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Here is a list of ecclesiastical courts that had some jurisdiction over Dorset before 1858: | Here is a list of ecclesiastical courts that had some jurisdiction over Dorset before 1858: | ||
*[[Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset]] | *Court of the Bishop of Bristol (Episcopal Consistory Court of Bristol, Dorset Division) | ||
*Court of the Peculiar of Canford Magna and Poole | |||
*Court of the Prebendal Peculiar of Chardstock and Wambrook | |||
*Court of the Peculiar of Corfe Castle | |||
*[[Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset]] | |||
*Court of the Prebendal Peculiar of Fordington | |||
*Court of the Manor and Liberty of Frampton | |||
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In addition, the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] had jurisdiction over the whole of England. Wealthier individuals, people who owned property in more than one county or lower court's jurisdiction, and Naval personnel often had their estates proven through the Archbishop's court. | In addition, the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] had jurisdiction over the whole of England. Wealthier individuals, people who owned property in more than one county or lower court's jurisdiction, and Naval personnel often had their estates proven through the Archbishop's court. | ||