Bedford Co. VA - Markham Marriage bonds

From:  Karen Marcum Brandon <hbrandon@gateway.net>

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From certified copies of the original Bedford County documents:

Sir,
Please let my son James Markham have license to marry Miss Peggy Swaine
(illegible - ?Oblige?)                        (illegible - part of standard form)
Witness
Sarah Markham (Note:signed shakily but in full)   John Markham  (Note: signed in full)  (seal)
(Note:  The two signatures are in the same handwriting.  The consent is not dated.)
To the Clerk of Bedford
         his
James  (L) Markham
       mark

(Note:  This James' mark is an L with a small line crossing the top of the L from upper right to lower left.  It shows up in several other documents.  )

Sir
Please to Give license for James Markham to intermarry with my daughter Peggy,  (?) oblige.
Witness                           (illegible part of form)
William Rees (or Kees)     Mr (?) Charles Swain stated (?) 
                                                 has knot (sic) any objection to the Said Man.
        his
Jno.  (/S) Swaine        (Note:  Jno.'s Mark is just a squiggle, but not an X - more like a flat o)
     mark

 To the Clerk of Bedford
John Swaine swore that both parties were 21 years of age

(Note:  It is barely possible that the remark about no objection says Jno. Charles Swain, but it's very hard to see on my copy.  It is written in Mr. Rees' handwriting, not the Clerk's. There is no date.)

Karen Marcum Brandon