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=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===
=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===


*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]
*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]  
*'''1601-1652''' - Peck, ''Bedfordshire Wills 1601-1652 at Probate Registry Lincoln, England.'' {{FHL|132268|item|disp=FHL book 942.565 S2p}}
*'''1601-1652''' - Peck, ''Bedfordshire Wills 1601-1652 at Probate Registry Lincoln, England.'' {{FHL|132268|item|disp=FHL book 942.565 S2p}}


=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury ===


*'''1383-1548''' - McGregor, ''Bedfordshire Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1383-1548.'' {{FHL|1325102|item|disp=FHL book 942.565 B4b v. 58}}.<ref name="pratt"/>
*'''1383-1548''' - McGregor, ''Bedfordshire Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1383-1548.'' {{FHL|1325102|item|disp=FHL book 942.565 B4b v. 58}}.<ref name="pratt" />


= Berkshire =
= Berkshire =


=== Archdeaconry of Berkshire ===
=== Archdeaconry of Berkshire ===


*'''1480-1710'''. ''The Snell Collection.'' {{FHL|92147|item|disp=FHL film 416129 (1st of several films)}}
*'''1480-1710'''. ''The Snell Collection.'' {{FHL|92147|item|disp=FHL film 416129 (1st of several films)}}


=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury ===


*'''1391-1737'''. ''The Snell Collection.'' {{FHL|92147|item|disp=FHL film 416135 (1st of several films)}}. Includes some abstracts for 1631-1807.
*'''1391-1737'''. ''The Snell Collection.'' {{FHL|92147|item|disp=FHL film 416135 (1st of several films)}}. Includes some abstracts for 1631-1807.


=== Court of the Dean of Windsor ===
=== Court of the Dean of Windsor ===


*'''1369-1638''' - Deale, ''The Manuscripts of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.'' {{FHL|128604|item|disp=FHL book 942.29/W2 H25b no. 11}}.<ref name="pratt"/>
*'''1369-1638''' - Deale, ''The Manuscripts of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.'' {{FHL|128604|item|disp=FHL book 942.29/W2 H25b no. 11}}.<ref name="pratt" />


= Buckinghamshire  =
= Buckinghamshire  =
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*Buckinghamshire Family History Society, ''Wills, Archdeaconry Court of Buckingham (1680-1801).'' Order by [http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/index.php/database-searches/36-requested-searches/53-wills-searches post].
*Buckinghamshire Family History Society, ''Wills, Archdeaconry Court of Buckingham (1680-1801).'' Order by [http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/index.php/database-searches/36-requested-searches/53-wills-searches post].


= Cambridgeshire =
= Cambridgeshire =


=== Consistory Court of Ely ===
=== Consistory Court of Ely ===


*'''1592-1620''' - Peck, ''Abstracts of Administrations, 1592-1620.'' 3 vols. {{FHL|191778|item|disp=FHL book 942.59 P2p v. 1-3}}. Volume 1 (1592-1600) is {{FSbook|920284|disp=online}}.
*'''1592-1620''' - Peck, ''Abstracts of Administrations, 1592-1620.'' 3 vols. {{FHL|191778|item|disp=FHL book 942.59 P2p v. 1-3}}. Volume 1 (1592-1600) is {{FSbook|920284|disp=online}}.
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= Cornwall  =
= Cornwall  =


*'''1500s-1800s''' - Moger, Abstracts of Cornish Wills 16th-19th centuries. Archdeaconry of Cornwall, Exeter courts, PCC; incomplete. {{FHL|279264|item|disp=FHL films 317547-317548}}.<ref name="pratt"/>
*'''1500s-1800s''' - Moger, Abstracts of Cornish Wills 16th-19th centuries. Archdeaconry of Cornwall, Exeter courts, PCC; incomplete. {{FHL|279264|item|disp=FHL films 317547-317548}}.<ref name="pratt" />


=== Archdeaconry of Cornwall  ===
=== Archdeaconry of Cornwall  ===
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*'''1342-1540''' - Orme, ''Cornish Wills, 1342-1540''. [http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DCRS/Publications.html Online bookstore]
*'''1342-1540''' - Orme, ''Cornish Wills, 1342-1540''. [http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DCRS/Publications.html Online bookstore]


=== Peculiars of the Bishop and Dean and Chapter of Exeter ===
=== Peculiars of the Bishop and Dean and Chapter of Exeter ===


*Moger, Extracts of Cornish Wills and Administrations. Index in ''Cornwall Family History Society Journal,'' Vol. 49 (Sep. 1988):24. {{FHL|1185521|item|disp=FHL book 942.37 B2cf}}.<ref name="pratt"/>
*Moger, Extracts of Cornish Wills and Administrations. Index in ''Cornwall Family History Society Journal,'' Vol. 49 (Sep. 1988):24. {{FHL|1185521|item|disp=FHL book 942.37 B2cf}}.<ref name="pratt" />


=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
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*'''1442-1578''' - Raine, ''Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond''. [https://archive.org/details/willsinventories00richrich Online].
*'''1442-1578''' - Raine, ''Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond''. [https://archive.org/details/willsinventories00richrich Online].


=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury ===


*''Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the PCC.'' {{FHL|501760|item|disp=FHL book 942.8 P2i}}.
*Richardson and Shaw. ''Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the PCC.'' {{FHL|501760|item|disp=FHL book 942.8 P2i}}.


= Derbyshire  =
= Derbyshire  =


=== Consistory Court of Lichfield ===
=== Consistory Court of Lichfield ===


*Spencer, ''Derbyshire Wills 1525-1928.'' Incomplete; focuses primarily on town of Wirksworth; available [http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/wills.htm online].
*Spencer, ''Derbyshire Wills 1525-1928.'' Incomplete; focuses primarily on town of Wirksworth; available [http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/wills.htm online].
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= Dorset  =
= Dorset  =


*'''1383-1700.''' Fry, ''Abstracts of Wills of Dorset Folk from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 7 vols.'' (Partial index) {{FHL|294872|item|disp=FHL films 476212-476215}}.<ref name="pratt"/>
*'''1383-1700.''' Fry, ''Abstracts of Wills of Dorset Folk from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 7 vols.'' (Partial index) {{FHL|294872|item|disp=FHL films 476212-476215}}.<ref name="pratt" />


= Durham  =
= Durham  =


=== Consistory Court of Durham ===
=== Consistory Court of Durham ===


*'''1259-1649''' - Raine et al, ''Wills and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Managers, Language, Statistics etc. of the Northern Counties of England, from the Eleventh Century Downwards.'' 4 vols. {{FHL|246496|item|disp=FHL books 942 B4s v. 2, 38, 112, and 112}}. Volume 2 is {{FSbook|3653019|disp=online}}.
*'''1259-1649''' - Raine et al, ''Wills and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Managers, Language, Statistics etc. of the Northern Counties of England, from the Eleventh Century Downwards.'' 4 vols. {{FHL|246496|item|disp=FHL books 942 B4s v. 2, 38, 112, and 112}}. Volume 2 is {{FSbook|3653019|disp=online}}.  
*'''1500-1725''' - Neasham, Wills extracted from the originals and early volumes of enrollments of Durham Co., (About 1500-1725). Indexed in Robinson. {{FHL|224742|item|disp=FHL films 574977-574978}}.  
*'''1500-1725''' - Neasham, Wills extracted from the originals and early volumes of enrollments of Durham Co., (About 1500-1725). Indexed in Robinson. {{FHL|224742|item|disp=FHL films 574977-574978}}.  
*'''1540-1800''' - Robinson's Collections, 1540-1800. {{FHL|270602|item|disp=FHL films 574951-574958}}.  
*'''1540-1800''' - Robinson's Collections, 1540-1800. {{FHL|270602|item|disp=FHL films 574951-574958}}.  
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= Gloucestershire  =
= Gloucestershire  =


=== Consistory Court of Gloucester ===
=== Consistory Court of Gloucester ===


*Mahler et al, ''Abstracts of Gloucestershire Probate Records,'' [http://willsdb.gukutils.org.uk/GLS/index.html Online].
*Mahler et al, ''Abstracts of Gloucestershire Probate Records,'' [http://willsdb.gukutils.org.uk/GLS/index.html Online].
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=== Great Orphan Books of Bristol  ===
=== Great Orphan Books of Bristol  ===


*'''1379-1612''' - Wadley, ''Notes or Abstracts of the Wills Contained in the Volume Entitled the Great Orphan Book and Book of Wills, in the Council House at Bristol,'' [https://archive.org/details/notesorabstract00wadl online].<ref name="pratt"/>
*'''1379-1612''' - Wadley, ''Notes or Abstracts of the Wills Contained in the Volume Entitled the Great Orphan Book and Book of Wills, in the Council House at Bristol,'' [https://archive.org/details/notesorabstract00wadl online].<ref name="pratt" />


= Hampshire  =
= Hampshire  =
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= Hertfordshire  =
= Hertfordshire  =


=== Archdeaconry Court of St Albans ===
=== Archdeaconry Court of St Albans ===


*'''1415-1451''' - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1415-1451, in ''The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary,'' 3 vols. Online: [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis01briggoog Volume 1]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis02briggoog Volume 2]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis00briggoog Volume 3].<ref name="pratt"/>
*'''1415-1451''' - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1415-1451, in ''The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary,'' 3 vols. Online: [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis01briggoog Volume 1]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis02briggoog Volume 2]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis00briggoog Volume 3].<ref name="pratt" />


=== Archdeaconry Court of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division) ===
=== Archdeaconry Court of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division) ===


*'''1580-1609''' - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1580-1609, in ''The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary,'' 2 vols. Online: [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis02briggoog Volume 2]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis00briggoog Volume 3].<ref name="pratt"/>
*'''1580-1609''' - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1580-1609, in ''The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary,'' 2 vols. Online: [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis02briggoog Volume 2]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis00briggoog Volume 3].<ref name="pratt" />


=== Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex ===
=== Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex ===


*'''1563-1599''' - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1563-1599, in ''The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary,'' 2 vols. Online: [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis01briggoog Volume 1]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis02briggoog Volume 2].<ref name="pratt"/>
*'''1563-1599''' - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1563-1599, in ''The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary,'' 2 vols. Online: [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis01briggoog Volume 1]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis02briggoog Volume 2].<ref name="pratt" />


=== Consistory Court of London ===
=== Consistory Court of London ===


*'''1592-1628''' - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1592-1628, in ''The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary,'' 2 vols. Online: [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis02briggoog Volume 2]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis00briggoog Volume 3].<ref name="pratt"/>
*'''1592-1628''' - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1592-1628, in ''The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary,'' 2 vols. Online: [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis02briggoog Volume 2]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis00briggoog Volume 3].<ref name="pratt" />


=== Commissary Court of London ===
=== Commissary Court of London ===


*'''1725-1858''' - Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London, Essex and Herts division, registered wills, 1725-1858, [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/700013?availability=Family%20History%20Library ten microfilm reels].  
*'''1725-1858''' - Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London, Essex and Herts division, registered wills, 1725-1858, [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/700013?availability=Family%20History%20Library ten microfilm reels].  
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=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===
=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===


*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]
*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]  
*'''1601-1652''' - Peck, S. Allyn. ''Abstracts of Huntingdonshire Wills, 1601-1652, in Lincoln Consistory Court at Lincoln, England.'' {{FHL|400069|item|disp=FHL book 942.56 P28pa}}.
*'''1601-1652''' - Peck, S. Allyn. ''Abstracts of Huntingdonshire Wills, 1601-1652, in Lincoln Consistory Court at Lincoln, England.'' {{FHL|400069|item|disp=FHL book 942.56 P28pa}}.


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*'''1442-1578''' - Raine, ''Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond''. [https://archive.org/details/willsinventories00richrich Online].
*'''1442-1578''' - Raine, ''Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond''. [https://archive.org/details/willsinventories00richrich Online].
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
*Richardson and Shaw. ''Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'' {{FHL|501760|item|disp=FHL book 942.8 P2i}}.<ref name="pratt"/>


= Leicestershire  =
= Leicestershire  =
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*'''1442-1578''' - Raine, ''Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond''. [https://archive.org/details/willsinventories00richrich Online].
*'''1442-1578''' - Raine, ''Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond''. [https://archive.org/details/willsinventories00richrich Online].


=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury ===


*Richardson and Shaw. ''Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'' {{FHL|501760|item|disp=FHL book 942.8 P2i}}.
*Richardson and Shaw. ''Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'' {{FHL|501760|item|disp=FHL book 942.8 P2i}}.<ref name="pratt"/>


= Wiltshire  =
= Wiltshire  =

Revision as of 10:27, 29 August 2014

England Gotoarrow.png England Probate Records

In England, it is rare to find abstracts of wills that index all names found in each will. Abstracts are very helpful for identifying relationships, particularly when legatees in wills do not share surnames with testators. The following is a list of probate courts that have been abstracted.

National[edit | edit source]

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • 1387-1439 - Furnivall, The Fifty Earliest English Wills in the Court of Probate, London, A.D. 1387-1439, with a Priest's of 1454. Online.
  • Pre-1600 - Nicholas, Testamenta Vetusta. 2 vols. Vol. 1 | Vol. 2
  • 1620 - Lea, Register Soame 1620. Online.
  • 1620-1624 - Matthews and Matthews, Abstracts of probates and sentences in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1620-4. FHL Book 942 P2ce.
  • 1630-1655 - Probate Act Abstracts 1630-1655, 8 vols.
  • 1630 - Morrison, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Register 'Scroope' (1630). FHL Collection.
  • 1658 - Brigg, Register "Wootton" 1658. Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 4

Bank of England[edit | edit source]

  • Bank of England Will Extracts Index 1717-1845

Bedfordshire[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry Court of Bedford[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547. Online
  • 1601-1652 - Peck, Bedfordshire Wills 1601-1652 at Probate Registry Lincoln, England. FHL book 942.565 S2p

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

Berkshire[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry of Berkshire[edit | edit source]

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

Court of the Dean of Windsor[edit | edit source]

Buckinghamshire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547. Online
  • 1601-1652 - Peck, Abstracts of Buckinghamshire Wills 1601-1652 at Probate Registry, Lincoln, England

Archdeaconry of Buckingham[edit | edit source]

  • Elvey, The Courts of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham, 1483-1523. FHL Book 942.575 B4ba v. 19
  • Buckinghamshire Family History Society, Wills, Archdeaconry Court of Buckingham (1680-1801). Order by post.

Cambridgeshire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Ely[edit | edit source]

Cheshire[edit | edit source]

  • 1500s - Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories. Online.
  • 1542-1661 - Pixton, Wrenbury Wills and Inventories, 1542-1661.

Cornwall[edit | edit source]

  • 1500s-1800s - Moger, Abstracts of Cornish Wills 16th-19th centuries. Archdeaconry of Cornwall, Exeter courts, PCC; incomplete. FHL films 317547-317548.[1]

Archdeaconry of Cornwall[edit | edit source]

Peculiars of the Bishop and Dean and Chapter of Exeter[edit | edit source]

  • Moger, Extracts of Cornish Wills and Administrations. Index in Cornwall Family History Society Journal, Vol. 49 (Sep. 1988):24. FHL book 942.37 B2cf.[1]

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • 1383-1583 - Glencross, Cornish Wills in Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1383-1583. 3 vols. FHL Books 942.37 S2g v. 1-3 (Partially indexed)

Cumberland[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Carlisle[edit | edit source]

  • 1353-1386 - Ferguson, Testamenta Karleolensia: The Series of Wills from the Pre-reformation Registers of the Bishops of Carlisle, 1353-1386. Available online.
  • 1564-1668 - Raines?, Testamenta Carliolensia. FHL film 252674 Item 1.

Archdeaconry Court of Richmond[edit | edit source]

  • 1442-1578 - Raine, Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond. Online.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • Richardson and Shaw. Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the PCC. FHL book 942.8 P2i.

Derbyshire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lichfield[edit | edit source]

  • Spencer, Derbyshire Wills 1525-1928. Incomplete; focuses primarily on town of Wirksworth; available online.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

Devon[edit | edit source]

Dorset[edit | edit source]

  • 1383-1700. Fry, Abstracts of Wills of Dorset Folk from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 7 vols. (Partial index) FHL films 476212-476215.[1]

Durham[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Durham[edit | edit source]

Prerogative Court of York[edit | edit source]

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • Commonwealth wills, 1649-1660: for the counties of Northumberland and Durham, extracted from the index at Somerset House, London, 1909. FHL film 1564756 Item 7.

Essex[edit | edit source]

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • 1500s - Emmison, Elizabethan Life: Wills of Essex Gentry and Merchants Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. FHL Book 942.67 B4e no. 71.

Local Courts[edit | edit source]

  • 1500s - Emmison, Elizabethan Life: Wills of Essex Gentry and Yeomen: Preserved in the Essex Record Office. FHL Book 942.67 B4e no. 75.
  • 1558-1603 - Emmison, Essex Wills 1558-1603, 7 vols. FHL Books 942.67 P2e v. 1-7.
  • 1725-1858 - Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London, Essex and Herts division, registered wills, 1725-1858, ten microfilm reels.
  • 1750-1857 -Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857, nine microfilm reels.

Gloucestershire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Gloucester[edit | edit source]

  • Mahler et al, Abstracts of Gloucestershire Probate Records, Online.

Consistory Court of Bristol[edit | edit source]

Great Orphan Books of Bristol[edit | edit source]

  • 1379-1612 - Wadley, Notes or Abstracts of the Wills Contained in the Volume Entitled the Great Orphan Book and Book of Wills, in the Council House at Bristol, online.[1]

Hampshire[edit | edit source]

  • 1492-1653 - Hampshire Will Extracts: Extracted from the Consistory Court of Winchester [1492-1652] and the Archdeaconry Court of Winchester [1501-1653]. B2 Reference Computer, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • 1378-1660 - Pedgely, An Index of Personal Names in Isle of Wight Probate Records, 1378-1600 [records from Hampshire Record Office and some from the National Archives]

Herefordshire[edit | edit source]

  • 1407-1581 - Faraday and Cole, Calendar of Probate and Administration Acts 1407-1541 and Abstracts of Wills 1541-1581 in the Court Books of the Bishop of Hereford.
  • 1407-1581 - Faraday, Calendar of Probate and Administration Acts 1407-1550 in the Consistory Court of the Bishops of Hereford: With an Appendix of Abstracts of Register Copy Wills 1552-1581.

Hertfordshire[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry Court of St Albans[edit | edit source]

  • 1415-1451 - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1415-1451, in The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary, 3 vols. Online: Volume 1; Volume 2; Volume 3.[1]

Archdeaconry Court of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division)[edit | edit source]

  • 1580-1609 - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1580-1609, in The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary, 2 vols. Online: Volume 2; Volume 3.[1]

Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex[edit | edit source]

  • 1563-1599 - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1563-1599, in The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary, 2 vols. Online: Volume 1; Volume 2.[1]

Consistory Court of London[edit | edit source]

  • 1592-1628 - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1592-1628, in The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary, 2 vols. Online: Volume 2; Volume 3.[1]

Commissary Court of London[edit | edit source]

  • 1725-1858 - Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London, Essex and Herts division, registered wills, 1725-1858, ten microfilm reels.
  • 1750-1857 -Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857, nine microfilm reels.

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547. Online
  • 1601-1652 - Peck, Abstracts of Hertfordshire Wills, 1601-1652 at Probate Registry, Lincoln, England. FHL book 942 A1 no. 142.

Huntingdonshire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547. Online
  • 1601-1652 - Peck, S. Allyn. Abstracts of Huntingdonshire Wills, 1601-1652, in Lincoln Consistory Court at Lincoln, England. FHL book 942.56 P28pa.

Kent[edit | edit source]

  • de Launay, The Weald of East Kent: Will Abstracts from the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Kent, Volumes 21-50 (KAO: PRC 17), Index of Will Abstracts [1536-1597]
  • de Launay, Abstracts of Cranbrook Wills Proved in the Diocesan Courts of Canterbury ... 1396-1640. FHL Book 942.23/C6 P28d.
  • Kent Will Abstracts 1328-1691 in National Wills Index. Online. Covers testators from Faversham and Thanet.

Lancashire[edit | edit source]

  • 1500s - Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories. Online.

Archdeaconry Court of Richmond[edit | edit source]

  • 1442-1578 - Raine, Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond. Online.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • Richardson and Shaw. Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. FHL book 942.8 P2i.[1]

Leicestershire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547. Online

Archdeaconry Court of Leicester[edit | edit source]

Lincolnshire[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547. Online
  • Maddison, Lincolnshire Wills [1500-1617], 2 vols.
  • Baker, Wills Beneficiary Index [Lincolnshire 1383-1900], 9 fiche

London[edit | edit source]

  • 1700-1704 - Webb, London and Middlesex Wills Abstracts 1700-1704. Online. Includes several courts.

Commissary Court[edit | edit source]

  • 1374-1521 - Will Abstracts Commissary Court of London. Covers Registered Copy Wills Volumes 1 through 8 and through folio 180 of Volume 9. FHL films 1239017-1239020.[1]
  • 1558-1603 - Emmison, The Bishop of London's Commissary Court 1558-1603, 5 vols. FHL Books 942.67 P2e v. 8-12.
  • 1621-1643, 1645-1646 - Mahler, Commissary Court of London 1621-1643, 1645-1646. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • 1750-1857 - Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857, nine microfilm reels.

Consistory Court[edit | edit source]

  • 1492-1547 - London Consistory Court Wills. Online

Middlesex[edit | edit source]

  • 1700-1704 - London and Middlesex Wills Abstracts 1700-1704. Online.
  • 1750-1857 - Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857, nine microfilm reels.

Northamptonshire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547. Online

Northumberland[edit | edit source]

Prerogative Court of York[edit | edit source]

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • Commonwealth wills, 1649-1660: for the counties of Northumberland and Durham, extracted from the index at Somerset House, London, 1909. FHL film 1564756 Item 7.

Oxfordshire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547. Online

Rutland[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547. Online

Somerset[edit | edit source]

  • 1385-1558 - Somerset Will Abstracts 1385-1558. Online.
  • Brown, Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills, Etc., 6 vols.
  • Moger and Webb, Somerset Wills II
  • Rawlins, Somerset Wills from Exeter
  • Weaver, Somerset Medieval Wills [1383-1558], 3 vols.
  • Weaver, Wells Wills: Arranged in Parishes, and Annotated online

Suffolk[edit | edit source]

  • Suffolk Probate Index (Testators and Beneficiaries) 1847-1857. Online.

Archdeaconry of Suffolk[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry of Sudbury[edit | edit source]

  • 1439-1474 - Northeast and Falvey, Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1439-1474, Part II, 1461-1474. Online bookstore

Surrey[edit | edit source]

  • Archdeaconry Court of Surrey 1470-1856. Online.
  • Commissary Court of Surrey 1470-1856. Online.
  • Surrey PCC Wills Abstracts 1736-1794. Online.

Sussex[edit | edit source]

  • Sussex Wills (Testators, Beneficiaries, Witnesses)

Westmorland[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry Court of Richmond[edit | edit source]

  • 1442-1578 - Raine, Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond. Online.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • Richardson and Shaw. Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. FHL book 942.8 P2i.[1]

Wiltshire[edit | edit source]

  • Wilson and Trace, Wiltshire Wills Beneficiaries Index, 1800-1858 [includes 14 peculiar courts], 2 CDs

Yorkshire[edit | edit source]

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • 1383-1558 - North Country PCC Abstracts 1383-1558. Online.
  • 1558-1604 - North Country PCC Abstracts 1558-1604. Online.
  • 1640s-1650s - Clay, Abstracts of Yorkshire Wills in the Time of the Commonwealth: At Somerset House, London, Chiefly Illustrative of Sir William Dugdale’s Visitation of Yorkshire in 1665-6. Online.

Prerogative Court of York[edit | edit source]

  • 1316-1550 - Raine, Raine, and Clay, Testamenta Eboracensia, or Wills Registered at York: Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics, Etc., of the Province of York, from the Year MCCC Downwards [1316-1550], 12 vols. Online.

Archdeaconry Court of Richmond[edit | edit source]

  • 1442-1578 - Raine, Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond. Online.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 Pratt, David H. "Discovering English Ancestors," Center for Family History and Genealogy, Brigham Young University, http://dea.byu.edu/index.php?page=listing, accessed 27 August 2014.
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