Yorkshire Probate Courts

When people search for probate records, they look for records in the courts having jurisdiction over the area where their ancestors lived. The following is a list of the courts in Yorkshire having jurisdiction over probate matters. Click on a name to go directly to the information about the court.

If you're not sure which court to select, go to the probate jurisdiction tables. They list the primary court for each place in the county. The primary court is the one you should search first. The list the secondary courts are the ones you need to search next if you didn't find a probate in the primary court. Click on a letter or span of letters below to the jurisdiction table.

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Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Eastern Deaneries - Catterick
Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Eastern Deaneries - Boroughbridge
Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Western Deaneries - Lonsdale
Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Eastern Deaneries - Richmond
Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
Court of the Archdeaconry of Cleveland
Court of the Archdeaconry of East Riding
Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York

Court of the Peculiar of Acomb
Court of the Peculiar of Aldbrough;
Court of the Peculiar of the Bishop of Durham and the Dean and Chapter of Allerton and Allertonshire
Court of the Peculiar of Alne and Tollerton
Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Altofts in Normanton
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Ampleforth
Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Arkengarthdale with New Forest and Hope
Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Askham Bryan
Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Arkengarthdale with New Forest and Hope
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Barmby Moor
Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Barnoldswick
Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Batley
Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Beeford
Court of the Peculiar of the Provost of the Collegiate Church of St John, Beverley
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Bilton
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Bugthorpe
Court of the Peculiar of Dunnington
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Fridaythorpe
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Fenton
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Givendale
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Grindal
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Holme Archiepiscopi
Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Durham within the Jurisdiction of Howden and Howdenshire
Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Hunsingore
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Husthwaite
Court of the Peculiar of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem in Manors of Crossley, Bingley, Cottingley and Pudsey
Court of the Peculiar of the Honour of Knaresborough
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Knaresborough
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Langtoft
Court of the Peculiar of the Chancellor of York with the Prebendal Jurisdiction of Laughton en le Morthen
Court of the Peculiar of St Leonard's Hospital, York
Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Marsden
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Masham
Court of the Deanery and Royal Peculiar of the Collegiate Church of Middleham
Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Newton-on-Ouse with Beningborough
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of North Newbold
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Osbaldwick
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Riccall
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Salton
Court of the Peculiar of Selby
Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Silsden
Court of the Peculiar of Snaith
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of South Cave
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Stillington
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Strensall
Court of the Peculiar of Wadworth
Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Warmfield with Heath
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Warthill
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Weighton
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Wetwang
Court of the Peculiar of Bishop Wilton
Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Wistow
Court of the Peculiar of the Archdeaconry of York or the West Riding
Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of York
Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York
Court of the Peculiar of the Subdean of York
Court of the Peculiar of the Succentor Canonicorum of York
Court of the Peculiar of the Precentor of York with Prebendal Jurisdiction of Driffield