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[Vicar]-Generals Office
16th of December 1762 Which day appeared personally - James Cook and made an Oath that he is of the parish of St Paul Shadwell in the County of Middlesex - aged upwards of Twenty one Years and a Batchelor and alledged that he intended to intermarry with - Elizabeth Batts of the parish of Barking in the County of Essex aged upwards of Twenty one Years and a Spinster and further alledged that she hath resided in the s[ai]d parish of Barking for upwards of four Weeks last past _________________________________ not knowing or beleiving [sic] any Impediment by reason of any precontract Consanguinity Affinity or any other Cause whatsoever to hinder the said intended marriage and he prayed a Licence for them to be married in the parish Church of Barking aforesaid. [signed] Jas. Cook |