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The major probate court for Hampshire was called the [[Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester]] which held jurisdiction over most of the county prior to 1858. But the county also had numerous concurrent smaller jurisdictions called "peculiars" courts as well (see the "Hampshire Parishes and Their Probate Jurisdictions" section below to determine the correct court jurisdiction for the parish you want to search). There were close to seventy of these smaller, peculiar court jurisdictions. | The major probate court for Hampshire was called the [[Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester]] which held jurisdiction over most of the county prior to 1858. But the county also had numerous concurrent smaller jurisdictions called "peculiars" courts as well (see the "Hampshire Parishes and Their Probate Jurisdictions" section below to determine the correct court jurisdiction for the parish you want to search). There were close to seventy of these smaller, peculiar court jurisdictions. | ||
To search for an administration (when a person died intestate or, that is, without naming an executor to the estate) in one of the peculiar courts, a search must be conducted in the above Episcopal Consistory Court. | To search for an administration (when a person died intestate or, that is, without naming an executor to the estate) in one of the peculiar courts, a search must be conducted in the above Episcopal Consistory Court. | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Old Alresford with New Alresford and Medstead]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of Old Alresford with New Alresford and Medstead]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Alverstoke with Gosport]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of Alverstoke with Gosport]] | ||