Cambridgeshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes C

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Cambridgeshire Probate Records

Parishes C

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 is a list of parishes in Cambridgeshire beginning with the letters A-B. For other parishes in this county, click on a link:

  A-B    D-G    H-L    M-R    S-Z 
 

The courts listed for each parish are those that had jurisdiction over probating wills prior to 1858.
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 the records for the Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York if the record isn't found.
5. Search last the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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

PARISH	FIRST COURT TO SEARCH	NEXT COURTS TO SEARCH
Caldecote	Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely	2 - Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
Cambridge City, all parishes	Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely	2 - Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
Carlton cum Willingham	Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Castle Camps	Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Caxton	Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely	2 - Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
Chatteris	Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cherry Hinton	Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely	2 - Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
Chesterton	Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Chettisham	Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cheveley	Court of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury	2 - Pre-1837: Court of the Consistory of Norwich 2 - Post-1836: Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
Childerley	Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Chippenham	Court of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury	2 - Pre-1837: Court of the Consistory of Norwich 2 - Post-1836: Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
Coates	Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Comberton	Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Conington	Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely	2 - Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
Coton	Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Cottenham	Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Coveney	Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Croxton	Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely	2 - Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
Croydon cum Clapton	Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely	2 - Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)