| Description | The registers of Holy Trinity, Knightsbridge that have survived are a curious mixture. After the rebuilding in the 1860's there are new baptism and marriage registers, both beginning in 1866. However, before this date, it is unclear whether there were further registers which have disappeared. All the extant baptism registers of the early period are rough registers which may imply that the entries were copied into the register of a parent church, St Margaret or St Martin-in-the-Fields for example. The extant marriage registers end in 1752 which may be associated with passing of Hardwicke's marriage act in 1754. This made so-called clandestine marriages (such as those performed at Holy Trinity, Knightsbridge, without banns or a licence) illegal and thus the incumbent of the chapel would have been forced to obtain a licence for performing marriage ceremonies. Presumably marriages after 1752 took place in St George Hanover Square as the chapel was attached to this church from 1725. |