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First search each index which you will find listed under the name of the particular probate court jurisdiction (see the "London Probate Courts" listed above) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down all details cited in the indexed entry.Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in London. Search these indexes first: | First search each index which you will find listed under the name of the particular probate court jurisdiction (see the "London Probate Courts" listed above) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down all details cited in the indexed entry.Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in London. Search these indexes first: | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1704 London, England, Wills and Probate, 1507-1858] at Ancestry (£). Includes probate records from Consistory Court of London, Commissary Court of London, Archdeaconry Court of London, Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex, Peculiar Court of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s, Archdeaconry Court of Surrey, and Commissary Court of Bishop of Winchester. These are only partial records. '''Much more in the complete collection that is not indexed. | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1704 London, England, Wills and Probate, 1507-1858] at Ancestry (£). Includes probate records from Consistory Court of London, Commissary Court of London, Archdeaconry Court of London, Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex, Peculiar Court of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s, Archdeaconry Court of Surrey, and Commissary Court of Bishop of Winchester. These are only partial records. '''Much more in the complete collection that is not indexed.''' [This group of Probate Records is listed on the Catalog through Family Search [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/283866?availability=Family%20History%20Library] | ||
''' [This group of Probate Records is listed on the Catalog through Family Search [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/283866?availability=Family%20History%20Library] | |||
[http://www.originsnetwork.com/help/popup-aboutbo-acl2.htm Archdeaconry Court of London Wills Index 1750-1800] | [http://www.originsnetwork.com/help/popup-aboutbo-acl2.htm Archdeaconry Court of London Wills Index 1750-1800] | ||
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*[http://search.lma.gov.uk/LMA_DOC/CLA_002.PDF Rolled Inventories in Court of Orphans (Common Serjeant) 1500s-1700s]. Inventories of freemen of London, often names relatives, number of orphans, etc. | *[http://search.lma.gov.uk/LMA_DOC/CLA_002.PDF Rolled Inventories in Court of Orphans (Common Serjeant) 1500s-1700s]. Inventories of freemen of London, often names relatives, number of orphans, etc. | ||
*[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE6694831 ''Indexes to the Ancient Testamentary Records of Westminster''] (1913) by Arthur Meredyth Burke. The extant testamentary records of Westminster indexed in this book consist of the testamentary records of the Peculiar Court, 1504-1700, the Westminster wills and administrations preserved amongst the records of the Consistory Court of London, 1540-1556, and the miscellaneous testamentary records preserved in the Muniment Chamber of Westminster Abbey, 1228-1700. | |||
''Also check indexed abstracts:'' | ''Also check indexed abstracts:'' | ||