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== Middlesex Probate Courts == | == Middlesex Probate Courts == | ||
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*[[Consistory Court of London|Court of Husting]] | *[[Consistory Court of London|Court of Husting]] | ||
*[[Archdeaconry Court of London]] | *[[Archdeaconry Court of London]] | ||
*[[Court of the Bishop of London (Episcopal Consistory)]] | *[[Court of the Bishop of London (Episcopal Consistory)]] | ||
*[[Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex (Middlesex Division)]] | *[[Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex (Middlesex Division)]] | ||
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*[[Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (London Division)]] | *[[Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (London Division)]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster (Abbey)]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster (Abbey)]] | ||
*[[Deanery of the Arches of London, Croydon, Shoreham (Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury)]] | *[[Deanery of the Arches of London, Croydon, Shoreham (Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury)]] | ||
*[[Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)]] | |||
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== Location of These Probate Records == | |||
The London Metropolitan Archives & Library | |||
40 Northampton Road | |||
London EC1R 0HB | |||
ENGLAND | |||
Tel 020 7332 3820<br>Fax 020 7833 9136 | |||
E-Mail: ask.lma@corpoflondon.gov.uk | |||
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== Historical Background == | |||
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The Commissary Court of London (London Division) had jurisdiction over 94 parishes in Greater London (Middlesex) and the City--including 50 parish within the City of London proper and 44 in the county of Middlesex. When a search of this courts’ probate records fails to provide the desired probate record, be sure to search the Consistory Court of the Bishop of London as well. | |||
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== Starting Your Search in Indexes == | |||
1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry.<br>2. Proceed then to the "Probate Records of This Court" section (see below) to determine what original probate records exist for this court.<br>3. Contact or visit The London Metropolitan Archives and Library, or, hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf, citing information obtained from the index[es]. Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers.<br>4. You can also visit The Family History Library, or, one of its 4,500 satellite family history centers worldwide and search indexes (see the Family History Library's [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=720702&disp=Acts%2C+probate+and+non%2Dtestamentary%2%20%20&columns=*,0,0 cataloged entries] providing the microfilms so you can have them circulated to the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp center] near you for searching the wills). The information obtained from the index[es] will help you more quickly search the wills and admons which can also be circulated on microfilm via any family history .<br> | |||
== Probate Indexes == | |||
The Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex probate records have to some extent been indexed with the following ones:<br> | |||
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==== Printed and Published Indexes ==== | |||
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=299293&disp=Abstracts+of+copy+wills%2C+Commissary+Co%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Abstracts] of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division], registered wills, 1750-1857 | |||
*Index to testamentary records in the Commissary Court of London (London Division) 1374-1700 by Marc Fitch, available at Society of Genealogists, The Guildhall Library, London Metropolitan Archives and Library, The Family History [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=247669&disp=Index+to+testamentary+records+in+the+Com%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Library] | |||
*A comprehensive will and admon index to most of London's (including Greater L.) probate courts for the years covering 1750-1858 for surnames A-F, is Dr David Wright's London Probate Index on CD and is on [http://www.davideastkent.canterhill.co.uk/lp-index.htm sale]. He will perform "lookups" in his indexes for you for surnames covering from G-Z at a set fee. <br> | |||
==== Original Handwritten Indexes ==== | |||
Court probate inventories, 1662-1747 with surnames alpha-arranged | |||
Probate and administration act book, 1667-1675 | |||
Calender of Probate & Administrations acts, vols. 1-16, 1660-1810 | |||
==== Microfilmed Indexes at the Family History Library<br> ==== | |||
The indexes as listed in the above are also available covering the years 1662-1810 at The Family History Library and they are on microfilm and may be circulated to each of its satellite Family History [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp Centers] worldwide. | |||
== Searching for probates in this court. == | |||
ORIGINAL WILLS | |||
1523-1857 | |||
REGISTER COPY WILLS | |||
1374-1857 (with gaps) | |||
PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION ACT BOOKS | |||
1496-1857 (with gaps) | |||
ADMINISTRATIONS | |||
1670-1857 | |||
INVENTORIES | |||
1666-1667, 1672-1857 (with gaps) | |||
DEPOSITION BOOKS | |||
1537-1722 | |||
PERSONAL ANSWERS | |||
1675-1736 | |||
EX OFFICIO ASSIGNATION BOOKS | |||
1712-1811 | |||
INSTANCE ACT BOOKS | |||
1570-1675 | |||
== Strategies, Tips, Other? == | |||
See the above Indexes or those available through the Family History Library or its many family history centers worldwide for an index to this court. | |||
<br>To view a list of parishes and their respective probate court jurisdiction, see the "Middlesex Parishes and Their Probate Jurisdictions" on the [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Middlesex_Probate_Records main page] for Middlesex Probate Records. | |||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral]] | ||
*[[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] | *[[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] | ||