Court of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire

Return to the Wiltshire Probate Records page.

Step By Step 

1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will or administration (admon), writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry.
2. Proceed to the "Probate Records of This Court" (below) to determine what original probate records exist for this court.
3. Contact or visit the Wiltshire Record Office or, hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf. Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers.
4. Visit The Family History Library, or, one of its 4,500 satellite family history centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records; then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can search more quickly the original wills and admons also on microfilm via any centers near you.

Jurisdictions

The Courts of the Archdeacons of Salisbury and of Wiltshire and also the Court of the Archdeacon of the sub-dean of Salisbury Cathedral were inhibited triennially by the Court of the Bishop of Salisbury.