parish <strong>of</strong> Saint Paul<br />
Covent Garden aforesaid Spinster a Minor <strong>of</strong> the Age <strong>of</strong> Eighteen<br />
Years <strong>and</strong> upwards <strong>and</strong> under the Age <strong>of</strong> One <strong>and</strong> Twenty Years<br />
by <strong>and</strong> with the Consent <strong>of</strong> Charles <strong>Fouace</strong> Curator or Guardian<br />
lawfully chosen <strong>and</strong> appointed <strong>and</strong> that he knoweth <strong>of</strong> no lawful<br />
Let or impediment by reason <strong>of</strong> any Precontract, Consanguinity,<br />
Affinity, or any other lawful means whatsoever to hinder the<br />
said intended <strong>Marriage</strong> <strong>of</strong> the truth <strong>of</strong> which he made oath <strong>and</strong><br />
prayed a Licence for them to solemnize the said <strong>Marriage</strong> in the<br />
Parish Church <strong>of</strong> Battersea or Putney in the County <strong>of</strong> Surry or<br />
Fullham in the County <strong>of</strong> Middlesex And he the said Charles<br />
<strong>Fouace</strong> for himself deposed that she the said <strong>Sarah</strong> <strong>Fouace</strong><br />
Spinster the Minor aforesaid hath neither Father nor Mother now<br />
living or any Testamentary Guardian or other whatsoever to her<br />
appointed <strong>and</strong> that she is not a ward <strong>of</strong> the High Court <strong>of</strong> Chancery<br />
to the best <strong>of</strong> his Knowledge <strong>and</strong> [?] that he is her [scratched out]<br />
Curator or Guardian lawfully chosen <strong>and</strong> appointed by virtue <strong>of</strong> an<br />
Instrument under h<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> seal <strong>and</strong> hereunto signed <strong>and</strong><br />
as such that he is consenting to the above intended <strong>Marriage</strong>.<br />
[signed] <strong>James</strong> <strong>Nourse</strong><br />
[signed] Chas. <strong>Fouace</strong><br />
SOURCE: FHL 0368939 :: Vicar General <strong>Marriage</strong> <strong>Allegation</strong>s :: Jan - Dec 1753<br />
Transcribed by Scott <strong>Nourse</strong> (rs-nourse@earthlink.net)
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