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== Somerset Probate Courts == | == Somerset Probate Courts == | ||
The following ecclesiastical courts had some probate jurisdiction over Somerset prior to 1858. | The following ecclesiastical courts had some probate jurisdiction over Somerset prior to 1858. Click on a court name to learn about records and indexes. | ||
*[[Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Wells]] | *[[Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Wells]] | ||
*[[Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Taunton]] | *[[Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Taunton]] | ||
*[[Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Dean of Wells]] | *[[Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Dean of Wells]] | ||
*[[Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Dean & | *[[Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Dean & Chapter of Wells]] | ||
*[[Court of the Bishop of Bath & | *[[Court of the Bishop of Bath & Wells (Episcopal Consistory)]] | ||
*[[Court of the Bishop of Bristol in the Deanery of Bristol (Episcopal Consistory)]] | *[[Court of the Bishop of Bristol in the Deanery of Bristol (Episcopal Consistory)]] | ||
*[[Court of the Archdeaconry of Salisbury]] | *[[Court of the Archdeaconry of Salisbury]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Banwell]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of Banwell]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Churchill]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of Churchill]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Kingsbury with East Lambrook]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of Kingsbury with East Lambrook]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of North Wooton]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of North Wooton]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Pilton]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of Pilton]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Witham Friary]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of Witham Friary]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Ashill]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Ashill]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Buckland Dinham]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Buckland Dinham]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Compton Bishop]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Compton Bishop]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Compton Dundon]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Compton Dundon]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Cudworth & | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Cudworth & Knowle]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Easton-in-Gordano]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Easton-in-Gordano]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of East Harptree]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of East Harptree]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Haselbury Plucknett]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Haselbury Plucknett]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Henstridge]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Henstridge]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Ilton]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Ilton]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Litton]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Litton]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of St. Decumans]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of St. Decumans]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Timberscombe]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Timberscombe]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of West Lydford]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of West Lydford]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Whitelackington]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Whitelackington]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Wiveliscombe with Fitzhead]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Wiveliscombe with Fitzhead]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Wookey]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Wookey]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Yatton & | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Yatton & Kenn]] | ||
*[[Court of the Royal Peculiar of Ilminster]] | *[[Court of the Royal Peculiar of Ilminster]] | ||
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== Some Explanatory Notes about the Somerset Probate Courts == | == Some Explanatory Notes about the Somerset Probate Courts == | ||
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Before 1858, every town and parish in Somerset was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary ecclesiastical court and one or more secondary ecclesiastical courts. For a list of Somerset places and the ecclesiastical courts that had pre-1858 juridiction over them, click on a letter link: | Before 1858, every town and parish in Somerset was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary ecclesiastical court and one or more secondary ecclesiastical courts. For a list of Somerset places and the ecclesiastical courts that had pre-1858 juridiction over them, click on a letter link: | ||
[[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes A|A]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions B|B]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions C through D|C-D]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions E through J|E-J]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions K through M|K-M]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdiction Parishes N through R|N-R]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdiction Parishes S through T|S-T]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdiction Parishes U through Z|U-Z]]. | [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes A|A]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions B|B]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions C through D|C-D]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions E through J|E-J]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions K through M|K-M]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdiction Parishes N through R|N-R]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdiction Parishes S through T|S-T]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdiction Parishes U through Z|U-Z]]. | ||
== Probate Indexes Online<br> == | == Probate Indexes Online<br> == | ||
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*[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/Wills.htm http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/Wills.htm] | *[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/Wills.htm http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/Wills.htm] | ||
| == Probate Indexes == | ||
Calendar of wills and administrations in the court of the Archdeaconry of Taunton, parts I and II, wills only, 1537-1799 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=473241&disp=Calendars+of+wills+and+administrations+r%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Part III Administrations at Taunton 1596-1799 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=236535&disp=Calendar+of+wills+and+administrations+in%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Somerset medieval wills Contents: v. 16 (1st ser.). 1383-1500 -- v. 19 (2nd ser.). 1501-1530, with some Somerset wills preserved at Lambeth -- v. 21 (3rd ser.). 1531-1558. "The Lambeth wills, from the archiepiscopal registers, are for 1363-1491." [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=285169&disp=Somerset+medieval+wills%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Medieval wills from Wells deposited in the diocesan registry, Wells, 1543 to 1546 and 1554 to 1556 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=367254&disp=Medieval+wills+from+Wells+deposited+in+t%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Somerset wills from Exeter [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=285201&disp=Somerset+wills+from+Exeter%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Abstracts of Somersetshire wills, etc. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=288284&disp=Abstracts+of+Somersetshire+wills%2C+etc%%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Wells wills : arranged in parishes, and annotated [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=289050&disp=Wells+wills%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>The Genealogists' magazine - v. 5 (1929-1931) has and alphabetical list of Somerset Archdeaconry Court Wills proved at Taunton. Missing from other published lists, almost all these wills are from the 1600's see pages 328-336 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1188872&disp=v%2E++5+%281929%2D1931%29%20%20&columns=*,0,0] | |||
== Estate Duty Records<br> == | == Estate Duty Records<br> == | ||