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#Click a letter or span of letters for your place name. This opens a jurisdictions table.  
#Click a letter or span of letters for your place name. This opens a jurisdictions table.  
#Follow the instructions on the jurisdictions table page.
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== Court Jurisdictions by Parish  ==
==== Majority of the County  ====
Before 1858, every town and parish in Bedfordshire was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts.  The court that had primary jurisdiction over most of Bedfordshire, with just a few exceptions, was the [[Court of the Archdeacon of Bedford]]. 
==== Exceptions  ====
For a list of the Bedfordshire parishes that were exceptions to this, and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them, click [[Bedfordshire Probate Court Jurisdictions|here]]. <br>


== Bedfordshire Probate Courts  ==
== Bedfordshire 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.  
== Court Jurisdictions by Parish  ==
==== Majority of the County  ====
Before 1858, every town and parish in Bedfordshire was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts.&nbsp; The court that had primary jurisdiction over most of Bedfordshire, with just a few exceptions, was the [[Court of the Archdeacon of Bedford]].&nbsp;
==== Exceptions  ====
For a list of the Bedfordshire parishes that were exceptions to this, and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them, click [[Bedfordshire Probate Court Jurisdictions|here]]. <br>


== Probate Indexes Online  ==
== Probate Indexes Online  ==
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