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WILLS  &  PROBATE.


British Probate Calendar (Index) 1858-1945.
Contains all English and Welsh Wills and Administrations  from 1858
as well as some Irish and Scottish entries. 
Entries can also be found from around the world and from deaths many years earlier.
See Guide.
(446 films)

Calender of Wills & Administrations proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury   (PCC.)
(Principal Probate Court prior to 1858. covers all of England & Wales and those dying overseas)
England [General] CD

Index to Wills & Administrations proved in the P.C.C.  1701-1749.
(fiche Gen 577-596)

Index to Wills proved in the P.C.C. 1750-1800. 
A-BHU.      1750-1800. 
BIA-CEZ.   1750-1800. 
CHA-GYT. 1750-1800. 
H-M.           1750-1800. 
NAB-SHW.1750-1800. 
SIB-ZYL.    1750-1800. 
(A - Bi & M - Z also in Book format.)
 

(fiche Gen 641-647)
(fiche Gen 597-604)
(fiche Gen 605-611)
(fiche Gen 612-618)
(fiche Gen 648-652)
(fiche Gen 653-659)

Index to Wills & Administrations proved in the P.C.C.  1800-1857.
(41 films)
New

Royal Navy Will Indexes.

ADM 142 Navy Board, Navy Pay Office and Admiralty, Accountant General's Department: Registers of Seamen's Wills 1786-1909)

Provide the name, address and relationship or the executor or administrator of the will.

ADM 142/15 Naval Wills Index 1862 - 1909 (A-D)

ADM 142/16 Naval Wills Index 1862 - 1909 (E-])

ADM 142/17 Naval Wills Index 1862 - 1909 (K-R)

ADM 142/18 Naval Wills Index 1862 - 1909 (S.Y)

ADM 142/19 Naval Wills Index 1893 - (A-Z)

(CD)

Abstracts of P.C.C. Wills – 1620. (Soame).
(CD)

Abstracts of P.C.C. Wills – 1630. (Scroop).
(CD)

Abstracts of P.C.C. Wills – 1658. (Wootton).
(CD)

Index to the Bank of England Will Extracts. 1807-1845.
(fiche Gen 11-16)

The Exchequer and Prerogative Court of York (PCY).
Calendar of Wills & Admons..
The PCY was the second most important Court, after Canterbury, 
dealing with the Probate of Wills prior to 1858. 
Counties covered were in the north of England and were:-
Cheshire, Cumberland, Durham, Flint (part), Lancashire, Northumberland,
Nottinghamshire, Westmorland and Yorkshire. Also included was the Isle of Man.
1. 1688-1690, 1698-1699, 1705-1714.
2. 1713-1741.
3. 1741-1770.
4. 1771-1799.
5. 1800-1819.
6. 1819-1830.
7. 1830-1842.
8. 1842-1851.
9. 1851-1858.
(9 films)
Calender or Indexes to Diocesan Probate Courts.
See also entries under Counties.

Wills & Admons in the District Probate Court, Birmingham .
Index of Courts and a list of Registries.
(Film Nth 3)
Bristol. 1793-1858, 1874-1886.
(Film Gls 4)
Archdeaconry Court of Buckingham . Registered Wills proved 1689-1695.
(fiche Bkm 6-9)
Archdeaconry Court Canterbury Registered Wills. 1449-1712.
Archdeaconry Court Canterbury. Unregistered Wills 1449-1857.
Archdeaconry Court Canterbury Wills. Registered Wills.
1713-1857.  A'-`J'.
1713-1857.  `J'-`Y'.
 

(fiche Ken 490-506)
(fiche Ken 515-517)
(fiche Ken 507-514)
Canterbury Archdeaconry Inventories 1685-1700.
Canterbury Archdeaconry Inventories 1710-1845.
(fiche Ken 482-485)
(fiche Ken 486-489)
Canterbury Probate Catalogue PRC 43 & PRC 44.
(fiche Ken 40)
Consistory Court of Carlisle.
Index A - L.  1700-1800.
Index L - Z.  1700-1800.
Index for 1800-1858.
(Film Cul 33)
(Film Cul 34)
(Film Cul 24)
Consistory Court for the Archdeaconry of Chichester .
Index of Wills.Vol. 1-3.  1518-1670.
`Chichester Books' of the Archdeaconry of Lewes.Vol. 4.  1511-1571.
Consistory Court for the Archdeaconry of Chichester.
Index of Wills.Vol. 5 & 6.  1644-1857.
Consistory Court for the Archdeaconry of Chichester.
Index of Administrations.Vol. 8-12.  1577-1857.
(Film Ssx 24)
 

(Film Ssx 25)

(Film Ssx 26)

Cornish Probate Records. 1800-1858.
(fiche Con 33-36)
Calendar of Wills & Admons, Archdeaconry of Cornwall. 1700-1799.
(Film Con 13)
Moger's Transcript of Wills of Devon. -
Includes Family Trees, Marriage Licences, Coats of Arms on Seals, etc.
(fiche Dev 4-111)
Devonshire Wills transcribed by C. Worthy.  Covers:- 
Archdeaconry Court of Exeter, Barnstable & Totnes
Exeter Consistory Court, 
PCC, 
Dean & Chapter of Exeter.
(fiche Dev 256-263)
Dorset Wills in the PCC.  1821-1858.
(fiche Dor 1-2)
Durham Will Index. 1540-1800.
Durham Will Index. 1787-1791.
(Film Dur 1)
(fiche Dur 18-20)
Index to Probate of the Archdeacony of Ely . 1513-1837.
(fiche Cam 14-16)
Index to Probate of the Wills in Essex CRO.
Covers Essex & East Hertford .
Court of Archdeacon of Essex, 
Court of Archdeacon of Colchester, 
Court of Archdeacon of Middlesex (Essex & East Hertford), 
Court of London's Commissary Court for Essex & Herts (used by almost every Parish), 
Courts of the Peculiars of Writtle with Roxwell, 
Court of the Peculiar of the Deanery of Bocking, 
Court of the Peculiar of Good Easter.
Court of the Peculiar of the Liberty of the Sokens.
 
1400-1619.
1620-1720.
1721-1858.
(fiche Ess 840-845)
(fiche Ess 835-839)
(fiche Ess 49-53)
Diocese of London, Commissary Court for Essex & Herts.  Copy Wills. 
(For Index see fiche Ess 49-53.)
Copy Wills   1741-1750
Copy Wills   1750-1759.
Copy Wills.  1818-1826.

 
(Film Ess 5)
(Film Ess 6)
(Film Ess 7)
Calendar of Wills & Admons for Devon & Cornwall 
in the Principal Registry of the Bishop of Exeter. 1559-1799.
(Film Dev 15)
Moger Index to Testamentory Material in the Principal Registry of the Bishop of Exeter.
(Film Con 13)
Gloucestershire Wills & Administrations 1801-1858.
(fiche Gls 128-129)
Calendar of Wills proved in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Gloucester . 1660-1800.
(Film Gls 16)
Hampshire (Winchester) Will Index. 1571-1858. in 3 sets, by surname, by occupation, and by place.
(fiche Ham 771-826)
Index to Hexhamshire Wills 1688-1799.
(fiche Nbl 91-92)
Hexhamshire Wills & Inventories 1676-1707 (Indexed).
(Film Nbl 15)
Archdeaconry of St Albans & Huntingdon (Hitchin) .(covers Herts & Bucks 1415-1857). E - H.
(Film Hrt 5)
Index to Wills & Admons proved & granted in the Archdeaconry Court of Leicester.
1751-1800.
1801-1858. 
 
(Film Lei 1)
(Film Lei 2)
Index to Leicestershire Wills of Peculiars .  1801-1858.
Index to Leicestershire Wills in Doctors Commons   1782-1858.
(Wills & Admons not completed).
(Film Lei 2)
Consistory Court of Lichfield.
This Court covered all or part of the following Counties:-Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Derbyshire,
Shropshire until 1858. Until 1540 the Court also covered Cheshire, Flintshire, Denbeigh and parts of Lancashire.

1.  Calendar of Wills & Admons.  1494 - 1650.  A - L2. 
2.  Calendar of Wills & Admons.  1492 - 1650.  M - Z
      Black Book of Lichfield
     Calendar of Copy Wills.  1657 - 1666
     Sequestration of Tithes.  1635 - 1637
     Costs of Suits received by Notary Publick.  1616 - 1638.
     Presentations to Livings.  1603 - 1609.
     Sundry Wills as indexed in calendar.
3.  Calendar of Wills & Admons.  1651 - 1725.  A - Y.Corrections.
4.  Calendar of Wills & Admons.  1726 - 1775.  A - Y.
5.  Calendar of Wills & Admons.  1776 - 1820.  A - Y.
6.  Calendar of Wills & Admons.  1821 - 1860.  A - Y.
(Film Sts 26)
(Film Sts 27)
 
 
 
 
 

(Film Sts 28)
(Film Sts 29)
(Film Sts 30)
(Film Sts 31)

Lincolnshire Wills. See Lincolnshire Archives CD.
CD
Lincoln Consistory Court Wills 1801-1858.
(fiche Lin 600-605)
Index to the Admons of the Linconshire Consistory Court 1801-1858.
(fiche Lin 620-621)
Will abstracts & indexes of Copy Wills,
Commissionary Court of London 1824-1857.
(each year indexed by place, ship and person.).
(Film Lnd 65)
Calendar of Wills for Northamptonshire and Rutland. 1510-1652.
(fiche Nth 6-8)
Admons in the Archdeaconry of Northamptonshire . 1677-1710, 
with Inventories, 1660-1710 and Marriage Allegations, 1660.
(fiche Nth 3-5)
Index to Northamptonshire Wills. 1510-1670.
Archdeaconry Court of Northampton & Consistory Court of Peterborough.
1615-1644,  1610-1615,  1634-1653,  1655-1674,  1516-1641,  1676-1704, 
1704-1724,  1705-1751,  1752-1857.
(Film Nth 3)
Episcopal Consistory Court of Norwich.Index to Wills.
Vol 9.    1764-1820.
Vol 10   1821-1844.
Vol 11   1845-1857.
(Film Nfk. 2)
Rochester Probate Inventories. 1662-1784.
(fiche Ken 32-35)
Salisbury Diocesan Registry Wills. 1500-1800. P-Z.Original Wills.
(Film Wil 10)
Index to Wills of the Peculiar Court of the Dean of Salisbury .1500-1858 
(approx 14,000 entries).
(Film Wil 10)
Archdeaconry of Sarum Index to Wills to 1858. A-Z.(about 22,000 entries).
(Film Wil 9)
Consistory Court of Sarum Index to Wills to 1858. A-Z.(about 15,000 entries).
(Film Wil 9)
Index to Wills of the Peculiar Court of the Sub Dean of Sarum .1581-1858 (approx 14,000 entries).
(Film Wil 10)
Index to Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Wills . 1858-1940.
(fiche Sal 13-21)
Somerset Will Index.
(fiche Som 576-579)
Somerset Probate Inventories Place Index.   A - Z.
(Film Som 3)
Index of Somerset Estate Duty Office Wills & Letters of Administration. 1805-1811.
Index of Somerset Estate Duty Office Wills & Letters of Administration. 1812-1857.
(fiche Som 951-953)
(fiche Som 954-959)
Stanhope Wills.  1773-1867.
(Film Dur 12)
Index to Benificiaries in Wills proved in the Archdeaconry of Sudbury. 1847-12 Jan. 1858.
(fiche Sfk 634)
Archdeaconry of Surrey.  Early Wills.
1480-1490.  Will register “Spage”. 
1490-1524.  Will register “Mathewe”. 
1529-1532.  Will register “Mychell”. 
1532-1538.  Will register “Heats”. 
1538-1544.  Will register “Pykman”. 
1559-1560.  Will register “Tully”. 
1595-1608.  Will register “Herringman”.
1608-1615.  Will register “Berry”. 
1614-1621.  Will register “Stoughton”. 
1615-1623.  Will register “Peter”. 
1622-1631.  Will register “Yeast”. 
1627-1639.  Will register “Farmer”. 
1639-1649.  Will register “Harding”.
(fiche Sry 107)
(fiche Sry 108)
(fiche Sry 109)
(fiche Sry 110-111)
(fiche Sry 112-113)
(fiche Sry 114-115)
(fiche Sry 116)
(fiche Sry 117-119)
(fiche Sry 120-121)
(fiche Sry 122-123)
(fiche Sry 124-125)
(fiche Sry 126-127)
(fiche Sry 128-129)
Archdeaconry of Surrey.  Early Wills.   Unregistered Wills.
1534-1558.
1561-1571.
1572-1581.
1582-1592.
1595-1649.
(fiche Sry 130-131)
(fiche Sry 133)
(fiche Sry 199-200)
(fiche Sry 201-202)
(fiche Sry 132)
Commissary of Surrey. Wills.   Filed & Unregistered Wills.
1662-1673.
1674-1696.
1697-1728.
(fiche Sry 132)
(fiche Sry 204-205)
(fiche Sry 206)
Archdeaconry of Surrey.   Wills Filed & Unregistered Wills.
1660-1671.
1671-1679.
1680-1689.
1690-1695.
1695-1699.
1700-1708.
1716-1721.
1728-1730
(fiche Sry 207-208)
(fiche Sry 209)
(fiche Sry 210-211)
(fiche Sry 212)
(fiche Sry 213)
(fiche Sry 214-215)
(fiche Sry 216)
(fiche Sry 217)
West Sussex Probate Inventories.  1521-1834.
(fiche Ssx 1-4)
Wells Wills arranged by Parishes. 1528-1536.
(fiche Som 945-950)
Index to Wiltshire  Probate Records by Occupation A-W.
(Film Wil 8)
Index to Archdeaconry of Wiltshire.  Wills A-Z.
Index to Archdeaconry of Wiltshire.  Wills 1557-1799.
Index to Archdeaconry of Wiltshire.  Wills 1800-1858.
(about 15,000 entries).
(Film Wil 8)
(Film Wil 9)
(Film Wil 9)

Transcriptions of assorted English & Welsh Wills.

(CD)
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