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*[[Court of the Peculiar of Exton]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Exton]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Fareham with Catisfield and Dean]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Fareham with Catisfield and Dean]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Fawley with Exbury, Lepe, Cadlands, Ower, Holbury, Langley, Stanswood, Burash, Hardley, Stone, Hythe and Brickmerston]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Fawley with Exbury, Lepe, Cadlands, Ower, Holbury, Langley, Stanswood, Burash, Hardley, Stone, Hythe and Brickmerston|Court of the Peculiar of Fawley with Exbury, Lepe, Cadlands, Ower, Holbury, Langley, Stanswood, Butsash, Hardley, Stone, Hythe and Brickmerston]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Hambledon with Denmead]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Hambledon with Denmead]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Havant with Leigh and Brockhampton]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Havant with Leigh and Brockhampton]]  
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*[[Court of the Peculiar of East Woodhay with Ashmansworth]]<br>
*[[Court of the Peculiar of East Woodhay with Ashmansworth]]<br>


In addition, the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] held jurisdiction&nbsp;over England&nbsp;including both the &nbsp;provinces of&nbsp;York and Canterbury. Mostly the wealthy but occasionally from among&nbsp;even those of modest&nbsp;means&nbsp;who owned property in more than one&nbsp;diocese or smaller&nbsp;court jurisdictions, as well as Royal Naval personnel--often had their estates proven through one of the Archbishop's court.
In addition, the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] held jurisdiction&nbsp;over England&nbsp;including both the &nbsp;provinces of&nbsp;York and Canterbury. Mostly the wealthy but occasionally from among&nbsp;even those of modest&nbsp;means&nbsp;who owned property in more than one&nbsp;diocese or smaller&nbsp;court jurisdictions, as well as Royal Naval personnel--often had their estates proven through one of the Archbishop's court.  


== Some Explanatory Notes on the Hampshire Probate Courts  ==
== Some Explanatory Notes on the Hampshire Probate Courts  ==
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A&nbsp;country-wide surname index to the records is available, so it is much easier to look for post-1857 wills.&nbsp; The [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=208102&disp=Calendar+of+the+grants+of+probate+and+le%20%20&columns=*,0,0 indexes] for 1858-1957 and the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=authordetails&authorno=301365&name=Great+Britain%2E+Principal+Probate+Registry&columns=*,0,0 records] for 1858-1925 are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.<br>
A&nbsp;country-wide surname index to the records is available, so it is much easier to look for post-1857 wills.&nbsp; The [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=208102&disp=Calendar+of+the+grants+of+probate+and+le%20%20&columns=*,0,0 indexes] for 1858-1957 and the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=authordetails&authorno=301365&name=Great+Britain%2E+Principal+Probate+Registry&columns=*,0,0 records] for 1858-1925 are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.<br>


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