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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 Herefordshire was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary ecclesiastical court and one or more secondary ecclesiastical courts. | |||
For a list of Herefordshire parishes and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them, click on a letter link: | |||
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| [[Herefordshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes A|A]] | |||
| [[Herefordshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes B|B]] | |||
| [[Herefordshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes C-E|C-E]] | |||
| [[Herefordshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes F-I|F-I]] | |||
| [[Herefordshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes K-L|K-L]] | |||
| [[Herefordshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes M-P|M-P]] | |||
| [[Herefordshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes R-T|R-T]] | |||
| [[Herefordshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes U-Z|U-Z]] | |||
|} | |||
If you do not know the parish in which your ancestor died or held property, search the [[Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)]] first. | |||
== Herefordshire Probate Courts == | == Herefordshire 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> | ||
== Indexes to Probate Records == | == Indexes to Probate Records == | ||