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== Some Explanatory Notes on the Cambridgeshire Courts ==
== Some Explanatory Notes on the Cambridgeshire Courts ==


== Court Jurisdictions ==
== Court Jurisdictions ==


Here is a list of Cambridgeshire parishes beginning with letter
Before 1858, probate of the estates of deceased persons was handled by eccelesiastical courts of the Church of England.  Every parish was under the jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts.
 
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! style="background: #ffdead" width="15%" | PARISH
! style="background: #ffdead" width="40%" | PRIMARY COURT
! style="background: #ffdead" width="40%" | SECONDARY COURTS - IN SEARCH ORDER
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| Abington Pigotts
| Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely
| 2 - Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
3 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
 
|-
| Abington, Great
| Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
|-
| Abington, Little
| Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
|-
| Arrington
| Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
|-
| Ashley with Silverley
| Court of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury
| 2 - Pre-1837: Court of the Consistory of Norwich
2 - Post-1836: Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
 
3 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
 
|-
| Babraham
| Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
|-
| Balsham
| Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
|-
| Barrington
| Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
|-
| Bartlow
| Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
|-
| Barton
| Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
|-
| Bassingbourn
| Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely
| 2 - Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
3 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
 
|-
| Benwick
| Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
|-
| Bottisham
| Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
|-
| Bourn
| Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely
| 2 - Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
3 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
 
|-
| Boxworth
| Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely
| 2 - Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
3 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
 
|-
| Brinkley
| Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
|-
| Bumpstead, Helion
| Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
|-
| Burrough Green
| Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
| 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
|-
| Burwell
| Court of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury
| 2 - Pre-1837: Court of the Consistory of Norwich
2 - Post-1836: Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
 
3 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
 
|}


To see an alphabetical list of Cambridgeshire parishes with the pre-1858 courts that had jurisdiction over them, click on the link for the letter a parish name begins with:  A-B,


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== Post-1858 Probate Records ==
== Post-1858 Probate Records ==
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