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''[[England Genealogy|England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[England Probate Records|England Probate Records]]''  
''[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[England Probate Records|England Probate Records]]''  


In England, it is rare to find abstracts of wills that index all names found in each will. Abstracts are very helpful for identifying relationships, particularly when beneficiaries in wills do not share surnames with testators. The following is a list of probate courts that have been abstracted or have beneficiaries indexes.  
In England, it is rare to find abstracts of wills that index all names found in each will. Abstracts are very helpful for identifying relationships, particularly when legatees in wills do not share surnames with testators. The following is a list of probate courts that have been abstracted.  


= National  =
= National  =


=== Bank of England  ===
==== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ====
 
*Bank of England Will Extracts Index 1717-1845
 
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===


*'''1387-1439''' - Furnivall, ''The Fifty Earliest English Wills in the Court of Probate, London, A.D. 1387-1439, with a Priest's of 1454.'' [https://archive.org/details/fiftyearliesten00unkngoog Online].  
*'''1387-1439''' - Furnivall, ''The Fifty Earliest English Wills in the Court of Probate, London, A.D. 1387-1439, with a Priest's of 1454.'' [https://archive.org/details/fiftyearliesten00unkngoog Online].  
*'''Pre-1600''' - Nicholas, ''Testamenta Vetusta''. 2 vols. [http://books.google.com/books?id=9whaAAAAcAAJ Vol. 1] | [http://books.google.com/books?id=DwlaAAAAcAAJ Vol. 2]  
*'''Pre-1600''' - Nicholas, ''Testamenta Vetusta''. 2 vols. [http://books.google.com/books?id=9whaAAAAcAAJ Vol. 1] | [http://books.google.com/books?id=DwlaAAAAcAAJ Vol. 2]  
*'''1620''' - Lea, ''Register Soame 1620.'' [https://archive.org/details/abstractswillsi00leagoog Online].  
*'''1620''' - Lea, ''Register Soame 1620.'' [https://archive.org/details/abstractswillsi00leagoog Online].  
*'''1620-1624''' - Matthews and Matthews, ''Abstracts of probates and sentences in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1620-4.'' {{FSC|366799|item|disp=FS Library Book 942 P2ce}}.  
*'''1620-1624''' - Matthews and Matthews, ''Abstracts of probates and sentences in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1620-4.'' {{FHL|366799|item|disp=FHL Book 942 P2ce}}.  
*'''1630-1655''' - ''Probate Act Abstracts 1630-1655,'' 8 vols.  
*'''1630-1655''' - ''Probate Act Abstracts 1630-1655,'' 8 vols.  
*'''1630''' - Morrison, ''Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Register 'Scroope' (1630).'' {{FSC|214464|item|FS Library Book 942 P28mo}}.  
*'''1630''' - Morrison, ''Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Register 'Scroope' (1630).'' {{FHL|214464|item|FHL Book 942 P28mo}}.  
*'''1658''' - Brigg, ''Register "Wootton" 1658.'' [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalabs00englgoog Vol. 1] | [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalabst02chur Vol. 2] | [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c2771526;view=1up;seq=9 Vols. 3-4] | [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalabst04chur Vol. 4] | [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005162683;view=1up;seq=1 Vols. 5-7]
*'''1658''' - Brigg, ''Register "Wootton" 1658.'' [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalabs00englgoog Vol. 1] | [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalabst02chur Vol. 2] | [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalabst04chur Vol. 4]


= Bedfordshire =
==== Bank of England ====


=== Archdeaconry Court of Bedford  ===
*Bank of England Will Extracts Index 1717-1845


*'''1498-1526''' - Cirket and Stitt, ''English Wills, 1498-1526.'' {{FSC|116542|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.565 B4b v. 37}}.
= Bedfordshire =
*'''1480-1519''' - Bell, ''Bedfordshire Wills, 1480-1519.'' {{FSC|79682|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.565 B4b v. 45}}.
*'''1484-1533''' - Bell, ''Bedfordshire Wills, 1484-1533.'' {{FSC|659308|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.565 B4b v. 76}}.
*'''1531-1539''' - Bell, ''Bedfordshire Wills 1531-1539.'' {{FSC|1325100|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.565 B4bf no. 3}}.
*'''1537-1545''' - Bell, ''Bedfordshire Wills 1537-1545.'' {{FSC|2365898|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.565 B4bf no. 4}}.
*'''1543-1547''' - Bell, ''Bedfordshire Wills 1543-1547.'' {{FSC|2365901|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.565 B4bf no. 5}}.


=== Consistory Court of Lincoln ===
==== Archdeaconry Court of Bedford ====


*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]  
*'''1531-1539''' - Bell, ''Bedfordshire Wills 1531-1539.'' [http://www.bfhs.org.uk/#wills Online bookstore].
*'''1601-1652''' - Peck, ''Bedfordshire Wills 1601-1652 at Probate Registry Lincoln, England.'' {{FSC|132268|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.565 S2p}}
*'''1537-1545''' - Bell, ''Bedfordshire Wills 1537-1545.'' [http://www.bfhs.org.uk/#wills Online bookstore].
*'''1543-1547''' - Bell, ''Bedfordshire Wills 1543-1547.'' [http://www.bfhs.org.uk/#wills Online bookstore].


=== Peculiar court of Leighton Buzzard ===
==== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ====


*'''1701-1846''' - ''The peculiar court of Leighton Buzzard : persons named in wills proved 1701-1846'' transcribed and published by the EurekA Partnership. (Aylesbury, England : EurekA Partnership, c2007). {{FSC|1474249|item|disp=FS Library book 942.565 P2e}}
*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.''
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
 
*'''1383-1548''' - McGregor, ''Bedfordshire Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1383-1548.'' {{FSC|1325102|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.565 B4b v. 58}}.
 
= Berkshire  =
=== Archdeaconry of Berkshire  ===
*'''1480-1710''' - ''The Snell Collection.'' {{FSC|92147|item|disp=FS Library film 416129 (1st of several films)}}
 
=== Court of the Dean of Windsor  ===
*'''1369-1638''' - Deale, ''The Manuscripts of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.'' {{FSC|128604|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.29/W2 H25b no. 11}}.
 
=== Peculiar Court of Farringdon ===
*'''1700-1853''' - ''The Peculiar Court of Faringdon : persons named in wills proved 1700-1853'' by EurekA Partnership. (Stoke-Mandeville, England : EurekA Partnership, 2015). {{FSC|2775047|item|disp=FS Library book 942.29/F2 P2e}}.
 
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
*'''1391-1737''' - ''The Snell Collection.'' {{FSC|92147|item|disp=FS Library film 416135 (1st of several films)}}. Includes some abstracts for 1631-1807.


= Buckinghamshire  =
= Buckinghamshire  =
=== Archdeaconry of Buckingham  ===
*Elvey, ''The Courts of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham, 1483-1523.'' {{FSC|7099|item|disp=FS Library Book 942.575 B4ba v. 19}}
*Buckinghamshire Family History Society, ''Wills, Archdeaconry Court of Buckingham (1483-1858).'' [https://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/index.php/database-searches/family-history-news/25-other-bucks-news/384-bucks-wills-index-on-line Online index].


=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===
=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===


*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]
*Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.''  
*'''1601-1652''' - Peck, Abstracts of Buckinghamshire Wills 1601-1652 at Probate Registry, Lincoln, England
*Peck, Abstracts of Buckinghamshire Wills 1601-1652 at Probate Registry, Lincoln, England


= Cambridgeshire =
=== Archdeaconry of Buckingham ===


=== Consistory Court of Ely  ===
*Elvey, ''The Courts of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham, 1483-1523.'' {{FHL|7099|item|disp=FHL Book 942.575 B4ba v. 19}}  
 
*Buckinghamshire Family History Society, ''Wills, Archdeaconry Court of Buckingham (1680-1801).'' Order by [http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/index.php/database-searches/36-requested-searches/53-wills-searches post].
*'''1592-1620''' - Peck, ''Abstracts of Administrations, 1592-1620.'' 3 vols. {{FSC|191778|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.59 P2p v. 1-3}}. Volume 1 (1592-1600) is online at: [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/28475-cambridgeshire-england-administrations-from-ely-diocesan-registers-1592-1620?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].


= Cheshire  =
= Cheshire  =


*Cole, ''Cheshire Wills Beneficiaries Index.'' 3 vols. {{FSC|719175|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6359911, 6393861, 6395227}}.
*'''1500s''' - ''Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories''. [http://books.google.com/books?id=6xE-AAAAcAAJ Online].  
 
*'''1500s''' - ''Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories''. [http://books.google.com/books?id=6xE-AAAAcAAJ Online].


*'''1542-1661''' - Pixton, ''Wrenbury Wills and Inventories, 1542-1661.''
*'''1542-1661''' - Pixton, ''Wrenbury Wills and Inventories, 1542-1661.''


= Cornwall  =
= Cornwall  =
*'''1500s-1800s''' - Moger, Abstracts of Cornish Wills 16th-19th centuries. Archdeaconry of Cornwall, Exeter courts, PCC; incomplete. {{FSC|279264|item|disp=FS Library films 317547-317548}}.
=== Archdeaconry of Cornwall  ===
*'''1342-1540''' - Orme, ''Cornish Wills, 1342-1540''.
=== Peculiars of the Bishop and Dean and Chapter of Exeter  ===
*Moger, Extracts of Cornish Wills and Administrations. Index in ''Cornwall Family History Society Journal,'' Vol. 49 (Sep. 1988):24. {{FSC|1185521|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.37 B2cf}}.


=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===


*'''1383-1583''' - Glencross, ''Cornish Wills in Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1383-1583.'' 3 vols. {{FSC|282741|item|disp=FS Library Books 942.37 S2g v. 1-3}} (Partially indexed)
*Glencross, ''Cornish Wills in Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1383-1583.'' 3 vols. {{FHL|282741|item|disp=FHL Books 942.37 S2g v. 1-3}} (Lacks an index)


= Cumberland  =
=== Archdeaconry of Cornwall ===
 
=== Archdeaconry Court of Richmond  ===
 
*'''1442-1578''' - Raine, ''Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond''. [https://archive.org/details/willsinventories00richrich Online].
 
=== Consistory Court of Carlisle  ===
 
*'''1353-1386''' - Ferguson, ''Testamenta Karleolensia: The Series of Wills from the Pre-reformation Registers of the Bishops of Carlisle, 1353-1386.'' Available [https://archive.org/details/testamentakarle00diogoog online].
*'''1564-1668''' - Raines?, ''Testamenta Carliolensia.'' {{FSC|349920|item|disp=FS Library film 252674 Item 1}}.
*'''1727-1778''' - An Index of Names Mentioned in Wills Proved at Carlisle Consistory Court by Cumbria Family History Society. {{FSC|1506855|item|disp=FS Library CD-ROM no. 5492}}.
 
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
 
*Richardson and Shaw. ''Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the PCC.'' {{FSC|501760|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.8 P2i}}.
 
= Derbyshire  =
 
=== Consistory Court of Lichfield  ===
 
*Spencer, ''Derbyshire Wills 1525-1928.'' Incomplete; focuses primarily on town of Wirksworth; available [http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/wills.htm online].
 
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury ===


*'''1393-1601''' - Edwards, ''Derbyshire Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'' 2 vols. {{FSC|827317|item|disp=FS Catalog books 942.51 H25de v. 26, 31}}
*Orme, ''Cornish Wills, 1342-1540''. [http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DCRS/Publications.html Online bookstore]


= Devon  =
= Devon  =


*Moger, ''Transcript of Devonshire Wills, 1600-1800.'' 44 vols. {{FSC|289964|item|disp=FS Library Books 942.35 S2m v. 1-44}} (lacks an index)  
*Moger, ''Transcript of Devonshire Wills, 1600-1800.'' 44 vols. {{FHL|289964|item|disp=FHL Books 942.35 S2m v. 1-44}} (lacks an index)  
*Murray, ''Oswyn Murray Collection of Wills, abt. 1600-1800.'' 20 vols. {{FSC|351796|item|disp=FS Library Films starting 917257}} (lacks an index)
*Murray, ''Oswyn Murray Collection of Wills, abt. 1600-1800.'' 20 vols. {{FHL|351796|item|disp=FHL Films starting 917257}} (lacks an index)


= Dorset  =
= Dorset  =


*'''1383-1700.''' Fry, ''Abstracts of Wills of Dorset Folk from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 7 vols.'' (Partial index) {{FSC|294872|item|disp=FS Library films 476212-476215}}.
*''Abstracts of Wills of Dorset Folk from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 7 vols.'' (Lacks an everyname index)
 
= Durham  =
 
=== Consistory Court of Durham  ===
 
*'''1259-1649''' - Raine et al, ''Wills and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics etc. of the Northern Counties of England, from the Eleventh Century Downwards.'' 4 vols. {{FSC|246496|item|disp=FS Catalog books 942 B4s v. 2, 38, 112, and 112}}. Volume 2 is online at: [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/300917-wills-and-inventories-illustrative-of-the-history-managers-language-statistics-etc-of-the-northern-counties-of-england-from-the-eleventh-century-downwards-vol-1?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].
*'''1500-1725''' - Neasham, Wills extracted from the originals and early volumes of enrollments of Durham Co., (About 1500-1725). Indexed in Robinson. {{FSC|224742|item|disp=FS Library films 574977-574978}}.
*'''1540-1800''' - Robinson's Collections, 1540-1800. {{FSC|270602|item|disp=FS Library films 574951-574958}}.
*'''1540-1806''' - Raine, ''Dunelmensia, 1540-1806.'' Indexed in Robinson. {{FSC|262576|item|disp=FS Library films 252668-252669}}.
*'''1576-1735''' - Howe's Collection, 1576-1735. 6 vols. {{FSC|197809|item|disp=FS Library film 90796}}.
*'''1600-1625''' - Atkinson et al, ''Darlington Wills and Inventories 1600-1625''. FS Library 942 B4s v. 201.
*'''1601-1650''' - Briggs et al, ''Sunderland Wills and Inventories 1601-1650''. FS Library 942 B4s v. 214.
 
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
 
*Commonwealth wills, 1649-1660: for the counties of Northumberland and Durham, extracted from the index at Somerset House, London, 1909. {{FSC|426923|item|disp=FS Library film 1564756 Item 7}}.
 
=== Prerogative Court of York  ===
 
*'''1554-1801''' - Raine, ''Eboracensia, 1554-1801.'' Indexed in Robinson; includes Dean and Chapter of York. {{FSC|262097|item|disp=FS Library films 252670-252673}}.


= Essex  =
= Essex  =
*'''1505-1916''' - ''Essex Wills Beneficiaries Index, 1505-1916,'' online at [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/essex-wills-beneficiaries-index-1505-1916 findmypast]. Includes Bishop of London's Commissary Court (Essex & Hertfordshire), Archdeaconry Court of Colchester, Archdeaconry Court of Essex, Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex (Essex & Hertfordshire), Peculiar Court of Deanery of Bocking, Peculiar Court of Good Easter, Peculiar Court of the Sokens, Peculiar Court of Writtle with Roxwell.
==== Local Courts  ====
*'''1500s''' - Emmison, ''Elizabethan Life: Wills of Essex Gentry and Yeomen: Preserved in the Essex Record Office.'' {{FSC|218690|item|disp=FS Library Book 942.67 B4e no. 75}}.
*'''1558-1603''' - Emmison, ''Essex Wills 1558-1603,'' 7 vols. {{FSC|9852|item|disp=FS Library Books 942.67 P2e v. 1-7}}.
==== Commissary Court of London  ====
*'''1725-1858''' - ''Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London, Essex and Herts division, registered wills, 1725-1858'', {{FSC|700013|item|disp=ten microfilm reels}}.
*'''1750-1857''' -''Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857'', {{FSC|299293|item|disp=nine microfilm reels}}.


==== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ====
==== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ====


*'''1500s''' - Emmison, ''Elizabethan Life: Wills of Essex Gentry and Merchants Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'' {{FSC|137488|item|disp=FS Library Book 942.67 B4e no. 71}}.
*'''1500s''' - Emmison, ''Elizabethan Life: Wills of Essex Gentry and Merchants Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'' {{FHL|137488|item|disp=FHL Book 942.67 B4e no. 71}}.


==== Local Courts  ====


*'''1335-1559''' - Fry, Abstracts of wills relating to Walthamstow, Co. Essex, 1335-1559. [https://familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=204407&disp=Abstracts+of+wills+relating+to+Walthamst Online]
*'''1500s''' - Emmison, ''Elizabethan Life: Wills of Essex Gentry and Yeomen: Preserved in the Essex Record Office.'' {{FHL|218690|item|disp=FHL Book 942.67 B4e no. 75}}.
*'''1558-1603''' - Emmison, ''Essex Wills 1558-1603,'' 7 vols. {{FHL|9852|item|disp=FHL Books 942.67 P2e v. 1-7}}.


= Gloucestershire  =
= Gloucestershire  =
=== Consistory Court of Bristol  ===
*'''1546-1603''' [http://www.bristol.ac.uk/Depts/History/bristolrecordsociety/publications.htm Lang, Shelia and Margaret McGregor. ''Tudor Wills Proved in Bristol 1546-1603'' (1993)] available online at Bristol Record Society website - free. Will abstracts with every-name index. {{FSC|647721|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.41/B2 B4b no. 44}}.
=== Consistory Court of Gloucester  ===


*Mahler et al, ''Abstracts of Gloucestershire Probate Records,'' [http://willsdb.gukutils.org.uk/GLS/index.html Online].
*Mahler et al, ''Abstracts of Gloucestershire Probate Records,'' [http://willsdb.gukutils.org.uk/GLS/index.html Online].
=== Great Orphan Books of Bristol  ===
*'''1379-1612''' - Wadley, ''Notes or Abstracts of the Wills Contained in the Volume Entitled the Great Orphan Book and Book of Wills, in the Council House at Bristol,'' [https://archive.org/details/notesorabstract00wadl online].


= Hampshire  =
= Hampshire  =


*'''1492-1653''' - Hampshire Will Extracts: Extracted from the Consistory Court of Winchester [1492-1652] and the Archdeaconry Court of Winchester [1501-1653]. B2 Reference Computer, FamilySearch Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.  
*'''1492-1653''' - Hampshire Will Extracts: Extracted from the Consistory Court of Winchester [1492-1652] and the Archdeaconry Court of Winchester [1501-1653]. B2 Reference Computer, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.  
*'''1378-1660''' - Pedgely, ''An Index of Personal Names in Isle of Wight Probate Records, 1378-1600'' [records from Hampshire Record Office and some from the National Archives]  
*'''1378-1660''' - Pedgely, ''An Index of Personal Names in Isle of Wight Probate Records, 1378-1600'' [records from Hampshire Record Office and some from the National Archives]
*'''1700-1865''' - Wills of Romsey residents. {{FSC|440205|item|disp=Online}}.
*'''1840-1857''' - ''Bishops court, Winchester, original wills & inventories (Hampshire) ( data extracted from films).'' Several volumes available {{FSC|2041279|item|disp=online}}.
 
*'''1502-1620''' - Register and will extracts for Titchfield Parish (Hampshire), 1502-1700. {{FSC|430856|item|disp=Online}}.


= Herefordshire  =
= Herefordshire  =
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= Hertfordshire  =
= Hertfordshire  =


=== Archdeaconry Court of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division)  ===
*Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.''
 
*'''1580-1609''' - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1580-1609, in ''The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary,'' 2 vols. Online: [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis02briggoog Volume 2]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis00briggoog Volume 3].
 
=== Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex  ===
 
*'''1563-1599''' - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1563-1599, in ''The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary,'' 2 vols. Online: [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis01briggoog Volume 1]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis02briggoog Volume 2].
 
=== Archdeaconry Court of St Albans  ===
 
*'''1415-1451''' - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1415-1451, in ''The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary,'' 3 vols. Online: [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis01briggoog Volume 1]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis02briggoog Volume 2]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis00briggoog Volume 3].
 
=== Commissary Court of London  ===
 
*'''1725-1858''' - Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London, Essex and Herts division, registered wills, 1725-1858, {{FSC|700013|item|disp=ten microfilm reels}}.
*'''1750-1857''' -''Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857'', {{FSC|299293|item|disp=nine microfilm reels}}.<br>
 
=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===
 
*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]
*'''1601-1652''' - Peck, ''Abstracts of Hertfordshire Wills, 1601-1652 at Probate Registry, Lincoln, England.'' {{FSC|177324|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942 A1 no. 142}}.
 
=== Consistory Court of London  ===
 
*'''1592-1628''' - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1592-1628, in ''The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary,'' 2 vols. Online: [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis02briggoog Volume 2]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis00briggoog Volume 3].


= Huntingdonshire  =
= Huntingdonshire  =


=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===
*Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.''
 
*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]
*'''1601-1652''' - Peck, S. Allyn. ''Abstracts of Huntingdonshire Wills, 1601-1652, in Lincoln Consistory Court at Lincoln, England.'' {{FSC|400069|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.56 P28pa}}.


= Kent  =
= Kent  =
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*de Launay, The Weald of East Kent: Will Abstracts from the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Kent, Volumes 21-50 (KAO: PRC 17), Index of Will Abstracts [1536-1597]
*de Launay, The Weald of East Kent: Will Abstracts from the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Kent, Volumes 21-50 (KAO: PRC 17), Index of Will Abstracts [1536-1597]


*de Launay, ''Abstracts of Cranbrook Wills Proved in the Diocesan Courts of Canterbury ... 1396-1640.'' {{FSC|362087|item|disp=FS Library Book 942.23/C6 P28d}}.
*de Launay, ''Abstracts of Cranbrook Wills Proved in the Diocesan Courts of Canterbury ... 1396-1640.'' {{FHL|362087|item|disp=FHL Book 942.23/C6 P28d}}.
 
*Kent Will Abstracts 1328-1691 in National Wills Index. [http://www.origins.net/NationalWills/Search/kent/search_kentabstracts.aspx Online]. Covers testators from Faversham and Thanet.
 
*'''1461-1558''' - Ashford wills, being abstracts of the wills of residents in the town of Ashford, Kent, A.D. 1461-1558. [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSM8-S9JV-L?i=125&cat=308144 Online]
*'''1560-1821''' - Abstracts of wills, Maidstone, Kent, 1560-1821. {{FSC|461923|item|disp=Online}}.


= Lancashire  =
= Lancashire  =


*'''1500s''' - ''Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories''. [http://books.google.com/books?id=6xE-AAAAcAAJ Online].
*'''1500s''' - ''Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories''. [http://books.google.com/books?id=6xE-AAAAcAAJ Online].
*'''1545-1600''' - Bolton-le-Moors, Deane, and Middleton parishes. Surnames A-M. {{FSC|599845|item|disp=Online}}.


=== Archdeaconry Court of Richmond ===
= Leicestershire =


*'''1442-1578''' - Raine, ''Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond''. [https://archive.org/details/willsinventories00richrich Online].
=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===


=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
*Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.''
 
*Richardson and Shaw. ''Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'' {{FSC|501760|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.8 P2i}}.
= Leicestershire  =


=== Archdeaconry Court of Leicester  ===
=== Archdeaconry Court of Leicester  ===


*''Abstracts of Proven Wills Formerly Kept at the Leicester District Probate Registry, 1563-1802, with Some Missing Years.'' {{FSC|302052|item|disp=FS Library film 800668 (1st of 27 films)}}
*''Abstracts of Proven Wills Formerly Kept at the Leicester District Probate Registry, 1563-1802, with Some Missing Years.'' {{FHL|302052|item|disp=FHL film 800668 (1st of 27 films)}}
 
=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===
 
*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]


= Lincolnshire  =
= Lincolnshire  =


*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]
*Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.''  
*Maddison, Lincolnshire Wills [1500-1617], 2 vols.  
*Maddison, Lincolnshire Wills [1500-1617], 2 vols.  
*Baker, Wills Beneficiary Index [Lincolnshire 1383-1900], 9 fiche
*Baker, Wills Beneficiary Index [Lincolnshire 1383-1900], 9 fiche
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= London  =
= London  =


*'''1700-1704''' - Webb, London and Middlesex Wills Abstracts 1700-1704. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online]. Includes several courts.
*'''1700-1704''' - London and Middlesex Wills Abstracts 1700-1704. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].


==== Commissary Court  ====
==== Commissary Court  ====


*'''1374-1521''' {{FSC|819185|item|disp=Will Abstracts Commissary Court of London}}  Name index to legatees and will officials and individual brief will abstracts. This collection covers Registered Copy Wills Volumes 1 through 8 and through folio 180 of Volume 9.
*'''1558-1603''' - Emmison, ''The Bishop of London's Commissary Court 1558-1603,'' 5 vols. {{FHL|9852|item|disp=FHL Books 942.67 P2e v. 8-12}}.  
*'''1558-1603''' {{FSC|9852|item|The Bishop of London's Commissary Court 1558-1603, 5 vols}} ''The Bishop of London's Commissary Court 1558-1603,'' 5 vols.
*'''1621-1643, 1645-1646''' - Mahler, ''Commissary Court of London 1621-1643, 1645-1646.'' Online at {{FSbook|1673349}}.
*'''1621-1643, 1645-1646''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/41823-commissary-court-of-london-1621-1643-1645-1646?offset=1 Commissary Court of London 1621-1643, 1645-1646].  
*'''1750-1857''' {{FSC|299293|item|disp=Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London (London division) registered wills, 1750-1857}}
 
==== Consistory Court  ====
 
*'''1492-1547''' - ''London Consistory Court Wills.'' [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=573 Online]
*'''2002 - ''' - ''Oxford Consistory Court. Oxfordshire Probate records. High Wycombe, Bucks, England: EurekA Partnership.[http://www.53628.mrsite.com/index.htm Publisher]
*Every name index for Diocesan and Archdeaconry wills. As of 2019 14 volumes had been issued covering 1733-1825. Related volumes cover the Peculiars of Banbury and Dorchester. FS Library 942.57 P2e v. 1- [http://www.53628.mrsite.com/index.htm Publisher]


= Middlesex  =
= Middlesex  =


==== Westminster ====
*'''1622-1641/2, 1660-1667''' - Mahler, ''Westminster Wills 1622-1641/2, 1660-1667.'' Online at {{FSbook|1673353}}.


*'''1622-1641/2, 1660-1667''' - Mahler, ''Westminster Wills 1622-1641/2, 1660-1667.'' Online at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/37818-westminster-wills-1622-1641-2-1660-1667?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].
*'''1700-1704''' - London and Middlesex Wills Abstracts 1700-1704. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].
 
==== Commissary Court of London  ====
 
*'''1700-1704''' - London and Middlesex Wills Abstracts 1700-1704. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].  
*'''1750-1857''' - ''Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857'', {{FSC|299293|item|disp=nine microfilm reels}}.<br>
 
*'''1374-1810''' - Hampton Court, Hampton Wick and Hampton-on-Thames wills and administrations. Commissary Court of London 1374-1603, PCC 1383-1655, Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex 1608-1810. [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B8-LSD5-2?i=303&cat=113678 Online]
 
= Norfolk =
 
*'''1590-1641''' - Wilson, ''Wymondham Inventories, 1590-1641.'' {{FSC|225436|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.61/W2 K29w}}.
*Barton Bendish, Gooderstone, Feltwell, Hockwold, Wilton and Methwold. {{FSC|2640052|item|disp=Online}}


= Northamptonshire  =
= Northamptonshire  =


=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===
*Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.''
 
*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]
 
= Northumberland  =
 
*'''1576-1735''' - Howe's Collection, 1576-1735. 6 vols. {{FSC|197809|item|disp=FS Library film 90796}}.
 
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
 
*Commonwealth wills, 1649-1660: for the counties of Northumberland and Durham, extracted from the index at Somerset House, London, 1909. {{FSC|426923|item|disp=FS Library film 1564756 Item 7}}.
 
=== Prerogative Court of York  ===
 
*'''1554-1801''' - Raine, ''Eboracensia, 1554-1801.'' Indexed in Robinson; includes Dean and Chapter of York. {{FSC|262097|item|disp=FS Library films 252670-252673}}.
 
= Nottinghamshire =
 
=== Peculiar Court of Gringley ===
 
*'''1739, 1751-1855''' - Court of the manor of Gringley, Nottinghamshire : original wills, 1739, 1761-1855, administrations, 1805-1855, with index. {{FSC|251284|item|disp=Online}}.
 
=== Peculiar Court of Mansfield ===
 
*'''1640-1857''' - Genealogical abstracts of wills and administrations of the manorial court of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. {{FSC|279216|item|disp=Online}}.
 
*'''1640-1857''' - Index to genealogical abstracts of the original wills of the manorial court of Mansfield, 1640-1857. {{FSC|2041296|item|disp=Online}}.


= Oxfordshire  =
= Oxfordshire  =
*''Oxfordshire probate records'' transcribed and published by The Eureka Partnership. (Aylesbury, England : EurekA Partnership, c2002-2017). {{FSC|1162457|item|disp=FS Library 942.57 P2e v. 1-14}}
=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===
*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]


=== Consistory Court of Oxford  ===
*[http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ Transcribed Wills (with everyname index)], Oxfordshire Family History Society website - free
*[http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ Transcribed Wills (with everyname index)], Oxfordshire Family History Society website - free


=== The Peculiar Court of Dorchester ===
*Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.''
*'''1700-1835''' - ''The peculiar court of Dorchester : persons named in wills proved 1700-1835'' by EurekA Partnership. (Aylesbury, England : EurekA Partnership, c2013). {{FSC|2400692|item|disp=FS Library 942.57 P2ed v. 1-2}}.
=== The Peculiar Court of Thame and Great Milton ===
*'''1736-1857''' - ''The Peculiar Court of Thame and Great Milton : persons named in wills proved, 1736-1857'' transcribed and published by The Eureka Partnership. (Aylesbury, England : EurekA Partnership, c2004). {{FSC|1224371|item|disp=FS Library 942.57 P2p}}
 
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury ===
*'''1393-1510''' - Some Oxfordshire wills, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1393-1510. {{FSC|124972|item|disp=Online}}.


= Rutland  =
= Rutland  =


=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===
*Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.''
 
*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]


= Somerset  =
= Somerset  =


*'''1385-1558''' - ''Somerset Will Abstracts 1385-1558.'' [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].  
*'''1385-1558''' - ''Somerset Will Abstracts 1385-1558.'' [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].
*Brown, Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills, Etc., 6 vols.  
*Brown, Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills, Etc., 6 vols.  
*Moger and Webb, Somerset Wills II  
*Moger and Webb, Somerset Wills II  
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*Suffolk Probate Index (Testators and Beneficiaries) 1847-1857. [http://www.findmypast.co.uk Online].
*Suffolk Probate Index (Testators and Beneficiaries) 1847-1857. [http://www.findmypast.co.uk Online].


=== Archdeaconry of Sudbury ===
=== Archdeaconry of Suffolk ===


*'''1439-1474''' - Northeast and Falvey, ''Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1439-1474, Part II, 1461-1474.''  
*Allen, ''Wills of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1620-1626,'' 2 vols. {{FHL|504420|item|disp=FHL Books 942.64 B4s v. 31 and v. 37}}


*'''1630-1638''' - Evans, ''The Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1630-1638,'' 2 vols. {{FSC|325994|item|disp=FS Library Books 942.64 B4s v. 29 and v. 35}}
*Allen and Evans, ''Wills from the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1629-1640, ''2 vols. {{FHL|563876|item|disp=FHL Books 942.64 P2w v. 1-2}}


=== Archdeaconry of Suffolk ===
=== Archdeaconry of Sudbury ===
 
*Allen, ''Wills of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1620-1626,'' 2 vols. {{FSC|504420|item|disp=FS Library Books 942.64 B4s v. 31 and v. 37}}


*Allen and Evans, ''Wills from the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1629-1640, ''2 vols. {{FSC|563876|item|disp=FS Library Books 942.64 P2w v. 1-2}}
*Evans, ''The Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1630-1638,'' 2 vols. {{FHL|325994|item|disp=FHL Books 942.64 B4s v. 29 and v. 35}}


= Surrey  =
= Surrey  =


=== Archdeaconry Court of Surrey  ===
*Archdeaconry Court of Surrey 1470-1856. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].  
 
*Commissary Court of Surrey 1470-1856. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].  
*Archdeaconry Court of Surrey 1470-1856. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].
*Surrey PCC Wills Abstracts 1736-1794. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].
 
=== Commissary Court of Surrey  ===
 
*Commissary Court of Surrey 1470-1856. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].
 
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
 
*'''1600-1608''' - Surrey wills in PCC by Crisp {{FSC|301293|item|disp=Online}}.
*'''1609''' - Surrey wills in PCC {{FSC|41796|item|disp=Online}}.
*'''1736-1794''' - Surrey PCC Wills Abstracts 1736-1794. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].


= Sussex  =
= Sussex  =


*Sussex Wills (Testators, Beneficiaries, Witnesses)
*Sussex Wills (Testators, Beneficiaries, Witnesses)
*Transcripts of Sussex wills : as far as they relate to ecclesiological and parochial subjects, up to the year 1560. {{FSC|147632|item|disp=Online}}.
= Westmorland  =
*'''1686-1738''' - Somervell, ''Some Westmoreland Wills, 1686-1738.'' Quaker wills. [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/41900-some-westmoreland-wills-1686-1738?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]
=== Archdeaconry Court of Richmond  ===
*'''1442-1578''' - Raine, ''Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond''. [https://archive.org/details/willsinventories00richrich Online].
=== Consistory Court of Durham  ===
*'''1259-1649''' - Raine et al, ''Wills and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics etc. of the Northern Counties of England, from the Eleventh Century Downwards.'' 4 vols. {{FSC|246496|item|disp=FS Catalog books 942 B4s v. 2, 38, 112, and 112}}. Volume 1 is online at: [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/300917-wills-and-inventories-illustrative-of-the-history-managers-language-statistics-etc-of-the-northern-counties-of-england-from-the-eleventh-century-downwards-vol-1?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
*Richardson and Shaw. ''Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'' {{FSC|501760|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.8 P2i}}.


= Wiltshire  =
= Wiltshire  =
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= Yorkshire  =
= Yorkshire  =


=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
*North Country PCC Abstracts 1383-1558  
 
*North Country PCC Abstracts 1558-1604  
*'''1383-1558''' - ''North Country PCC Abstracts 1383-1558''. [https://archive.org/details/northcountrywill00surtuoft Online].
*Raine, Raine, and Clay, Testamenta Eboracensia, or Wills Registered at York: Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics, Etc., of the Province of York, from the Year MCCC Downwards [1316-1550], 12 vols.  
*'''1558-1604''' - ''North Country PCC Abstracts 1558-1604''. [http://www.uiowa.edu/~c030149a/northern/surtees_121text.pdf Online].
*Clay, Abstracts of Yorkshire Wills in the Time of the Commonwealth: At Somerset House, London, Chiefly Illustrative of Sir William Dugdale’s Visitation of Yorkshire in 1665-6
*'''1640s-1650s''' - Clay, ''Abstracts of Yorkshire Wills in the Time of the Commonwealth: At Somerset House, London, Chiefly Illustrative of Sir William Dugdale’s Visitation of Yorkshire in 1665-6.'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=N7pCAAAAYAAJ Online].
 
=== Prerogative Court of York  ===
 
*'''1316-1550''' - Raine, Raine, and Clay, ''Testamenta Eboracensia, or Wills Registered at York: Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics, Etc., of the Province of York, from the Year MCCC Downwards [1316-1550],'' 12 vols. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Testamenta%20Eboracensia Online].
*'''1389-1544''' - Halifax wills : being abstracts and translations of the wills registered at York from the parish of Halifax. {{FSC|371934|item|disp=Online}}.
*'''to 1554''' - Sheffield wills proved in PCY. {{FSC|375570|item|disp=Online}}.
 
=== Archdeaconry Court of Richmond  ===
 
*'''1442-1578''' - Raine, ''Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond''. [https://archive.org/details/willsinventories00richrich Online].
 
 
 
*'''1420-1748''' - Barwick-in-Elmet, Yorkshire Wills. {{FSC|395030|item|disp=Online}}.
*'''1520-1600''' - York Clergy Wills. {{FSC|7659|item|disp=Online}}.
 
= Related Websites  =
 
*[http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/sources/probate.shtml Some Notes on English Medieval Genealogy: Probate records]
*[http://dea.byu.edu/index.php?page=probates Dr. David Pratt's Discovery English Ancestors: Probates]. Click "By County" in the Probate menu for detailed information.
 
= References  =
 
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England Gotoarrow.png England Probate Records

In England, it is rare to find abstracts of wills that index all names found in each will. Abstracts are very helpful for identifying relationships, particularly when legatees in wills do not share surnames with testators. The following is a list of probate courts that have been abstracted.

National[edit | edit source]

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • 1387-1439 - Furnivall, The Fifty Earliest English Wills in the Court of Probate, London, A.D. 1387-1439, with a Priest's of 1454. Online.
  • Pre-1600 - Nicholas, Testamenta Vetusta. 2 vols. Vol. 1 | Vol. 2
  • 1620 - Lea, Register Soame 1620. Online.
  • 1620-1624 - Matthews and Matthews, Abstracts of probates and sentences in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1620-4. FHL Book 942 P2ce.
  • 1630-1655 - Probate Act Abstracts 1630-1655, 8 vols.
  • 1630 - Morrison, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Register 'Scroope' (1630). FHL Collection.
  • 1658 - Brigg, Register "Wootton" 1658. Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 4

Bank of England[edit | edit source]

  • Bank of England Will Extracts Index 1717-1845

Bedfordshire[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry Court of Bedford[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.

Buckinghamshire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.
  • Peck, Abstracts of Buckinghamshire Wills 1601-1652 at Probate Registry, Lincoln, England

Archdeaconry of Buckingham[edit | edit source]

  • Elvey, The Courts of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham, 1483-1523. FHL Book 942.575 B4ba v. 19
  • Buckinghamshire Family History Society, Wills, Archdeaconry Court of Buckingham (1680-1801). Order by post.

Cheshire[edit | edit source]

  • 1500s - Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories. Online.
  • 1542-1661 - Pixton, Wrenbury Wills and Inventories, 1542-1661.

Cornwall[edit | edit source]

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry of Cornwall[edit | edit source]

Devon[edit | edit source]

Dorset[edit | edit source]

  • Abstracts of Wills of Dorset Folk from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 7 vols. (Lacks an everyname index)

Essex[edit | edit source]

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • 1500s - Emmison, Elizabethan Life: Wills of Essex Gentry and Merchants Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. FHL Book 942.67 B4e no. 71.

Local Courts[edit | edit source]

Gloucestershire[edit | edit source]

  • Mahler et al, Abstracts of Gloucestershire Probate Records, Online.

Hampshire[edit | edit source]

  • 1492-1653 - Hampshire Will Extracts: Extracted from the Consistory Court of Winchester [1492-1652] and the Archdeaconry Court of Winchester [1501-1653]. B2 Reference Computer, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • 1378-1660 - Pedgely, An Index of Personal Names in Isle of Wight Probate Records, 1378-1600 [records from Hampshire Record Office and some from the National Archives]

Herefordshire[edit | edit source]

  • 1407-1581 - Faraday and Cole, Calendar of Probate and Administration Acts 1407-1541 and Abstracts of Wills 1541-1581 in the Court Books of the Bishop of Hereford.
  • 1407-1581 - Faraday, Calendar of Probate and Administration Acts 1407-1550 in the Consistory Court of the Bishops of Hereford: With an Appendix of Abstracts of Register Copy Wills 1552-1581.

Hertfordshire[edit | edit source]

  • Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.

Huntingdonshire[edit | edit source]

  • Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.

Kent[edit | edit source]

  • de Launay, The Weald of East Kent: Will Abstracts from the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Kent, Volumes 21-50 (KAO: PRC 17), Index of Will Abstracts [1536-1597]
  • de Launay, Abstracts of Cranbrook Wills Proved in the Diocesan Courts of Canterbury ... 1396-1640. FHL Book 942.23/C6 P28d.

Lancashire[edit | edit source]

  • 1500s - Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories. Online.

Leicestershire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.

Archdeaconry Court of Leicester[edit | edit source]

Lincolnshire[edit | edit source]

  • Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.
  • Maddison, Lincolnshire Wills [1500-1617], 2 vols.
  • Baker, Wills Beneficiary Index [Lincolnshire 1383-1900], 9 fiche

London[edit | edit source]

  • 1700-1704 - London and Middlesex Wills Abstracts 1700-1704. Online.

Commissary Court[edit | edit source]

Middlesex[edit | edit source]

  • 1700-1704 - London and Middlesex Wills Abstracts 1700-1704. Online.

Northamptonshire[edit | edit source]

  • Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.

Oxfordshire[edit | edit source]

  • Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.

Rutland[edit | edit source]

  • Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.

Somerset[edit | edit source]

  • 1385-1558 - Somerset Will Abstracts 1385-1558. Online.
  • Brown, Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills, Etc., 6 vols.
  • Moger and Webb, Somerset Wills II
  • Rawlins, Somerset Wills from Exeter
  • Weaver, Somerset Medieval Wills [1383-1558], 3 vols.
  • Weaver, Wells Wills: Arranged in Parishes, and Annotated online

Suffolk[edit | edit source]

  • Suffolk Probate Index (Testators and Beneficiaries) 1847-1857. Online.

Archdeaconry of Suffolk[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry of Sudbury[edit | edit source]

Surrey[edit | edit source]

  • Archdeaconry Court of Surrey 1470-1856. Online.
  • Commissary Court of Surrey 1470-1856. Online.
  • Surrey PCC Wills Abstracts 1736-1794. Online.

Sussex[edit | edit source]

  • Sussex Wills (Testators, Beneficiaries, Witnesses)

Wiltshire[edit | edit source]

  • Wilson and Trace, Wiltshire Wills Beneficiaries Index, 1800-1858 [includes 14 peculiar courts], 2 CDs

Yorkshire[edit | edit source]

  • North Country PCC Abstracts 1383-1558
  • North Country PCC Abstracts 1558-1604
  • Raine, Raine, and Clay, Testamenta Eboracensia, or Wills Registered at York: Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics, Etc., of the Province of York, from the Year MCCC Downwards [1316-1550], 12 vols.
  • Clay, Abstracts of Yorkshire Wills in the Time of the Commonwealth: At Somerset House, London, Chiefly Illustrative of Sir William Dugdale’s Visitation of Yorkshire in 1665-6
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