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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.<br>
#Follow the instructions on the jurisdictions table page.<br>
== Court&nbsp;Jurisdictions by Parish  ==
Before 1858, every town and parish in Gloucestershire was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and one or more secondary courts. To see a list of Gloucestershire parishes and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them, click on a letter link:
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="272" border="1"
|-
| &nbsp;[[Gloucestershire Probate Jurisdictions. Parishes beginning with A|A]]&nbsp;&nbsp;
| &nbsp;[[Gloucestershire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes B|B]]&nbsp;&nbsp;
| &nbsp;[[Gloucestershire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes C through F|C-F]]&nbsp;
| &nbsp;[[Gloucestershire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes G through L|G-L]]&nbsp;
| &nbsp;[[Gloucestershire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes M through R|M-R]]&nbsp;
| &nbsp;[[Gloucestershire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes S and T|S-T]]&nbsp;
| &nbsp;[[Gloucestershire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes U through Z|U-Z]]
|}
If you do not know the parish in which your ancestor died or held property, start your search with the [[Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)]].


== Gloucestershire Probate Courts  ==
== Gloucestershire Probate Courts  ==
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*Military and naval personnel<br>
*Military and naval personnel<br>
*People who lived or owned property outside England<br>
*People who lived or owned property outside England<br>
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=== Appeals Courts  ===
=== Appeals 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.  


== Some Explanatory Notes on the Probate Courts  ==
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Parishes&nbsp;in Gloucestershire that lie west of the River Severn were under the jurisdication of the Bishop of Hereford before 1541.&nbsp; In that year the Diocese of Gloucester was formed and juridiction for those parishes was transferred to the Court of the Bishop of Gloucester.&nbsp; The following year, the Diocese of Bristol was formed and the city of Bristol plus sixteen parishes surrounding it and to the north of it came under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Bishop of Bristol (Episcopal Consistory).<br>
 
== Court&nbsp;Jurisdictions by Parish  ==
 
Before 1858, every town and parish in Gloucestershire was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and one or more secondary courts. To see a list of Gloucestershire parishes and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them, click on a letter link:
 
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="272" border="1"
|-
| &nbsp;[[Gloucestershire Probate Jurisdictions. Parishes beginning with A|A]]&nbsp;&nbsp;
| &nbsp;[[Gloucestershire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes B|B]]&nbsp;&nbsp;
| &nbsp;[[Gloucestershire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes C through F|C-F]]&nbsp;
| &nbsp;[[Gloucestershire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes G through L|G-L]]&nbsp;
| &nbsp;[[Gloucestershire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes M through R|M-R]]&nbsp;
| &nbsp;[[Gloucestershire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes S and T|S-T]]&nbsp;
| &nbsp;[[Gloucestershire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes U through Z|U-Z]]
|}
 
If you do not know the parish in which your ancestor died or held property, start your search with the [[Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)]].


== Indexes  ==
== Indexes  ==
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The Family History Library has copies of [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=434638&subject_disp=England%2C+Gloucester+-+Probate+records&columns=*,0,0 original probates] and [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=475100&subject_disp=England%2C+Gloucester+-+Probate+records+-+Indexes&columns=*,0,0 indexes] on microfilm and in print [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=206720&disp=A+calendar+of+wills+proved+in+the+consis%20%20&columns=*,0,0.]<br>
The Family History Library has copies of [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=434638&subject_disp=England%2C+Gloucester+-+Probate+records&columns=*,0,0 original probates] and [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=475100&subject_disp=England%2C+Gloucester+-+Probate+records+-+Indexes&columns=*,0,0 indexes] on microfilm and in print [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=206720&disp=A+calendar+of+wills+proved+in+the+consis%20%20&columns=*,0,0.]<br>
== Some Explanatory Notes on the Probate Courts  ==
Parishes&nbsp;in Gloucestershire that lie west of the River Severn were under the jurisdication of the Bishop of Hereford before 1541.&nbsp; In that year the Diocese of Gloucester was formed and juridiction for those parishes was transferred to the Court of the Bishop of Gloucester.&nbsp; The following year, the Diocese of Bristol was formed and the city of Bristol plus sixteen parishes surrounding it and to the north of it came under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Bishop of Bristol (Episcopal Consistory).<br>
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