Hardwicke's Marriage Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:affects gptkb:Roman_Catholics
nonconformists
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:England
gptkb:Wales
gptkbp:category Marriage law in the United Kingdom
Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain 1753
gptkbp:citation gptkb:26_Geo._2._c._33
gptkbp:compatibleWith gptkb:Ireland
gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1753
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce 25 March 1754
gptkbp:excludes Jewish marriages
Quaker marriages
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first statutory regulation of marriage in England and Wales
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hardwicke's Marriage Act
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Philip_Yorke,_1st_Earl_of_Hardwicke
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Marriage_Act_1753
gptkbp:penalty marriage declared null and void
gptkbp:purpose to prevent clandestine marriages in England and Wales
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Marriage_Act_1836
gptkbp:requires publication of banns or a marriage licence
marriages to be registered
marriages to be performed in a church or chapel of the Church of England
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Philip_Yorke,_1st_Earl_of_Hardwicke
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7