Index to Marriage Licence Bonds 1667-1855
For churches, several methods existed to ensure that there was no impediment to a marriage. The first, the Marriage Banns, involved the reading, or posting, of an announcement of the intention of a couple to marry. The Banns effectively gave 3 weeks public notice of the impending marriage so any objections and were read in the parish church of each of the marrying couple. Alternatively, a Marriage Licence could be obtained (prior to 1858) from the Ecclesiastical Court by entering a bond with the bishop of the diocese. This payment was given as surety to indemnify the church against any damaged that may be sought later as result of any unforeseen impediment to the marriage. The original Diocescan and Prerogative Court Marriage Licence Bonds were all destroyed in 1992, but the indexed to the bonds lodged have survived. I have examined the indexes to the Prerogative Court Marriage Licence Bonds, and those covering the following dioceses only. The Dublin marriage license bonds are listed amongst the indexes for Original Wills and Grant Books of Diocese of Dublin.
The Prerogative Court of Ireland 1629-1817
1723 - Robert Malligan and Mary Willcock.
1768 - John Millikin and Susanna Hopper.
1791 - Mulligan Patrick and Ann English.
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Diocese of Dublin 1467-1858
1667 - Mary Mullegan and Philip Harding.
1736 - Elinor Mulligan and John Matthews.
1740 - Ann Mulligan and Robert Simpson.
1753 - Mary Milligan and George Phipps.
1754 - Jane Mulligan and Richard Cooper.
1758 - Alice Milliken and Joseph Jackson.
1759 - Harriot Mulligan and Edward Hart.
1761 - Thomas Mullogan and Sarah Walkinson.
1764 - Susannah Mullegan and James Fitzsimons.
1771 - William Milliken and Mary Tyrrell.
1771 - Rebecca Mulligan and Charles Meredith.
1773 - Elizabeth Millikin and John Batchelor.
1774 - John Millikin and Ann Claytor.
1779 - William Mulligan and Mary Hitton.
1779 - John Milliken and Matilda Turton.
1784 - James Mulligan and Harriot Sturdy.
1786 - James Mulligan and Elizabeth Delany.
1786 - Mary Mulligan and Thomas Curtis.
1792 - Anne Mullegan and John Lacan.
1794 - Sidney Millikin and Andrew O'Loghlan.
1803 - Richard Millikin and Ann Deen.
1807 - Maria Miliken and Thomas Foster.
1807 - Sidney Milikin and William Bernard.
1808 - Lousia Millikin and John Briscoe.
1815 - Matilda Millikin and John Bernard.
1823 - Anne Milliken and Hamilton De Villers.
1826 - John Milligan and John Young.
1831 - Sophie Millikin and John Grove White.
1831 - Joseph West Millikin and Elizabeth Sparks.
1834 - Eliza Millikin and Henry De Villers.
1835 - Eliza Milliken and William Edmonston.
1835 - Katherine Milliken and William James Stokes.
1835 - Martha Milliken and Samuel Shelly.
1840 - Rebecca Milliken and Alexander Ewing.
1843 - William Millikin and Elizabeth Smith.
1844 - Lucinda Milliken and Richard Peter.
1845 - John Millikin and Eliza Jackson.
1847 - Hannah Millikin and Henry Humphreys.
1852 - Ann Jane Milligan and Edward Christopher Clarke.
1852 - Harriet Wilhelmina McClintock Milligan and William MacMurry Clarke.
1855 - Rebecca Milliken and George St John Oldham.
Diocese of Cloyne 1630-1800
1763 – Robert Millikin and Elizabeth Battley.
Diocese of Cork and Ross 1751-1845
1801 - Richard Millikin and Ann Raymond.
1838 - William Millikin and Mary Boyd.
1829 - Margaret Mulligan and Samuel Pritchard.
1844 - Mary Anne Mulligan and Thomas Boyle.
Diocese of Kilmore & Ardagh 1697-1844
1770 - William Milligan to Jane Roberts
Diocese of Down, Connor and Dromore 1721-1845
1794 - Ann Milligan and Michael Wood.
1799 - Sarah Mulligan and William McKague.
1807 - Robert Mulligan and Ann Dillion.
1808 - Agnes Mulligan and Samuel Jamison.
1831 - William Milligan and Mary Ann Roney.
1834 - John Milligan and Mary McMurry.
1833 - Eliza Milliken and John Bannatine.
1834 - Margaret Milliken and Thomas Blair.
1837 - Catherine Milligan and Samuel Nelson.
1838 - George Milligan and Anne Jane Hawthorne.
1839 - Isabella Mulligan and Neal O'Neill.
1841 - John Milliken and Jane McCormick.
1841 - John Mulligan and Susana Calwell.
1842 - James Milligan and Mary McKeown.
1842 - Margaret Milligan and William Fowles.
1842 - Jane Milliken and William Malcomson.
1842 - Joseph Milliken and Margaret Johnston/Hunter.
1842 - Sarah J.Milliken and Patrick R Davis.
1842 - Robert Mulligan and Jane McDowell.
1843 - Mary Milligan and George Kirkwood.
1843 - Mary Milligan and James Moffat.
1843 - Margaret Mulligan and James Hamilton.
1844 - Alice Milliken and Andrew Ashcroft.
1844 - Mary Milliken and Sampson Kennedy.
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