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Starting in 1796, a tax or death duty was payable on estates over a certain value. Estate duty abstracts may add considerable information not found elsewhere. Between 1813-1858 estate duty indexes may help locate a will. For more information, go to [[Estate Duty Records]].<br>
Starting in 1796, a tax or death duty was payable on estates over a certain value. Estate duty abstracts may add considerable information not found elsewhere. Between 1813-1858 estate duty indexes may help locate a will. For more information, go to [[Estate Duty Records]].<br>


== Probate Indexes ==
== Probate Indexes ==
 
Here is an online publication containing&nbsp;the [http://books.google.com/books?id=kQYWAAAAYAAJ&dq=Calendars+of+wills+%26+administrations+in+the+Consistory+Court+of+the+Bishop+of+Lichfield+and+Coventry,+1516+to+1652+:+also+those+in+the+%22peculiars%22+now+deposited+in+the+probate+registries+at+Lichfield,+Birmingham+and+Derby,+1529-1652%3B+1675-1790%3B+1753-1790&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=tIT2Z0DbLY&sig=0pmxKTL3vsKMr9gaisT0af1niRY&hl=en&ei=gLRCSp61GdOrlAfnxrXwCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1 Diocese of Lichfield will index] from 1526 to 1790, at Google. Books.


Registered wills and original wills, administrations and inventories, 1494-1860, and, act books, 1532-1638 for Diocese of Lichfield Episcopal Consistory Court [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=309060&disp=Registered+wills+and+original+wills%2C+a%20%20&columns=*,0,0] These are calendars&nbsp;&nbsp; This diocese covers the northern and eastern parts of county Warwick.  
Registered wills and original wills, administrations and inventories, 1494-1860, and, act books, 1532-1638 for Diocese of Lichfield Episcopal Consistory Court [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=309060&disp=Registered+wills+and+original+wills%2C+a%20%20&columns=*,0,0] These are calendars&nbsp;&nbsp; This diocese covers the northern and eastern parts of county Warwick.  
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