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


*'''1498-1526''' - Cirket and Stitt, ''English Wills, 1498-1526.'' {{FSC|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.'' {{FSC|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.'' {{FSC|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.'' {{FSC|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.'' {{FSC|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.'' {{FSC|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.'' {{FSC|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 ===


*'''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). [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1474249 FS Library book 942.565 P2e]
*'''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). {{FSC|1474249|item|disp=FS Library book 942.565 P2e}}
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===


*'''1383-1548''' - McGregor, ''Bedfordshire Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1383-1548.'' {{FSC|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  =
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=== Court of the Dean of Windsor  ===
=== Court of the Dean of Windsor  ===
*'''1369-1638''' - Deale, ''The Manuscripts of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.'' {{FSC|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 ===
*'''1700-1853''' - ''The Peculiar Court of Faringdon : persons named in wills proved 1700-1853'' by EurekA Partnership. (Stoke-Mandeville, England : EurekA Partnership, 2015). [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2775047 FS Library book 942.29/F2 P2e].
*'''1700-1853''' - ''The Peculiar Court of Faringdon : persons named in wills proved 1700-1853'' by EurekA Partnership. (Stoke-Mandeville, England : EurekA Partnership, 2015). {{FSC|2775047|item|disp=FS Library book 942.29/F2 P2e}}.


=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
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=== Consistory Court of Ely  ===
=== Consistory Court of Ely  ===


*'''1592-1620''' - Peck, ''Abstracts of Administrations, 1592-1620.'' 3 vols. {{FSC|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  =
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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. {{FSC|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  ===
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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 PCC.'' {{FSC|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. {{FSC|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  =
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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. {{FSC|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. {{FSC|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. {{FSC|270602|item|disp=FS Library films 574951-574958}}.  
*'''1540-1800''' - Robinson's Collections, 1540-1800. {{FSC|270602|item|disp=FS Library films 574951-574958}}.  
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==== Commissary Court of London  ====
==== Commissary Court of London  ====


*'''1725-1858''' - ''Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London, Essex and Herts division, registered wills, 1725-1858'', [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/700013 ten microfilm reels].  
*'''1725-1858''' - ''Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London, Essex and Herts division, registered wills, 1725-1858'', {{FSC|700013|item|disp=ten microfilm reels}}.  
*'''1750-1857''' -''Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857'', [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/299293 nine microfilm reels].
*'''1750-1857''' -''Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857'', {{FSC|299293|item|disp=nine microfilm reels}}.


==== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ====
==== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ====
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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. {{FSC|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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*'''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.  
*'''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. {{FSC|440205|item|disp=Online}}.
*'''1840-1857''' - ''Bishops court, Winchester, original wills & inventories (Hampshire) ( data extracted from films).'' Several volumes available [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2041279?availability=Ogden%20Utah%20FamilySearch%20Library online].
*'''1840-1857''' - ''Bishops court, Winchester, original wills & inventories (Hampshire) ( data extracted from films).'' Several volumes available {{FSC|2041279|item|disp=online}}.


*'''1502-1620''' - Register and will extracts for Titchfield Parish (Hampshire), 1502-1700. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/430856 Online].
*'''1502-1620''' - Register and will extracts for Titchfield Parish (Hampshire), 1502-1700. {{FSC|430856|item|disp=Online}}.


= Herefordshire  =
= Herefordshire  =
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=== Commissary Court of London  ===
=== Commissary Court of London  ===


*'''1725-1858''' - Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London, Essex and Herts division, registered wills, 1725-1858, [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/700013 ten microfilm reels].  
*'''1725-1858''' - Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London, Essex and Herts division, registered wills, 1725-1858, {{FSC|700013|item|disp=ten microfilm reels}}.  
*'''1750-1857''' -''Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857'', [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/299293 nine microfilm reels].<br>
*'''1750-1857''' -''Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857'', {{FSC|299293|item|disp=nine microfilm reels}}.<br>


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


*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; 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 &amp; 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.'' {{FSC|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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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.'' {{FSC|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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*'''1461-1558''' - Ashford wills, being abstracts of the wills of residents in the town of Ashford, Kent, A.D. 1461-1558. [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSM8-S9JV-L?i=125&cat=308144 Online]
*'''1461-1558''' - Ashford wills, being abstracts of the wills of residents in the town of Ashford, Kent, A.D. 1461-1558. [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSM8-S9JV-L?i=125&cat=308144 Online]
*'''1560-1821''' - Abstracts of wills, Maidstone, Kent, 1560-1821. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/461923 Online].
*'''1560-1821''' - Abstracts of wills, Maidstone, Kent, 1560-1821. {{FSC|461923|item|disp=Online}}.


= Lancashire  =
= Lancashire  =


*'''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].
*'''1545-1600''' - Bolton-le-Moors, Deane, and Middleton parishes. Surnames A-M. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/599845 Online].
*'''1545-1600''' - Bolton-le-Moors, Deane, and Middleton parishes. Surnames A-M. {{FSC|599845|item|disp=Online}}.


=== Archdeaconry Court of Richmond  ===
=== Archdeaconry Court of Richmond  ===
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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.'' {{FSC|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  =


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==== Commissary Court  ====
==== Commissary Court  ====


*'''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''' {{FSC|819185|item|disp=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''' {{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.
*'''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''' {{FSC|299293|item|disp=Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London (London division) registered wills, 1750-1857}}


==== Consistory Court  ====
==== Consistory Court  ====
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*'''1700-1704''' - London and Middlesex Wills Abstracts 1700-1704. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].  
*'''1700-1704''' - London and Middlesex Wills Abstracts 1700-1704. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].  
*'''1750-1857''' - ''Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857'', [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/299293 nine microfilm reels].<br>
*'''1750-1857''' - ''Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857'', {{FSC|299293|item|disp=nine microfilm reels}}.<br>


*'''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. [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B8-LSD5-2?i=303&cat=113678 Online]
*'''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. [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B8-LSD5-2?i=303&cat=113678 Online]
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= Norfolk =
= Norfolk =


*'''1590-1641''' - Wilson, ''Wymondham Inventories, 1590-1641.'' {{FSC|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. {{FSC|2640052|item|disp=Online}}


= Northamptonshire  =
= Northamptonshire  =
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=== Peculiar Court of Gringley ===
=== Peculiar Court of Gringley ===


*'''1739, 1751-1855''' - Court of the manor of Gringley, Nottinghamshire : original wills, 1739, 1761-1855, administrations, 1805-1855, with index. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/251284 Online].
*'''1739, 1751-1855''' - Court of the manor of Gringley, Nottinghamshire : original wills, 1739, 1761-1855, administrations, 1805-1855, with index. {{FSC|251284|item|disp=Online}}.


=== Peculiar Court of Mansfield ===
=== Peculiar Court of Mansfield ===


*'''1640-1857''' - Genealogical abstracts of wills and administrations of the manorial court of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/279216 Online].
*'''1640-1857''' - Genealogical abstracts of wills and administrations of the manorial court of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. {{FSC|279216|item|disp=Online}}.


*'''1640-1857''' - Index to genealogical abstracts of the original wills of the manorial court of Mansfield, 1640-1857. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2041296?availability=Ogden%20Utah%20FamilySearch%20Library Online].
*'''1640-1857''' - Index to genealogical abstracts of the original wills of the manorial court of Mansfield, 1640-1857. {{FSC|2041296|item|disp=Online}}.


= 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 FS Library 942.57 P2e v. 1-14]
*''Oxfordshire probate records'' transcribed and published by The Eureka Partnership. (Aylesbury, England : EurekA Partnership, c2002-2017). {{FSC|1162457|item|disp=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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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 FS Library 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). {{FSC|2400692|item|disp=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 FS Library 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). {{FSC|1224371|item|disp=FS Library 942.57 P2p}}


=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury ===
*'''1393-1510''' - Some Oxfordshire wills, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1393-1510. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/124972 Online].
*'''1393-1510''' - Some Oxfordshire wills, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1393-1510. {{FSC|124972|item|disp=Online}}.


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


*'''1600-1608''' - Surrey wills in PCC by Crisp [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/301293 Online].
*'''1600-1608''' - Surrey wills in PCC by Crisp {{FSC|301293|item|disp=Online}}.
*'''1609''' - Surrey wills in PCC [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/41796 Online].
*'''1609''' - Surrey wills in PCC {{FSC|41796|item|disp=Online}}.
*'''1736-1794''' - Surrey PCC Wills Abstracts 1736-1794. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].
*'''1736-1794''' - Surrey PCC Wills Abstracts 1736-1794. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].


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*Sussex Wills (Testators, Beneficiaries, Witnesses)
*Sussex Wills (Testators, Beneficiaries, Witnesses)


*Transcripts of Sussex wills : as far as they relate to ecclesiological and parochial subjects, up to the year 1560. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/147632 Online].
*Transcripts of Sussex wills : as far as they relate to ecclesiological and parochial subjects, up to the year 1560. {{FSC|147632|item|disp=Online}}.


= Westmorland  =
= Westmorland  =
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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. {{FSC|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.'' {{FSC|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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*'''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. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Testamenta%20Eboracensia Online].
*'''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. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Testamenta%20Eboracensia Online].
*'''1389-1544''' - Halifax wills : being abstracts and translations of the wills registered at York from the parish of Halifax. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/371934 Online].
*'''1389-1544''' - Halifax wills : being abstracts and translations of the wills registered at York from the parish of Halifax. {{FSC|371934|item|disp=Online}}.
*'''to 1554''' - Sheffield wills proved in PCY. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/375570 Online].
*'''to 1554''' - Sheffield wills proved in PCY. {{FSC|375570|item|disp=Online}}.


=== Archdeaconry Court of Richmond  ===
=== Archdeaconry Court of Richmond  ===
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*'''1420-1748''' - Barwick-in-Elmet, Yorkshire Wills. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/395030 Online].
*'''1420-1748''' - Barwick-in-Elmet, Yorkshire Wills. {{FSC|395030|item|disp=Online}}.
*'''1520-1600''' - York Clergy Wills. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/7659 Online].
*'''1520-1600''' - York Clergy Wills. {{FSC|7659|item|disp=Online}}.


= Related Websites  =
= Related Websites  =

Latest revision as of 14:05, 9 July 2025

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

Bank of England

  • Bank of England Will Extracts Index 1717-1845

Prerogative Court of Canterbury

  • 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 Catalog Collection.
  • 1658 - Brigg, Register "Wootton" 1658. Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vols. 3-4 | Vol. 4 | Vols. 5-7

Bedfordshire

Archdeaconry Court of Bedford

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. Online
  • 1601-1652 - Peck, Bedfordshire Wills 1601-1652 at Probate Registry Lincoln, England. FS Catalog book 942.565 S2p

Peculiar court of Leighton Buzzard

  • 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

Berkshire

Archdeaconry of Berkshire

Court of the Dean of Windsor

Peculiar Court of Farringdon

  • 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

Buckinghamshire

Archdeaconry of Buckingham

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. Online
  • 1601-1652 - Peck, Abstracts of Buckinghamshire Wills 1601-1652 at Probate Registry, Lincoln, England

Cambridgeshire

Consistory Court of Ely

Cheshire

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

Cornwall

  • 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

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

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. FS Catalog book 942.37 B2cf.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury

Cumberland

Archdeaconry Court of Richmond

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

Consistory Court of Carlisle

  • 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

Derbyshire

Consistory Court of Lichfield

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

Prerogative Court of Canterbury

Devon

Dorset

Durham

Consistory Court of Durham

Prerogative Court of Canterbury

  • 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

Essex

  • 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

Commissary Court of London

  • 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


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

Gloucestershire

Consistory Court of Bristol

Consistory Court of Gloucester

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

Great Orphan Books of Bristol

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Archdeaconry Court of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division)

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

Huntingdonshire

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. 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

Prerogative Court of Canterbury

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

Leicestershire

Archdeaconry Court of Leicester

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. Online

Lincolnshire

  • 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

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

Commissary Court

Consistory Court

  • 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

Westminster

Commissary Court of London

  • 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

Northamptonshire

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. Online

Northumberland

Prerogative Court of Canterbury

  • 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

Nottinghamshire

Peculiar Court of Gringley

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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). FS Library 942.57 P2ed v. 1-2.

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). FS Library 942.57 P2p

Prerogative Court of Canterbury

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

Rutland

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. Online

Somerset

  • 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

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

Archdeaconry of Sudbury

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

Archdeaconry of Suffolk

Surrey

Archdeaconry Court of Surrey

  • Archdeaconry Court of Surrey 1470-1856. Online.

Commissary Court of Surrey

  • Commissary Court of Surrey 1470-1856. Online.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury

  • 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

  • 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

Archdeaconry Court of Richmond

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

Consistory Court of Durham

Prerogative Court of Canterbury

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

Wiltshire

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

Yorkshire

Prerogative Court of Canterbury

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

References

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