KNOW all Men by these Presents, That we Francis Colf of the Parish of St Mary Lambeth in the County of Surry [sic] Cooper
are holden and firmly bound unto the Right Reverend Father in God John by Divine Permisson, Bishop of Winton, in the Sum of two hundred Pounds oflawful Money of Great Britain, to be paid unto the said Right Rev. Father, or his certain Attorney, Executors, Administrators or Assigns: To which Payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and each of us by himself for the whole, our Heirs, Executors and Administrators, firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals, Dated the twenty eighth Day of October in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred & seventy two
THE Condition of this Obligation is such, That if hereafter there shall not appear any lawful Let or Impediment, by Reason of any Pre-contract, entered into before the Twenty-fifth day of March, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-Four, Consanguinity, Affinity, or any other Means whatsoever; but That
the above bounden Francis Colf Batchelor [sic] and Mary Brumwell Spinster
may lawfully solemnize Marriage together, and in the same afterwards lawfully remain and continue for Man and Wife, according to the Laws in that Behalf provided: And moreover, if there be not at this present Time any Action, Suit, Plaint, Quarrel, or Demand, moved or depending before any Judge Ecclesiastical or Temporal, for or concerning any such lawful Impediment between the said Parties. Nor that either of them be of any other Parish, or of better Estate or Degree, than to the Judge at granting of the License is suggested, and by him sworn to
And lastly, if the same Marriage shall be openly solemnized in the Church, or Chapel in the License specified, bewtween the Hours appointed in the Constitutions Ecclesiatical confirmed, and according to the Form of the Book of Common Prayer, now by Law established; and if the above bounden Francis Colf do save harmless and keep idemnified the above-mention Right Reverend Father, his COMMISSARY and Surrogates, and all other his Officers and Minister whatsoever, by Reason of the Premises; then this Obligation to be void, or else to remain in full Force and Virtue.
Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of
Saml. Morton
Source: Ancestry.com. London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921; Reference Number: DW/MP/077/069