Court of the Peculiar of the Rector of Cliffe
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1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry.
2. Proceed to "Records" (below) to determine what probate records exist for this court. Also see "FamilySearch Library Records."
3. Contact or visit Centre for Kentish Studies 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
This court is indexed on findmypast, available online for a fee, or free at a FamilySearch Center.
Printed and Published Indexes
Church of England. Peculiar Court of the Rector of Cliffe Probate record indexes, 1671-1845
Records
Archive Location
The Centre for Kentish Studies is the Headquarters for the Kent Archives service. It holds manuscript and printed records for the County of Kent
The Centre for Kentish Studies Sessions House County Hall Maidstone ME14 1XQ
Phone: 01622 694363 fax: 01622 694379 email: archives@kent.gov.uk [1]
FamilySearch Library Records
Church of England. Parish Church of Cliffe (Kent). Peculiar Court Wills and inventories, 1671-1795
Familysearch.org Records of Images 1450-1857
These images are original records of probate, but also include:
Account papers
Administration bonds
Caveats
Guardian registers
Inventories
Miscellaneous court papers
Miscellaneous court papers index
Renunciation papers
Wills
Jurisdictions
The Parish Of Cliffe was exempt from the jurisdiction of the diocese of Rochester until 1846, at which time it was attached to that diocese.