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==== Majority of the County ==== | ==== Majority of the County ==== | ||
Before 1858, every town and parish in Bedfordshire was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. The court that had primary jurisdiction over most of Bedfordshire, with just six exceptions (see | Before 1858, every town and parish in Bedfordshire was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. The court that had primary jurisdiction over most of Bedfordshire, with just six exceptions (see below), was the [[Court of the Archdeacon of Bedford|Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford]]. Here's a list of further possible probate court jurisdictions: | ||
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=6&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1 Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384 - 1858)] | |||
*Index of Bedfordshire probate records, 1484-1858 This includes {{FHL|703748|title-id|disp=indexes}} for the Court of the Archdeacon of Bedford, the Peculiar Court of Biggleswade and the Peculiar Court of Leighton Buzzard. Digital version at [http://www.origins.net/NWIWelcome.aspx National Wills Index] ($) | |||
*Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedfordshire. FHL films {{FHL|221664|title-id|disp=88007-88009}} | |||
*{{FHL|116542|title-id|disp=English wills, 1498-1526}} which are transcribed and many from the Archdeacon of Bedford | |||
*Bedfordshire wills, {{FHL|79682|title-id|disp=1480-1519}} | |||
*The Peculiar Court of Leighton Buzzard : persons named in wills proved {{FHL|1474249|title-id|disp=1701-1846}} | |||
*Index of Bedfordshire probate records,{{FHL|703748|title-id|disp=1484-1858}} The Peculiar Court of Leighton Buzzard | |||
*Wills and administrations, 1624-1858 See FHL fims {{FHL|291040|title-id|disp=95109 and 95100}} | |||
*Prebendal Court (Leighton-Buzzard) {{FHL|252871|title-id|disp=Probate records, 1537-1842 Index 1736-1846}} | |||
*{{FHL|4791|title-id|disp=Index}} to records of Lincoln Peculiar Courts with Peculiar of Biggleswade | |||
*Probate records for the Commissary Court of Lincoln for the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon, {{FHL|374857|title-id|disp=1559-1857, 1559-1857}} The Act books contain some Admon Grants from the Peculiar Court of Biggleswade | |||
*Some transcripts of Bedfordshire Wills at Lambeth and Lincoln {{FHL|124544|title-id|disp=1387-1570 v. 14}} | |||
*Bedfordshire wills {{FHL|132268|title-id|disp=1601-1652}} at probate registry Lincoln, England, all name index | |||
*Everton and Swineshead parishes have some references in the following court record Probate records for the Commissary Court of Lincoln for the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon, {{FHL|374857|title-id|disp=1559-1857, 1559-1857 }}<br> | |||
==== Exceptions ==== | ==== Exceptions ==== | ||