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 == Some Explanatory Notes on the Nottinghamshire Probate Courts  ==
-Nottinghamshire was under the&nbsp;jurisdiction of the Archdeaconry of Nottingham in the Diocese of York until 1837 when it was transferred to the Diocese of Lincoln.&nbsp; The Diocese of York was the under the authority of the Archbishop of York.
+Nottinghamshire was an Archdeaconry in the Diocese of York until transferred to the Diocese of Lincoln in 1837.&nbsp; The original wills, bonds, and inventories of the Archdeaconry were transferred from York to Nottingham in 1972, but the registered copies of Nottinghamshire wills are still at York, as are the Nottinghamshire rural deanery probate act books and those Nottinghamshire wills proved in the Prerogative Court of York, the Chancery Court of York and the Court of the Dean and Chapter of York. There are no probate records for Nottinghamshire at Lincoln. Some stray wills, inventories, etc. c. 1607-1819, are amongst the Southwell Peculiar records.<ref>Camp, Anthony J. Wills and Their Whereabouts. London: published by author, 1974; page 101.</ref><br>
 == Court Jurisdictions by Parish<br>  ==