He married secondly by licence, dated 21 June 1627, Magdalen Grimston, a widow.

Tomorrow I marry her by special licence.

He assumed the name of Bentham by special licence.

Florence then returned to England by licence and remained there until the spring of 1596 in a vain attempt to prosecute Barry.

There are also marital allegations: marriage bonds and allegations exist for couples who applied to marry by licence.

Plant and equipment used for disposing of controlled waste is also subject to authorisation by licence under s.3(1) (b).

Ben and Elizabeth found themselves doing what many others did in a similar predicament - rather than wait for banns to be read, they married by licence.

Church marriages "without proclamation" are somewhat analogous to the English "marriages by licence", although the permission to perform them is not a church matter.

But last month, hunting by special licence was approved where too many livestock have been killed - provided that the population of wolves remained viable.

Following his wife's death, he remarried by licence during Lent, probably on Friday, 25 March 1636.