Depending on the law of the foreign country, local civil or religious officials generally perform marriages.
Eddy was also the minister who performed marriages and church services in the area.
But no clergy member or religious institution would be required to perform such marriages.
The following year, he received a licence to perform marriages.
And as a high noble of my family, I am empowered to perform marriages.
Down to a late day, marriages performed by dissenters were illegal.
His position later hardened, and he refused to perform such marriages under any circumstances.