Paid to marry

The right hon. the earl of Buckinghamshire, for the encouragement of matrimony, proposes to give an annual bounty of ten guineas, to five young women, daughters of freemen of Norwich, upon their marriage to the sons of freemen, on the following terms:

They must not be above 25, nor under 18 years of age.

The persons they marry must be industrious freemen of Norwich, resident there, and sons of freemen resident, and their age not above 31, nor under 21.

No persons who have received collection, or who are deformed in their persons, subject to fits, in general unhealthy, or in whose family there is any suspicion of madness, can be entitled to this charity.

The candidates must be recommended by ladies or gentlemen of credit, resident in Norwich, who, from their own knowledge, will vouch for their characters; and also that they have good reason to believe neither of them have contracted any debts, or are liable to any of the above objections.

The marriages are to be celebrated on the 1st day of July yearly, and to commence upon, the 1st day of July next; upon which day the new-married couples are to dine together, and his lordship will allow one guinea for the dinner. It is expected that the couples fixed upon will, some days previous to the marriage, signify to the persons who may recommend them, how best it may be laid out for their advantage, except one guinea, which will be paid the day after the wedding.