Mrs Sarah Randall

[Sue from Southend]

I have found a marriage on Ancestry in the Hampshire, England Extracted Parish Records between Mr Richard Fox and Mrs Sarah Randall 8 Jan 1708 @ Crondall. It is a transcription and I can't find an original image anywhere.

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=pYq3131&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=epr_Hampshire&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&MS_AdvCB=1&msypn__ftp=Crondall,%20Hampshire,%20England&msypn=84026&msypn_PInfo=8-%7C0%7C0%7C3257%7C3251%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C5266%7C84026% 7C0%7C0%7C&msypn_x=1&msypn__ftp_x=1&MSAV=2&uidh=zs8&pcat=34&fh=65&h=4771&recoff=&fsk=BEHq368IgAAW-43-wAAOkE-61-&bsk=&pgoff=&ml_rpos=66

My question - do I assume that Sarah is a widow or was the term "Mrs" or Mistress a general mark of respectability? I've had a look at some of the other marriages in the same church and the Mr/Mrs doesn't seem to have been applied. Does the fact that Richard is a "Mr" also mean something?

Thanks

[Merry]

I would think (only my opinion, I've not googled!) Mrs, short for Mistress would denote a woman of higher class than ordinary people and that Richard being Mr, short for Master, meant the same. Mr is one level below Esquire (according to Lloyds bank in 1983 when I first worked there!!)

[kiterunner]

Yes, I agree. I have some upper-class women in my tree who were Mrs on their marriage records although they were spinsters.

[Sue from Southend]

Thank you, both! I was hoping you'd say that :d

Now to try and find Sarah's parents.....