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=== Pre-1858 Probate Courts in Ireland === | === Pre-1858 Probate Courts in Ireland === | ||
Irish probates were handled by ecclesiastical courts upto 1858. Twenty-eight diocesan courts, known as consistory courts, existed. The highest court, with authority over all the ecclesiastical courts, was the Prerogative Court of Armagh (which operated from Dublin). If a person had an estate that included property in more than one diocese and was worth more than £5, that person's will would have been proved in the Prerogative Court. And in addition, the wills of wealthy people were usually proved in the Prerogative Court. | Irish probates were handled by ecclesiastical courts upto 1858. Twenty-eight diocesan courts, known as consistory courts, existed. The highest court, with authority over all the ecclesiastical courts, was the Prerogative Court of Armagh (which operated from Dublin). If a person had an estate that included property in more than one diocese and was worth more than £5, that person's will would have been proved in the Prerogative Court. And in addition, the wills of wealthy people were usually proved in the Prerogative Court. | ||
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=== Web Sites === | === Web Sites === | ||
*http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy/testamentary.html | |||
*http://www.proni.gov.uk/ | |||
http://www.proni.gov.uk/ | |||
[[Category:Ireland]] | [[Category:Ireland]] | ||