3,931
edits
London Probate Records: Difference between revisions
Reordering contents
(Text addition) |
(Reordering contents) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
''[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[London]]'' | ''[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[London]]'' | ||
The following article is about probate records in the county of London. For general information about English probate records, click [[England Probate Records|here]]. | The following article is about probate records in the county of London. For general information about English probate records, click [[England Probate Records|here]].<br> | ||
<br> | |||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
| Line 9: | Line 7: | ||
''Probate'' is the legal court process by which the estate of a deceased person is distributed to his or her heirs. The term ''probate'' refers to a collection of documents, including [[W genealogical glossary terms|wills]], [[A genealogical glossary terms|administrations]] (also called admons), [[I genealogical glossary terms|inventories]], and [[A genealogical glossary terms|act books]]. The Church of England ecclesiastical courts had authority for this process until to 1858. This article explains about probates and how to get started to search for a will. | ''Probate'' is the legal court process by which the estate of a deceased person is distributed to his or her heirs. The term ''probate'' refers to a collection of documents, including [[W genealogical glossary terms|wills]], [[A genealogical glossary terms|administrations]] (also called admons), [[I genealogical glossary terms|inventories]], and [[A genealogical glossary terms|act books]]. The Church of England ecclesiastical courts had authority for this process until to 1858. This article explains about probates and how to get started to search for a will. | ||
Beginning in 1858, authority over probate matters was taken from ecclesiastical courts and put under the civil authority of the Principal Probate Registry. The '''Probates After 1857''' section below has a link to an article about probates after 1857. | Beginning in 1858, authority over probate matters was taken from ecclesiastical courts and put under the civil authority of the Principal Probate Registry. The '''Probates After 1857''' section below has a link to an article about probates after 1857.<br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
| Line 23: | Line 21: | ||
#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 parish was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. | |||
For an alphabetical list of London City parishes and the courts that had jurisdiction over them, click on the link for the letter that a parish name begins with: | |||
{| cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" width="400" border="1" | |||
|- | |||
| [[London Probate Jurisdictions Parishes A-F|A-F]] | |||
| [[London Probate Jurisdictions Parishes G-R|G-R]] | |||
| [[London Probate Jurisdictions Parishes S through St. Clement|S-St C]] | |||
| [[London Probate Jurisdictions Parishes St D-H|St D-H]] | |||
| [[London Probate Jurisdictions Parishes St I-S|St I-S]] | |||
| [[London Probate Jurisdictions Parishes St T-Z|St T-Z]] | |||
|} | |||
<br> | |||
This list does not include parishes in the county of Middlesex. For those parishes, go to [[Middlesex Probate Records|Middlesex Probate Records]]. | |||
<br> | |||
== London Probate Courts == | == London Probate Courts == | ||
| Line 44: | Line 64: | ||
*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> | ||
=== Appeals Courts === | === Appeals Courts === | ||
| Line 76: | Line 94: | ||
4. Visit The Family History Library, or, one of its 4,500 satellite family history centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records. Then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can more quickly locate the original wills and admons which are on microfilm, via any family history [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp centers] near you. | 4. Visit The Family History Library, or, one of its 4,500 satellite family history centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records. Then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can more quickly locate the original wills and admons which are on microfilm, via any family history [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp centers] near you. | ||
== Probate Indexes Online == | == Probate Indexes Online == | ||
| Line 143: | Line 137: | ||
[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Wills/Wills1.html http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Wills/Wills1.html] | [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Wills/Wills1.html http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Wills/Wills1.html] | ||
Commissary Court of London Will Abstracts Volume 26 (1629-1634) | Commissary Court of London Will Abstracts Volume 26 (1629-1634) | ||
== Some Explanatory Notes on the London Court == | |||
== Estate Duty Records<br> == | == Estate Duty Records<br> == | ||
Starting in 1796, a tax or death duty was payable on estates over a certain value. Estate duty abstracts may add considerable information not found elsewhere. Estate duty indexes may help locate a will. For more information, go to [[Estate Duty Records]].<br> | Starting in 1796, a tax or death duty was payable on estates over a certain value. Estate duty abstracts may add considerable information not found elsewhere. Estate duty indexes may help locate a will. For more information, go to [[Estate Duty Records]].<br> | ||
== Probates After 1857 == | == Probates After 1857 == | ||