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''[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Lincolnshire|Lincolnshire]]'' | ''[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Lincolnshire|Lincolnshire]]'' | ||
The following article is about probate records in Lincolnshire. The following is about For an explanation of probate records in England, click [[England Probate Records|here]]. | The following article is about probate records in Lincolnshire. The following is about For an explanation of probate records in England, click [[England Probate Records|here]].<br> | ||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
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#Follow the instructions on the jurisdictions table page.<br> | #Follow the instructions on the jurisdictions table page.<br> | ||
== Court Jurisdictions by Parish<br> == | |||
Before 1858, every town and parish in Lincolnshire was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and one or more secondary courts. | |||
To see a list of Lincolnshire places and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them, and instructions of what to do next, click on a link: | |||
[[Lincolnshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes A|A]] [[Lincolnshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes B|B]] [[Lincolnshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes C and D|C-D]] [[Lincolnshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes E and F|E-F]] [[Lincolnshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes G|G]] [[Lincolnshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes H|H]] [[Lincolnshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes I through K|I-K]] [[Lincolnshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes L and M|L-M]] [[Lincolnshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes N through P|N-P]] [[Lincolnshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes Q and R|Q-R]] [[Lincolnshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes S|Sa-So]] [[Lincolnshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with Sp through Sw|Sp-Sw]] [[Lincolnshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes T through Z|T-Z]]. | |||
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== Lincolnshire Probate Courts == | == Lincolnshire Probate Courts == | ||
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The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] also served as an appeals court. | The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] also served as an appeals court. | ||
== Probate Indexes Online<br> == | |||
Search the [http://microsites.lincolnshire.gov.uk/archives/section.asp?docId=53085&catId=13105&pageTitle=Lincoln+Consistory+Court+Wills+Index Lincoln Consistory Court Wills Index, 1701-1800]. The site contains lists in PDF format in alphabetical order by name. [http://books.google.com/books?id=oC8EAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Lincolnshire,+England+Wills&source=gbs_similarbooks_s&cad=1 Calendars of Lincoln Wills 1320-1600] is a digitized book.<br> | |||
[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53656] [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=408] [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=410] Transcriptions of Lincoln probate records 1271-1526 with transcripts of probate to 1532. | |||
== Probate Indexes == | |||
Family History Library has these indexes available [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=330052&subject_disp=England%2C+Lincoln+%2D+Probate+records+%2D+Indexes&columns=*,0,0] [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=329888&subject_disp=England%2C+Lincoln+%2D+Probate+records&columns=*,0,0] [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=233030&disp=Calendars+of+Lincoln+wills%20%20&columns=*,0,0]. | |||
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=4791&disp=Index+to+records+of+Lincoln+Peculiar+Cou%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Index to records of Lincoln Peculiar Courts], including Caistor, Louth, Heydour, Corringham, Bishop Norton, Kirton in Lindsey, Gretton, Empingham, Biggleswade and Sleaford.<br> | |||
*The ''Lincolnshire Wills Beneficiary Index ''covers the period approximately from 1383 to1900. It was compiled by Pam Baker from information submitted by members of the Lincolnshire Family History Society. It's an index to the names of people who appear in a will made by someone else. The Family History Library has a copy of this index on fiche numbers [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=755208&disp=Wills+beneficiary+index++ 6393728-6393730 and 6393718-6393720]. | |||
== Some Explanatory Notes on the Lincolnshire Probate Courts == | == Some Explanatory Notes on the Lincolnshire Probate Courts == | ||
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For most of the wills proved in all the courts down to 1532, printed abstracts will be found in C.W. Foster's ''Lincoln Wills'' published by the Lincoln Record Society volumes 5 (1271-1526) and 10 (1505-1530). There are further abstracts of selected items in ''Lincolnshire Wills: First Series A.D 1500-1600'' (published in 1888) and ''Lincolnshire Wills: Second Series A.D. 1600-1617 ''(published in 1891) by Canon A.R. Maddison.<ref>Camp, Anthony J. Wills and Their Whereabouts. London: published by author, 1974; page 66.</ref> The Family History Library has a copy of these volumes (FHL [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=203079&disp=Lincolnshire+wills++ 942.53 P2ma; film 990132 Items 3-4]). <br> | For most of the wills proved in all the courts down to 1532, printed abstracts will be found in C.W. Foster's ''Lincoln Wills'' published by the Lincoln Record Society volumes 5 (1271-1526) and 10 (1505-1530). There are further abstracts of selected items in ''Lincolnshire Wills: First Series A.D 1500-1600'' (published in 1888) and ''Lincolnshire Wills: Second Series A.D. 1600-1617 ''(published in 1891) by Canon A.R. Maddison.<ref>Camp, Anthony J. Wills and Their Whereabouts. London: published by author, 1974; page 66.</ref> The Family History Library has a copy of these volumes (FHL [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=203079&disp=Lincolnshire+wills++ 942.53 P2ma; film 990132 Items 3-4]). <br> | ||
== Estate Duty Records<br> == | == Estate Duty Records<br> == | ||