Dorset Probate Records: Difference between revisions

Dorset Probate Records (view source)

Revision as of 12:51, 30 December 2009

12 bytes added , 30 December 2009

Reordering contents

VisualWikitext

Barberpamela1

3,931

edits

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ''[[England]]&nbsp;[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Dorset]]''
-<br>The following article is about probate records in the county of Dorset. For general information about English probate records, click [[England Probate Records|here]].
+<br>The following article is about probate records in the county of Dorset. For general information about English probate records, click [[England Probate Records|here]].<br>
-<br>
 == Description  ==
@@ Line 9: / Line 7: @@
 ''Probate'' is the legal court process by which the estate of a deceased person is distributed to his or her heirs. The term ''probate'' refers to a collection of documents, including [[W genealogical glossary terms|wills]], [[A genealogical glossary terms|administrations]] (also called admons), [[I genealogical glossary terms|inventories]], and [[A genealogical glossary terms|act books]]. The Church of England ecclesiastical courts had authority for this process until to 1858. This article explains about probates and how to get started to search for a will.
-Beginning in 1858, authority over probate matters was taken from ecclesiastical courts and put under the civil authority of the Principal Probate Registry. The '''Probates After 1857'''&nbsp;section below has a link to an article about probates after 1857.
+Beginning in 1858, authority over probate matters was taken from ecclesiastical courts and put under the civil authority of the Principal Probate Registry. The '''Probates After 1857'''&nbsp;section below has a link to an article about probates after 1857.<br><br>
-<br><br>
 == Getting Started  ==
@@ Line 23: / Line 19: @@
 #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>
+== Court Jurisdictions by Parish  ==
+Before 1858, every town and parish in Dorset fell under the jurisdiction of a primary probate court and several secondary courts.&nbsp; When looking for the probate of the estate of an ancestor, you should search the primary court first then move on to the secondary courts in the order given. Search indexes first. Indexes are found by clicking on the court name above.
+To see a list of parishes and the pre-1858 courts that had jurisdiction over them, click on the letter that begins the parish name.
+[[Dorset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes A|A]], [[Dorset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes B|B]], [[Dorset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes C & D|C-D]], [[Dorset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes E Through G|E-G]], [[Dorset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes H Through K|H-K]], [[Dorset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes L & M|L-M]], [[Dorset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes N Through R|N-R]], [[Dorset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes S Through U|S-U]], [[Dorset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes W Through Y|W-Y]]
+<br>
 == Dorset Probate Courts  ==
@@ Line 60: / Line 66: @@
 *[[High Court of Delegates]]
 The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] also acted as an appeals court.
-== Some Explanatory Notes on the Dorset Probate Courts  ==
+<br><br>
-In 1836, the parish of Stockland and the Chapelry of Dalwood were transferred from the Court of the Archdeacon of Dorset to the&nbsp; Court of the Archdeacon of Exeter and were united with Devon. At the same time, the parish of Thornecombe and part of the parish of Axminster were transferred from Devonshire to Dorset with a corresponding change in ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
-The Salisbury prebends were inhibited triennually for six months by the Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Salisbury.
-It is known that probate records were kept for Fampton, 1678-1755, and evidently none were proved after this date; however, probates of people in this area may well be found in surrounding courts throughout the period, as well as after 1755.
-It is said that Burton Bradstock was independent in probate matters, in which case there may be probate information in the Manorial Records which are still in the custody of the Lord of the Manor.
-== Court Jurisdictions by Parish  ==
-Before 1858, every town and parish in Dorset fell under the jurisdiction of a primary probate court and several secondary courts.&nbsp; When looking for the probate of the estate of an ancestor, you should search the primary court first then move on to the secondary courts in the order given. Search indexes first. Indexes are found by clicking on the court name above.
-To see a list of parishes and the pre-1858 courts that had jurisdiction over them, click on the letter that begins the parish name.
-[[Dorset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes A|A]], [[Dorset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes B|B]], [[Dorset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes C & D|C-D]], [[Dorset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes E Through G|E-G]], [[Dorset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes H Through K|H-K]], [[Dorset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes L & M|L-M]], [[Dorset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes N Through R|N-R]], [[Dorset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes S Through U|S-U]], [[Dorset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes W Through Y|W-Y]]
-<br>
 == Probate Indexes Online  ==
@@ Line 105: / Line 93: @@
 Peculiar Court Wimborne Minster Probate records, 1603-1857 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=300911&disp=Probate+records%2C+1603%2D1857%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Wills at Salisbury 1464-1858 Contents: v. 122. A-K -- v. 123. K-Z. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1647597&disp=Wills+at+Salisbury+1464%2D1858%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Calendars of wills and administrations relating to the county of Dorset [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=473422&disp=Calendar+of+wills+and+administrations+in%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>The Genealogists' magazine - v. 5 (1929-1931) Miscellaneous Dorset Wills from the Episcopal Consistory Court of Sarum: A-B, 1550-1737 pages 140-141; C-F, 1550-1737, pages 172-173; F-Loc, 1555-1810, pages 209-210; Lon-RE, 1560-1805, Pages 248-249; Ri-W, 1556-1731, pages 278-280 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1188872&disp=v%2E++5+%281929%2D1931%29%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Notes and queries for Somerset and Dorset - v. 27 (1955-1960) pages 229-233 Manorial Court of Frampton 1678-1755 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1182592&disp=v%2E+27+%281955%2D1960%29%20%20&columns=*,0,0] Court books for the manor and liberty of Frampton, 1670-1881 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=446522&disp=Court+books+for+the+manor+and+liberty+of++]
+== Some Explanatory Notes on the Dorset Probate Courts  ==
+In 1836, the parish of Stockland and the Chapelry of Dalwood were transferred from the Court of the Archdeacon of Dorset to the&nbsp; Court of the Archdeacon of Exeter and were united with Devon. At the same time, the parish of Thornecombe and part of the parish of Axminster were transferred from Devonshire to Dorset with a corresponding change in ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
+The Salisbury prebends were inhibited triennually for six months by the Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Salisbury.
+It is known that probate records were kept for Fampton, 1678-1755, and evidently none were proved after this date; however, probates of people in this area may well be found in surrounding courts throughout the period, as well as after 1755.
+It is said that Burton Bradstock was independent in probate matters, in which case there may be probate information in the Manorial Records which are still in the custody of the Lord of the Manor.
+<br>
 == Estate Duty Records<br> ==