Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Durham within the Jurisdiction of Howden and Howdenshire: Difference between revisions

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The records for this court are held in the [http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/bihr/ Borthwick Institute of Historical Research].  
The records for this court are held in the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research.  


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==== Family History Library Records  ====
==== Family History Library Records  ====


Film copies of the following records. Films can be view in the library or in a [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp family history center].<br>  
Film copies of the following records. Films can be view in the library or in a [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp family history center].<br>


*Act books 1622-1857, on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&titleno=348776&disp=Wills+and+administrations+of+York+Peculi++&first=101&last=200&columns=*,0,0 99955 item 2]
*Act books 1622-1857, on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&titleno=348776&disp=Wills+and+administrations+of+York+Peculi++&first=101&last=200&columns=*,0,0 99955 item 2]

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To read a general explanation of probates in England, click here. Click to read a definition of the word peculiar.

Step by Step[edit | edit source]

Indexes[edit | edit source]

Indexes for 54 peculiar courts, 1383-1883, are available online on BritishOrigins. This is a subscription site.

Records[edit | edit source]

Archive Location[edit | edit source]

The records for this court are held in the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research.

Archive Records[edit | edit source]

Family History Library Records[edit | edit source]

Film copies of the following records. Films can be view in the library or in a family history center.

The act books are in three volumes, and cover respectively 1622-1642, 1660-1735 and 1736-1857. To access the remainder of the original records listed below, it will first be necessary to consult the act books.

Jurisdiction[edit | edit source]

Howden is a Durham peculiar situated entirely within the geographic boundaries of Yorkshire.