Is it incestuous marriage?Getting there, but not right. The age of consent in Scotland was 12 for brides and 14 for grooms - so when England outlawed this, age could well have been one of the reasons.
But this was all sparked off by something that changed in Scotland in 1560 - something that wasn't really age-related, more procedural.

Fielding and Goldsmith were Dickens' two favourite authors - he abandoned the original choice because he was afraid his son would be teased due to being compared to Oliver Twist.
Thanks Google!!!