Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with C

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Before 1858, every town and parish in Yorkshire fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts.  For an authoritative treatise on each Yorkshire probate court and the parishes comprising them in pre-1858, see Anthony J. Camp's publication, Wills and Their Whereabouts; also available at the Family History Library, FHL book #942 S2wa. 

When looking for the will of an ancester, you should search the courts in the order given.  Search indexes first.  For indexes, click on the court name links [soon to be constructed].

Here is a list of Yorkshire parishes beginning with the letter C and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them.  For other parishes, click on a letter link:  A, B, D, E-F, G, H, I-K, L, M-N, O-P, Q-R, S, T-U, W, Y.

PARISH	PRIMARY COURT	SECONDARY COURTS - IN SEARCH ORDER
Caldwell	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Calverley	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Campsall	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cantley	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Carleton in Craven	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Carlton (near Snaith)	Court of the Peculiar of Snaith	2 - Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York 5 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Carlton (near Stokesley)	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Carlton Husthwaite	Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Husthwaite	2 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 3 - Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York 4 - Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York 5 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Carlton Miniott	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Carnaby	Court of the Peculiar of St Leonard's Hospital, York	2 - Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York 5 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Carr House and Elm Field	Search the courts of the surrounding parishes	.
Castleford	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Catterick and Tunstall	Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Eastern Deaneries - Catterick	2 - Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York 5 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Catton with Stamford Bridge	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Catwick	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cawood	Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Wistow	2 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 3 - Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York 4 - Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York 5 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cawthorne	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Chapelthorpe	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Chapeltown	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cheapsides	Search the courts of the surrounding parishes	.
Clapham	Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Western Deaneries - Lonsdale	2 - Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York 3 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 4 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 5 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Claxton	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Clayton with Frickley	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cleasby	Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Eastern Deaneries - Richmond	2 - Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York 5 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cleckheaton	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cleckheaton St John	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Clifford	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cloughton	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cold Kirby	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Coley	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Collingham	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Conisbrough	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Coniston	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Constable Burton	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Copgrove	Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Eastern Deaneries - Richmond	2 - Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York 5 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Copmanthorpe	Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York	2 - Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York 3 - Prerogative court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cotcliffe	Search the courts of the surrounding parishes	.
Cottam	Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Langtoft	2 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 3 - Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York 4 - Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York 5 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cottingham	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cottingwith, East	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Coverham	Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Eastern Deaneries - Catterick	2 - Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York 5 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cowesby	Pre-1836 - Court of the Peculiar of the Bishop of Durham and the Dean and Chapter of Allerton and Allertonshire; Post-1835 - Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	Pre-1836 2 - Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory) 3 - Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York 4 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 5 - Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York 6 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury Post-1835 2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cowlam	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cowling	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cowthorpe	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Coxwold	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Crakehall	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Crambe	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Crathorne	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Crayke	Court of the Archdeaconry of Cleveland
Croft	Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Eastern Deaneries - Richmond	2 - Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York 5 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Crofton	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Crookes St Thomas	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cross Stone	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cullingworth	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cumberworth	Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York	2 - Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cundall	Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Eastern Deaneries - Boroughbridge	2 - Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York 3 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York 4 - Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York 5 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury

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