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= National  =
= National  =
=== Bank of England  ===
*Bank of England Will Extracts Index 1717-1845


=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
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*'''1630''' - Morrison, ''Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Register 'Scroope' (1630).'' {{FHL|214464|item|FHL Book 942 P28mo}}.  
*'''1630''' - Morrison, ''Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Register 'Scroope' (1630).'' {{FHL|214464|item|FHL Book 942 P28mo}}.  
*'''1658''' - Brigg, ''Register "Wootton" 1658.'' [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalabs00englgoog Vol. 1] | [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalabst02chur Vol. 2] | [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalabst04chur Vol. 4]
*'''1658''' - Brigg, ''Register "Wootton" 1658.'' [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalabs00englgoog Vol. 1] | [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalabst02chur Vol. 2] | [https://archive.org/details/genealogicalabst04chur Vol. 4]
=== Bank of England  ===
*Bank of England Will Extracts Index 1717-1845


= Bedfordshire  =
= Bedfordshire  =
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*'''1480-1710'''. ''The Snell Collection.'' {{FHL|92147|item|disp=FHL film 416129 (1st of several films)}}
*'''1480-1710'''. ''The Snell Collection.'' {{FHL|92147|item|disp=FHL film 416129 (1st of several films)}}
=== Court of the Dean of Windsor  ===
*'''1369-1638''' - Deale, ''The Manuscripts of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.'' {{FHL|128604|item|disp=FHL book 942.29/W2 H25b no. 11}}.<ref name="pratt" />


=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
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*'''1391-1737'''. ''The Snell Collection.'' {{FHL|92147|item|disp=FHL film 416135 (1st of several films)}}. Includes some abstracts for 1631-1807.
*'''1391-1737'''. ''The Snell Collection.'' {{FHL|92147|item|disp=FHL film 416135 (1st of several films)}}. Includes some abstracts for 1631-1807.


=== Court of the Dean of Windsor ===
= Buckinghamshire =


*'''1369-1638''' - Deale, ''The Manuscripts of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.'' {{FHL|128604|item|disp=FHL book 942.29/W2 H25b no. 11}}.<ref name="pratt" />
=== Archdeaconry of Buckingham  ===


= Buckinghamshire =
*Elvey, ''The Courts of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham, 1483-1523.'' {{FHL|7099|item|disp=FHL Book 942.575 B4ba v. 19}}
*Buckinghamshire Family History Society, ''Wills, Archdeaconry Court of Buckingham (1680-1801).'' Order by [http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/index.php/database-searches/36-requested-searches/53-wills-searches post].


=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===
=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===
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*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]  
*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]  
*'''1601-1652''' - Peck, Abstracts of Buckinghamshire Wills 1601-1652 at Probate Registry, Lincoln, England
*'''1601-1652''' - Peck, Abstracts of Buckinghamshire Wills 1601-1652 at Probate Registry, Lincoln, England
=== Archdeaconry of Buckingham  ===
*Elvey, ''The Courts of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham, 1483-1523.'' {{FHL|7099|item|disp=FHL Book 942.575 B4ba v. 19}}
*Buckinghamshire Family History Society, ''Wills, Archdeaconry Court of Buckingham (1680-1801).'' Order by [http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/index.php/database-searches/36-requested-searches/53-wills-searches post].


= Cambridgeshire  =
= Cambridgeshire  =
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= Cumberland  =
= Cumberland  =
=== Archdeaconry Court of Richmond  ===
*'''1442-1578''' - Raine, ''Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond''. [https://archive.org/details/willsinventories00richrich Online].


=== Consistory Court of Carlisle  ===
=== Consistory Court of Carlisle  ===
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*'''1353-1386''' - Ferguson, ''Testamenta Karleolensia: The Series of Wills from the Pre-reformation Registers of the Bishops of Carlisle, 1353-1386.'' Available [https://archive.org/details/testamentakarle00diogoog online].  
*'''1353-1386''' - Ferguson, ''Testamenta Karleolensia: The Series of Wills from the Pre-reformation Registers of the Bishops of Carlisle, 1353-1386.'' Available [https://archive.org/details/testamentakarle00diogoog online].  
*'''1564-1668''' - Raines?, ''Testamenta Carliolensia.'' {{FHL|349920|item|disp=FHL film 252674 Item 1}}.
*'''1564-1668''' - Raines?, ''Testamenta Carliolensia.'' {{FHL|349920|item|disp=FHL film 252674 Item 1}}.
=== Archdeaconry Court of Richmond  ===
*'''1442-1578''' - Raine, ''Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond''. [https://archive.org/details/willsinventories00richrich Online].


=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
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*'''1540-1806''' - Raine, ''Dunelmensia, 1540-1806.'' Indexed in Robinson. {{FHL|262576|item|disp=FHL films 252668-252669}}.  
*'''1540-1806''' - Raine, ''Dunelmensia, 1540-1806.'' Indexed in Robinson. {{FHL|262576|item|disp=FHL films 252668-252669}}.  
*'''1576-1735''' - Howe's Collection, 1576-1735. 6 vols. {{FHL|197809|item|disp=FHL film 90796}}.<ref name="pratt" />
*'''1576-1735''' - Howe's Collection, 1576-1735. 6 vols. {{FHL|197809|item|disp=FHL film 90796}}.<ref name="pratt" />
=== Prerogative Court of York  ===
*'''1554-1801''' - Raine, ''Eboracensia, 1554-1801.'' Indexed in Robinson; includes Dean and Chapter of York. {{FHL|262097|item|disp=FHL films 252670-252673}}.<ref name="pratt" />


=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
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*Commonwealth wills, 1649-1660: for the counties of Northumberland and Durham, extracted from the index at Somerset House, London, 1909. {{FHL|426923|item|disp=FHL film 1564756 Item 7}}.
*Commonwealth wills, 1649-1660: for the counties of Northumberland and Durham, extracted from the index at Somerset House, London, 1909. {{FHL|426923|item|disp=FHL film 1564756 Item 7}}.


= Essex =
=== Prerogative Court of York ===


==== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ====
*'''1554-1801''' - Raine, ''Eboracensia, 1554-1801.'' Indexed in Robinson; includes Dean and Chapter of York. {{FHL|262097|item|disp=FHL films 252670-252673}}.<ref name="pratt" />


*'''1500s''' - Emmison, ''Elizabethan Life: Wills of Essex Gentry and Merchants Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'' {{FHL|137488|item|disp=FHL Book 942.67 B4e no. 71}}.
= Essex =


==== Local Courts  ====
==== Local Courts  ====
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*'''1500s''' - Emmison, ''Elizabethan Life: Wills of Essex Gentry and Yeomen: Preserved in the Essex Record Office.'' {{FHL|218690|item|disp=FHL Book 942.67 B4e no. 75}}.  
*'''1500s''' - Emmison, ''Elizabethan Life: Wills of Essex Gentry and Yeomen: Preserved in the Essex Record Office.'' {{FHL|218690|item|disp=FHL Book 942.67 B4e no. 75}}.  
*'''1558-1603''' - Emmison, ''Essex Wills 1558-1603,'' 7 vols. {{FHL|9852|item|disp=FHL Books 942.67 P2e v. 1-7}}.  
*'''1558-1603''' - Emmison, ''Essex Wills 1558-1603,'' 7 vols. {{FHL|9852|item|disp=FHL Books 942.67 P2e v. 1-7}}.  
==== Commissary Court of London ====
*'''1725-1858''' - ''Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London, Essex and Herts division, registered wills, 1725-1858'', [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/700013?availability=Family%20History%20Library ten microfilm reels].  
*'''1725-1858''' - ''Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London, Essex and Herts division, registered wills, 1725-1858'', [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/700013?availability=Family%20History%20Library ten microfilm reels].  
*'''1750-1857''' -''Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857'', [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/299293?availability=Family%20History%20Library nine microfilm reels].<br>
*'''1750-1857''' -''Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857'', [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/299293?availability=Family%20History%20Library nine microfilm reels].


= Gloucestershire =
==== Prerogative Court of Canterbury ====


=== Consistory Court of Gloucester  ===
*'''1500s''' - Emmison, ''Elizabethan Life: Wills of Essex Gentry and Merchants Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'' {{FHL|137488|item|disp=FHL Book 942.67 B4e no. 71}}.


*Mahler et al, ''Abstracts of Gloucestershire Probate Records,'' [http://willsdb.gukutils.org.uk/GLS/index.html Online].
= Gloucestershire =


=== Consistory Court of Bristol  ===
=== Consistory Court of Bristol  ===


*'''1546-1603''' - Lang and McGregory, ''Tudor Wills Proved in Bristol, 1546-1603.'' {{FHL|647721|item|disp=FHL book 942.41/B2 B4b no. 44}}.<ref name="pratt" />
*'''1546-1603''' - Lang and McGregory, ''Tudor Wills Proved in Bristol, 1546-1603.'' {{FHL|647721|item|disp=FHL book 942.41/B2 B4b no. 44}}.<ref name="pratt" />
=== Consistory Court of Gloucester  ===
*Mahler et al, ''Abstracts of Gloucestershire Probate Records,'' [http://willsdb.gukutils.org.uk/GLS/index.html Online].


=== Great Orphan Books of Bristol  ===
=== Great Orphan Books of Bristol  ===
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= Hertfordshire  =
= Hertfordshire  =
=== Archdeaconry Court of St Albans  ===
*'''1415-1451''' - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1415-1451, in ''The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary,'' 3 vols. Online: [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis01briggoog Volume 1]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis02briggoog Volume 2]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis00briggoog Volume 3].<ref name="pratt" />


=== Archdeaconry Court of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division)  ===
=== Archdeaconry Court of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division)  ===
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*'''1563-1599''' - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1563-1599, in ''The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary,'' 2 vols. Online: [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis01briggoog Volume 1]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis02briggoog Volume 2].<ref name="pratt" />
*'''1563-1599''' - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1563-1599, in ''The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary,'' 2 vols. Online: [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis01briggoog Volume 1]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis02briggoog Volume 2].<ref name="pratt" />


=== Consistory Court of London ===
=== Archdeaconry Court of St Albans ===


*'''1592-1628''' - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1592-1628, in ''The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary,'' 2 vols. Online: [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis02briggoog Volume 2]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis00briggoog Volume 3].<ref name="pratt" />
*'''1415-1451''' - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1415-1451, in ''The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary,'' 3 vols. Online: [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis01briggoog Volume 1]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis02briggoog Volume 2]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis00briggoog Volume 3].<ref name="pratt" />


=== Commissary Court of London  ===
=== Commissary Court of London  ===
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*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]  
*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]  
*'''1601-1652''' - Peck, ''Abstracts of Hertfordshire Wills, 1601-1652 at Probate Registry, Lincoln, England.'' {{FHL|177324|item|disp=FHL book 942 A1 no. 142}}.
*'''1601-1652''' - Peck, ''Abstracts of Hertfordshire Wills, 1601-1652 at Probate Registry, Lincoln, England.'' {{FHL|177324|item|disp=FHL book 942 A1 no. 142}}.
=== Consistory Court of London  ===
*'''1592-1628''' - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1592-1628, in ''The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary,'' 2 vols. Online: [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis02briggoog Volume 2]; [https://archive.org/details/hertsgenealogis00briggoog Volume 3].<ref name="pratt" />


= Huntingdonshire  =
= Huntingdonshire  =
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= Leicestershire  =
= Leicestershire  =
=== Archdeaconry Court of Leicester  ===
*''Abstracts of Proven Wills Formerly Kept at the Leicester District Probate Registry, 1563-1802, with Some Missing Years.'' {{FHL|302052|item|disp=FHL film 800668 (1st of 27 films)}}


=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===
=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===


*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]
*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]
=== Archdeaconry Court of Leicester  ===
*''Abstracts of Proven Wills Formerly Kept at the Leicester District Probate Registry, 1563-1802, with Some Missing Years.'' {{FHL|302052|item|disp=FHL film 800668 (1st of 27 films)}}


= Lincolnshire  =
= Lincolnshire  =
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= Middlesex  =
= Middlesex  =
==== Westminster ====


*'''1622-1641/2, 1660-1667''' - Mahler, ''Westminster Wills 1622-1641/2, 1660-1667.'' Online at {{FSbook|1673353}}.
*'''1622-1641/2, 1660-1667''' - Mahler, ''Westminster Wills 1622-1641/2, 1660-1667.'' Online at {{FSbook|1673353}}.
==== Commissary Court of London ====


*'''1700-1704''' - London and Middlesex Wills Abstracts 1700-1704. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].  
*'''1700-1704''' - London and Middlesex Wills Abstracts 1700-1704. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].  
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*'''1576-1735''' - Howe's Collection, 1576-1735. 6 vols. {{FHL|197809|item|disp=FHL film 90796}}.<ref name="pratt" />
*'''1576-1735''' - Howe's Collection, 1576-1735. 6 vols. {{FHL|197809|item|disp=FHL film 90796}}.<ref name="pratt" />
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
*Commonwealth wills, 1649-1660: for the counties of Northumberland and Durham, extracted from the index at Somerset House, London, 1909. {{FHL|426923|item|disp=FHL film 1564756 Item 7}}.


=== Prerogative Court of York  ===
=== Prerogative Court of York  ===


*'''1554-1801''' - Raine, ''Eboracensia, 1554-1801.'' Indexed in Robinson; includes Dean and Chapter of York. {{FHL|262097|item|disp=FHL films 252670-252673}}.<ref name="pratt" />
*'''1554-1801''' - Raine, ''Eboracensia, 1554-1801.'' Indexed in Robinson; includes Dean and Chapter of York. {{FHL|262097|item|disp=FHL films 252670-252673}}.<ref name="pratt" />
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury  ===
*Commonwealth wills, 1649-1660: for the counties of Northumberland and Durham, extracted from the index at Somerset House, London, 1909. {{FHL|426923|item|disp=FHL film 1564756 Item 7}}.


= Oxfordshire  =
= Oxfordshire  =
*[http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ Transcribed Wills (with everyname index)], Oxfordshire Family History Society website - free


=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===
=== Consistory Court of Lincoln  ===


*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]
*'''1280-1547''' - Gibbons, ''Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills &amp; Administrations Recorded in the Episcopal Registers of the Old Diocese of Lincoln, Comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547.'' [https://archive.org/details/earlylincolnwil00gibbgoog Online]
=== Consistory Court of Oxford ===
*[http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ Transcribed Wills (with everyname index)], Oxfordshire Family History Society website - free


= Rutland  =
= Rutland  =
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*Suffolk Probate Index (Testators and Beneficiaries) 1847-1857. [http://www.findmypast.co.uk Online].
*Suffolk Probate Index (Testators and Beneficiaries) 1847-1857. [http://www.findmypast.co.uk Online].
=== Archdeaconry of Sudbury  ===
*'''1439-1474''' - Northeast and Falvey, ''Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1439-1474, Part II, 1461-1474.'' [http://www.suffolkrecordssociety.com/srs/51158112.htm Online bookstore]
*'''1630-1638''' - Evans, ''The Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1630-1638,'' 2 vols. {{FHL|325994|item|disp=FHL Books 942.64 B4s v. 29 and v. 35}}


=== Archdeaconry of Suffolk  ===
=== Archdeaconry of Suffolk  ===
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*Allen and Evans, ''Wills from the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1629-1640, ''2 vols. {{FHL|563876|item|disp=FHL Books 942.64 P2w v. 1-2}}
*Allen and Evans, ''Wills from the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1629-1640, ''2 vols. {{FHL|563876|item|disp=FHL Books 942.64 P2w v. 1-2}}


=== Archdeaconry of Sudbury ===
= Surrey =


*'''1439-1474''' - Northeast and Falvey, ''Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1439-1474, Part II, 1461-1474.'' [http://www.suffolkrecordssociety.com/srs/51158112.htm Online bookstore]
=== Archdeaconry Court of Surrey ===


*'''1630-1638''' - Evans, ''The Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1630-1638,'' 2 vols. {{FHL|325994|item|disp=FHL Books 942.64 B4s v. 29 and v. 35}}
*Archdeaconry Court of Surrey 1470-1856. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].  


= Surrey =
=== Commissary Court of Surrey ===


*Archdeaconry Court of Surrey 1470-1856. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].
*Commissary Court of Surrey 1470-1856. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].  
*Commissary Court of Surrey 1470-1856. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].  
=== Prerogative Court of Canterbury ===
*Surrey PCC Wills Abstracts 1736-1794. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].
*Surrey PCC Wills Abstracts 1736-1794. [http://www.origins.net/nwiwelcome.aspx Online].


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*'''1442-1578''' - Raine, ''Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond''. [https://archive.org/details/willsinventories00richrich Online].
*'''1442-1578''' - Raine, ''Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond''. [https://archive.org/details/willsinventories00richrich Online].


= Related Websites =
= Related Websites =


*[http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/sources/probate.shtml Some Notes on English Medieval Genealogy: Probate records]
*[http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/sources/probate.shtml Some Notes on English Medieval Genealogy: Probate records]  
*[http://dea.byu.edu/index.php?page=probates Dr. David Pratt's Discovery English Ancestors: Probates]. Click "By County" in the Probate menu for detailed information.
*[http://dea.byu.edu/index.php?page=probates Dr. David Pratt's Discovery English Ancestors: Probates]. Click "By County" in the Probate menu for detailed information.


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