During the first half of the eighteenth century, thousands of Londoners (and people from the rest of England) married clandestinely at the Fleet Prison. More weddings were celebrated there than any other location in England. This article will examine quantitatively who was marrying there, detailing their premarital status, origin and occupation. It will show that Londoners who married at the Fleet were broadly representative of London's population topography and occupational structure. The article also examines the non-Londoners who married at the Fleet, and shows that by c. 1750 the Fleet was hosting at least 10 per cent of all marriages in England.

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舰队监狱的秘密婚礼，c。1710-1750：谁在那里结婚？

在 18 世纪上半叶，成千上万的伦敦人（以及来自英格兰其他地区的人）在舰队监狱秘密结婚。那里举行的婚礼比英格兰任何其他地方都多。本文将定量研究谁在那里结婚，详细说明他们的婚前状况、出身和职业。它将表明，在舰队结婚的伦敦人广泛地代表了伦敦的人口地形和职业结构。这篇文章还研究了在舰队结婚的非伦敦人，并通过 c. 1750 年，英国举行了至少 10% 的婚姻。