BANNS OF MARRIAGE APPLICATION
2
Full name
Block capitals
3
Age at
proposed date
of wedding
4
Condition
(delete
whichever does
not apply)
5
Rank, profession or
occupation
6
Address at time of publishing
banns, and phone number
7
Father’s full name
(if deceased, add
“deceased”)
8
Father’s rank,
profession or
occupation
(Man)
Bachelor
Widower
(Woman)
Spinster
Widow
9
Nationality
10
Date of Birth
11
Have you been
previously
married?
12
If so, was the previous
marriage terminated by
death?
13
Have you been baptised?
If so, where?
14
Since when have you
lived at the address in
6 above?
15
Which is your parish
church?
(Man)
(Woman)
16
Are you related, or connected by
marriage? If so, how?
17
At which church do you wish
to be married?
18
On what date?
19
At what time?
(Both)
We certify that to the best of our belief the
answers to the above questions are true and
complete.
Signed _________________________________
Signed _________________________________
Date __________________________________
For clergy use Dates for publication Future address Other details
DIOCESE OF
CHICHESTER
One person on behalf of both
may complete this form.
If the marriage is to take place
in another parish, only the
white boxes need to be
completed. Complete all the
boxes for the church where the
marriage is to take place.
At least seven days’ notice is
required before the first
reading of banns. Banns have
to be read on three Sundays
before the marriage.
(Section 3) If either of you will
be under the age of 18 on the
day of the wedding, and has
not been widowed, the
consent of parents or guardians
is required.
(Sections 4,11,12) The
Church’s official rules do not
permit the marriage in church
of anyone who has been
divorced from a person still
living.
(Section 6) Include the town,
county and postcode.
(Section 15) This means the
Church of England parish in
which you live. If either of you
does not live in the parish
where the marriage is to take
place, you must arrange for the
banns to be read in your own
parish and obtain a banns
certificate.
