Name to decipher please

[Wilkes_ml]

before I add this to strays, can anyone work out what the grooms surname might be? I'm assuming the groom's parish is Toft (closest I could find to what looks like Toste?)

It appears to be T....TERE, but searching names of people in Cambridge using T*tere on ancestry doesn't give any surnames that look anything similar.

Any ideas greatly appreciated

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc25/Wilkes_ml/Family%20History/1816marriageSaffronWaldenThomascropped_zps9e084127 .png (http://s213.photobucket.com/user/Wilkes_ml/media/Family%20History/1816marriageSaffronWaldenThomascropped_zps9e084127 .png.html)

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edited to add that this could be a shotgun marriage, as it is by licence and the witness is the overseer of Debden, the bride's parish...not relevant but interesting!

[Megan Roberts]

Looking at both the name written in the register and that written against the "mark of" Thomas; I don't think that his name started with a "T".

It could be a "P".

I agree with you regarding the other letters. Could the last 4 letters be STERE?

[margarita]

I think the surname might begin with P. Are there any others on the page to compare with?

Maggie

[sheilastain]

I know this isn't much help, but I think the first letter of each word is a "P". I wondered if Poste could have a military meaning and that he was based in Cambridgeshire.
Sheila

[Wilkes_ml]

I was comparing the first letter to the "T" at the beginning of the first "Thomas", I'll see if I can find a bit with the letter "P" in it. I know "T" and "F" often look similar, and the more I look at it, the more I think it may be FREESTONE.

The place name is always the parish of residence, and I can not see any beginning with P or F, that are short.

here is one showing a "P", which looks different

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc25/Wilkes_ml/Family%20History/priormarriagesaffronwaldencropped_zpsbdf0ba43.png (http://s213.photobucket.com/user/Wilkes_ml/media/Family%20History/priormarriagesaffronwaldencropped_zpsbdf0ba43.png. html)

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[Wilkes_ml]

I've just searched FREESTONE & Cambridge, and looking through hits on ancestry, there does seem to be FREESTONEs born at Toft, Cambridge

[Wilkes_ml]

And there is indeed a Thomas FREESTONE at Toft in 1841 census, b. 1796 and children baptised at Toft from 1820 parents Thomas & Mary FREESTONE

Thanks everyone..I'll add this one to strays..

[Megan Roberts]

Well done!

[Wilkes_ml]

Well done!

Thanks...I always seem to work it out after posting lol Sometimes the name just suddenly jumps out and becomes obvious.