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== Berkshire Probate Courts ==
== Berkshire Probate Courts ==
 
*Court of the Archdeacon of Berkshire
*Court of the Bishop of Salisbury (Episcopal Consistory)
*Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeacon of Oxford
*Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury


== Some Explanatory Notes on the Berkshire Probate Courts ==
== Some Explanatory Notes on the Berkshire Probate Courts ==

Revision as of 13:00, 26 March 2009

For an explanation of probate records in England, click here.

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Berkshire Probate Courts[edit | edit source]

  • Court of the Archdeacon of Berkshire
  • Court of the Bishop of Salisbury (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeacon of Oxford
  • Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury

Some Explanatory Notes on the Berkshire Probate Courts[edit | edit source]

Court Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]

Before 1858, every parish was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary and several secondary courts.  To see an alphabetical list of parishes and the courts that had jurisdiction over them, click on the link for the letter that a parish name begins with:

 A-C  D-I  K-R  S-Z


Post-1858 Probate Records[edit | edit source]