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  • Dispensation for Catholic Marriage

    From Jenny M Benson@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 18 14:31:34 2022
    When Sara Bloor married Norbert Leyland at St Oswald's Church, Liverpool
    on 14 August 1920 (image at Ancestry) the priest wrote "disp. obt. <2
    words or abbreviations> Rel." under the surnames in the left margin.

    I know that the first two words mean a Dispensation was obtained, but
    I'm not sure what the following 2 words are or what the whole phrase means.

    Can anyone help, please?
    --
    Jenny M Benson
    Wrexham, UK

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  • From john@21:1/5 to Jenny M Benson on Wed May 18 17:57:44 2022
    On 18/05/2022 15:31, Jenny M Benson wrote:
    When Sara Bloor married Norbert Leyland at St Oswald's Church, Liverpool
    on 14 August 1920 (image at Ancestry) the priest wrote "disp. obt. <2
    words or abbreviations> Rel." under the surnames in the left margin.

    I know that the first two words mean a Dispensation was obtained, but
    I'm not sure what the following 2 words are or what the whole phrase means.

    Can anyone help, please?

    Going backwards and forwards in the pages of the register I suspect
    "mixta religio"

    Similar dispensations are not uncommon in the register (and it 1922 I
    noticed one where it is written in plain English)

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  • From Jenny M Benson@21:1/5 to john on Thu May 19 09:21:30 2022
    On 18/05/2022 16:57, john wrote:
    On 18/05/2022 15:31, Jenny M Benson wrote:
    When Sara Bloor married Norbert Leyland at St Oswald's Church,
    Liverpool on 14 August 1920 (image at Ancestry) the priest wrote
    "disp. obt. <2 words or abbreviations> Rel." under the surnames in the
    left margin.

    I know that the first two words mean a Dispensation was obtained, but
    I'm not sure what the following 2 words are or what the whole phrase
    means.

    Can anyone help, please?

    Going backwards and forwards in the pages of the register I suspect
    "mixta religio"

    Similar dispensations are not uncommon in the register (and it 1922 I
    noticed one where it is written in plain English)

    Thank you. That makes sense as she was baptised in the C of E and he RC.

    --
    Jenny M Benson
    Wrexham, UK

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