The Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury is a regulatory body in English law, which also exercises some adjudicatory functions. Its responsibilities include:
Chambers, D. S. (ed.) (1966) Faculty Office Registers, 1534-1549: a calendar of the first two registers of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Faculty Office. Oxford
Notes
^Special licences permit the parties to marry before a member of the clergy and according to an Anglican order of service otherwise than in a church: for example, in a school, college or university chapel;[3] or anywhere, if one of the parties to the intended marriage is in danger of imminent death.[4]
References
^ abcdMoore, E. Garth (1967). An Introduction to English Canon Law. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 29.