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Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. | Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. | ||
Before 1858, {{PAGENAME}} fell under the jurisdiction of the [[Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (London Division)|Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London]] and the [[Archdeaconry Court of London|Archdeaconry Court of London]]. | Before 1858, {{PAGENAME}} fell under the jurisdiction of the [[Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (London Division)|Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London]] and the [[Archdeaconry Court of London|Archdeaconry Court of London]]. In practice, many residents left their wills in the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of Canterbury]] from the 1700s through 1858.<ref>[http://www.origins.net/help/aboutNWI-acl.aspx "About Archdeaconry Court of London Wills Index 1750-1800"], ''British Origins,'' accessed 23 December 2011.</ref> From 1858 to the present, refer to the [[Principal Probate Registry|Principal Probate Registry]]. | ||
Go to [[London Probate Records|London Probate Records]] to find the names of the courts having secondary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish | Go to [[London Probate Records|London Probate Records]] to find the names of the courts having secondary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish. | ||
=== Poor Law Unions === | === Poor Law Unions === | ||
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