Lancashire Probate Records: Difference between revisions

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=== Appeals Courts  ===
=== Appeals Courts  ===


Any probate that was disputed and could not be settled by the county courts could be sent to these higher appeals courts:  
There were two appeals courts within the Prerogative Court of Canterbury which heard disputes over the administration or probate of an estate. They were the:  


[[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&keyword=of+the+Court+of+Arches+of+Canterbury&prekeyword=of+the+Court+of+Arches+of+Canterbury Court of Arches]] (from Prerogative Court of Canterbury; records are at Lambeth Palace Library, London) <br>High Court of Delegates (held at The National archives; an [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=14199&disp=The+Genealogist+%28England%29++ index]] is available on microfilm at The Family History Library by The Genealogist in vols. 11 and 12)
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=379246&disp=Records+of+the+Court+of+Arches%2C+1660%2%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Court of Arches]&nbsp;&nbsp;(records are at Lambeth Palace Library, London; an index was compiled by the British Record Society vol. 85)  
*High Court of Delegates (records held at The National archives; records with an [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=14199&disp=The+Genealogist+%28England%29++ index] are&nbsp;available on microfiche at The Family History Library by ''The Genealogist'' in vols. 11 and 12 covering the years from 1651-1857)


== List of Lancashire Parishes and Their Court Jurisdictions  ==
== List of Lancashire Parishes and Their Court Jurisdictions  ==
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