Banns - Fuller/Knights?

[ShannonF]

I have a marriage for Henry 'Fallow' (Fuller) to Anne Knights in Kirstead 1798, but I cannot find the Banns anywhere. I have not been able to trace where Henry and Anne came from (though I have a few possibilities), so I was quite eager to find where the banns were read as I believe they would have been read in the parish they were from? Can anyone tell me why I can't find them anywhere? For Kirstead it does not appear that the banns are missing for this period in time.

[Annette7]

The marriage record on 17/2/1798 shows both were of the parish of Kirstead so banns wouldn't have been read elsewhere.

Annette

[ShannonF]

Do you know why there would be no record of the banns in the parish? I have noticed that with his second marriage the same thing happened...no banns?

[The Yokel]

If you compare the Marriage register to the Banns register there seems to be a few Banns missing.

Maybe they came from a nearby parish and had to get married quickly , I think they only had to be in the parish three weeks to qualify to being of this parish.

yokel

[ShannonF]

Thanks Yokel. I thought there was something about only being resident three weeks. I presume they must have had a reason for a hasty marriage! Must be an unfortunate coincidence that his second lot of marriage banns are also missing.

[Pejic]

Licence?

[ShannonF]

It states Banns on the register, and Henry was only an agricultural labourer; I don't think they would have been a position to afford a licence. Thank you for the suggestion, though. 

[findem]

Some of my Ag Labourer ancestors married by licence, they had someone, mostly their employers, stand surety for the licence bond, the licences in those I've seen, the person/s who are standing surety are named .

Regards.

[ShannonF]

Thanks findem, hadn't considered that.

Shannon