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Once you have identified the parish where your ancestor lived or died, learn which courts had jurisdiction over it then search indexes for those courts. Every town and parish in Kent fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. Click on a link below for the letter the parish begins with. | Once you have identified the parish where your ancestor lived or died, learn which courts had jurisdiction over it then search indexes for those courts. Every town and parish in Kent fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. Click on a link below for the letter the parish begins with. | ||
Here is the list of Kent places beginning with the letter A, and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over each. | Here is the list of Kent places beginning with the letter A, and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over each. |