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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 Jurisdictions by Parish == | |||
Before 1858, every town and parish in Wiltshire was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. To find the will of your ancestor who lived or owned property in Wiltshire, see a list of Wiltshire parishes with the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over each. Click on the letter for a parish of interest. | |||
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| [[Wiltshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes A|A]] | |||
| [[Wiltshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes B|B]] | |||
| [[Wiltshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes C|C]] | |||
| [[Wiltshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes D-G|D-G]] | |||
| [[Wiltshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes H-K|H-K]] | |||
| [[Wiltshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes L-M|L-M]] | |||
| [[Wiltshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes N-R|N-R]] | |||
| [[Wiltshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes S|S]] | |||
| [[Wiltshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes T-V|T-V]] | |||
| [[Wiltshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes W-Z|W-Z]] | |||
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<br>Search the courts in the order given. Search indexes first. For indexes covering more than one court, see below. For court-specific indexes, click on the name of a court above. <br><br>If you do not know where in Wiltshire your ancestor lived or owned property, search the indexes to each court if necessary. Lastly, search the index to the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]. | |||
== Wiltshire Probate Courts == | == Wiltshire Probate Courts == | ||
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*[[High Court of Delegates]] | *[[High Court of Delegates]] | ||
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. | ||
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== Probate Indexes Online == | == Probate Indexes Online == | ||
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Wills at Salisbury 1464-1858 Contents: v. 122. A-K -- v. 123. K-Z. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1647597&disp=Wills+at+Salisbury+1464%2D1858%20%20&columns=*,0,0] | Wills at Salisbury 1464-1858 Contents: v. 122. A-K -- v. 123. K-Z. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1647597&disp=Wills+at+Salisbury+1464%2D1858%20%20&columns=*,0,0] | ||
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== Some Explanatory Notes Wiltshire Courts == | |||
All prebends of Salisbury Cathedral were inhibited for six months triennially by the Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Salisbury Cathedral. | |||
The Court of Arches of Canterbury was a court of appeal fo r the province of Canterbury. However, the royal peculiars and the peculiars of the Archbishop were exempt. | |||
The Court of Delegates was also a court of appeal for the provinces of Canterbury and York, including their peculiars, royal peculiars, and the Irish probate courts. | |||
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