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Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Bedfordshire. Search these indexes first:  
Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Bedfordshire. Search these indexes first:  


*[http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/database/SussexFHGprobate.shtml http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/database/SussexFHGprobate.shtml] -- compiled by the Sussex Family History Group which has transcribed the names of 12,300 individuals found in Sussex wills, including testators, executors, beneficiaries or witnesses. The information recorded includes name, date and place.  
Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384 - 1858) [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=6&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1]
*The [http://sussexrecordsociety.org/home2.asp?an=&ap= Sussex Record Society] has published four volumes of indexes to Sussex wills, and these can be viewed on their [http://sussexrecordsociety.org/bwills1.asp?an=&ap= website]. They are arranged by parish then by surname. 
 
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp?WT.hp=Wills Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384-1858)].
*Index of Bedfordshire probate records, 1484-1858 This includes [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=703748&disp=Index+of+Bedfordshire+probate+records%2C%20%20&columns=*,0,0 indexes] for the Court of the Archdeacon of Bedford, the Peculiar Court of Biggleswade and the Peculiar Court of Leighton Buzzard
*Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedfordshire. FHL films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=221664&disp=Probate+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0 88007-88009]  
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=116542&disp=English+wills%2C+1498%2D1526%20%20&columns=*,0,0 English wills, 1498-1526] which are transcribed and many from the Archdeacon of Bedford
*Bedfordshire wills, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=79682&disp=Bedfordshire+wills%2C+1480%2D1519%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1480-1519]
*The Peculiar Court of Leighton Buzzard : persons named in wills proved [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1474249&disp=The+peculiar+court+of+Leighton+Buzzard%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1701-1846]
*Index of Bedfordshire probate records,[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=703748&disp=Index+of+Bedfordshire+probate+records%2C%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1484-1858] The Peculiar Court of Leighton Buzzard
*Wills and administrations, 1624-1858 See FHL fims [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=291040&disp=Wills+and+administrations++ 95109 and 95100]
*Prebendal Court (Leighton-Buzzard) [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=252871&disp=Probate+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Probate records, 1537-1842 Index 1736-1846]
*Index of Bedfordshire probate records, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=703748&disp=Index+of+Bedfordshire+probate+records%2C%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1484-1858 ]The Peculiar Court of Biggleswade
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=4791&disp=Index+to+records+of+Lincoln+Peculiar+Cou%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Index] to records of Lincoln Peculiar Courts with Peculiar of Biggleswade
*Probate records for the Commissary Court of Lincoln for the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=374857&disp=Probate+records+for+the+Commissary+Court++ 1559-1857, 1559-1857] The Act books contain some Admon Grants from the Peculiar Court of Biggleswade
*Some transcripts of Bedfordshire Wills at Lambeth and Lincoln [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=124544&disp=The+Publications+of+the+Bedfordshire+His%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1387-1570 v. 14]  
*Bedfordshire wills [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=132268&disp=Bedfordshire+wills+1601%2D1652+at+probat%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1601-1652] at probate registry Lincoln, England, all name index
*Everton and Swineshead parishes have some references in the following court record Probate records for the Commissary Court of Lincoln for the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=374857&disp=Probate+records+for+the+Commissary+Court%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1559-1857, 1559-1857 ]<br>


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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.  


== Probate Indexes Online  ==
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Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384 - 1858) [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=6&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1]
 
== Probate Indexes  ==
 
*Index of Bedfordshire probate records, 1484-1858 This includes [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=703748&disp=Index+of+Bedfordshire+probate+records%2C%20%20&columns=*,0,0 indexes] for the Court of the Archdeacon of Bedford, the Peculiar Court of Biggleswade and the Peculiar Court of Leighton Buzzard
*Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedfordshire. FHL films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=221664&disp=Probate+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0 88007-88009]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=116542&disp=English+wills%2C+1498%2D1526%20%20&columns=*,0,0 English wills, 1498-1526] which are transcribed and many from the Archdeacon of Bedford
*Bedfordshire wills, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=79682&disp=Bedfordshire+wills%2C+1480%2D1519%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1480-1519]
*The Peculiar Court of Leighton Buzzard&nbsp;: persons named in wills proved [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1474249&disp=The+peculiar+court+of+Leighton+Buzzard%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1701-1846]
*Index of Bedfordshire probate records,[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=703748&disp=Index+of+Bedfordshire+probate+records%2C%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1484-1858] The Peculiar Court of Leighton Buzzard
*Wills and administrations, 1624-1858 See FHL fims [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=291040&disp=Wills+and+administrations++ 95109 and 95100]
*Prebendal Court (Leighton-Buzzard) [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=252871&disp=Probate+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Probate records, 1537-1842 Index 1736-1846]
*Index of Bedfordshire probate records, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=703748&disp=Index+of+Bedfordshire+probate+records%2C%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1484-1858 ]The Peculiar Court of Biggleswade
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=4791&disp=Index+to+records+of+Lincoln+Peculiar+Cou%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Index] to records of Lincoln Peculiar Courts with Peculiar of Biggleswade
*Probate records for the Commissary Court of Lincoln for the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=374857&disp=Probate+records+for+the+Commissary+Court++ 1559-1857, 1559-1857] The Act books contain some Admon Grants from the Peculiar Court of Biggleswade
*Some transcripts of Bedfordshire Wills at Lambeth and Lincoln [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=124544&disp=The+Publications+of+the+Bedfordshire+His%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1387-1570 v. 14]
*Bedfordshire wills [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=132268&disp=Bedfordshire+wills+1601%2D1652+at+probat%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1601-1652] at probate registry Lincoln, England, all name index
*Everton and Swineshead parishes have some references in the following court record Probate records for the Commissary Court of Lincoln for the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=374857&disp=Probate+records+for+the+Commissary+Court%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1559-1857, 1559-1857 ]<br>
 
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