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#Click a letter or span of letters for your place name. This opens a jurisdictions table.<br> | #Click a letter or span of letters for your place name. This opens a jurisdictions table.<br> | ||
#Follow the instructions on the jurisdictions table page.<br> | #Follow the instructions on the jurisdictions table page.<br> | ||
== Court Jurisdictions by Parish == | |||
Before 1858, every town and parish in Shropshire was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary ecclesiastical court and several secondary ecclesiastical courts. | |||
For a list of Shropshire parishes and the pre-1858 ecclesiastical courts that had probate jurisdiction over them, click on a letter link for the name of a parish: | |||
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| [[Shropshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes A|A]] | |||
| [[Shropshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes B through E|B-E]] | |||
| [[Shropshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes F through P|F-L]] | |||
| [[Shropshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes M through P|M-P]] | |||
| [[Shropshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes Q through Z|Q-Z]] | |||
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Search the courts in the order given. Search indexes first. To find indexes, click on a court name above or go to the '''Probate Indexes''' section below. <br> | |||
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== Shropshire Probate Courts == | == Shropshire Probate Courts == | ||
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The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] also served as an appeals court.<br> | The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] also served as an appeals court.<br> | ||
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== Indexes to Probate Records == | == Indexes to Probate Records == | ||