Shropshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes A

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Probate is the legal court process by which the estate of a deceased person is distributed to his or her heirs. The term probate refers to a collection of documents, including wills, administrations (also called admons), inventories, and act books.

Here are links to Shropshire's parishes and the respective probate courts holding jurisdiction over them. Click on a link with the first letter of the parish name you want to search: 

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1. Find the place where your ancestor lived in the first column.
2. Click on the court name in the second column to learn where to find the records and indexes.
3. Click on each name of the court in the third column if the record isn't found in the first court.
4. Search last the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

If no will is found, your ancestor may not have left one.

PLACES	PRIMARY COURT	SECONDARY COURTS - IN SEARCH ORDER
Abdon	Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Acton	Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Acton Round	Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Acton Scott	Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Adderley	Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Alberbury	Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Albrighton (near Shiffnal)	Court of the Royal Peculiar of St Mary Shrewsbury	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Albrighton (near Shrewsbury)	Court of the Royal Peculiar of St Mary Shrewsbury	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Alveley	Court of the Royal Peculiar of Bridgnorth	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Ash	Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Ashford Bowdler	Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Ashford Carbonell	Court of the Peculiar of the Chancellor of the Choir of the Cathedral in Little Hereford and Ashford Carbonell	2 - Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Epsicopal Consistory)
Astley	Court of the Royal Peculiar of St Mary Shrewsbury	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Astley Abbots	Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Aston Botterell	Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Aston Eyre	Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Atcham	Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury