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*'''Pre-1600''' - Nicholas, ''Testamenta Vetusta''. 2 vols. [http://books.google.com/books?id=9whaAAAAcAAJ Vol. 1] | [http://books.google.com/books?id=DwlaAAAAcAAJ Vol. 2]  
*'''Pre-1600''' - Nicholas, ''Testamenta Vetusta''. 2 vols. [http://books.google.com/books?id=9whaAAAAcAAJ Vol. 1] | [http://books.google.com/books?id=DwlaAAAAcAAJ Vol. 2]  
*'''1620''' - Lea, ''Register Soame 1620.'' [https://archive.org/details/abstractswillsi00leagoog Online].  
*'''1620''' - Lea, ''Register Soame 1620.'' [https://archive.org/details/abstractswillsi00leagoog Online].  
*'''1620-1624''' - Matthews and Matthews, ''Abstracts of probates and sentences in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1620-4.'' {{FHL|366799|item|disp=FS Library Book 942 P2ce}}.  
*'''1620-1624''' - Matthews and Matthews, ''Abstracts of probates and sentences in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1620-4.'' {{FSC|366799|item|disp=FS Library Book 942 P2ce}}.  
*'''1630-1655''' - ''Probate Act Abstracts 1630-1655,'' 8 vols.  
*'''1630-1655''' - ''Probate Act Abstracts 1630-1655,'' 8 vols.  
*'''1630''' - Morrison, ''Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Register 'Scroope' (1630).'' {{FHL|214464|item|FS Library Book 942 P28mo}}.  
*'''1630''' - Morrison, ''Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Register 'Scroope' (1630).'' {{FSC|214464|item|FS Library Book 942 P28mo}}.  
*'''1658''' - Brigg, ''Register "Wootton" 1658.'' [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalabs00englgoog Vol. 1] | [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalabst02chur Vol. 2] | [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c2771526;view=1up;seq=9 Vols. 3-4] | [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalabst04chur Vol. 4] | [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005162683;view=1up;seq=1 Vols. 5-7]
*'''1658''' - Brigg, ''Register "Wootton" 1658.'' [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalabs00englgoog Vol. 1] | [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalabst02chur Vol. 2] | [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c2771526;view=1up;seq=9 Vols. 3-4] | [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalabst04chur Vol. 4] | [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005162683;view=1up;seq=1 Vols. 5-7]


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=== Archdeaconry Court of Bedford  ===
=== Archdeaconry Court of Bedford  ===


*'''1498-1526''' - Cirket and Stitt, ''English Wills, 1498-1526.'' {{FHL|116542|item|disp=FS Library book 942.565 B4b v. 37}}.  
*'''1498-1526''' - Cirket and Stitt, ''English Wills, 1498-1526.'' {{FSC|116542|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.565 B4b v. 37}}.  
*'''1480-1519''' - Bell, ''Bedfordshire Wills, 1480-1519.'' {{FHL|79682|item|disp=FS Library book 942.565 B4b v. 45}}.  
*'''1480-1519''' - Bell, ''Bedfordshire Wills, 1480-1519.'' {{FSC|79682|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.565 B4b v. 45}}.  
*'''1484-1533''' - Bell, ''Bedfordshire Wills, 1484-1533.'' {{FHL|659308|item|disp=FS Library book 942.565 B4b v. 76}}.
*'''1484-1533''' - Bell, ''Bedfordshire Wills, 1484-1533.'' {{FSC|659308|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.565 B4b v. 76}}.
*'''1531-1539''' - Bell, ''Bedfordshire Wills 1531-1539.'' {{FHL|1325100|item|disp=FS Library book 942.565 B4bf no. 3}}.  
*'''1531-1539''' - Bell, ''Bedfordshire Wills 1531-1539.'' {{FSC|1325100|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.565 B4bf no. 3}}.  
*'''1537-1545''' - Bell, ''Bedfordshire Wills 1537-1545.'' {{FHL|2365898|item|disp=FS Library book 942.565 B4bf no. 4}}.  
*'''1537-1545''' - Bell, ''Bedfordshire Wills 1537-1545.'' {{FSC|2365898|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.565 B4bf no. 4}}.  
*'''1543-1547''' - Bell, ''Bedfordshire Wills 1543-1547.'' {{FHL|2365901|item|disp=FS Library book 942.565 B4bf no. 5}}.
*'''1543-1547''' - Bell, ''Bedfordshire Wills 1543-1547.'' {{FSC|2365901|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.565 B4bf no. 5}}.


=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===
=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===


*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]  
*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]  
*'''1601-1652''' - Peck, ''Bedfordshire Wills 1601-1652 at Probate Registry Lincoln, England.'' {{FHL|132268|item|disp=FS Library book 942.565 S2p}}
*'''1601-1652''' - Peck, ''Bedfordshire Wills 1601-1652 at Probate Registry Lincoln, England.'' {{FSC|132268|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.565 S2p}}


=== Peculiar court of Leighton Buzzard ===
=== Peculiar court of Leighton Buzzard ===
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=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===


*'''1383-1548''' - McGregor, ''Bedfordshire Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1383-1548.'' {{FHL|1325102|item|disp=FS Library book 942.565 B4b v. 58}}.
*'''1383-1548''' - McGregor, ''Bedfordshire Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1383-1548.'' {{FSC|1325102|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.565 B4b v. 58}}.


= Berkshire  =
= Berkshire  =
=== Archdeaconry of Berkshire  ===
=== Archdeaconry of Berkshire  ===
*'''1480-1710''' - ''The Snell Collection.'' {{FHL|92147|item|disp=FS Library film 416129 (1st of several films)}}
*'''1480-1710''' - ''The Snell Collection.'' {{FSC|92147|item|disp=FS Library film 416129 (1st of several films)}}


=== Court of the Dean of Windsor  ===
=== Court of the Dean of Windsor  ===
*'''1369-1638''' - Deale, ''The Manuscripts of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.'' {{FHL|128604|item|disp=FS Library book 942.29/W2 H25b no. 11}}.
*'''1369-1638''' - Deale, ''The Manuscripts of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.'' {{FSC|128604|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.29/W2 H25b no. 11}}.


=== Peculiar Court of Farringdon ===
=== Peculiar Court of Farringdon ===
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=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
*'''1391-1737''' - ''The Snell Collection.'' {{FHL|92147|item|disp=FS Library film 416135 (1st of several films)}}. Includes some abstracts for 1631-1807.
*'''1391-1737''' - ''The Snell Collection.'' {{FSC|92147|item|disp=FS Library film 416135 (1st of several films)}}. Includes some abstracts for 1631-1807.


= Buckinghamshire  =
= Buckinghamshire  =
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=== Archdeaconry of Buckingham  ===
=== Archdeaconry of Buckingham  ===


*Elvey, ''The Courts of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham, 1483-1523.'' {{FHL|7099|item|disp=FS Library Book 942.575 B4ba v. 19}}  
*Elvey, ''The Courts of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham, 1483-1523.'' {{FSC|7099|item|disp=FS Library Book 942.575 B4ba v. 19}}  
*Buckinghamshire Family History Society, ''Wills, Archdeaconry Court of Buckingham (1680-1801).'' Order by [http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/index.php/database-searches/36-requested-searches/53-wills-searches post].
*Buckinghamshire Family History Society, ''Wills, Archdeaconry Court of Buckingham (1483-1858).'' [https://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/index.php/database-searches/family-history-news/25-other-bucks-news/384-bucks-wills-index-on-line Online index].


=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===
=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===
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=== Consistory Court of Ely  ===
=== Consistory Court of Ely  ===


*'''1592-1620''' - Peck, ''Abstracts of Administrations, 1592-1620.'' 3 vols. {{FHL|191778|item|disp=FS Library book 942.59 P2p v. 1-3}}. Volume 1 (1592-1600) is online at: [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/28475-cambridgeshire-england-administrations-from-ely-diocesan-registers-1592-1620?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].
*'''1592-1620''' - Peck, ''Abstracts of Administrations, 1592-1620.'' 3 vols. {{FSC|191778|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.59 P2p v. 1-3}}. Volume 1 (1592-1600) is online at: [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/28475-cambridgeshire-england-administrations-from-ely-diocesan-registers-1592-1620?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].


= Cheshire  =
= Cheshire  =


*Cole, ''Cheshire Wills Beneficiaries Index.'' 3 vols. {{FHL|719175|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6359911, 6393861, 6395227}}.
*Cole, ''Cheshire Wills Beneficiaries Index.'' 3 vols. {{FSC|719175|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6359911, 6393861, 6395227}}.


*'''1500s''' - ''Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories''. [http://books.google.com/books?id=6xE-AAAAcAAJ Online].
*'''1500s''' - ''Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories''. [http://books.google.com/books?id=6xE-AAAAcAAJ Online].
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= Cornwall  =
= Cornwall  =


*'''1500s-1800s''' - Moger, Abstracts of Cornish Wills 16th-19th centuries. Archdeaconry of Cornwall, Exeter courts, PCC; incomplete. {{FHL|279264|item|disp=FS Library films 317547-317548}}.
*'''1500s-1800s''' - Moger, Abstracts of Cornish Wills 16th-19th centuries. Archdeaconry of Cornwall, Exeter courts, PCC; incomplete. {{FSC|279264|item|disp=FS Library films 317547-317548}}.


=== Archdeaconry of Cornwall  ===
=== Archdeaconry of Cornwall  ===
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=== Peculiars of the Bishop and Dean and Chapter of Exeter  ===
=== Peculiars of the Bishop and Dean and Chapter of Exeter  ===


*Moger, Extracts of Cornish Wills and Administrations. Index in ''Cornwall Family History Society Journal,'' Vol. 49 (Sep. 1988):24. {{FHL|1185521|item|disp=FS Library book 942.37 B2cf}}.
*Moger, Extracts of Cornish Wills and Administrations. Index in ''Cornwall Family History Society Journal,'' Vol. 49 (Sep. 1988):24. {{FSC|1185521|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.37 B2cf}}.


=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===


*'''1383-1583''' - Glencross, ''Cornish Wills in Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1383-1583.'' 3 vols. {{FHL|282741|item|disp=FS Library Books 942.37 S2g v. 1-3}} (Partially indexed)
*'''1383-1583''' - Glencross, ''Cornish Wills in Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1383-1583.'' 3 vols. {{FSC|282741|item|disp=FS Library Books 942.37 S2g v. 1-3}} (Partially indexed)


= Cumberland  =
= Cumberland  =
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*'''1353-1386''' - Ferguson, ''Testamenta Karleolensia: The Series of Wills from the Pre-reformation Registers of the Bishops of Carlisle, 1353-1386.'' Available [https://archive.org/details/testamentakarle00diogoog online].  
*'''1353-1386''' - Ferguson, ''Testamenta Karleolensia: The Series of Wills from the Pre-reformation Registers of the Bishops of Carlisle, 1353-1386.'' Available [https://archive.org/details/testamentakarle00diogoog online].  
*'''1564-1668''' - Raines?, ''Testamenta Carliolensia.'' {{FHL|349920|item|disp=FS Library film 252674 Item 1}}.
*'''1564-1668''' - Raines?, ''Testamenta Carliolensia.'' {{FSC|349920|item|disp=FS Library film 252674 Item 1}}.
*'''1727-1778''' - An Index of Names Mentioned in Wills Proved at Carlisle Consistory Court by Cumbria Family History Society. {{FHL|1506855|item|disp=FS Library CD-ROM no. 5492}}.
*'''1727-1778''' - An Index of Names Mentioned in Wills Proved at Carlisle Consistory Court by Cumbria Family History Society. {{FSC|1506855|item|disp=FS Library CD-ROM no. 5492}}.


=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===


*Richardson and Shaw. ''Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the PCC.'' {{FHL|501760|item|disp=FS Library book 942.8 P2i}}.
*Richardson and Shaw. ''Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the PCC.'' {{FSC|501760|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.8 P2i}}.


= Derbyshire  =
= Derbyshire  =
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=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===


*'''1393-1601''' - Edwards, ''Derbyshire Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'' 2 vols. {{FHL|827317|item|disp=FS Library books 942.51 H25de v. 26, 31}}
*'''1393-1601''' - Edwards, ''Derbyshire Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'' 2 vols. {{FSC|827317|item|disp=FS Catalog books 942.51 H25de v. 26, 31}}


= Devon  =
= Devon  =


*Moger, ''Transcript of Devonshire Wills, 1600-1800.'' 44 vols. {{FHL|289964|item|disp=FS Library Books 942.35 S2m v. 1-44}} (lacks an index)  
*Moger, ''Transcript of Devonshire Wills, 1600-1800.'' 44 vols. {{FSC|289964|item|disp=FS Library Books 942.35 S2m v. 1-44}} (lacks an index)  
*Murray, ''Oswyn Murray Collection of Wills, abt. 1600-1800.'' 20 vols. {{FHL|351796|item|disp=FS Library Films starting 917257}} (lacks an index)
*Murray, ''Oswyn Murray Collection of Wills, abt. 1600-1800.'' 20 vols. {{FSC|351796|item|disp=FS Library Films starting 917257}} (lacks an index)


= Dorset  =
= Dorset  =


*'''1383-1700.''' Fry, ''Abstracts of Wills of Dorset Folk from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 7 vols.'' (Partial index) {{FHL|294872|item|disp=FS Library films 476212-476215}}.
*'''1383-1700.''' Fry, ''Abstracts of Wills of Dorset Folk from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 7 vols.'' (Partial index) {{FSC|294872|item|disp=FS Library films 476212-476215}}.


= Durham  =
= Durham  =
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=== Consistory Court of Durham  ===
=== Consistory Court of Durham  ===


*'''1259-1649''' - Raine et al, ''Wills and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics etc. of the Northern Counties of England, from the Eleventh Century Downwards.'' 4 vols. {{FHL|246496|item|disp=FS Library books 942 B4s v. 2, 38, 112, and 112}}. Volume 2 is online at: [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/300917-wills-and-inventories-illustrative-of-the-history-managers-language-statistics-etc-of-the-northern-counties-of-england-from-the-eleventh-century-downwards-vol-1?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].  
*'''1259-1649''' - Raine et al, ''Wills and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics etc. of the Northern Counties of England, from the Eleventh Century Downwards.'' 4 vols. {{FSC|246496|item|disp=FS Catalog books 942 B4s v. 2, 38, 112, and 112}}. Volume 2 is online at: [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/300917-wills-and-inventories-illustrative-of-the-history-managers-language-statistics-etc-of-the-northern-counties-of-england-from-the-eleventh-century-downwards-vol-1?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].  
*'''1500-1725''' - Neasham, Wills extracted from the originals and early volumes of enrollments of Durham Co., (About 1500-1725). Indexed in Robinson. {{FHL|224742|item|disp=FS Library films 574977-574978}}.  
*'''1500-1725''' - Neasham, Wills extracted from the originals and early volumes of enrollments of Durham Co., (About 1500-1725). Indexed in Robinson. {{FSC|224742|item|disp=FS Library films 574977-574978}}.  
*'''1540-1800''' - Robinson's Collections, 1540-1800. {{FHL|270602|item|disp=FS Library films 574951-574958}}.  
*'''1540-1800''' - Robinson's Collections, 1540-1800. {{FSC|270602|item|disp=FS Library films 574951-574958}}.  
*'''1540-1806''' - Raine, ''Dunelmensia, 1540-1806.'' Indexed in Robinson. {{FHL|262576|item|disp=FS Library films 252668-252669}}.  
*'''1540-1806''' - Raine, ''Dunelmensia, 1540-1806.'' Indexed in Robinson. {{FSC|262576|item|disp=FS Library films 252668-252669}}.  
*'''1576-1735''' - Howe's Collection, 1576-1735. 6 vols. {{FHL|197809|item|disp=FS Library film 90796}}.  
*'''1576-1735''' - Howe's Collection, 1576-1735. 6 vols. {{FSC|197809|item|disp=FS Library film 90796}}.  
*'''1600-1625''' - Atkinson et al, ''Darlington Wills and Inventories 1600-1625''. FHL 942 B4s v. 201.
*'''1600-1625''' - Atkinson et al, ''Darlington Wills and Inventories 1600-1625''. FS Library 942 B4s v. 201.
*'''1601-1650''' - Briggs et al, ''Sunderland Wills and Inventories 1601-1650''. FHL 942 B4s v. 214.
*'''1601-1650''' - Briggs et al, ''Sunderland Wills and Inventories 1601-1650''. FS Library 942 B4s v. 214.


=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===


*Commonwealth wills, 1649-1660: for the counties of Northumberland and Durham, extracted from the index at Somerset House, London, 1909. {{FHL|426923|item|disp=FS Library film 1564756 Item 7}}.
*Commonwealth wills, 1649-1660: for the counties of Northumberland and Durham, extracted from the index at Somerset House, London, 1909. {{FSC|426923|item|disp=FS Library film 1564756 Item 7}}.


=== Prerogative Court of York  ===
=== Prerogative Court of York  ===


*'''1554-1801''' - Raine, ''Eboracensia, 1554-1801.'' Indexed in Robinson; includes Dean and Chapter of York. {{FHL|262097|item|disp=FS Library films 252670-252673}}.
*'''1554-1801''' - Raine, ''Eboracensia, 1554-1801.'' Indexed in Robinson; includes Dean and Chapter of York. {{FSC|262097|item|disp=FS Library films 252670-252673}}.


= Essex  =
= Essex  =
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==== Local Courts  ====
==== Local Courts  ====


*'''1500s''' - Emmison, ''Elizabethan Life: Wills of Essex Gentry and Yeomen: Preserved in the Essex Record Office.'' {{FHL|218690|item|disp=FS Library Book 942.67 B4e no. 75}}.  
*'''1500s''' - Emmison, ''Elizabethan Life: Wills of Essex Gentry and Yeomen: Preserved in the Essex Record Office.'' {{FSC|218690|item|disp=FS Library Book 942.67 B4e no. 75}}.  
*'''1558-1603''' - Emmison, ''Essex Wills 1558-1603,'' 7 vols. {{FHL|9852|item|disp=FS Library Books 942.67 P2e v. 1-7}}.
*'''1558-1603''' - Emmison, ''Essex Wills 1558-1603,'' 7 vols. {{FSC|9852|item|disp=FS Library Books 942.67 P2e v. 1-7}}.


==== Commissary Court of London  ====
==== Commissary Court of London  ====
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==== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ====
==== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ====


*'''1500s''' - Emmison, ''Elizabethan Life: Wills of Essex Gentry and Merchants Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'' {{FHL|137488|item|disp=FS Library Book 942.67 B4e no. 71}}.
*'''1500s''' - Emmison, ''Elizabethan Life: Wills of Essex Gentry and Merchants Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'' {{FSC|137488|item|disp=FS Library Book 942.67 B4e no. 71}}.




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=== Consistory Court of Bristol  ===
=== Consistory Court of Bristol  ===


*'''1546-1603''' [http://www.bristol.ac.uk/Depts/History/bristolrecordsociety/publications.htm Lang, Shelia and Margaret McGregor. ''Tudor Wills Proved in Bristol 1546-1603'' (1993)] available online at Bristol Record Society website - free. Will abstracts with every-name index. {{FHL|647721|item|disp=FS Library book 942.41/B2 B4b no. 44}}.
*'''1546-1603''' [http://www.bristol.ac.uk/Depts/History/bristolrecordsociety/publications.htm Lang, Shelia and Margaret McGregor. ''Tudor Wills Proved in Bristol 1546-1603'' (1993)] available online at Bristol Record Society website - free. Will abstracts with every-name index. {{FSC|647721|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.41/B2 B4b no. 44}}.


=== Consistory Court of Gloucester  ===
=== Consistory Court of Gloucester  ===
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= Hampshire  =
= Hampshire  =


*'''1492-1653''' - Hampshire Will Extracts: Extracted from the Consistory Court of Winchester [1492-1652] and the Archdeaconry Court of Winchester [1501-1653]. B2 Reference Computer, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.  
*'''1492-1653''' - Hampshire Will Extracts: Extracted from the Consistory Court of Winchester [1492-1652] and the Archdeaconry Court of Winchester [1501-1653]. B2 Reference Computer, FamilySearch Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.  
*'''1378-1660''' - Pedgely, ''An Index of Personal Names in Isle of Wight Probate Records, 1378-1600'' [records from Hampshire Record Office and some from the National Archives]  
*'''1378-1660''' - Pedgely, ''An Index of Personal Names in Isle of Wight Probate Records, 1378-1600'' [records from Hampshire Record Office and some from the National Archives]  
*'''1700-1865''' - Wills of Romsey residents. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/440205 Online].
*'''1700-1865''' - Wills of Romsey residents. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/440205 Online].
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*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]  
*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]  
*'''1601-1652''' - Peck, ''Abstracts of Hertfordshire Wills, 1601-1652 at Probate Registry, Lincoln, England.'' {{FHL|177324|item|disp=FS Library book 942 A1 no. 142}}.
*'''1601-1652''' - Peck, ''Abstracts of Hertfordshire Wills, 1601-1652 at Probate Registry, Lincoln, England.'' {{FSC|177324|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942 A1 no. 142}}.


=== Consistory Court of London  ===
=== Consistory Court of London  ===
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*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]  
*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]  
*'''1601-1652''' - Peck, S. Allyn. ''Abstracts of Huntingdonshire Wills, 1601-1652, in Lincoln Consistory Court at Lincoln, England.'' {{FHL|400069|item|disp=FS Library book 942.56 P28pa}}.
*'''1601-1652''' - Peck, S. Allyn. ''Abstracts of Huntingdonshire Wills, 1601-1652, in Lincoln Consistory Court at Lincoln, England.'' {{FSC|400069|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.56 P28pa}}.


= Kent  =
= Kent  =
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*de Launay, The Weald of East Kent: Will Abstracts from the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Kent, Volumes 21-50 (KAO: PRC 17), Index of Will Abstracts [1536-1597]
*de Launay, The Weald of East Kent: Will Abstracts from the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Kent, Volumes 21-50 (KAO: PRC 17), Index of Will Abstracts [1536-1597]


*de Launay, ''Abstracts of Cranbrook Wills Proved in the Diocesan Courts of Canterbury ... 1396-1640.'' {{FHL|362087|item|disp=FS Library Book 942.23/C6 P28d}}.
*de Launay, ''Abstracts of Cranbrook Wills Proved in the Diocesan Courts of Canterbury ... 1396-1640.'' {{FSC|362087|item|disp=FS Library Book 942.23/C6 P28d}}.


*Kent Will Abstracts 1328-1691 in National Wills Index. [http://www.origins.net/NationalWills/Search/kent/search_kentabstracts.aspx Online]. Covers testators from Faversham and Thanet.
*Kent Will Abstracts 1328-1691 in National Wills Index. [http://www.origins.net/NationalWills/Search/kent/search_kentabstracts.aspx Online]. Covers testators from Faversham and Thanet.
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=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===


*Richardson and Shaw. ''Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'' {{FHL|501760|item|disp=FS Library book 942.8 P2i}}.
*Richardson and Shaw. ''Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'' {{FSC|501760|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.8 P2i}}.
= Leicestershire  =
= Leicestershire  =


=== Archdeaconry Court of Leicester  ===
=== Archdeaconry Court of Leicester  ===


*''Abstracts of Proven Wills Formerly Kept at the Leicester District Probate Registry, 1563-1802, with Some Missing Years.'' {{FHL|302052|item|disp=FS Library film 800668 (1st of 27 films)}}
*''Abstracts of Proven Wills Formerly Kept at the Leicester District Probate Registry, 1563-1802, with Some Missing Years.'' {{FSC|302052|item|disp=FS Library film 800668 (1st of 27 films)}}


=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===
=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===
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*'''1374-1521''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/819185?availability=Family%20History%20Library Will Abstracts Commissary Court of London]  Name index to legatees and will officials and individual brief will abstracts. This collection covers Registered Copy Wills Volumes 1 through 8 and through folio 180 of Volume 9.
*'''1374-1521''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/819185?availability=Family%20History%20Library Will Abstracts Commissary Court of London]  Name index to legatees and will officials and individual brief will abstracts. This collection covers Registered Copy Wills Volumes 1 through 8 and through folio 180 of Volume 9.
*'''1558-1603''' {{FHL|9852|item|The Bishop of London's Commissary Court 1558-1603, 5 vols}} ''The Bishop of London's Commissary Court 1558-1603,'' 5 vols.
*'''1558-1603''' {{FSC|9852|item|The Bishop of London's Commissary Court 1558-1603, 5 vols}} ''The Bishop of London's Commissary Court 1558-1603,'' 5 vols.
*'''1621-1643, 1645-1646''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/41823-commissary-court-of-london-1621-1643-1645-1646?offset=1 Commissary Court of London 1621-1643, 1645-1646].  
*'''1621-1643, 1645-1646''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/41823-commissary-court-of-london-1621-1643-1645-1646?offset=1 Commissary Court of London 1621-1643, 1645-1646].  
*'''1750-1857''' [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/299293 Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London (London division) registered wills, 1750-1857]
*'''1750-1857''' [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/299293 Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London (London division) registered wills, 1750-1857]
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*'''1492-1547''' - ''London Consistory Court Wills.'' [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=573 Online]
*'''1492-1547''' - ''London Consistory Court Wills.'' [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=573 Online]
*'''2002 - ''' - ''Oxford Consistory Court. Oxfordshire Probate records. High Wycombe, Bucks, England: EurekA Partnership.[http://www.53628.mrsite.com/index.htm Publisher]
*'''2002 - ''' - ''Oxford Consistory Court. Oxfordshire Probate records. High Wycombe, Bucks, England: EurekA Partnership.[http://www.53628.mrsite.com/index.htm Publisher]
*Every name index for Diocesan and Archdeaconry wills. As of 2019 14 volumes had been issued covering 1733-1825. Related volumes cover the Peculiars of Banbury and Dorchester. FHL 942.57 P2e v. 1- [http://www.53628.mrsite.com/index.htm Publisher]
*Every name index for Diocesan and Archdeaconry wills. As of 2019 14 volumes had been issued covering 1733-1825. Related volumes cover the Peculiars of Banbury and Dorchester. FS Library 942.57 P2e v. 1- [http://www.53628.mrsite.com/index.htm Publisher]


= Middlesex  =
= Middlesex  =
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= Norfolk =
= Norfolk =


*'''1590-1641''' - Wilson, ''Wymondham Inventories, 1590-1641.'' {{FHL|225436|item|disp=FS Library book 942.61/W2 K29w}}.
*'''1590-1641''' - Wilson, ''Wymondham Inventories, 1590-1641.'' {{FSC|225436|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.61/W2 K29w}}.
*Barton Bendish, Gooderstone, Feltwell, Hockwold, Wilton and Methwold. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2640052 Online]
*Barton Bendish, Gooderstone, Feltwell, Hockwold, Wilton and Methwold. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2640052 Online]


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= Northumberland  =
= Northumberland  =


*'''1576-1735''' - Howe's Collection, 1576-1735. 6 vols. {{FHL|197809|item|disp=FS Library film 90796}}.
*'''1576-1735''' - Howe's Collection, 1576-1735. 6 vols. {{FSC|197809|item|disp=FS Library film 90796}}.


=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===


*Commonwealth wills, 1649-1660: for the counties of Northumberland and Durham, extracted from the index at Somerset House, London, 1909. {{FHL|426923|item|disp=FS Library film 1564756 Item 7}}.
*Commonwealth wills, 1649-1660: for the counties of Northumberland and Durham, extracted from the index at Somerset House, London, 1909. {{FSC|426923|item|disp=FS Library film 1564756 Item 7}}.


=== Prerogative Court of York  ===
=== Prerogative Court of York  ===


*'''1554-1801''' - Raine, ''Eboracensia, 1554-1801.'' Indexed in Robinson; includes Dean and Chapter of York. {{FHL|262097|item|disp=FS Library films 252670-252673}}.
*'''1554-1801''' - Raine, ''Eboracensia, 1554-1801.'' Indexed in Robinson; includes Dean and Chapter of York. {{FSC|262097|item|disp=FS Library films 252670-252673}}.


= Nottinghamshire =
= Nottinghamshire =
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= Oxfordshire  =
= Oxfordshire  =
*''Oxfordshire probate records'' transcribed and published by The Eureka Partnership. (Aylesbury, England : EurekA Partnership, c2002-2017). [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1162457 FHL 942.57 P2e v. 1-14]
*''Oxfordshire probate records'' transcribed and published by The Eureka Partnership. (Aylesbury, England : EurekA Partnership, c2002-2017). [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1162457 FS Library 942.57 P2e v. 1-14]
=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===
=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===
*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]
*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]
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=== The Peculiar Court of Dorchester ===
=== The Peculiar Court of Dorchester ===
*'''1700-1835''' - ''The peculiar court of Dorchester : persons named in wills proved 1700-1835'' by EurekA Partnership. (Aylesbury, England : EurekA Partnership, c2013). [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2400692 FHL 942.57 P2ed v. 1-2].
*'''1700-1835''' - ''The peculiar court of Dorchester : persons named in wills proved 1700-1835'' by EurekA Partnership. (Aylesbury, England : EurekA Partnership, c2013). [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2400692 FS Library 942.57 P2ed v. 1-2].
=== The Peculiar Court of Thame and Great Milton ===
=== The Peculiar Court of Thame and Great Milton ===
*'''1736-1857''' - ''The Peculiar Court of Thame and Great Milton : persons named in wills proved, 1736-1857'' transcribed and published by The Eureka Partnership. (Aylesbury, England : EurekA Partnership, c2004). [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1224371 FHL 942.57 P2p]
*'''1736-1857''' - ''The Peculiar Court of Thame and Great Milton : persons named in wills proved, 1736-1857'' transcribed and published by The Eureka Partnership. (Aylesbury, England : EurekA Partnership, c2004). [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1224371 FS Library 942.57 P2p]


=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury ===
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*'''1439-1474''' - Northeast and Falvey, ''Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1439-1474, Part II, 1461-1474.''  
*'''1439-1474''' - Northeast and Falvey, ''Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1439-1474, Part II, 1461-1474.''  


*'''1630-1638''' - Evans, ''The Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1630-1638,'' 2 vols. {{FHL|325994|item|disp=FS Library Books 942.64 B4s v. 29 and v. 35}}
*'''1630-1638''' - Evans, ''The Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1630-1638,'' 2 vols. {{FSC|325994|item|disp=FS Library Books 942.64 B4s v. 29 and v. 35}}


=== Archdeaconry of Suffolk  ===
=== Archdeaconry of Suffolk  ===


*Allen, ''Wills of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1620-1626,'' 2 vols. {{FHL|504420|item|disp=FS Library Books 942.64 B4s v. 31 and v. 37}}
*Allen, ''Wills of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1620-1626,'' 2 vols. {{FSC|504420|item|disp=FS Library Books 942.64 B4s v. 31 and v. 37}}


*Allen and Evans, ''Wills from the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1629-1640, ''2 vols. {{FHL|563876|item|disp=FS Library Books 942.64 P2w v. 1-2}}
*Allen and Evans, ''Wills from the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1629-1640, ''2 vols. {{FSC|563876|item|disp=FS Library Books 942.64 P2w v. 1-2}}


= Surrey  =
= Surrey  =
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=== Consistory Court of Durham  ===
=== Consistory Court of Durham  ===


*'''1259-1649''' - Raine et al, ''Wills and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics etc. of the Northern Counties of England, from the Eleventh Century Downwards.'' 4 vols. {{FHL|246496|item|disp=FS Library books 942 B4s v. 2, 38, 112, and 112}}. Volume 1 is online at: [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/300917-wills-and-inventories-illustrative-of-the-history-managers-language-statistics-etc-of-the-northern-counties-of-england-from-the-eleventh-century-downwards-vol-1?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].
*'''1259-1649''' - Raine et al, ''Wills and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics etc. of the Northern Counties of England, from the Eleventh Century Downwards.'' 4 vols. {{FSC|246496|item|disp=FS Catalog books 942 B4s v. 2, 38, 112, and 112}}. Volume 1 is online at: [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/300917-wills-and-inventories-illustrative-of-the-history-managers-language-statistics-etc-of-the-northern-counties-of-england-from-the-eleventh-century-downwards-vol-1?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].


=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===


*Richardson and Shaw. ''Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'' {{FHL|501760|item|disp=FS Library book 942.8 P2i}}.
*Richardson and Shaw. ''Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'' {{FSC|501760|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.8 P2i}}.


= Wiltshire  =
= Wiltshire  =

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England Gotoarrow.png England Probate Records

In England, it is rare to find abstracts of wills that index all names found in each will. Abstracts are very helpful for identifying relationships, particularly when beneficiaries in wills do not share surnames with testators. The following is a list of probate courts that have been abstracted or have beneficiaries indexes.

National[edit | edit source]

Bank of England[edit | edit source]

  • Bank of England Will Extracts Index 1717-1845

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • 1387-1439 - Furnivall, The Fifty Earliest English Wills in the Court of Probate, London, A.D. 1387-1439, with a Priest's of 1454. Online.
  • Pre-1600 - Nicholas, Testamenta Vetusta. 2 vols. Vol. 1 | Vol. 2
  • 1620 - Lea, Register Soame 1620. Online.
  • 1620-1624 - Matthews and Matthews, Abstracts of probates and sentences in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1620-4. FS Library Book 942 P2ce.
  • 1630-1655 - Probate Act Abstracts 1630-1655, 8 vols.
  • 1630 - Morrison, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Register 'Scroope' (1630). FS Library Collection.
  • 1658 - Brigg, Register "Wootton" 1658. Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vols. 3-4 | Vol. 4 | Vols. 5-7

Bedfordshire[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry Court of Bedford[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547. Online
  • 1601-1652 - Peck, Bedfordshire Wills 1601-1652 at Probate Registry Lincoln, England. FS Catalog book 942.565 S2p

Peculiar court of Leighton Buzzard[edit | edit source]

  • 1701-1846 - The peculiar court of Leighton Buzzard : persons named in wills proved 1701-1846 transcribed and published by the EurekA Partnership. (Aylesbury, England : EurekA Partnership, c2007). FS Library book 942.565 P2e

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

Berkshire[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry of Berkshire[edit | edit source]

Court of the Dean of Windsor[edit | edit source]

Peculiar Court of Farringdon[edit | edit source]

  • 1700-1853 - The Peculiar Court of Faringdon : persons named in wills proved 1700-1853 by EurekA Partnership. (Stoke-Mandeville, England : EurekA Partnership, 2015). FS Library book 942.29/F2 P2e.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

Buckinghamshire[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry of Buckingham[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547. Online
  • 1601-1652 - Peck, Abstracts of Buckinghamshire Wills 1601-1652 at Probate Registry, Lincoln, England

Cambridgeshire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Ely[edit | edit source]

Cheshire[edit | edit source]

  • 1500s - Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories. Online.
  • 1542-1661 - Pixton, Wrenbury Wills and Inventories, 1542-1661.

Cornwall[edit | edit source]

  • 1500s-1800s - Moger, Abstracts of Cornish Wills 16th-19th centuries. Archdeaconry of Cornwall, Exeter courts, PCC; incomplete. FS Library films 317547-317548.

Archdeaconry of Cornwall[edit | edit source]

  • 1342-1540 - Orme, Cornish Wills, 1342-1540.

Peculiars of the Bishop and Dean and Chapter of Exeter[edit | edit source]

  • Moger, Extracts of Cornish Wills and Administrations. Index in Cornwall Family History Society Journal, Vol. 49 (Sep. 1988):24. FS Catalog book 942.37 B2cf.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

Cumberland[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry Court of Richmond[edit | edit source]

  • 1442-1578 - Raine, Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond. Online.

Consistory Court of Carlisle[edit | edit source]

  • 1353-1386 - Ferguson, Testamenta Karleolensia: The Series of Wills from the Pre-reformation Registers of the Bishops of Carlisle, 1353-1386. Available online.
  • 1564-1668 - Raines?, Testamenta Carliolensia. FS Library film 252674 Item 1.
  • 1727-1778 - An Index of Names Mentioned in Wills Proved at Carlisle Consistory Court by Cumbria Family History Society. FS Library CD-ROM no. 5492.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

Derbyshire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lichfield[edit | edit source]

  • Spencer, Derbyshire Wills 1525-1928. Incomplete; focuses primarily on town of Wirksworth; available online.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

Devon[edit | edit source]

Dorset[edit | edit source]

Durham[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Durham[edit | edit source]

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • Commonwealth wills, 1649-1660: for the counties of Northumberland and Durham, extracted from the index at Somerset House, London, 1909. FS Library film 1564756 Item 7.

Prerogative Court of York[edit | edit source]

Essex[edit | edit source]

  • 1505-1916 - Essex Wills Beneficiaries Index, 1505-1916, online at findmypast. Includes Bishop of London's Commissary Court (Essex & Hertfordshire), Archdeaconry Court of Colchester, Archdeaconry Court of Essex, Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex (Essex & Hertfordshire), Peculiar Court of Deanery of Bocking, Peculiar Court of Good Easter, Peculiar Court of the Sokens, Peculiar Court of Writtle with Roxwell.

Local Courts[edit | edit source]

Commissary Court of London[edit | edit source]

  • 1725-1858 - Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London, Essex and Herts division, registered wills, 1725-1858, ten microfilm reels.
  • 1750-1857 -Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857, nine microfilm reels.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]


  • 1335-1559 - Fry, Abstracts of wills relating to Walthamstow, Co. Essex, 1335-1559. Online

Gloucestershire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Bristol[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Gloucester[edit | edit source]

  • Mahler et al, Abstracts of Gloucestershire Probate Records, Online.

Great Orphan Books of Bristol[edit | edit source]

  • 1379-1612 - Wadley, Notes or Abstracts of the Wills Contained in the Volume Entitled the Great Orphan Book and Book of Wills, in the Council House at Bristol, online.

Hampshire[edit | edit source]

  • 1492-1653 - Hampshire Will Extracts: Extracted from the Consistory Court of Winchester [1492-1652] and the Archdeaconry Court of Winchester [1501-1653]. B2 Reference Computer, FamilySearch Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • 1378-1660 - Pedgely, An Index of Personal Names in Isle of Wight Probate Records, 1378-1600 [records from Hampshire Record Office and some from the National Archives]
  • 1700-1865 - Wills of Romsey residents. Online.
  • 1840-1857 - Bishops court, Winchester, original wills & inventories (Hampshire) ( data extracted from films). Several volumes available online.
  • 1502-1620 - Register and will extracts for Titchfield Parish (Hampshire), 1502-1700. Online.

Herefordshire[edit | edit source]

  • 1407-1581 - Faraday and Cole, Calendar of Probate and Administration Acts 1407-1541 and Abstracts of Wills 1541-1581 in the Court Books of the Bishop of Hereford.
  • 1407-1581 - Faraday, Calendar of Probate and Administration Acts 1407-1550 in the Consistory Court of the Bishops of Hereford: With an Appendix of Abstracts of Register Copy Wills 1552-1581.

Hertfordshire[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry Court of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division)[edit | edit source]

  • 1580-1609 - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1580-1609, in The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary, 2 vols. Online: Volume 2; Volume 3.

Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex[edit | edit source]

  • 1563-1599 - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1563-1599, in The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary, 2 vols. Online: Volume 1; Volume 2.

Archdeaconry Court of St Albans[edit | edit source]

  • 1415-1451 - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1415-1451, in The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary, 3 vols. Online: Volume 1; Volume 2; Volume 3.

Commissary Court of London[edit | edit source]

  • 1725-1858 - Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London, Essex and Herts division, registered wills, 1725-1858, ten microfilm reels.
  • 1750-1857 -Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857, nine microfilm reels.

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547. Online
  • 1601-1652 - Peck, Abstracts of Hertfordshire Wills, 1601-1652 at Probate Registry, Lincoln, England. FS Catalog book 942 A1 no. 142.

Consistory Court of London[edit | edit source]

  • 1592-1628 - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1592-1628, in The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary, 2 vols. Online: Volume 2; Volume 3.

Huntingdonshire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547. Online
  • 1601-1652 - Peck, S. Allyn. Abstracts of Huntingdonshire Wills, 1601-1652, in Lincoln Consistory Court at Lincoln, England. FS Catalog book 942.56 P28pa.

Kent[edit | edit source]

  • de Launay, The Weald of East Kent: Will Abstracts from the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Kent, Volumes 21-50 (KAO: PRC 17), Index of Will Abstracts [1536-1597]
  • Kent Will Abstracts 1328-1691 in National Wills Index. Online. Covers testators from Faversham and Thanet.
  • 1461-1558 - Ashford wills, being abstracts of the wills of residents in the town of Ashford, Kent, A.D. 1461-1558. Online
  • 1560-1821 - Abstracts of wills, Maidstone, Kent, 1560-1821. Online.

Lancashire[edit | edit source]

  • 1500s - Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories. Online.
  • 1545-1600 - Bolton-le-Moors, Deane, and Middleton parishes. Surnames A-M. Online.

Archdeaconry Court of Richmond[edit | edit source]

  • 1442-1578 - Raine, Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond. Online.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • Richardson and Shaw. Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. FS Catalog book 942.8 P2i.

Leicestershire[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry Court of Leicester[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547. Online

Lincolnshire[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547. Online
  • Maddison, Lincolnshire Wills [1500-1617], 2 vols.
  • Baker, Wills Beneficiary Index [Lincolnshire 1383-1900], 9 fiche

London[edit | edit source]

  • 1700-1704 - Webb, London and Middlesex Wills Abstracts 1700-1704. Online. Includes several courts.

Commissary Court[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court[edit | edit source]

  • 1492-1547 - London Consistory Court Wills. Online
  • 2002 - - Oxford Consistory Court. Oxfordshire Probate records. High Wycombe, Bucks, England: EurekA Partnership.Publisher
  • Every name index for Diocesan and Archdeaconry wills. As of 2019 14 volumes had been issued covering 1733-1825. Related volumes cover the Peculiars of Banbury and Dorchester. FS Library 942.57 P2e v. 1- Publisher

Middlesex[edit | edit source]

Westminster[edit | edit source]

Commissary Court of London[edit | edit source]

  • 1700-1704 - London and Middlesex Wills Abstracts 1700-1704. Online.
  • 1750-1857 - Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857, nine microfilm reels.
  • 1374-1810 - Hampton Court, Hampton Wick and Hampton-on-Thames wills and administrations. Commissary Court of London 1374-1603, PCC 1383-1655, Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex 1608-1810. Online

Norfolk[edit | edit source]

Northamptonshire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547. Online

Northumberland[edit | edit source]

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • Commonwealth wills, 1649-1660: for the counties of Northumberland and Durham, extracted from the index at Somerset House, London, 1909. FS Library film 1564756 Item 7.

Prerogative Court of York[edit | edit source]

Nottinghamshire[edit | edit source]

Peculiar Court of Gringley[edit | edit source]

  • 1739, 1751-1855 - Court of the manor of Gringley, Nottinghamshire : original wills, 1739, 1761-1855, administrations, 1805-1855, with index. Online.

Peculiar Court of Mansfield[edit | edit source]

  • 1640-1857 - Genealogical abstracts of wills and administrations of the manorial court of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Online.
  • 1640-1857 - Index to genealogical abstracts of the original wills of the manorial court of Mansfield, 1640-1857. Online.

Oxfordshire[edit | edit source]

  • Oxfordshire probate records transcribed and published by The Eureka Partnership. (Aylesbury, England : EurekA Partnership, c2002-2017). FS Library 942.57 P2e v. 1-14

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547. Online

Consistory Court of Oxford[edit | edit source]

The Peculiar Court of Dorchester[edit | edit source]

  • 1700-1835 - The peculiar court of Dorchester : persons named in wills proved 1700-1835 by EurekA Partnership. (Aylesbury, England : EurekA Partnership, c2013). FS Library 942.57 P2ed v. 1-2.

The Peculiar Court of Thame and Great Milton[edit | edit source]

  • 1736-1857 - The Peculiar Court of Thame and Great Milton : persons named in wills proved, 1736-1857 transcribed and published by The Eureka Partnership. (Aylesbury, England : EurekA Partnership, c2004). FS Library 942.57 P2p

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • 1393-1510 - Some Oxfordshire wills, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1393-1510. Online.

Rutland[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547. Online

Somerset[edit | edit source]

  • 1385-1558 - Somerset Will Abstracts 1385-1558. Online.
  • Brown, Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills, Etc., 6 vols.
  • Moger and Webb, Somerset Wills II
  • Rawlins, Somerset Wills from Exeter
  • Weaver, Somerset Medieval Wills [1383-1558], 3 vols.
  • Weaver, Wells Wills: Arranged in Parishes, and Annotated online

Suffolk[edit | edit source]

  • Suffolk Probate Index (Testators and Beneficiaries) 1847-1857. Online.

Archdeaconry of Sudbury[edit | edit source]

  • 1439-1474 - Northeast and Falvey, Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1439-1474, Part II, 1461-1474.

Archdeaconry of Suffolk[edit | edit source]

Surrey[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry Court of Surrey[edit | edit source]

  • Archdeaconry Court of Surrey 1470-1856. Online.

Commissary Court of Surrey[edit | edit source]

  • Commissary Court of Surrey 1470-1856. Online.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • 1600-1608 - Surrey wills in PCC by Crisp Online.
  • 1609 - Surrey wills in PCC Online.
  • 1736-1794 - Surrey PCC Wills Abstracts 1736-1794. Online.

Sussex[edit | edit source]

  • Sussex Wills (Testators, Beneficiaries, Witnesses)
  • Transcripts of Sussex wills : as far as they relate to ecclesiological and parochial subjects, up to the year 1560. Online.

Westmorland[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry Court of Richmond[edit | edit source]

  • 1442-1578 - Raine, Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond. Online.

Consistory Court of Durham[edit | edit source]

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • Richardson and Shaw. Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. FS Catalog book 942.8 P2i.

Wiltshire[edit | edit source]

  • Wilson and Trace, Wiltshire Wills Beneficiaries Index, 1800-1858 [includes 14 peculiar courts], 2 CDs

Yorkshire[edit | edit source]

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • 1383-1558 - North Country PCC Abstracts 1383-1558. Online.
  • 1558-1604 - North Country PCC Abstracts 1558-1604. Online.
  • 1640s-1650s - Clay, Abstracts of Yorkshire Wills in the Time of the Commonwealth: At Somerset House, London, Chiefly Illustrative of Sir William Dugdale’s Visitation of Yorkshire in 1665-6. Online.

Prerogative Court of York[edit | edit source]

  • 1316-1550 - Raine, Raine, and Clay, Testamenta Eboracensia, or Wills Registered at York: Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics, Etc., of the Province of York, from the Year MCCC Downwards [1316-1550], 12 vols. Online.
  • 1389-1544 - Halifax wills : being abstracts and translations of the wills registered at York from the parish of Halifax. Online.
  • to 1554 - Sheffield wills proved in PCY. Online.

Archdeaconry Court of Richmond[edit | edit source]

  • 1442-1578 - Raine, Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond. Online.


  • 1420-1748 - Barwick-in-Elmet, Yorkshire Wills. Online.
  • 1520-1600 - York Clergy Wills. Online.

Related Websites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

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