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*a | *a recently updated index of Warwickshire probates for 1650-1750 includes over 14000 probate documents at [http://www.staffsnameindexes.org.uk/ Wills and administrations]. This comes from the probate court of Lichfield and Coventry, which covers much of the northern and eastern half of the County of Warwick. Searches can be made by name and place name. | ||
* Warwick persons are included in the [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp?WT.hp=Wills Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury] which was the highest court in England, and the Bishop of Worcester Consistory Court, for which indexes are online for [http://books.google.com/books?id=7DUEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=related:LCCN01004246&source=gbs_similarbooks_s&cad=1%7Conline#v=onepage&q=&f=false 1451-1652]. | * Warwick persons are included in the [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp?WT.hp=Wills Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury] which was the highest court in England, and the Bishop of Worcester Consistory Court, for which indexes are online for [http://books.google.com/books?id=7DUEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=related:LCCN01004246&source=gbs_similarbooks_s&cad=1%7Conline#v=onepage&q=&f=false 1451-1652]. | ||