Notes

These notes accompany the Banns of Marriage Application Form

The numbers refer to the sections on the Form

At least seven days notice is required before the reading of banns.

(2) If either of you will not be 18 by the proposed date of the wedding, the priest will need to know whether the consent of parents or guardians has been obtained.

(4, 11, 12)  The Church's official rules do not permit the marriage in church of anyone who has been divorced from a husband or wife who is still alive.  Anyone in this position should consult their parish priest.

(6) Make sure you include the name of the town, county, and postcode.

(15)  This means the Church of England parish in which you live.  If either of you lives in a different parish from that in which the marriage is to take place, you have to arrange for the banns to be read there too and obtain a banns certificate.

May 1991