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Before 1858, most of Derbyshire was under the primary jurisdiction of the [[Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)|Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory)]] and the secondary jurisdiction of the [[Prerogative Court of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of Canterbury]]. However there were some exceptions.
 
Here is a list of the parishes of Derbyshire that were exceptions to the above, with the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them. Search the courts in the order given.
 
Search indexes first. For indexes, click on a court name or return to [[Derbyshire Probate Records]]. If no will is found, your ancestor may not have left one.
 
If your parish of interest is not listed below, return to the article on [[Derbyshire Probate Records]]. <br><br>


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! style="background: #ffdead" width="15%" | PARISH  
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! style="background: #ffdead" width="40%" | PRIMARY COURT  
! style="background: rgb(255,222,173); -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous" width="40%" | PRIMARY COURT  
! style="background: #ffdead" width="40%" | SECONDARY COURTS - IN SEARCH ORDER
! style="background: rgb(255,222,173); -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous" width="40%" | SECONDARY COURTS - IN SEARCH ORDER
|-
| Appleby
| [[Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester]]
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
| Ashford
| [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
| Bakewell
| [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
|-
| Alderwasley
| Baslow
| Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
| [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
|-
| Alfreton
| Beeley
| Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
| [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
|-
| Alkmonton
| Biggin
| Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
| [[Court of the Peculiar of Hartington]]
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
|-
| Allestree
| Breaston
| Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
| [[Court of the Peculiar of Sawley]]
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
| 2 - [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]
|-
|-
| Alsop en le Dale
| Burton upon Trent Holy Trinity
| Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
| [[Court of the Peculiar of Burton upon Trent]]
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
| 2 - [[Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)]]
|-
|-
| Alvaston
| Buxton
| Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
| [[Court of the Peculiar of Hartington]]; [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
|-
| Appleby
| Chapel en le Frith
| Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
| [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
| Chelmorton
| [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
|-
| Ash
| Earl Sterndale
| Search the courts of the surrounding parishes
| [[Court of the Peculiar of Hartington]]
| .
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
|-
| Ashbourne with Mapleton
| Hartington
| Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
| [[Court of the Peculiar of Hartington]]
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
|-
| Ashford
| Hope
| Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield  
| [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
|-
| Ashover
| Kniveton
| Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
| [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
|-
| Aston on Trent
| Longstone
| Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
| [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
|-
| Atlow
| Monyash
| Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
| [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
|-
| Ault Hucknall
| Peak Forest
| Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
| [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]; [[Court of the Peculiar of Peak Forest]]
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
| [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]
[[Court of the Peculiar of Peak Forest]] 2 - [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]


||}
|-
| Risley
| [[Court of the Peculiar of Sawley]]
| 2 - [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]
|-
| Sawley
| [[Court of the Peculiar of Sawley]]
| 2 - [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]
|-
| Sheldon
| [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
| Stapenhill
| [[Court of the Peculiar of Burton upon Trent]]
| 2 - [[Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)]]
|-
| Taddington
| [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
| Tideswell
| [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
| Wilne with Draycott
| [[Court of the Peculiar of Sawley]]
| 2 - [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]
|-
| Winster
| [[Court of the Peculiar of Hartington]]
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
| Wormhill
| [[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]]
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|-
| All other parishes
| [[Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)]]
| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
|}


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[[Category:Derbyshire Probate Records]]

Latest revision as of 19:42, 11 October 2023


Before 1858, most of Derbyshire was under the primary jurisdiction of the Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory) and the secondary jurisdiction of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. However there were some exceptions.

Here is a list of the parishes of Derbyshire that were exceptions to the above, with the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them. Search the courts in the order given.

Search indexes first. For indexes, click on a court name or return to Derbyshire Probate Records. If no will is found, your ancestor may not have left one.

If your parish of interest is not listed below, return to the article on Derbyshire Probate Records.

PARISH PRIMARY COURT SECONDARY COURTS - IN SEARCH ORDER
Appleby Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Ashford Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Bakewell Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Baslow Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Beeley Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Biggin Court of the Peculiar of Hartington 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Breaston Court of the Peculiar of Sawley 2 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield
Burton upon Trent Holy Trinity Court of the Peculiar of Burton upon Trent 2 - Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
Buxton Court of the Peculiar of Hartington; Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Chapel en le Frith Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Chelmorton Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Earl Sterndale Court of the Peculiar of Hartington 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Hartington Court of the Peculiar of Hartington 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Hope Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Kniveton Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Longstone Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Monyash Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Peak Forest Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield; Court of the Peculiar of Peak Forest Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield

Court of the Peculiar of Peak Forest 2 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield

Risley Court of the Peculiar of Sawley 2 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield
Sawley Court of the Peculiar of Sawley 2 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield
Sheldon Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Stapenhill Court of the Peculiar of Burton upon Trent 2 - Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
Taddington Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Tideswell Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Wilne with Draycott Court of the Peculiar of Sawley 2 - Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield
Winster Court of the Peculiar of Hartington 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Wormhill Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
All other parishes Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory) 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
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