John Bird, by Divine Providence, Archbishop of CANTERBURY, Primate of all England, and Metropolitan. To our well-beloved in CHRIST,
Francis George Colf of the Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields in the County of Middlesex a Bachelor and
Hannah Simmons of the Parish of Saint Sepulchre in the City of London a Widow
GRACE and HEALTH. WHEREAS ye are, as it is alledged, resolved to proceed to the Solemnization of true and lawful Matrimony
and that you greatly desire that the same may be solemnized in the Face of the Church: We being willing that these your honest Desires may the more speedily obtain a due Effect, and to the end therefore that this Marriage may be publicly and lawfully solemnized in the Parish Church of Saint Martin in the Fields aforesaid by the RECTOR, VICAR, or CURATE thereof, without the Publication or Proclamation of the Banns of Matrimony, provided there shall appear no Impediment of Kindred or Alliance, or of any other lawful Cause, nor any Suit commenced in any Ecclesiastical Court, to bar or hinder the Proceeding of the said Matrimony, according to the Tenor of this Licence:
And likewise, That the Celebration of this Marriage be had and done publicly in the aforesaid Church between the Hours of Eight and Twelve in the Forenoon. We, for lawful Causes, graciously grant this our Licence and Faculty, as well to you the Parties contracting, as to the RECTOR, VICAR, CURATE, or Minister, of the aforesaid Parish who is designed to solemnize the Marriage between you, in the Manner and Form above specified, according to the Rites of the Book of Common Prayer, set forth for that Purpose, by the Authority of Parliament.
Given under the Seal of our Vicar General, this Twenty ninth Day of October in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight and Fifty-three, and in the Sixth Year of our Translation.
J.H. D??e
Registrar
Source: Source: Ancestry.com. London, England, Crisp's Marriage Licence Index, 1713-1892