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*[[Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex & Hertfordshire Division)]]  
*[[Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex & Hertfordshire Division)]]  
*[[Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
*[[Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
<br>Return to the [[Middlesex_Probate_Records|Middlesex Probate Records]] page.
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== Probate Indexes  ==
The&nbsp;Archdeaconry&nbsp;Court of&nbsp;Middlesex probate records have to some extent been&nbsp;indexed&nbsp;with the following ones:<br>
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==== Printed and Published Indexes  ====
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=299293&disp=Abstracts+of+copy+wills%2C+Commissary+Co%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Abstracts] of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division], registered wills, 1750-1857
*Index to testamentary records in the Commissary Court of London (London Division) 1374-1700&nbsp; by Marc Fitch, available at Society of Genealogists, The Guildhall Library, London Metropolitan Archives and Library, The Family History [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=247669&disp=Index+to+testamentary+records+in+the+Com%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Library]
*A&nbsp;comprehensive will&nbsp;and admon&nbsp;index to most of London's (including Greater L.) probate courts&nbsp;for the years covering&nbsp;1750-1858 for&nbsp;surnames A-F, is&nbsp;Dr David Wright's London Probate Index on CD and is&nbsp;on [http://www.davideastkent.canterhill.co.uk/lp-index.htm sale].&nbsp;He will perform&nbsp;"lookups" in his indexes for you for surnames covering from G-Z at a set fee. <br>
==== Original Handwritten Indexes  ====
Court probate inventories, 1662-1747 with surnames alpha-arranged
Probate and administration act book, 1667-1675
Calender of Probate &amp; Administrations acts, vols. 1-16, 1660-1810
==== Microfilmed Indexes at the Family History Library<br> ====
The indexes as listed in the above are also available&nbsp;covering the years 1662-1810&nbsp;at The Family History Library and they are on microfilm&nbsp;and may be circulated&nbsp;to each of its satellite Family History [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp Centers]&nbsp;worldwide.
== Searching for probates in this court.  ==
ORIGINAL WILLS
1523-1857
REGISTER COPY WILLS
1374-1857 (with gaps)
PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION ACT BOOKS
1496-1857 (with gaps)
ADMINISTRATIONS
1670-1857
INVENTORIES
1666-1667, 1672-1857 (with gaps)
DEPOSITION BOOKS
1537-1722
PERSONAL ANSWERS
1675-1736
EX OFFICIO ASSIGNATION BOOKS
1712-1811
INSTANCE ACT BOOKS
1570-1675
== Strategies, Tips, Other?  ==
See the above&nbsp;Indexes or those available through the Family History Library or its&nbsp;many family history centers worldwide for an index to this court.
<br>To view a list of parishes and their&nbsp;respective probate court jurisdiction, see the "Middlesex Parishes and Their Probate Jurisdictions" on the [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Middlesex_Probate_Records main page] for Middlesex&nbsp;Probate Records.


*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral]]&nbsp;  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral]]&nbsp;  
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