Edward Stokes of this Parish a Bachelor and Frances Everett of the same a Spinster were Married in this Church by Banns this eleventh Day of August in the Year One Thousand eight Hundred and eleven By me J. Parsons Curate
This Marriage was solemnized Us {The Mark X of Edward Stokes / The Mark X of Frances Everett
In the Presence of {James Odell / Tho[ma]s Dimsey
Bishop's Transcript:
Marriages 1811
Aug[us]t 11 Edward Stokes & Frances Everett by Banns Lab[oure]r
The witness James Odell appears to have been a friend of the groom's - two years later he would marry Edward's sister Sarah. The witness Thomas Dimsey was probably connected to the church rather than either the bride or groom, as he witnessed several marriages in Hitchin around this time.
