It's Treasure Chest Thursday - an opportunity to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history research and genealogy musings.
The treasure today is the 1729 Marriage Allegation and Bond record of James Vaux and Amy Terrell in the Somerset Church of England parish marriage records.
The transcription of this record is (courtesy of OpenAI ChatGPT 5 for the transcription and summary) with the handwritten text in italics:
Novem’nt Universis per Præsentes, Nos Jacobum Vaux
de S. Petherton in Com’te Somerset,
generosum et Wilhelmum Terrell de
parochia de Stoke sub Hamdon in Com’te pdict
teneri et firmiter obligari Reverendo in Christo Patri
Dno Dno Johanni Bathon: et Wellen Epo:
in Centum libris bonæ & legalis Monetæ Magnæ Britanniæ,
solvend’ eidem [Rando] Patri aut suo certo Attornato, Executoribus,
Administratoribus, vel Assignatis suis: Ad quam quidem solutionem
bene & fideliter faciend’ obligamus Nos & utrumque nostrum per
se pro toto & in solido, Hæredes, Executores, & Administratores
nostros firmiter per Præsentes. Sigillis nostris Sigillat’. Dat’. Decimo
Octavo die Mensis Novembris A[nnoqu]e Regni Domini nostri Georgii Secundi
solvend’ eidem [Rando] Patri aut suo certo Attornato, Executoribus,
Administratoribus, vel Assignatis suis: Ad quam quidem solutionem
bene & fideliter faciend’ obligamus Nos & utrumque nostrum per
se pro toto & in solido, Hæredes, Executores, & Administratores
nostros firmiter per Præsentes. Sigillis nostris Sigillat’. Dat’. Decimo
Octavo die Mensis Novembris A[nnoqu]e Regni Domini nostri Georgii Secundi
Dei Gratia Magnæ Britanniæ Franciæ et
Hib[erniæ] Regis Fidei Defensoris decimo quinto Annoq’ Domini 1729.
The Condition of this Obligation is such, That if there shall
not hereafter appear any Lawful Lett or Impediment, by reason
of any Pre-contract, Consanguinity, Affinity, or any other just Cause
whatsoever; but that the above Bounden James Vaux and
Amy Terrell of the Parish of Stoke under
Hamden in the County of Somerset & the Dio-
Hib[erniæ] Regis Fidei Defensoris decimo quinto Annoq’ Domini 1729.
The Condition of this Obligation is such, That if there shall
not hereafter appear any Lawful Lett or Impediment, by reason
of any Pre-contract, Consanguinity, Affinity, or any other just Cause
whatsoever; but that the above Bounden James Vaux and
Amy Terrell of the Parish of Stoke under
Hamden in the County of Somerset & the Dio-
cese of Bath and Wells Maiden
may lawfully Marry together; And that there is not any Suit depending
before any Judge Ecclesiastical or Civil, for or concerning any such Pre-
contract; And that the Consent of the Parents, or others the Governors
of the said Parties, be thereunto first had and obtain’d; And that they
cause their said Marriage to be openly solemnized in the Face of the
Parish Church of Crewkerne or Stoke under Hamdon
may lawfully Marry together; And that there is not any Suit depending
before any Judge Ecclesiastical or Civil, for or concerning any such Pre-
contract; And that the Consent of the Parents, or others the Governors
of the said Parties, be thereunto first had and obtain’d; And that they
cause their said Marriage to be openly solemnized in the Face of the
Parish Church of Crewkerne or Stoke under Hamdon
between the Hours of Eight and Twelve of the Clock in the Forenoon;
And do and shall save harmless and keep indemnified the abovenamed
Reverend Father His Vicar General, his Surrogates, and all other
his Officers, and Successors in Office, for and concerning the Premises:
That then this Obligation to be Void and of none Effect, or else to re-
main in full Force and Virtue.
Signat’, Sigillat’, & Deliberat’ in præsentia
James Vaux
William Terrell
Jo’[sias] Vaux
Rich: Forsten
What this tells us (briefly, in plain terms)
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And do and shall save harmless and keep indemnified the abovenamed
Reverend Father His Vicar General, his Surrogates, and all other
his Officers, and Successors in Office, for and concerning the Premises:
That then this Obligation to be Void and of none Effect, or else to re-
main in full Force and Virtue.
Signat’, Sigillat’, & Deliberat’ in præsentia
James Vaux
William Terrell
Jo’[sias] Vaux
Rich: Forsten
NOTE: I did the best I could to transcribe some of the words in the record - I don't know if the transcription of the Latin is correct, and some words were omitted in the transcription provided by ChatGPT. Google Gemini was worse in general but filled in some blanks in the ChatGPT transcription.
ChatGPT also provided this summary:
- Date: 18 November 1729
- Groom: James Vaux, gentleman, of S. Petherton, Somerset
- Bride: Amy Terrell, of Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset
- Marriage location intended: Crewkerne or Stoke-sub-Hamdon parish church, Somerset
- Purpose: A legal bond guaranteeing no lawful impediment to the marriage
- Social status: James Vaux is explicitly styled “Generosum” (gentleman) and Amy is a "Maiden."
The source citation is:
Somerset, Church of England records, James Vaux and Mary Terrell marriage allegation and bond entry, 18 November 1729; imaged, "Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriage and Burials, 1531-1812," Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60856/records/901318763 : accessed 21 January 2026), Various (Marriage Licenses) > 1729, image 9 of 76; Original records in Anglican Parish Registers. Somerset Archives & Local Studies, South West Heritage Trust, Taunton, England.
James Vaux (1704-1776) was born before 30 October 1704 in South Petherton, Somerset, England, the son of William and Mary (Hare) Vaux. Amy Terrell was born about 1708 in Stoke-sub-Hamdon, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (--?--) Terrell. James Vaux and Amy Terrell married after 18 November 1729, probably in Stoke-sub-Hamdon.
James and Amy (Terrell) Vaux are my 6th great-grandparents, through their son John Vaux (1747-1806) who married Joanna Lavor (1763-1836) in 1785 in South Petherton, Somerset, England.
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