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Findmypast.co.uk has the index to pre-1858 probate records. | Findmypast.co.uk has the index to pre-1858 probate records. | ||
The following link may be of help towills and adminitrations. [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/other-records-collection-search-start.action?event=O Probate Index 1469-1857] The Northamptonshire and Rutland Probate Index has been created from several of the earlier indexes of probate records held in the Northampton Record Office. The index contains 87,058 entries that cover the period 1469 to 1857. | The following link may be of help towills and adminitrations. [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/other-records-collection-search-start.action?event=O Probate Index 1469-1857] The Northamptonshire and Rutland Probate Index has been created from several of the earlier indexes of probate records held in the Northampton Record Office. The index contains 87,058 entries that cover the period 1469 to 1857. | ||
Before looking for a will, you should search an index. | Before looking for a will, you should search an index. | ||
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*Card index to all Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills, relating to Northamptonshire and Rutland testators, 1383-1700 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=730039&disp=Card+index+to+all+Prerogative+Court+of+C%20%20&columns=*,0,0] | *Card index to all Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills, relating to Northamptonshire and Rutland testators, 1383-1700 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=730039&disp=Card+index+to+all+Prerogative+Court+of+C%20%20&columns=*,0,0] | ||
*A Calendar of wills relating to the counties of Northampton and Rutland and proved in the court of the Archdeacon of Northampton, 1510 to 1652[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=231776&disp=A+Calendar+of+wills+relating+to+the+coun%20%20&columns=*,0,0] | *A Calendar of wills relating to the counties of Northampton and Rutland and proved in the court of the Archdeacon of Northampton, 1510 to 1652[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=231776&disp=A+Calendar+of+wills+relating+to+the+coun%20%20&columns=*,0,0] | ||
Did you find a reference to a probate record? | Did you find a reference to a probate record? | ||
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*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Empingham]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Empingham]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Ketton with Tixover]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Ketton with Tixover]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Liddington]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Liddington]] | ||
*[[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] | |||
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Some Explanatory Notes on the Rutland Probate Courts | === <br>Some Explanatory Notes on the Rutland Probate Courts === | ||
The county of Rutland formed part of the Archdeaconry of Northampton in the Diocese of Lincoln before 1541 when it passed with the Archdeaconry to the Diocese of Peterborough. No probate records are deposited withing the county.<ref>Camp, Anthony J. Wills and Their Whereabouts. London: by the author, page 113.</ref> | The county of Rutland formed part of the Archdeaconry of Northampton in the Diocese of Lincoln before 1541 when it passed with the Archdeaconry to the Diocese of Peterborough. No probate records are deposited withing the county.<ref>Camp, Anthony J. Wills and Their Whereabouts. London: by the author, page 113.</ref> | ||