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#Click a letter or span of letters for your place name. This opens a jurisdictions table.<br> | #Click a letter or span of letters for your place name. This opens a jurisdictions table.<br> | ||
#Follow the instructions on the jurisdictions table page.<br> | #Follow the instructions on the jurisdictions table page.<br> | ||
== Court Jurisdictions by Parish<br> == | |||
Before 1858, every town and parish in Westmorland was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. When looking for a will of an ancestor in this county, search the courts in the order listed. It's best to search an index first. Indexes are mentioned on the individual court pages. To link to the court page, you need to see the jurisdiction tables. Click on one of the following letters to go to a jurisdiction table.<br> | |||
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| [[Westmorland Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with H|H]] | |||
| [[Westmorland Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with K|K]] | |||
| [[Westmorland Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with L|L]] | |||
| [[Westmorland Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with M|M]] | |||
| [[Westmorland Probate Jurisdictions for Places Beginning with N through R|N-R]] | |||
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== Westmorland Probate Courts == | == Westmorland Probate Courts == | ||
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The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] also served as an appeals court. | The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] also served as an appeals court. | ||
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== Probate Indexes Online == | |||
Before looking for a will, you should search an index. | |||
[http://www.uclan.ac.uk/ahss/education_social_sciences/history/probate_index.php Probate Index] is an index of wills and related documents covering Lancashire north of the Ribble, and parts of Cumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire, 1748-1858. Specifically, it indexes all surviving probate documents for the Western Deaneries of the Archdeaconry of Richmond, 1748-1858. The deaneries included are Amounderness, Copeland, Furness, Kendal and Lonsdale.[http://www.uclan.ac.uk/ahss/education_social_sciences/history/probate_index.php]<br> | |||
= | [http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5945 Westmorland, England: Parish and Probate Records] is a A collection of parish and probate records in England and Wales, from the 1500s to the 1800s. | ||
Westmorland, England: Parish and Probate Records is a [http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5945 collection of parish and probate records in England and Wales, from the 1500s to the 1800s].<br><br> | |||
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== Probate | == Some Explanatory Notes on the Westmorland Probate Courts == | ||
Westmorland was almost evenly divided between the jurisdiction of the Consistory Court of Carlisle and the jurisdictions of the Archdeaconry Court of Richmond and three manorial courts. Apparently, reference to part of the Westmorland bolongin to the pr-Reformation Discese of LIchfield and cvoentry are unfounded. | |||
The Archdeaconry of Richmond was part of the Diocese of York until 1541 and thereafter the Diocese of Chester. Evidently, the Diocese of Chester never exercised superior juridction over Richmond in probate matters. The probate granted by the Archdeaconry Court of Richmond were usually filed under the name of the deanery in which the testator resided. | |||
== Estate Duty Records<br> == | == Estate Duty Records<br> == | ||
Starting in 1796, a tax or death duty was payable on estates over a certain value. Estate duty abstracts may add considerable information not found elsewhere. Estate duty indexes may help locate a will. For more information, go to [[Estate Duty Records]]. | Starting in 1796, a tax or death duty was payable on estates over a certain value. Estate duty abstracts may add considerable information not found elsewhere. Estate duty indexes may help locate a will. For more information, go to [[Estate Duty Records]]. | ||
== Probates After 1857 == | == Probates After 1857 == |
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