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<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1268682298855_351">== Probate Courts of Middlesex County ==</span> | |||
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*[[Court of Husting]] <br>*[[Court of the Archdeaconry of London]] <br>*[[The Court of Arches of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] <br>*[[Court of the Bishop of London (Episcopal Consistory)]] <br>*[[Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (London Division)]] <br>*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster (Abbey)]] <br>*[[Court of the Deanery of the Arches of London, Croydon, Shoreham (Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury)]]&nbsp; <br>*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral]] <br>*[[Royal Peculiar Court of St Katherine's by the Tower]] | |||
In addition, the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] had jurisdiction over the whole of England and specifically in the following cases.<br> | |||
*Wealthy individuals<br><br>*People who owned property in more than one county<br><br>*Military and naval personnel<br><br>*People who lived or owned property outside England<br> | |||
=== Appeals Courts === | |||
Any probate that was disputed and could not be settled by the county courts could be sent to these higher appeals courts: | |||
*[[Court of Arches]] <br>*[[High Court of Delegates]] <br>*[[Doctor's Common]] | |||
The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] also served as an appeals court.The following courts had some probate jurisdiction over London before 1858. <br><br> | |||
== Court Jurisdictions by Parish == | == Court Jurisdictions by Parish == | ||