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Marrying down Written by Myretta (9/15/2010 7:51 a.m.) in consequence of the missive, questions about "cousins in love", penned by Lis M

Marrying cousins was legal and perfectly accepted and legal in England since the 16th-century (when England basically adopted the list of prohibited marriages in the book of Leviticus in the Old Testament, following the break with the Catholic church). Here is a Table of Kindred and Affinity from The Book of Common Prayer, 1769, printed by John Baskerville for the Cambridge University Press.

I think that Sir Thomas was worried about his children making a financially and socially unsuitable marriage and not about the consanguinity.

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questions about "cousins in love" Lis M (9/15/2010 4:02 a.m.)

Let's try to stay within the Group Read, please Laurel (9/15/2010 8:11 a.m.)
- Some of those pages have spoilers of MP nfm Stephanie (9/15/2010 7:33 p.m.)
Marrying down Myretta (9/15/2010 7:51 a.m.)
- And besides class issues,there were probably money issues as well Lydia (9/15/2010 11:43 a.m.)
Cousins marrying. Rachel G (9/15/2010 7:48 a.m.)
- Thank you for the link. As a family historian I know that AnnetteJ (9/15/2010 8:08 a.m.)
  - Rachel's link Myretta (9/15/2010 9:34 a.m.)
    - Just made an observation that I was not going to expand AnnetteJ (9/15/2010 2:16 p.m.)
      - cousins, money etc Lis M (9/15/2010 3:20 p.m.)

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