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The banns of marriage, commonly known simply as the "banns" or "bans" / ˈ b æ n z / (from a Middle English word meaning "proclamation", rooted in Frankish and thence in Old French), [1] are the public announcement in a Christian parish church, or in the town council, of an impending marriage between two specified persons.
Before the act, the legal requirements for a valid marriage in England and Wales had been governed by the canon law of the Church of England.This had stipulated that banns should be called or a marriage licence obtained before a marriage could take place and that the marriage should be celebrated in the parish where at least one of the parties was resident. [3]
Church of England marriages require the banns to be read out three times at the appropriate church or churches unless a Special Licence has been obtained. In most cases, the appropriate churches will be the parish churches where the parties reside and the one where the ceremony is to take place.
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The Church Building Act 1839 (2 & 3 Vict. c. 49) The Church Building Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 60) The Church Building (Banns and Marriages) Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 56) The Church Building Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 70) The Church Building (Burial Service in Chapels) Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 68) The Church Building Act 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 37)
On 4 April 1793, Prince Augustus, the sixth son of the King, married Lady Augusta Murray, in contravention of the Act, first privately and without witnesses, according to the rites of the Church of England at the Hotel Sarmiento, Rome, and again, after banns, on 5 December 1793, at St George's, Hanover Square, London.