C17th BMD's in London
A few of the Pomeroy's in LONDON & Westminster- Baptisms 1632-1638
Marriage in St Bartholomew the Less, London:
Thomas Pomeroy (Pomroy) and Mary Slauter, 3 May, 1660.
This is the Mrs Mary Pomeroy, sister of George Slaughter, who had “lodgings” in Long Acre, St Martin in The Fields, Westminster circa 1690.
I had thought Thomas Pomeroy, was a cousin of Arthur Pomeroy, Dean of Cork, but now wonder at a closer relationship; he may in fact be the brother of Arthur Pomeroy.
St Martin in the Fields, Westminster:
Baptisms:
John POMEROY Pommery and his wife Mary :
Susan Pommery (bp 27 May 1632-)
Francis Francisca Pomery (Bp 9 Jan 1636 -)
Thomas Pomery (Bp: 20 May 1638-)
AML has always WONDERED this group represented additional children by John -' Put to the Law' Pomeroy. He & his wife Mary Seccombe were married in Lynton in Devon in 1626
AML Thesis:
The John Pomeroy and Mary bpt children in St Martin in The Fields, Westminster, is the same John Pomeroy and Mary Seccomb who bp children in St Stephen’s by Launceston, Cornwall.
Marriage: 26 Sep 1626, Lynton Devon - we found that after a considerable search
Children: Mary (1630-1630) Burial St Stephen’s by Launceston, Cornwall
Dorothy (1631-1710)B. 24 Feb 1631, St Stephens By Launceston, Cornwall. Death 1710, Essex.
Arthur (~1635-1710)
It is most likely that they removed to Westminster, London, around 1631.
Dorothy, sister of Arthur, Dean of Cork, was called Dame Dorothy Langham in 1710:
wife of Sir James Langham.
Mrs. Mary Pomeroy of Ireland and London was well acquainted with Arthur Pomeroy, Dean of Cork.
Arthur, Dean of Cork was born circa 1640, being listed at Westminster School in 1656 before going on to trinity College Cambridge in 1657. Ordained 1663
St Stephen By Launceston Cornwall
London Houses
Fleet Prison was a notorious London prison by the side of the River Fleet. The prison was built in 1197, was rebuilt several times, and was in use until 1844. It was demolished in 1846. The Marriage Duty Act 1695 put an end to irregular marriages at parochial churches by penalising clergymen who married couples without banns or licence.
By a legal quirk, however, clergymen operating in the Fleet could not effectively be proceeded against, and the clandestine marriage business there carried on.
In the 1740s, over half of all London weddings were taking place in the environs of the Fleet Prison. The majority of Fleet marriages were for honest purposes, when couples simply wanted to get married quickly or at low cost
I have not found any Pomeroy who made a clandestine marriage there.