Royal Society post, with 336 Fellows supporting the change and 37 opposing. Following approval by the Council, Marjory Stephenson, Kathleen Lonsdale and Edith Bülbring were elected as Fellows. The Coat of arms of the Royal Society is "in a dexter corner of a shield argent our three Lions of England, and for crest a helm adorned with a crown studded with florets, surmounted by an eagle of proper colour holding in one foot a shield charged with our lions: supporters two white hounds gorged with crowns", with the motto of ""nullius in verba"". John Evelyn, interested in the early structure of the
Marriage in England and Wales horseback. The presence of a credible witness or witnesses was usual. For much of the relevant period church courts dealt with marital matters. Ecclesiastical law recognised two forms of handfasting, "sponsalia per verba de praesenti" ("espousal by word given at the present time") and "sponsalia per verba de futuro" ("espousal by word at a future time"). In the former — the most common form — the couple declared they there and then accepted each other as man and wife; the latter form was a betrothal, as the couple took hands only to declare their intention to marry each other at