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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.


Revision as of 09:55, 29 August 2014

England Gotoarrow.png England Probate Records

In England, it is rare to find abstracts of wills that index all names found in each will. Abstracts are very helpful for identifying relationships, particularly when legatees in wills do not share surnames with testators. The following is a list of probate courts that have been abstracted.

National[edit | edit source]

Bank of England[edit | edit source]

  • Bank of England Will Extracts Index 1717-1845

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • 1387-1439 - Furnivall, The Fifty Earliest English Wills in the Court of Probate, London, A.D. 1387-1439, with a Priest's of 1454. Online.
  • Pre-1600 - Nicholas, Testamenta Vetusta. 2 vols. Vol. 1 | Vol. 2
  • 1620 - Lea, Register Soame 1620. Online.
  • 1620-1624 - Matthews and Matthews, Abstracts of probates and sentences in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1620-4. FHL Book 942 P2ce.
  • 1630-1655 - Probate Act Abstracts 1630-1655, 8 vols.
  • 1630 - Morrison, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Register 'Scroope' (1630). FHL Collection.
  • 1658 - Brigg, Register "Wootton" 1658. Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 4

Bedfordshire[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry Court of Bedford[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & 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. Online
  • 1601-1652 - Peck, Bedfordshire Wills 1601-1652 at Probate Registry Lincoln, England. FHL book 942.565 S2p

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

Berkshire[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry of Berkshire[edit | edit source]

Court of the Dean of Windsor[edit | edit source]

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

Buckinghamshire[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry of Buckingham[edit | edit source]

  • Elvey, The Courts of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham, 1483-1523. FHL Book 942.575 B4ba v. 19
  • Buckinghamshire Family History Society, Wills, Archdeaconry Court of Buckingham (1680-1801). Order by post.

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & 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. Online
  • 1601-1652 - Peck, Abstracts of Buckinghamshire Wills 1601-1652 at Probate Registry, Lincoln, England

Cambridgeshire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Ely[edit | edit source]

Cheshire[edit | edit source]

  • 1500s - Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories. Online.
  • 1542-1661 - Pixton, Wrenbury Wills and Inventories, 1542-1661.

Cornwall[edit | edit source]

  • 1500s-1800s - Moger, Abstracts of Cornish Wills 16th-19th centuries. Archdeaconry of Cornwall, Exeter courts, PCC; incomplete. FHL films 317547-317548.[1]

Archdeaconry of Cornwall[edit | edit source]

Peculiars of the Bishop and Dean and Chapter of Exeter[edit | edit source]

  • Moger, Extracts of Cornish Wills and Administrations. Index in Cornwall Family History Society Journal, Vol. 49 (Sep. 1988):24. FHL book 942.37 B2cf.[1]

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • 1383-1583 - Glencross, Cornish Wills in Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1383-1583. 3 vols. FHL Books 942.37 S2g v. 1-3 (Partially indexed)

Cumberland[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry Court of Richmond[edit | edit source]

  • 1442-1578 - Raine, Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond. Online.

Consistory Court of Carlisle[edit | edit source]

  • 1353-1386 - Ferguson, Testamenta Karleolensia: The Series of Wills from the Pre-reformation Registers of the Bishops of Carlisle, 1353-1386. Available online.
  • 1564-1668 - Raines?, Testamenta Carliolensia. FHL film 252674 Item 1.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • Richardson and Shaw. Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the PCC. FHL book 942.8 P2i.

Derbyshire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lichfield[edit | edit source]

  • Spencer, Derbyshire Wills 1525-1928. Incomplete; focuses primarily on town of Wirksworth; available online.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

Devon[edit | edit source]

Dorset[edit | edit source]

  • 1383-1700. Fry, Abstracts of Wills of Dorset Folk from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 7 vols. (Partial index) FHL films 476212-476215.[1]

Durham[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Durham[edit | edit source]

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • Commonwealth wills, 1649-1660: for the counties of Northumberland and Durham, extracted from the index at Somerset House, London, 1909. FHL film 1564756 Item 7.

Prerogative Court of York[edit | edit source]

Essex[edit | edit source]

Local Courts[edit | edit source]

Commissary Court of London[edit | edit source]

  • 1725-1858 - Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London, Essex and Herts division, registered wills, 1725-1858, ten microfilm reels.
  • 1750-1857 -Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857, nine microfilm reels.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • 1500s - Emmison, Elizabethan Life: Wills of Essex Gentry and Merchants Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. FHL Book 942.67 B4e no. 71.

Gloucestershire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Bristol[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Gloucester[edit | edit source]

  • Mahler et al, Abstracts of Gloucestershire Probate Records, Online.

Great Orphan Books of Bristol[edit | edit source]

  • 1379-1612 - Wadley, Notes or Abstracts of the Wills Contained in the Volume Entitled the Great Orphan Book and Book of Wills, in the Council House at Bristol, online.[1]

Hampshire[edit | edit source]

  • 1492-1653 - Hampshire Will Extracts: Extracted from the Consistory Court of Winchester [1492-1652] and the Archdeaconry Court of Winchester [1501-1653]. B2 Reference Computer, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • 1378-1660 - Pedgely, An Index of Personal Names in Isle of Wight Probate Records, 1378-1600 [records from Hampshire Record Office and some from the National Archives]

Herefordshire[edit | edit source]

  • 1407-1581 - Faraday and Cole, Calendar of Probate and Administration Acts 1407-1541 and Abstracts of Wills 1541-1581 in the Court Books of the Bishop of Hereford.
  • 1407-1581 - Faraday, Calendar of Probate and Administration Acts 1407-1550 in the Consistory Court of the Bishops of Hereford: With an Appendix of Abstracts of Register Copy Wills 1552-1581.

Hertfordshire[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry Court of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division)[edit | edit source]

  • 1580-1609 - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1580-1609, in The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary, 2 vols. Online: Volume 2; Volume 3.[1]

Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex[edit | edit source]

  • 1563-1599 - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1563-1599, in The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary, 2 vols. Online: Volume 1; Volume 2.[1]

Archdeaconry Court of St Albans[edit | edit source]

  • 1415-1451 - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1415-1451, in The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary, 3 vols. Online: Volume 1; Volume 2; Volume 3.[1]

Commissary Court of London[edit | edit source]

  • 1725-1858 - Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London, Essex and Herts division, registered wills, 1725-1858, ten microfilm reels.
  • 1750-1857 -Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857, nine microfilm reels.

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & 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. Online
  • 1601-1652 - Peck, Abstracts of Hertfordshire Wills, 1601-1652 at Probate Registry, Lincoln, England. FHL book 942 A1 no. 142.

Consistory Court of London[edit | edit source]

  • 1592-1628 - Briggs, Abstracts of Registered Copy Wills 1592-1628, in The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary, 2 vols. Online: Volume 2; Volume 3.[1]

Huntingdonshire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & 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. Online
  • 1601-1652 - Peck, S. Allyn. Abstracts of Huntingdonshire Wills, 1601-1652, in Lincoln Consistory Court at Lincoln, England. FHL book 942.56 P28pa.

Kent[edit | edit source]

  • de Launay, The Weald of East Kent: Will Abstracts from the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Kent, Volumes 21-50 (KAO: PRC 17), Index of Will Abstracts [1536-1597]
  • de Launay, Abstracts of Cranbrook Wills Proved in the Diocesan Courts of Canterbury ... 1396-1640. FHL Book 942.23/C6 P28d.
  • Kent Will Abstracts 1328-1691 in National Wills Index. Online. Covers testators from Faversham and Thanet.

Lancashire[edit | edit source]

  • 1500s - Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories. Online.

Archdeaconry Court of Richmond[edit | edit source]

  • 1442-1578 - Raine, Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond. Online.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • Richardson and Shaw. Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. FHL book 942.8 P2i.[1]

Leicestershire[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry Court of Leicester[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & 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. Online

Lincolnshire[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & 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. Online
  • Maddison, Lincolnshire Wills [1500-1617], 2 vols.
  • Baker, Wills Beneficiary Index [Lincolnshire 1383-1900], 9 fiche

London[edit | edit source]

  • 1700-1704 - Webb, London and Middlesex Wills Abstracts 1700-1704. Online. Includes several courts.

Commissary Court[edit | edit source]

  • 1374-1521 - Will Abstracts Commissary Court of London. Covers Registered Copy Wills Volumes 1 through 8 and through folio 180 of Volume 9. FHL films 1239017-1239020.[1]
  • 1558-1603 - Emmison, The Bishop of London's Commissary Court 1558-1603, 5 vols. FHL Books 942.67 P2e v. 8-12.
  • 1621-1643, 1645-1646 - Mahler, Commissary Court of London 1621-1643, 1645-1646. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • 1750-1857 - Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857, nine microfilm reels.

Consistory Court[edit | edit source]

  • 1492-1547 - London Consistory Court Wills. Online

Middlesex[edit | edit source]

Westminster[edit | edit source]

Commissary Court of London[edit | edit source]

  • 1700-1704 - London and Middlesex Wills Abstracts 1700-1704. Online.
  • 1750-1857 - Abstracts of copy wills, Commissary Court of London [London division] registered wills, 1750-1857, nine microfilm reels.

Northamptonshire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & 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. Online

Northumberland[edit | edit source]

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • Commonwealth wills, 1649-1660: for the counties of Northumberland and Durham, extracted from the index at Somerset House, London, 1909. FHL film 1564756 Item 7.

Prerogative Court of York[edit | edit source]

Oxfordshire[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & 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. Online

Consistory Court of Oxford[edit | edit source]

Rutland[edit | edit source]

Consistory Court of Lincoln[edit | edit source]

  • 1280-1547 - Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills: An Abstract of All the Wills & 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. Online

Somerset[edit | edit source]

  • 1385-1558 - Somerset Will Abstracts 1385-1558. Online.
  • Brown, Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills, Etc., 6 vols.
  • Moger and Webb, Somerset Wills II
  • Rawlins, Somerset Wills from Exeter
  • Weaver, Somerset Medieval Wills [1383-1558], 3 vols.
  • Weaver, Wells Wills: Arranged in Parishes, and Annotated online

Suffolk[edit | edit source]

  • Suffolk Probate Index (Testators and Beneficiaries) 1847-1857. Online.

Archdeaconry of Sudbury[edit | edit source]

  • 1439-1474 - Northeast and Falvey, Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1439-1474, Part II, 1461-1474. Online bookstore

Archdeaconry of Suffolk[edit | edit source]

Surrey[edit | edit source]

Archdeaconry Court of Surrey[edit | edit source]

  • Archdeaconry Court of Surrey 1470-1856. Online.

Commissary Court of Surrey[edit | edit source]

  • Commissary Court of Surrey 1470-1856. Online.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • Surrey PCC Wills Abstracts 1736-1794. Online.

Sussex[edit | edit source]

  • Sussex Wills (Testators, Beneficiaries, Witnesses)

Westmorland[edit | edit source]

  • 1686-1738 - Somervell, Some Westmoreland Wills, 1686-1738. Quaker wills. Online[1]

Archdeaconry Court of Richmond[edit | edit source]

  • 1442-1578 - Raine, Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond. Online.

Consistory Court of Durham[edit | edit source]

  • 1259-1649 - Raine et al, Wills and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Managers, Language, Statistics etc. of the Northern Counties of England, from the Eleventh Century Downwards. 4 vols. FHL books 942 B4s v. 2, 38, 112, and 112. Volume 2 is online.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • Richardson and Shaw. Index and Extracts of Cumbrians in Wills Proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. FHL book 942.8 P2i.[1]

Wiltshire[edit | edit source]

  • Wilson and Trace, Wiltshire Wills Beneficiaries Index, 1800-1858 [includes 14 peculiar courts], 2 CDs

Yorkshire[edit | edit source]

Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]

  • 1383-1558 - North Country PCC Abstracts 1383-1558. Online.
  • 1558-1604 - North Country PCC Abstracts 1558-1604. Online.
  • 1640s-1650s - Clay, Abstracts of Yorkshire Wills in the Time of the Commonwealth: At Somerset House, London, Chiefly Illustrative of Sir William Dugdale’s Visitation of Yorkshire in 1665-6. Online.

Prerogative Court of York[edit | edit source]

  • 1316-1550 - Raine, Raine, and Clay, Testamenta Eboracensia, or Wills Registered at York: Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics, Etc., of the Province of York, from the Year MCCC Downwards [1316-1550], 12 vols. Online.

Archdeaconry Court of Richmond[edit | edit source]

  • 1442-1578 - Raine, Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond. Online.

Related Websites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 Pratt, David H. "Discovering English Ancestors," Center for Family History and Genealogy, Brigham Young University, http://dea.byu.edu/index.php?page=listing, accessed 27 August 2014.
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