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| *[[Court of the Peculiar of Havering-atte-Bower]] (or Hornchurch) | | *[[Court of the Peculiar of Havering-atte-Bower]] (or Hornchurch) |
| *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster (Abbey)]] | | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster (Abbey)]] |
| *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral]] | | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral]] |
| | | *[[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] |
| In addition, the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] had jurisdiction over the whole of England and specifically in the following cases.<br>
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| *Wealthy individuals<br>
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| *Interregnum, 1649-1660, because the Prerogative Court was the only court.
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| *Property in more than one diocese in the Province of Canterbury.
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| *Property in both the Province of Canterbury and Province of York.
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| *People who died outside England, including British citizens and others who held property in England.
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| === Appeals Courts ===
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| Any probate that was disputed and could not be settled by the county courts could be sent to these higher appeals courts:
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| *[[High Court of Delegates]]
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| The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] also served as an appeals court.
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| == Probate Indexes ==
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| Before looking for a will, you should search an index.
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| === Online Indexes ===
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| County-wide general will indexes for Essex County are now available online, making Essex County one of the foremost in facilitating probate research in England.
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| The following site indexes significant portions of Essex wills:
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| *Essex County Record Office's outstanding wills index from [http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/default.asp early to 1857] consolidates into one single index, the county's wills.
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| The following site has transcriptions of a few Essex will from various probate court jurisdictions at <br>[http://linux02.lib.cam.ac.uk/earlscolne/probate/index.htm http://linux02.lib.cam.ac.uk/earlscolne/probate/index.htm].
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| Always re-visit these websites as new, updated data may periodically be posted online.
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| === Printed Indexes ===
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| If the indexes on the Internet do not produce possible wills for your ancestors, look in the '''published indexes '''listed here.
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| The Essex County Record Office compiled and published a complete surname index covering wills and administrations from the '''''first eight'' '''Essex County probate court jurisdictions listed above (through the Liberty of Sokens). The index is available in three volumns at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City:
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| *Emmison, F. G., ed. ''[Index to] Wills at Chelmsford''. London: s.n., 1961, by the British Record Society. (FHL book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=247479&disp=Wills+at+Chelmsford+%28Essex+and+East+He%20%20&columns=*,0,0 942 B4b] vols. 78, 79 & 84; also on microfilms 0962739 and 0962740, and on microfiche 6073796, 6073797, and 6073802.)
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| Other printed indexes are found listed on the court pages. '''Click on the court name links above.'''
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| == Some Explanatory Notes on the Courts in Essex<br> == | | == Some Explanatory Notes on the Courts in Essex<br> == |