The English marriage certificate

The Act of 1836 printed in its Schedule C the columns of the register of marriages: when married, the name and surname, the age, the condition, the rank or profession, the residence at the time of marriage, the father's name and surname and his rank or profession, one line for each party; under them, where and according to which rites the marriage was solemnized and by whom, the signatures of the parties and of the witnesses.

The columns and the words under them are the Act's; the heading and the layout of the copy are ours, since no certified copy of the period has been found.

Bearer makes an investigator's papers for Call of Cthulhu and any 1920s or 1930s tabletop campaign: the passport a consul would have filled in, with the visas and frontier stamps a campaign leaves in it, and the permits, certificates and tickets of the period, to print or to share.

An example

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The paper

Parts reconstructed

• the heading of the certified copy, the Acts it names and its layout: the columns and the words under them are the ones the Act of 1836 prints in its Schedule C, but no certified copy of a marriage of the period has been found

The same paper elsewhere

• Marriage certificates by country

Still to be confirmed

• England and Wales only. What would settle it: nothing: a choice of scope.

Sources

• Parliament of the United Kingdom; text at legislation.gov.uk, An Act for registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England, 6 & 7 Will. 4 c. 86 (1836), Schedules A to G, Schedule A (births: No., When born, Name if any, Sex, Name and Surname of Father, Name and Maiden Surname of Mother, Rank or Profession of Father, Signature Description and Residence of Informant, When registered, Signature of Registrar, Baptismal Name if added after Registration of Birth); Schedule B (deaths: No., When died, Name and Surname, Sex, Age, Rank or Profession, Cause of Death, Signature Description and Residence of Informant, When registered, Signature of Registrar); Schedule C (marriages: No., When married, Name and Surname, Age, Condition, Rank or Profession, Residence at the time of Marriage, Father's Name and Surname, Rank or Profession of Father; married in … according to the rites …, by me; this marriage was solemnized between us; in the presence of us); Schedule D (the registrar's certificate of a true copy) (read directly)

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