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Illegal Marriages, by Susan Martin, published June 2012 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 2, article, pp.54-55) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508851] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A follow on from the interesting article 'An Unexpected Discovery' by David Pearce in December's issue. Illegal marriages between men and their deceased wives sisters and women and their deceased husbands' brothers were far from unusual. I have come across several examples in my family (as probably have other readers). Here are two examples:
On September 20th 1841 Sarah WILMORE (WILMER) married Nathan Burchell in St Mary's parish church, Shipley.
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On 31 December 1898 Job MILES married Rose MILES in Chichester Register Office