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| 1 | 1733 | - 1733: Official Language - English
English adopted as official language for public records. Until this date, legal documents were in Latin.
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| 2 | 1740 | - 1740: Wesleyan Religion
The Wesleyan religion was formed but most did not break away from the Church of England until 1780s.
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| 3 | 1741 | - 1741—1837: Protestant Dissenters' Registry
A registry for Protestant events was set up at Dr. Williams Library in London, closed 1837 with 50,000 entries.
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| 4 | 1742 | - 1742: Moravian Split
Moravians split and some became the Congregation of Unity of Brethren.
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| 5 | 1749 | - 1749: Protestant Episcopal Church
This church came into existence.
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| 6 | 1752 | - 1752: Change to the Julian Calendar.
Change to the Julian Calendar.
(24 Geo. II, c. 23)3 September became 14 September. In the middle of the 18th century, two changes were made in the English calendar. The first, moved the official start of the year from 25th March to 1st January, so changing January, February and March from being the last three months of the old year to the first three of the new year. The second, by "losing" eleven days from September, was from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian, bringing England into line with the rest of Europe where the Gregorian system had been used since 1582. As the new system was adopted by some before its official introduction, great care must be taken in transcribing extracts containing dates in January, February and March before 1752. The correct procedure is to transcribe the dates in both Old Style and New: 2nd February 1603 Old Style, should be shown as 2nd February 1603/4.
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| 7 | 1753 | - 1 Jan 1753: Hardwicke's Marriage Act
Commencement of the provisoes of Hardwicke's Marriage Act. The most significant contribution to family history research comes with the commencement of the provisions of Hardwicke's Marriage Act, or, an "Act for the Better Prevention of Clandestine Marriages," which was proposed by Lord Hardwicke and passed during 1752. The first and foremost important point in research that comes directly from the operation of this law is that every marriage, other than those of Jewish or Quaker faith, had to be performed at a parish church of the Church of England. Marriages were not permitted at chapelries of the Church of England unless special dispensation had been granted to that chapelry. Therefore, when looking for marriages that occurred between 1 Jan 1753 and 1 July 1837, when the then new provisions took precedence over marriage ceremonies, you can be assured that the couple had to marry a Church of England parish church. Again, the only exemptions were those allowed to Quakers and Jews to permit them to marry within their own places of worship.
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| 8 | 1763 | - 1763: Marrying Age Raised
Minimum age for marriage set at 16 thereby raising the previously accepted age for marriage of girls from 12 to 16 and of boys from 14 to 16. Individuals under the age of 21 years still needed the consent of their parents to a marriage before the marriage would be permitted to proceed. On marriage records individuals that are over 21 often have their age listed as "full age" rather than an exact age.
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| 9 | 1778 | - 1778: First Catholic Relief Act
First Catholic Relief Act to relieve the burden of followers of that faith.
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1728 - 1779 (~ 50 years)