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Essex
Catalogue of Film, Film & CDs

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PARISH REGISTER  TRANSCRIPTS
Berechurch. See Colchester Extra Mural PR Indexes.
(insert CD 1164)
Colchester Parish Registers 1813-1851  Indexes and transcripts of 12 churches in Colchester.
(CD)
Colchester Extra Mural PR Indexes.
Indexes and transcripts of:
Berechurch, Greenstead, Lexden & Mile End:    1813-1851.
(insert CD 1164)
Greenstead. See Colchester Extra Mural PR Indexes.
(insert CD 1164)
Lexden. See Colchester Extra Mural PR Indexes.
(insert CD 1164)
Mile End. See Colchester Extra Mural PR Indexes.
(insert CD 1164)

PARISH REGISTER  INDEXES
Barking, St. Margaret's.  CB.  1813-1851,  M.  1813-1848. 
(fiche Ess 486-489)
Dagenham, St. Peter & St. Paul.  CMB.  1800-1842. 
(fiche Ess 46-47)
East  Ham, St. Mary Magdalen.  CMB.  1813-1841. 
(fiche Ess 485)
East  Tilbury, St. Catherines.  CMB.  1799-1880. 
(fiche Ess 490)
Grays  Thurrock, St. Peter & St. Paul.  CMB.  1813-1825. 
(fiche Ess 48)
West  Ham, All Saints.  CMB.  1813-1835. 
(fiche Ess 481-484)
West  Tilbury, St. James.  CMB.  1813-1880. 
(fiche Ess 491)
(For other Indexes in this `Riverside' Series, see Kent & Surrey. )

POOR  LAW
Name Index to Poor Law Settlement Papers. 
(fiche Ess 57-60)
Name Index to Poor Law Settlement Papers. (Supplement)
(fiche Ess 966)

QUAKER or SOCIETY  of  FRIENDS  REGISTERS

Essex Quakers Digest  Register Index: Transcriptions.
Births        1613-1837, with Supplement 1660-1751.
Marriage    1659-1837, with Supplement 1666-1753.
Burial        1630-1837, with Supplement 1665-1749.  		(insert CD 1152)

Essex Quarterly Meeting.
[RG-6 / 1612]
Marriages 1776-1794.
(Film Gen 47)
New
 London & Middlesex Quarterly Meeting.
Births        1644-1838 with supplement 1694-1836.
Marriage    1657-1837 with supplement 1670-1770.
Burial        1661-1837 with supplement 1678-1785.
(includes Esher, Croydon, Kingston, Wandsworth, Southwark, Peckham, Dept,
Westerham, Plaistow, Epping, Barking & Waltham Abbey) 		(insert CD 1578)

QUARTER  SESSIONS
Essex Quarter Sessions.     (AJCP M838.)
Drafts of Orders of the Quarter Sessions for transportation.
May 1845 – June 1853.
Gives name crime and sentence.
Returns of transportation orders with name, age, crime and sentence. 1844 – 1853
Details of criminal prosecutions, and organisation of transports.
Process Books of Indictments.
Vol. 16.        15 Jan – 2 Oct 1792.
Vol. 17.        15 Jan – 1793 – 13 Jan 1807.
Vol. 18.        7 April 1807 – 11 Jan 1819.
Vol. 19.        19 April 1819 – 27 April 1824.
Vol. 20.        13 July – 30 Nov 1831.
Vol. 21.        3 Jan – 1 Dec 1835.
(Film Ess 13))
Essex Quarter Sessions.    (AJCP M839.)
Process Books of Indictments.
Vol. 22.        5 Jan 1836 – 30 June 1840.
Vol. 23.        20 Oct. 1840 – 28 Nov 1843.
Vol. 24.        2 Jan 1844 – 16 May 1848
Vol. 25.        27 June 1828 – 30 Nov 1852.
Vol. 26.        27 June 1848 – 30 Nov 1852
(Film Ess 14)

VISITATIONS
Visitation of Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612, 1634
East Anglican Pedigrees
(CD)

WILLS
Wills before 1858 were proved in Ecclesiastical Courts. The principal one for Essex was the Archdeaconry of Essex.
Others included the Archdeacon of Essex, Archdeacon of Colchester and the London Commissary Court for Essex & Hertfordshire.
The Superior Court was the PCC. Prerogative Court of Canterbury (See England General)

Index to Probate of the Wills in Essex CRO.
Covers Essex & East Hertford 1400-1619.
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. 
(fiche Ess 840-845)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Index to Probate of the Wills in Essex CRO.
Covers Essex & East Hertford 1620-1720.
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 Good Easter,
Court of the Peculiar of the Deanery of Bocking,
Court of the Peculiar of the Liberty of the Sokens. 
(fiche Ess 835-839)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Index to Probate of the Wills in Essex CRO.
Covers Essex & East Hertford 1721-1858.
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)
    (see Films 5-7 below)
Courts of the Peculiars of Writtle with Roxwell,
Court of the Peculiar of the Deanery of Bocking
Court of the Peculiar of the Liberty of the Sokens. 
(fiche Ess 49-53)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Diocese of London, Commissary Court for Essex & Herts.
Copy Wills.  1741-1750.
For Index see fiche Ess 49-53. 
(Film Ess 5)

 
Diocese of London, Commissary Court for Essex & Herts.
Copy Wills.  1750-1759.
For Index see fiche Ess 49-53. 
(Film Ess 6)

   
Diocese of London, Commissary Court for Essex & Herts.
Copy Wills.  1818-1826.
For Index see fiche Ess 49-53. 
(Film Ess 7)

 

 

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