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To search for an administration (when a person died intestate or, that is, without naming an executor to the estate) in one of the peculiar courts, a search must be conducted in the above Episcopal Consistory Court. | To search for an administration (when a person died intestate or, that is, without naming an executor to the estate) in one of the peculiar courts, a search must be conducted in the above Episcopal Consistory Court. | ||
Click on a court name to learn about records and indexes. | Click on a court name to learn about records and indexes. | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Old Alresford with New Alresford and Medstead]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of Old Alresford with New Alresford and Medstead]] | ||
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*[[Court of the Peculiar of East Woodhay with Ashmansworth]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of East Woodhay with Ashmansworth]] | ||
In addition, the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] held jurisdiction over England including both the provinces of York and Canterbury. Mostly the wealthy but occasionally from among even those of modest means who owned property in more than one diocese or smaller court jurisdictions, as well as Royal Naval personnel--often had their estates proven through one of the Archbishop's court. | In addition, the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] held jurisdiction over England including both the provinces of York and Canterbury. Mostly the wealthy but occasionally from among even those of modest means who owned property in more than one diocese or smaller court jurisdictions, as well as Royal Naval personnel--often had their estates proven through one of the Archbishop's court. | ||
=== Appeals Courts === | |||
Any probate that was disputed and could not be settled by the county courts could be sent to these higher appeals courts: | |||
*[[Court of Arches]] | |||
*[[High Court of Delegates]] | |||
The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] also served as an appeals court. | |||
== Some Explanatory Notes on the Hampshire Probate Courts == | == Some Explanatory Notes on the Hampshire Probate Courts == | ||