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 *High Court of Delegates<br>
 *Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
-== Court Jurisdictions<br> ==
-Before 1858, every town and parish in Yorkshire was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. When searching for the will of an ancestor, find the name of the town or parish where he/she lived in the jurisdictions list. Go to the list of places by clicking on a letter or series of letters below.<br>
-&nbsp;A &nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with B|B]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with C|C]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with D|D]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with E and F|E-F]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with G|G]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with H|H]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with I through K|I-K]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with L|L]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with M and N|M-N]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with O through P|O-P]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with Q and R|Q-R]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with S|S]]&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with T and U|T-U]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with W|W]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with Y|Y]].
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 == Some Explanatory Notes on the Yorkshire Probate Courts  ==
-== Court Jurisdictions by Parish  ==
+== Court Jurisdictions<br>  ==
-Before 1858, every town and parish in Yorkshire fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts.&nbsp; For&nbsp;an authoritative treatise on&nbsp;each Yorkshire probate court and the parishes&nbsp;comprising them in pre-1858, see Anthony J. Camp's publication,&nbsp;''Wills and Their Whereabouts,'' also available at&nbsp;the Family History Library, FHL&nbsp;book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=413992&disp=Wills+and+their+whereabouts%20%20&columns=*,0,0 #942 S2wa].&nbsp;
-When looking for the will of an ancestor, you should search the courts in the order given.&nbsp; Search indexes first.&nbsp; For indexes, click on the court name links [soon to be constructed].
-Here is a list of Yorkshire parishes beginning with the letter A and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them.&nbsp; For other parishes, click on a letter to link to the another table.
+Before 1858, every town and parish in Yorkshire was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. When searching for the will of an ancestor, find the name of the town or parish where he/she lived in the jurisdictions list. Go to the list of places by clicking on a letter or series of letters below.<br>
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+&nbsp;A &nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with B|B]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with C|C]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with D|D]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with E and F|E-F]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with G|G]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with H|H]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with I through K|I-K]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with L|L]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with M and N|M-N]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with O through P|O-P]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with Q and R|Q-R]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with S|S]]&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with T and U|T-U]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with W|W]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with Y|Y]]
 == Probate Indexes Online  ==
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 An index covering [http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Online_Probate_Indexes 1267 to 1500] includes 10,000 wills proved in the Prerogative &amp; Exchequer Courts of York.
 [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/#ProbateRecords Colin Blanshard Withers] has produced a list of all known Indexes and Calendars relating to Yorkshire Probate. This is available in both MS Word format (.doc) and plain text format (.txt) from his site.
 == Estate Duty Records  ==