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    A Fleet marriage was a common example of an irregular or a clandestine marriage taking place in England before the Marriage Act 1753 came into force on...
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    Partnership Fleet Marriage History of marriage in Great Britain and Ireland Marriage Certificate Marriage in Northern Ireland Marriage in Scotland "Marriage and...
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    the practice of Fleet Marriage, an irregular or a clandestine marriage. These were clandestine or irregular marriages performed at Fleet Prison, and at...
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    17(363) By the Marriage Act 1836 Section 18 Lee Brown, R. "The Rise and Fall of the Fleet Marriage", ch 6 in R. B. Outhwaite, Marriage and Society (London:...
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    the Fleet" or the "Rules of the Fleet". From 1613 on, there were also many clandestine Fleet Marriages. The boundary of the Liberties of the Fleet included...
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    clandestine marriages, such as so-called Fleet Marriage, which were held legally valid; and in Scotland, unsolemnised common-law marriage was still valid...
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    crowned queen following her marriage to Henry VIII in 1533, the conduit flowed wine instead of water. By the 16th century, Fleet Street, along with much of...
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  • An explanation of the Fleet Marriages is highlighted in the foreword, where customs are observed in the Fleet Prison. A marriage ceremony is performed...
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  • to been a son of Robert Hampden-Trevor, 1st Viscount Hampden, by a Fleet Marriage, the validity of which was not admitted. He was born 13 Aug 1740; admitted...
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    The Channel Fleet and originally known as the Channel Squadron was the Royal Navy formation of warships that defended the waters of the English Channel...
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    simulates a "Fleet marriage," resulting in an immediate win and a division of the pot. This rule plays on the historical context of rapid marriages that took...
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    Interracial marriage is a marriage involving spouses who belong to different "races" or racialized ethnicities. In the past, such marriages were outlawed...
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    ancient Greek biographer Plutarch, on the eve of the consummation of her marriage to Philip, Olympias dreamed that her womb was struck by a thunderbolt that...
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    Spanish), chapters LXXVI and LXXXVIII ("How the Portuguese fleet defeated the Castilian fleet which had come to the Mine of Gold"). From the Biblioteca...
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    George V (category Royal Navy admirals of the fleet)
    purchase prices for items. In October 1894, George's maternal uncle-by-marriage, Alexander III of Russia, died. At the request of his father, "out of respect...
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    was not his wife. Anna claimed that she was the wife of Simon from a Fleet marriage which had occurred around 40 years earlier to this. The case lasted...
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  • favourite location was the Fleet Prison, a debtors' prison in London, in which clergymen willing to celebrate irregular marriages might be found). After the...
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    Netherland. Only nine years later, in 1664, the Dutch were conquered by a fleet of English ships by Sir Robert Carr under the direction of James, the Duke...
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    cameras installed, ferrying 4.5 million passengers daily over 390 routes. Its fleet consists of single-decker, double-decker, vestibule, low-floor, disabled-friendly...
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    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) as Mrs. Lovett, Alice in Wonderland (2010) as the Red Queen...
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    Jo Van Fleet (December 29, 1915 – June 10, 1996) was an American stage, film, and television actress. During her long career, which spanned over four...
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    the first generation of Floridanos and the Government of Florida. The marriage between Luisa de Abrego, a free black domestic servant from Seville, and...
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    same-sex marriages on its ships while in international waters following the legalization of same-sex marriage in Malta, where most of the Celebrity fleet is...
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    consultant on the vetting and hiring of comedic talent for the line’s existing fleet-wide comedy clubs. This relationship lasted 5 years ending in 2016. He is...
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    October 2013, Berry gave birth to their son. In 2015, after two years of marriage, the couple announced they were divorcing. The divorce was finalized in...
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    Byzantine Empire in 645 but was retaken by Amr in 646. In 654 an invasion fleet sent by Constans II was repulsed. The Arabs founded the capital of Egypt...
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    with the former queen of Sweden, wife of Eric the Victorious and by this marriage mother of Olof Skötkonung. To complicate the matter, Heimskringla and other...
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  • was alive. It is suggested from his Navy photograph that he was in the Fleet Marine Force. Dickie was killed during Christopher's infancy, outside the...
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    As the unofficial commander of the Guangdong Pirate Confederation, her fleet was composed of 400 junks and between 40,000 and 60,000 pirates in 1805...
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    business magnate. He amassed the world's largest privately-owned shipping fleet and was one of the world's richest and most famous men. He was married to...
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