Marriage Licence: Charles Harper and Mary Curry (1811)

The 24th Day of December 1811
APPEARED personally Charles Harper
of the Parish of Taunton St James in the
County of Somerset and Diocese of
Bath and Wells and being sworn on the Holy
Evangelists alledged and made Oath that he is of the
said Parish of and is a
Bachelor of lawful age and that he
intends to Marry with Mary Curry
of the Parish of Taunton St James in the County
and Diocese aforesaid that she is a
Minor, with the free and full consent
of Samuel Curry her lawful father
and that he does not know or believe there is any Lett or
Impediment by reason of any Precontract Consanguinity
Affinity or any other Cause whatsoever to hinder the said
intended Marriage and that the usual Place of Abode of her
the said Mary Curry has been
within the said Parish of Taunton St James
for the Space of Four Weeks immediately last past And
prayed a Licence to solemnize the said Marriage in the
Parish Church of Taunton St James aforesaid
Charles Harper
appeared at the same time James Bailey of Taunton
St Mary Magdalene, and made oath that the contents of the paper
hereunto annexed were written by Samuel Curry the
lawful father of the aforesaid Mary Curry
James Bailey
The 24th Day of December aforesaid
the said Charles Harper and James Bailey
made Oath of the Truth of the Premises, respectively
before me [J. H. Clapp?]
Surrogate specially appointed