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| Once you have identified the parish where your ancestor lived or died, learn which courts had jurisdiction over it then search indexes for those courts. Every town and parish in Kent fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. Click on a link below for the letter the parish begins with. | | Once you have identified the parish where your ancestor lived or died, learn which courts had jurisdiction over it then search indexes for those courts. Every town and parish in Kent fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. Click on a link below for the letter the parish begins with. |
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| Here is the list of Kent places beginning with the letter A, and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over each.
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| To go to another letter, click on a link: [[Kent, England Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with B|B]] [[Kent, England Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with C|C]] [[Kent, England Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with D|D]] [[Kent Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with E|E]] [[Kent Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with F and G|F-G]] [[Kent Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with H|H]] [[Kent Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with I through K|I-K]] [[Kent Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with L|L]] [[Kent Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with M and N|M-N]] [[Kent Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with O through R|O-R]] [[Kent Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with S|S]] [[Kent Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with T through V|T-V]] [[Kent Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with W through Z|W-Z]]
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| The courts listed for each place are those that had jurisdiction over probating wills prior to 1858. To use this table, follow these steps. <br>1. Find the place where your ancestor lived in the first column. <br>2. Click on the court name in the second column to learn where to find the records and indexes.<br>3. Click on each name of the court in the third column if the record isn't found in the first court.<br>4. Search last the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]].
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| If no will is found, your ancestor may not have left one.<br>
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| | Acrise
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| | [[Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury]]
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| 2 - [[Court of the Bishop of Canterbury]] (Episcopal Consistory)
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| | Addington
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| | Pre-1845 - [[Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester]];
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| Post-1844 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
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| | <u>Pre-1845 </u>
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| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
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| <u>Post-1844</u>
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| 2 - Same
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| | Adisham
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| | [[Court of the Bishop of Canterbury]] (Episcopal Consistory)
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| | Aldington
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| | [[Court of the Bishop of Canterbury]] (Episcopal Consistory)
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| | Alkham
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| | [[Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury]]
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| | 2 - [[Court of the Bishop of Canterbury]] (Episcopal Consistory)
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| | Allhallows
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| | [[Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester]]
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| | 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
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| | Allington
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| | Pre-1845 - [[Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester]];
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| Post-1844 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
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| | <u>Pre-1845</u>
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| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
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| 2 - Same
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| | Appledore
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| | [[Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury]]
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| | 2 - [[Court of the Bishop of Canterbury]] (Episcopal Consistory)
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| | Ash (near Ridley)
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| | [[Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester]]
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| | 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
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| | Ash (near Sandwich)
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| Pre-1547 - [[Court of the Exempt Jurisdiction of Wingham]];
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| Post-1546 - [[Court of the Bishop of Canterbury]] (Episcopal Consistory)
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| | Ashford
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| | [[Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury]]
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| | 2 - [[Court of the Bishop of Canterbury]] (Episcopal Consistory)
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| | Ashurst
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| | Pre-1845 - [[Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester]];
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| | <u>Pre-1845 </u>
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| 2 - [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
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| | Aylesford
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| | [[Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester]]
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| [[Category:Kent]] | | [[Category:Kent]] |