- Title Pages
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- List of Plates
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- II Case-studies
- 1 <i>Troope</i> v. <i>Stenson</i> and <i>Henworth</i> v. <i>Stenson</i>, 1652–1664
- 2 <i>Ryder</i> v. <i>Jones</i>, 1661
- 3 <i>Harris</i> v. <i>Lingard</i>, 1699–1701
- 4 <i>Moseley</i> v. <i>Collier</i>, 1746–1747
- 5 <i>Brace</i> v. <i>Cudworth</i>, 1680–1682
- (a) Forced Marriage by the Parish
- 6 <i>Preston</i> v. <i>Matthews</i>, 1695
- 7 <i>The Churchwardens of Hingham</i> v. <i>The Churchwardens of Snettisham</i>, 1713
- (b) Forced Marriage by the Seducer or Suitor
- 8 <i>Houghton</i> v. <i>Cash</i>, 1703
- 9 <i>Hooper</i> v. <i>Fazas</i>, 1690
- (a) A Fleet Parson
- 10 The Revd John Vyse, 1691–1714
- (b) A Valid Clandestine Marriage
- 11 <i>Elmes</i> v. <i>Elmes</i>, 1706–1709
- 12 <i>Northmore</i> v. <i>Northmore</i>, 1664
- 13 <i>Morland</i> v. <i>Morland</i>, 1686
- 14 <i>Echard</i> v. <i>Townshend</i>, 1704
- 15 <i>Harcourt</i> v. <i>Harcourt,</i> 1707
- 16 <i>Beaumont</i> v. <i>Hurnard</i>, 1706–1712
- 17 <i>Rudd</i> v. <i>Rudd</i>, 1720–1730
- 18 <i>Griffin</i> v. <i>Griffin</i>, 1712–1714
- 19 <i>Phillips</i> v. <i>Cresse</i>, 1738
- 20 <i>Osborne</i> v. <i>Williams</i>, 1714–1716
- (c) A Forged Clandestine Marriage
- 21 <i>Bentley</i> v. <i>Bentley</i>, 1715–1727
- 22 <i>Mordaunt</i> v. <i>Mordaunt</i>, 1707–1711
- (d) A Bigamous Marriage
- 23 <i>Tipping</i> v. <i>Roberts</i>, 1704–1733
- 24 <i>Muilman</i> v. <i>Muilman</i>, 1722–1748
- Index
Elmes v. Elmes, 1706–1709
Elmes v. Elmes, 1706–1709
- Chapter:
- 11 Elmes v. Elmes, 1706–1709
- Source:
- Uncertain Unions
- Author(s):
Lawrence Stone
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter presents a case study on valid clandestine marriage in England, focusing on the court case Elmes v. Elmes which was filed in 1706. The case involved poor widower Henry Elmes who took the twenty-year-old Mary Wise as his mistress in 1706 and claimed that they were married in May 1706. He said that they were married within the Rules of the Queen's Bench Prison in Southwark. However, in 1708, Elmes claimed that he was never married to Mary and later married a certain Anne Ordway. The secular and ecclesiastical courts had different positions on which marriage the was valid.
Keywords: clandestine marriage, court cases, Elmes v. Elmes, Henry Elmes, Mary Wise, Anne Ordway
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- Title Pages
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- List of Plates
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- II Case-studies
- 1 <i>Troope</i> v. <i>Stenson</i> and <i>Henworth</i> v. <i>Stenson</i>, 1652–1664
- 2 <i>Ryder</i> v. <i>Jones</i>, 1661
- 3 <i>Harris</i> v. <i>Lingard</i>, 1699–1701
- 4 <i>Moseley</i> v. <i>Collier</i>, 1746–1747
- 5 <i>Brace</i> v. <i>Cudworth</i>, 1680–1682
- (a) Forced Marriage by the Parish
- 6 <i>Preston</i> v. <i>Matthews</i>, 1695
- 7 <i>The Churchwardens of Hingham</i> v. <i>The Churchwardens of Snettisham</i>, 1713
- (b) Forced Marriage by the Seducer or Suitor
- 8 <i>Houghton</i> v. <i>Cash</i>, 1703
- 9 <i>Hooper</i> v. <i>Fazas</i>, 1690
- (a) A Fleet Parson
- 10 The Revd John Vyse, 1691–1714
- (b) A Valid Clandestine Marriage
- 11 <i>Elmes</i> v. <i>Elmes</i>, 1706–1709
- 12 <i>Northmore</i> v. <i>Northmore</i>, 1664
- 13 <i>Morland</i> v. <i>Morland</i>, 1686
- 14 <i>Echard</i> v. <i>Townshend</i>, 1704
- 15 <i>Harcourt</i> v. <i>Harcourt,</i> 1707
- 16 <i>Beaumont</i> v. <i>Hurnard</i>, 1706–1712
- 17 <i>Rudd</i> v. <i>Rudd</i>, 1720–1730
- 18 <i>Griffin</i> v. <i>Griffin</i>, 1712–1714
- 19 <i>Phillips</i> v. <i>Cresse</i>, 1738
- 20 <i>Osborne</i> v. <i>Williams</i>, 1714–1716
- (c) A Forged Clandestine Marriage
- 21 <i>Bentley</i> v. <i>Bentley</i>, 1715–1727
- 22 <i>Mordaunt</i> v. <i>Mordaunt</i>, 1707–1711
- (d) A Bigamous Marriage
- 23 <i>Tipping</i> v. <i>Roberts</i>, 1704–1733
- 24 <i>Muilman</i> v. <i>Muilman</i>, 1722–1748
- Index
