Excerpt from The History of Rochford Hundred, (Together With the Parishes Comprised Within the Union, ): From Former Authors, Ancient Manuscripts and Church Registers, Treating Upon Various Subjects, Including Notices of Churches and Chapels, the Clergy, Biography and Genealogy of Families, Traditions, Superstition, Agriculture, and Various Other MattersThe Fleet marriages were put an end to by Act Of Parliament in 1754, which had lasted 80 years. These registers, which weigh above a ton, were collected and placed in the Bishop of London's Registry in 1821, but they are said to be no longer received as evidence. For a full account the reader is referred to Burn's History of the Fleet Registers, an excessively rare book.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.