Court of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter Cathedral
England > Devon > Devonshire Probate Records, Cornwall Probate Records
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2. Proceed to the "Records" (below) to determine what probate records exist for this court.
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Indexes[edit | edit source]
Online Indexes[edit | edit source]
Printed and Published Indexes[edit | edit source]
Index to early Exeter wills 1286-1400
Calendars of wills and administrations of Devon and Cornwall : 1532-1800
Calendar of wills, administrations and accounts 1569-1799
Cornish probate records at Cornwall Record Office, 1800-1857
Records[edit | edit source]
Archives Location[edit | edit source]
Devon Record Office
Great Moor House
Bittern Road
Sowton
EXETER
Devon EX2 7NL
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel +44 (0)1392 384253
+44 (0)1392 384256
devrec@devon.gov.uk
Archive Records[edit | edit source]
Add information about the manuscript, printed and digital records in this location.
Abstracts of Testamentary, Administrations and Accounts of Administrators 1532-1857
Probate Inventories & Administration Papers 16th to 19th Century
Inventories 1531-1699 in Deveon And Cornwall Record Society New Series vol 11
FamilySearch Library Records[edit | edit source]
Wills and probate records, 1578-1700
Temerary (deceased estates) administrations, 1715-1838
Legacy causes, 1725-1829, 1693-1845
Original Wills, Administrations & Inventories 1579-1859
Jurisdiction[edit | edit source]
This court held jurisdiction over most of the following counties of Cornwall and Devonshire parishes:
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The Court of the Bishop of Exeter (Episcopal Consistory) had jurisdiction over the whole of the diocese when there was not "bona notabilia' within two or more subordinate courts, and 22 Cornish parishes which were peculiars of the Bishop. The records of the peculiars of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter were virtuall all destroyed in 1942. Indexes