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<p><i><a href="England Genealogy">England</a> <img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/b/b1/Gotoarrow.png" _fck_mw_filename="Gotoarrow.png" alt="" /> <a href="Hampshire Genealogy">Hampshire</a> <img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/b/b1/Gotoarrow.png" _fck_mw_filename="Gotoarrow.png" alt="" /></i> <b>Probate Records</b>
''[[England Genealogy|England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Hampshire Genealogy|Hampshire]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Probate Records'''
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<h2> Getting Started  </h2>
<p><i>Probate</i> is the legal court process by which the estate of a deceased person is distributed to his or her heirs. Probate records include <a href="W genealogical glossary terms">wills</a> and <a href="A genealogical glossary terms">administrations</a>. This article is about probate records in&#160;Hampshire See <a _fcknotitle="true" href="England Probate Records">England Probate Records</a> for a general description of probate records in England.
</p>
<h3> 1858 to the Present  </h3>
<p>Beginning in 1858, the <a href="Principal Probate Registry">Principal Probate Registry</a> had the authority for probating estates. Click on the link to learn more.
</p>
<h3> Before 1858  </h3>
<p>Before 1858, Church of England ecclesiastical courts had authority for this process. To search for a pre-1858 probate record in Hampshire, follow these steps:
</p>
<h4> Step 1. Search Indexes  </h4>
<p>Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Hampshire. Search these indexes first:
</p><p><br>Before looking for a will, you should search an index.
</p><p>An index to the wills is available via <b><a href="http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives/hals-collections/wills.htm">Hampshire Archives and Local Studies' Online Catalogue</a></b> at the Hampshire Record Office.&#160;Their online searches provide access&#160;not only to Hampshire wills, but to all probate records as well as several other record types dating from the 15th to 20th centuries.&#160;Write to the Hampshire Archives for copies to be made of a will or administration.&#160;
</p><p><br>
</p>
<ul><li><span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|175815|title-id|disp=Wills and inventories, 1491-1857}}</span> with indexes for the Consistory Court of Winchester
</li><li><span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|173613|title-id|disp=Administrations, 1558-1858}}</span> includes index for the Consistory Court of Winchester
</li><li>Archdeaconry of Winchester card index of wills, 1660-1857 (A-Cabanac)
</li><li>Archdeaconry of Winchester card index of wills, 1660-1857 (Cabanac-Z)
</li><li>Original index to the archdeaconry wills (WI-1-5) <span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|175819|title-id|disp=1502-1792, 1742-1857}}</span>&#160;
</li><li><span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|957373|title-id|disp=Extracts from registered and original wills}}</span> in the Consistory Court of Winchester, 1492-1652, and the Archdeaconry Court of Winchester, 1501-1653. Lists the testator, executor and anyone else for whom some relationship was stated, witnesses names and relationship, place of residence, occupation, date of probate, etc. Extracts are not arranged in either alphabetical or chronological order. The Family History Library also has an listing at the British Reference Counter of these extracts.
</li><li>Hampshire will index, Consistory Court of Winchester, <span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|656757|title-id|disp=1840-1858}}</span>Complete extracts
</li><li>Hampshire probate record card indexes, <span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|656757|title-id|disp=}}</span>
</li><li>An index of personal names in Isle of Wight probate records, <span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|655843|title-id|disp=1378-1600}}</span>
</li><li>All of the Peculiar courts have been combined into one record and are arranged chronologically and indexed. They are cataloged under: Church of England. Diocese of Winchester. Collection of wills from the <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&amp;filtered=true&amp;fed=false&amp;collectionId=&amp;catSearchType=title&amp;searchCriteria=Peculiar+Courts+of+Hampshire%2C+England%2C+1561-1845&amp;placeName=&amp;author_givenName=&amp;author_surname=">Peculiar Courts of Hampshire, England, 1561-1845</a>. Check the Author/Title Catalog under this heading or the Locality Catalog under: England, Hampshire - Probate records.
</li><li>Collection of wills from the Peculiar Courts of Hampshire, England, <span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|600687|title-id|disp=1561-1845}}</span>
</li><li>Original index to the Hampshire Peculiar Court wills, <span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|600687|title-id|disp=1597-1833}}</span> (by first letter of surname and then date)
</li><li>"The principal material in the Diocesan Registry Collection is a batch of register copies of wills." These wills, dating from 1502-1640, are transcribed and indexed in this book, along with a few administrations, inventories, etc. <span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|293323|title-id|disp=This series of wills}}</span> contains probate records from all of the courts of Hampshire.
</li><li><span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|290893|title-id|disp=Winchester guardianships}}</span> after 1700 from Diocesan Records Contains nearly 1,050 guardianship documents from the Consistory Court mostly between the years 1700 and 1790 and also an index.
</li><li><span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|314459|title-id|disp=Unclassified wills}}</span>, 1398, 1469, 1502-1560 Includes Index.
</li></ul>
<p><br>Did you find a reference to a probate record?
</p>
<ul><li>If <i>yes</i>, go to <b>Step 4</b> below.
</li><li>If <i>no</i>, go to <b>Step 2</b> below.
</li></ul>
<h4> Step 2. Identify when and where your ancestor died  </h4>
<p>Determine <i>when</i> your ancestor died.&#160;If you aren't sure, use an approximate date.&#160;
</p><p>Determine <i>where</i> your ancestor died. It is easier to find a probate record if you know whether the place where your ancestor lived or died is a <a href="P genealogical glossary terms">parish</a>. To learn whether it is a parish, look it up in a gazetteer. Here is a link to the 1872 <i>Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales</i> online:
</p>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/index.jsp">Vision of Britain</a>
</li></ul>
<p>The gazetteer will either tell you:
</p>
<ul><li>A place is a parish, or
</li><li>What parish it is a part of, or
</li><li>What place it is near.
</li></ul>
<p>If the latter, look that place up in the gazetteer and see if it is a parish.
</p><p>Once you have identified the parish, go to <b>Step 3</b>.
</p>
<h4> Step 3. Identify court jurisdictions by parish  </h4>
<p>Once you have identified the parish where your ancestor lived or died, learn which courts had jurisdiction over it then search indexes for those courts. Every town and parish in&#160;Hampshire fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. Click on a link below for the letter the parish begins with.
</p><p><br>
</p>
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<td> &#160;<a href="Hampshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with A">A</a>&#160;&#160;
== Getting Started  ==
</td>
 
<td> &#160;<a href="Hampshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with B">B</a>&#160;&#160;
''Probate'' is the legal court process by which the estate of a deceased person is distributed to his or her heirs. Probate records include [[W genealogical glossary terms|wills]] and [[A genealogical glossary terms|administrations]]. This article is about probate records in&nbsp;Hampshire See [[England Probate Records]] for a general description of probate records in England.
</td>
 
<td> &#160;<a href="Hampshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with C">C</a>&#160;&#160;
=== 1858 to the Present  ===
</td>
 
<td> &#160;<a href="Hampshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes D through G">D-G</a>&#160;&#160;
Beginning in 1858, the [[Principal Probate Registry|Principal Probate Registry]] had the authority for probating estates. Click on the link to learn more.
</td>
 
<td> &#160;<a href="Hampshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with H">H</a>&#160;&#160;
=== Before 1858  ===
</td>
 
<td> &#160;<a href="Hampshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes I through N">I-N</a>&#160;&#160;
Before 1858, Church of England ecclesiastical courts had authority for this process. To search for a pre-1858 probate record in Hampshire, follow these steps:
</td>
 
<td> &#160;<a href="Hampshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes O through R">O-R</a>&#160;&#160;
==== Step 1. Search Indexes  ====
</td>
 
<td> &#160;<a href="Hampshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with S">S</a>&#160;&#160;
Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Hampshire. Search these indexes first:
</td>
 
<td> &#160;<a href="Hampshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes T through U">T-U</a>&#160;&#160;
<br>Before looking for a will, you should search an index.
</td>
 
<td> &#160;<a href="Hampshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes V through Z">V-Z</a>&#160;&#160;
An index to the wills is available via '''[http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives/hals-collections/wills.htm Hampshire Archives and Local Studies' Online Catalogue]''' at the Hampshire Record Office.&nbsp;Their online searches provide access&nbsp;not only to Hampshire wills, but to all probate records as well as several other record types dating from the 15th to 20th centuries.&nbsp;Write to the Hampshire Archives for copies to be made of a will or administration.&nbsp;
</td></tr></table>
 
<p>&#160;
<br>  
</p>
 
<h4> Step 4. Obtain a copy of the probate record  </h4>
*{{FHL|175815|title-id|disp=Wills and inventories, 1491-1857}} with indexes for the Consistory Court of Winchester
<p>Once you have found an index reference to a probate, obtain a copy of the record. Do so by one of these methods:
*{{FHL|173613|title-id|disp=Administrations, 1558-1858}} includes index for the Consistory Court of Winchester
</p>
*Archdeaconry of Winchester card index of wills, 1660-1857 (A-Cabanac)
<ul><li>Visit or contact the record office that has the original records in its collection.
*Archdeaconry of Winchester card index of wills, 1660-1857 (Cabanac-Z)
</li></ul>
*Original index to the archdeaconry wills (WI-1-5) {{FHL|175819|title-id|disp=1502-1792, 1742-1857}}&nbsp;  
<ul><li>Visit the <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHL/frameset_library.asp">Family History Library</a> or a <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp">family history center</a> and obtain a copy of the record on microfilm. For more information, click on a court name below. <br>
*{{FHL|957373|title-id|disp=Extracts from registered and original wills}} in the Consistory Court of Winchester, 1492-1652, and the Archdeaconry Court of Winchester, 1501-1653. Lists the testator, executor and anyone else for whom some relationship was stated, witnesses names and relationship, place of residence, occupation, date of probate, etc. Extracts are not arranged in either alphabetical or chronological order. The Family History Library also has an listing at the British Reference Counter of these extracts.
</li></ul>
*Hampshire will index, Consistory Court of Winchester, {{FHL|656757|title-id|disp=1840-1858}}Complete extracts
<p><br>
*Hampshire probate record card indexes, {{FHL|656757|title-id|disp=}}
</p>
*An index of personal names in Isle of Wight probate records, {{FHL|655843|title-id|disp=1378-1600}}
<h2> Hampshire Probate Courts  </h2>
*All of the Peculiar courts have been combined into one record and are arranged chronologically and indexed. They are cataloged under: Church of England. Diocese of Winchester. Collection of wills from the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&fed=false&collectionId=&catSearchType=title&searchCriteria=Peculiar+Courts+of+Hampshire%2C+England%2C+1561-1845&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= Peculiar Courts of Hampshire, England, 1561-1845]. Check the Author/Title Catalog under this heading or the Locality Catalog under: England, Hampshire - Probate records.  
<p>The major probate court for Hampshire was called the <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester">Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester</a> which held jurisdiction over most of the county prior to 1858.  
*Collection of wills from the Peculiar Courts of Hampshire, England, {{FHL|600687|title-id|disp=1561-1845}}
</p><p>Hampshire&#160;also had numerous concurrent smaller&#160;jurisdictions called "peculiars" courts as well (see the "Hampshire Parishes and Their Probate Jurisdictions" section below to determine the correct court jurisdiction for the parish you want to search). There were close to seventy parishes lying within&#160;43&#160;smaller, Peculiar&#160;Court jurisdictions.
*Original index to the Hampshire Peculiar Court wills, {{FHL|600687|title-id|disp=1597-1833}} (by first letter of surname and then date)
</p><p>To search for an administration (when a person died intestate or, that is, without naming an executor to the estate) in one of the peculiar courts, a search must be conducted in the above Episcopal Consistory Court.&#160;
*"The principal material in the Diocesan Registry Collection is a batch of register copies of wills." These wills, dating from 1502-1640, are transcribed and indexed in this book, along with a few administrations, inventories, etc. {{FHL|293323|title-id|disp=This series of wills}} contains probate records from all of the courts of Hampshire.  
</p><p>Click on a court name to learn about records and indexes.
*{{FHL|290893|title-id|disp=Winchester guardianships}} after 1700 from Diocesan Records Contains nearly 1,050 guardianship documents from the Consistory Court mostly between the years 1700 and 1790 and also an index.  
</p>
*{{FHL|314459|title-id|disp=Unclassified wills}}, 1398, 1469, 1502-1560 Includes Index.
<ul><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester">Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester</a>
 
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Old Alresford with New Alresford and Medstead">Court of the Peculiar of Old Alresford with New Alresford and Medstead</a>
<br>Did you find a reference to a probate record?
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Alverstoke with Gosport">Court of the Peculiar of Alverstoke with Gosport</a>
 
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of North Baddesley">Court of the Peculiar of North Baddesley</a>
*If ''yes'', go to '''Step 4''' below.  
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Baughurst">Court of the Peculiar of Baughurst</a>
*If ''no'', go to '''Step 2''' below.
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Binstead">Court of the Peculiar of Binstead</a>
 
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Bishopstoke">Court of the Peculiar of Bishopstoke</a>
==== Step 2. Identify when and where your ancestor died  ====
</li><li><a href="Court of the Peculiar of Brighstone">Court of the Peculiar of Brighstone</a> sometimes called Brixton (Isle of Wight)
 
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Burghclere">Court of the Peculiar of Burghclere</a>
Determine ''when'' your ancestor died.&nbsp;If you aren't sure, use an approximate date.&nbsp;
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Calbourne">Court of the Peculiar of Calbourne</a>
 
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Cheriton with Kilmeston and Tichborne">Court of the Peculiar of Cheriton with Kilmeston and Tichborne</a>
Determine ''where'' your ancestor died. It is easier to find a probate record if you know whether the place where your ancestor lived or died is a [[P genealogical glossary terms|parish]]. To learn whether it is a parish, look it up in a gazetteer. Here is a link to the 1872 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' online:
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Chilbolton">Court of the Peculiar of Chilbolton</a>
 
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Chilcombe">Court of the Peculiar of Chilcombe</a>
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Compton">Court of the Peculiar of Compton</a>  
 
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Crawley with Hunton">Court of the Peculiar of Crawley with Hunton</a>
The gazetteer will either tell you:
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Droxford with Swanmore, Shidfield, Hill and Midlington">Court of the Peculiar of Droxford with Swanmore, Shidfield, Hill and Midlington</a>
 
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury">Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury</a>
*A place is a parish, or
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Easton">Court of the Peculiar of Easton</a>
*What parish it is a part of, or
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of East Meon with Combe, Steep, Ramsdean, Froxfield and Oxenbourne">Court of the Peculiar of East Meon with Combe, Steep, Ramsdean, Froxfield and Oxenbourne</a>
*What place it is near.
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Exton">Court of the Peculiar of Exton</a>
 
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Fareham with Catisfield and Dean">Court of the Peculiar of Fareham with Catisfield and Dean</a>
If the latter, look that place up in the gazetteer and see if it is a parish.
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="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 Fawley with Exbury, Lepe, Cadlands, Ower, Holbury, Langley, Stanswood, Butsash, Hardley, Stone, Hythe and Brickmerston</a>
 
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Hambledon with Denmead">Court of the Peculiar of Hambledon with Denmead</a>
Once you have identified the parish, go to '''Step 3'''.  
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Hannington">Court of the Peculiar of Hannington</a>
 
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Havant with Leigh and Brockhampton">Court of the Peculiar of Havant with Leigh and Brockhampton</a>
==== Step 3. Identify court jurisdictions by parish  ====
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Highclere">Court of the Peculiar of Highclere</a>
 
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Holdenhurst">Court of the Peculiar of Holdenhurst</a>
Once you have identified the parish where your ancestor lived or died, learn which courts had jurisdiction over it then search indexes for those courts. Every town and parish in&nbsp;Hampshire fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. Click on a link below for the letter the parish begins with.  
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Houghton">Court of the Peculiar of Houghton</a>
 
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Hursley with Otterbourne, Merdon and Silkstead">Court of the Peculiar of Hursley with Otterbourne, Merdon and Silkstead</a>
<br>  
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Hurstbourne Priors with St Mary Bourne">Court of the Peculiar of Hurstbourne Priors with St Mary Bourne</a>
 
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Littleton">Court of the Peculiar of Littleton</a>
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" width="432"
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Meonstoke with Soberton and Hoe">Court of the Peculiar of Meonstoke with Soberton and Hoe</a>
|-
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of West Meon with Privett">Court of the Peculiar of West Meon with Privett</a>
| &nbsp;[[Hampshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with A|A]]&nbsp;&nbsp;
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Michelmersh with Braishfield">Court of the Peculiar of Michelmersh with Braishfield</a>
| &nbsp;[[Hampshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with B|B]]&nbsp;&nbsp;
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Morestead">Court of the Peculiar of Morestead</a>
| &nbsp;[[Hampshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with C|C]]&nbsp;&nbsp;
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Overton with Tadley and Polhampton">Court of the Peculiar of Overton with Tadley and Polhampton</a>
| &nbsp;[[Hampshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes D through G|D-G]]&nbsp;&nbsp;
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Ovington">Court of the Peculiar of Ovington</a>
| &nbsp;[[Hampshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with H|H]]&nbsp;&nbsp;
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Ringwood with Harbridge">Court of the Peculiar of Ringwood with Harbridge</a>  
| &nbsp;[[Hampshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes I through N|I-N]]&nbsp;&nbsp;
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of St. Faith or St. Cross">Court of the Peculiar of St. Faith or St. Cross</a>
| &nbsp;[[Hampshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes O through R|O-R]]&nbsp;&nbsp;
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of South Stoneham and St. Mary Extra with Allington and Shamblehurst">Court of the Peculiar of South Stoneham and St. Mary Extra with Allington and Shamblehurst</a>
| &nbsp;[[Hampshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with S|S]]&nbsp;&nbsp;
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Twyford with Owslebury and Brambridge">Court of the Peculiar of Twyford with Owslebury and Brambridge</a>
| &nbsp;[[Hampshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes T through U|T-U]]&nbsp;&nbsp;
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Upham with Durley">Court of the Peculiar of Upham with Durley</a>
| &nbsp;[[Hampshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes V through Z|V-Z]]&nbsp;&nbsp;
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Bishops Waltham with Hamble and Bursledon">Court of the Peculiar of Bishops Waltham with Hamble and Bursledon</a>
|}
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of North Waltham">Court of the Peculiar of North Waltham</a>
 
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Warnford">Court of the Peculiar of Warnford</a>
&nbsp;
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Whitchurch with Freefolk and Charlecott">Court of the Peculiar of Whitchurch with Freefolk and Charlecott</a>
 
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Winnall">Court of the Peculiar of Winnall</a>
==== Step 4. Obtain a copy of the probate record  ====
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of Wonston with Sutton, Scotney and Cranborne">Court of the Peculiar of Wonston with Sutton, Scotney and Cranborne</a>
 
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Court of the Peculiar of East Woodhay with Ashmansworth">Court of the Peculiar of East Woodhay with Ashmansworth</a>
Once you have found an index reference to a probate, obtain a copy of the record. Do so by one of these methods:
</li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury">Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury</a>
 
</li></ul>
*Visit or contact the record office that has the original records in its collection.
<p><br>
 
</p><p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{Place|Hampshire}}</span>
*Visit the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHL/frameset_library.asp Family History Library] or a [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp family history center] and obtain a copy of the record on microfilm. For more information, click on a court name below. <br>
</p>
 
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== Hampshire Probate Courts  ==
 
The major probate court for Hampshire was called the [[Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester]] which held jurisdiction over most of the county prior to 1858.
 
Hampshire&nbsp;also had numerous concurrent smaller&nbsp;jurisdictions called "peculiars" courts as well (see the "Hampshire Parishes and Their Probate Jurisdictions" section below to determine the correct court jurisdiction for the parish you want to search). There were close to seventy parishes lying within&nbsp;43&nbsp;smaller, Peculiar&nbsp;Court jurisdictions.
 
To search for an administration (when a person died intestate or, that is, without naming an executor to the estate) in one of the peculiar courts, a search must be conducted in the above Episcopal Consistory Court.&nbsp;
 
Click on a court name to learn about records and indexes.
 
*[[Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Old Alresford with New Alresford and Medstead]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Alverstoke with Gosport]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of North Baddesley]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Baughurst]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Binstead]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Bishopstoke]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Brighstone|Court of the Peculiar of Brighstone]] sometimes called Brixton (Isle of Wight)
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Burghclere]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Calbourne]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Cheriton with Kilmeston and Tichborne]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Chilbolton]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Chilcombe]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Compton]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Crawley with Hunton]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Droxford with Swanmore, Shidfield, Hill and Midlington]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Easton]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of East Meon with Combe, Steep, Ramsdean, Froxfield and Oxenbourne]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Exton]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Fareham with Catisfield and Dean]]
*[[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 Hannington]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Havant with Leigh and Brockhampton]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Highclere]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Holdenhurst]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Houghton]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Hursley with Otterbourne, Merdon and Silkstead]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Hurstbourne Priors with St Mary Bourne]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Littleton]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Meonstoke with Soberton and Hoe]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of West Meon with Privett]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Michelmersh with Braishfield]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Morestead]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Overton with Tadley and Polhampton]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Ovington]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Ringwood with Harbridge]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of St. Faith or St. Cross]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of South Stoneham and St. Mary Extra with Allington and Shamblehurst]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Twyford with Owslebury and Brambridge]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Upham with Durley]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Bishops Waltham with Hamble and Bursledon]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of North Waltham]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Warnford]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Whitchurch with Freefolk and Charlecott]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Winnall]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Wonston with Sutton, Scotney and Cranborne]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of East Woodhay with Ashmansworth]]
*[[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
 
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