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''[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Norfolk]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Norfolk Probate Records]]''
#REDIRECT [[Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Norwich|Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Norwich]]
 
== Location of These Probate Records <br> ==
 
'''Norfolk&nbsp;Record Office'''
 
The Archive Centre<br>Martineau Lane<br>Norwich<br>NR1 2DQ
 
United Kingdom
 
Telephone: 01603 222599<br>Fax: 01603 761885<br>E-mail: [mailto:norfrec@norfolk.gov.uk norfrec@norfolk.gov.uk]
 
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== Jurisdiction  ==
 
All county parishes with the exception of EmnethThere were over 320 parishes in the&nbsp;[[Court of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk's|Court of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk]] in the following&nbsp;deaneries:
 
 
 
This court also had jurisdiction over the parishes of Upwell and Outwell which were at times a part of Cambridgeshire.
 
== Records  ==
 
== Historical Background  ==
 
Probate records of the Archdeaconry Court of Norfolk commence from as early as 1530 to1652 and 1660-1857. This court held&nbsp;jurisdiction over 320 of Norfolk's 756 parishes all in the following deaneries:&nbsp; Blofield, Breckles, Brisley, Flegg, Holt, Ingworth, Lynn, Norwich, Sparham, Taverham, Toftrees, Walsingham, a<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1253811823110_854" />nd part of Thetford.
 
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== Starting Your Search in Indexes  ==
 
1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, 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 Guildhall Library, 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 (see the Family History Library's [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=389557&disp=Wills%2C+administrations+and+bonds+of+th%20%20&columns=*,0,0 cataloged entries] providing the microfilms so you can have them circulated to the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp center]&nbsp;near you for searching the wills). The information obtained from the index[es] will help you&nbsp;more quickly search the wills and admons which can also be circulated on microfilm via any family history .
 
== Indexes  ==
 
The&nbsp;Court of the Archdeaconry&nbsp;of&nbsp;Norfolk probate records have to some extent been&nbsp;indexed&nbsp;with the following ones:
 
==== Online indexes  ====
 
A general will index (partial) for this probate court&nbsp;covering much of the&nbsp;county is available [http://www.noah.norfolk.gov.uk/Summary.aspx?pos=2 online]&nbsp;for the years 1800-1857. More years are bring added so re-visit their website regularly.
 
Also, [http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5914&cj=1&sid=P%26P&o_xid=0001610462&o_lid=0001610462 Ancestry.co.uk] has indexed some probate records abstracts as well.
 
==== Printed and Published Indexes  ====
 
Indexes to Norfolk wills have been compiled and published. They are as follows:
 
*Index of Wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich 1819-1857 on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=275139&disp=Index+of+wills+proved+in+the+Consistory+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book call #942.61 B4rs v. 47]
*Index to Wills Proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich, 1370-1857 in FHL book call # 942.61 B4rs v. 16, 21, 28, 34, 38, 47
*Index to Wills Proved&nbsp;in the Consistory Court of Norwich, 1550-1603 in FHL book call # 942 B4b vol. 73
 
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==== Original Handwritten Indexes  ====
 
[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=291384&disp=Wills+and+administrations++ Calendars] to this&nbsp;Probate court exist covering&nbsp;acts of Wills and Administrations (Admons) exist from 1460-1857. Calendars are a kind of index (of the first&nbsp;letter of each surname) to the&nbsp;probate records&nbsp;and admons (administrations). <br>
 
In addition to the calendars, a majority of the original (unregistered) wills and the registered wills are alphabetically arranged at The Guildhall&nbsp;Library and are likewise organized on the microfilmed probates for this court at the Family History Library. Visit The&nbsp;Norfolk Record Office or the Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=358118&subject_disp=England%2C+Essex+%2D+Probate+records&columns=*,0,0 Catalog] under Norfolk, England to determine availability of records.
 
==== Microfilmed Indexes at the Family History Library<br> ====
 
[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=291384&disp=Wills+and+administrations++ Indexes] of Wills and Admons (Administrations)&nbsp;are available on microfilm at the Family History Library covering the years 1460-1857 and may be circulated to each of its satellite Family History Centers (see Court of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk), or go to the Family History Library Catalog.<br>
 
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== Searching for probates in this [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=277571&disp=Wills+and+administrations%20%20&columns=*,0,0 court].  ==
 
 
ORIGINAL WILLS
1509-1547; 1558-1560; 1567-1568; 1575-1651; 1660-1857
 
REGISTERED COPY WILLS
 
1370-1857 (some missing years)
 
ADMINISTRATIONS ACT BOOKS
 
1370-1857
 
ADMINISTRATIONS
 
1680-1857
 
ACT BOOKS
1370-1688; 1773-1857
 
INVENTORIES
 
1584-1849 (missing years)

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