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 == What is in the Collection? ==
+This collection includes probate records from the hundred of Allertonshire in the county of Yorkshire for the years 1732-1768. These records cover the parishes and chapelries of Birkby, Cowesby, Hutton Bonville, Leake, Nether Silton, North Otterington, Osmotherley and Thornton-le-Street. There are also six items relating to Crayke.
-This collection includes records from 1732-1768. Probate courts deal in the legal administration of wills and estates. Probate bonds are a written guarantee that persons will faithfully perform the tasks assigned to them by a probate court. The executor posted a testamentary bond, the administrator posted an administration bond, and the guardian of a minor child posted a bond of tuition or curation.
+Probate bonds are a written guarantee that persons will faithfully perform the tasks assigned to them by a probate court. The executor posted a testamentary bond, the administrator posted an administration bond, and the guardian of a minor child posted a bond of tuition or curation.
-This collection includes stray probate bonds and a few associated documents relating to testators chiefly from the bishop of Durham's ecclesiastical peculiar of Allertonshire in Yorkshire, 1732-1736. These records cover the parishes and chapelries of Birkby, Cowesby, Hutton Bonville, Leake, Nether Silton, North Otterington, Osmotherley and Thornton-le-Street. There are also six items relating to Crayke.
+These records are linked to an index on [http://familyrecords.dur.ac.uk/nei/data/advanced.php Durham University's] website.
-Durham is in the northeast section of England and is bordered by Northumberland, Cumbria and North Yorkshire. The name "Durham" comes from the Old English "dun," meaning hill, and the Old Norse "holme," which translates to island.
-These records are linked to an index on [http://familyrecords.dur.ac.uk/nei/data/advanced.php Durham University's] website.
 == Collection Content ==