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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.
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.
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.
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”.
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).