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The Church of England Marriage Measure 2008, No. 1 is a Church of England measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England extending the right to marry in a Church of England church to parish churches with which a person has a qualifying connection.
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The marriage service was largely a translation of the Sarum rite. [80] The first part of the service took place in the nave of the church and included an opening pastoral discourse, a time to declare objections or impediments to the marriage, and the marriage vows. The couple then moved to the chancel for prayers and to receive Holy Communion. [79]
The oldest traditional wedding vows can be traced back to the manuals of the medieval church. In England, there were manuals of the dioceses of Salisbury and York.The compilers of the first Book of Common Prayer, published in 1549, based its marriage service mainly on the Sarum manual.
A bill for marriages in England (1836) The Marriage Act 1836 [1] (6 & 7 Will. 4.c. 85), also known as the Act for Marriages in England 1836 or the Broomstick Marriage Act, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that legalised civil marriage [4] in what is now England and Wales [5] from 30 June 1837.
Church of England [7] and Church in Wales [8] priests are not permitted to conduct same-sex marriages. However, the Church in Wales has the power to require the Lord Chancellor to change the law to permit them to do so [9] and has approved a liturgy for their blessing. [8]
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The ceremony was a traditional Church of England wedding service. Alan Webster, Dean of St Paul's, presided at the service, and Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, conducted the marriage. Notable figures in attendance included many members of other royal families, republican heads of state, and members of the bride's and groom's families.