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 === Essex Probate Courts [NOTE: THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION; DO NOT DELETE!!]<br>  ===
-The following probate courts&nbsp;had some jurisdiction over the county of Kent prior to 1858:
+The following probate courts&nbsp;had some jurisdiction over the county of Essex prior to 1858:
 *[[Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex]]
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 *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Deanery of Bocking]]
 *[[Court of the Peculiar of Good Easter]]
-*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster]]
+*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster (Abbey)]]
 *[[Court of the Peculiar of Writtle with Roxwell]]
 *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Liberty of the Sokens]]
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 *[[Prerogative Court of Canterbury]]
-=== Some Explanatory Notes on the Courts in Kent<br>  ===
+=== Some Explanatory Notes on the Courts in Essex<br>  ===
-The Court of the Archdeacon of Canterbury, the Court of the Episcopal consistory of Canterbury, and the Court of the Bishop and the Archdeacon of Rochester technically did not have jurisdiction over the Peculiar of Wingham, the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Episcopal Consistory and Archdeaconry of Rochester, but as the larger courts of original jurisdiction in the county they will often contain probate records of persons who resided in the other jurisdictions.<br>In 1846 the diocese of Rochester was reduced in area. Some parishes were transferred to the diocese of Canterbury and others to the diocese of London.
+The Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex & Hertfordshire division), the Court of the Archdeaconry of Colchester, Court of the Archdeacon of Essex, Court of the Archdeacon of Middlesex (Essex & Hertfordshire division), Court of the Archdeacon of Middlesex (Essex & Hertfordshire division), Court of Peculiar of the Deanery of Bocking, Court of the Peculair of the Sokens, and the Courts of the Peculiars of the Deanery of Good Easter, and Writtle with Roxwell are at the Essex Record Office.
-In the diocese of Canterbury, the Commissary-General exercised probate jurisdiction within the diocese. He also exercised the Archbishop’s prerogative throughout the diocese, and prerogative probate records exist from 1397 to about 1759 in the records of the Court of the Episcopal Consistory of Canterbury.<br>The Court of the Provost of the College of Wingham was closed in 1547. After that date wills of residents living in the parishes of this jurisdiction are found in the records of the Court of the Episcopal Consistory of Canterbury.
+In the records for the Royal Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey are athe the City of Westminster Archives Department.<br> After that date wills of residents living in the parishes of this jurisdiction are found in the records of the Court of the Episcopal Consistory of Canterbury.
 === Kent Parishes and Their Probate Jurisdictions <br>  ===