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I'm having similar issues with the MCs in my current WIP. Set in 1745 Ireland, part of the Traveller culture (Tinkers/gypsies). The female MC is married off by her father without her consent. Normally in this culture, females are given veto power, so to speak, but she's turned too many men down or driven them off with her shrewish nature, so now her father is putting down his foot. I'm struggling with how much (if any) recourse she would have. The male MC is chasing after them, hoping to spirit her away, but she is legally married already, so I'm trying to find a way (other than killing off the husband?) that he can do so based on the mores of the time.
Though strictly speaking, you couldn't be legally be married without your consent in Ireland in the 1740s. A female had to be over 12 and give verbal consent, those were the only hard requirements in 18th century Ireland. So I'm not 100% the marriage would be legally binding if it didn't involve her speaking her consent.Though if she's married in the eyes of her family, they probably don't care about the legality...
I have a link to a google book from the early 1800s on Irish marriage law (which was not affected by the legal changes in the English marriage act of the 1750s) somewhere that might give you some ideas - do you want me to chase it down for you?