article_snippet.sent: his parents made history when his parents became the first couple to marry at Bristol Children's Hospital but had to get special permission from the Archbishop of Canterbury.
article_snippet.sent: The law allows couples to marry in hospital if one of couples is desperately ill and that did not apply in this case.
article_snippet.sent: But a law dating back to Henry VIII gives the Archbishop of Canterbury Canterbury special dispensation to allow weddings in hospital for 'pastoral reasons'.
article_snippet.sent: The Bishop of Bristol had to write to the Archbishop of Canterbury to get special permission for Mr Edwards, a council worker to marry in the hospital
article_snippet.sent: Mr Edwards, a council worker were married by the hospital's chaplain, Rev Stephen Oram, who was very excited to be sharing this occasion with Mr Edwards, a council worker. '
article_snippet.sent: Rev Oram said: 'Henry VIII gave the then Archbishop of Canterbury this special power to by-pass the law. '
article_snippet.sent: It was that ancient law from several hundred years ago that was enacted allowing Mr and Mrs Edwards to get married.
highlights_snippet.sent: Five-year-old Corey Edwards made history as the first couple to get married in the hospital .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Five-year-old Corey Edwards required special written permission from the Archbishop of Canterbury .
  