Court of the Peculiar of Gillingham
This court is a royal peculiar.
Step By Step
1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will or administration (admon), writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry.
2. Proceed to the "Records" (below) to determine what probate records exist for this court.
3. Contact or visit the Wiltshire Record Office or, hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf. Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers.
4. Visit The FamilySearch Library or, one of its 4,500 satellite FamilySearch centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records; then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can search the original wills and admons available online at a local FamilySearch center or affiliate library near you.
Indexes
Online Indexes
Printed and Published Indexes
Records
Archive Locations
CONTACT
Address Wiltshire and Swindon Archives, Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, SN15 3QN
Telephone (01249) 705500
E-Mail archives@wiltshire.gov.uk
Archive Records
Add information about the manuscript, printed and digital records in this location.
Microfilm of original at Wiltshire County Record Office.
FamilySearch Library Records
Church of England. Royal Peculiar Court (Gillingham) Miscellaneous testamentary documents, 1609-1794 Probate 1609-1794
Jurisdictions
This jurisdiction extended to the parishes of Gillingham (including the chapelries of Milton on Stour and Bourton) and Mortcombe, Dorset