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"All probate records of the Diocese of Bath and Wells which had been deposited in the Probate Registry at Exeter were destroyed there in 1942. The records destroyed were those of the Consistory Court of Bath and Wells, the Archdeaconry Courts of Wells and Taunton, the Consistory Courts of the Dean and Chapter and of the Dean [of Wells], the Peculiar Courts of the Precentor, the Chancellor and Sub-Dean of Wells, the Royal Peculiar Court of Ilminister, and the various Prebendary Courts."<ref>Camp, Anthony J., ''Wills and Their Whereabouts,'' London: by the author, 1974. FHL book 942 S2wa, page 116.</ref> | "All probate records of the Diocese of Bath and Wells which had been deposited in the Probate Registry at Exeter were destroyed there in 1942. The records destroyed were those of the Consistory Court of Bath and Wells, the Archdeaconry Courts of Wells and Taunton, the Consistory Courts of the Dean and Chapter and of the Dean [of Wells], the Peculiar Courts of the Precentor, the Chancellor and Sub-Dean of Wells, the Royal Peculiar Court of Ilminister, and the various Prebendary Courts."<ref>Camp, Anthony J., ''Wills and Their Whereabouts,'' London: by the author, 1974. FHL book 942 S2wa, page 116.</ref> | ||
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== Court Jurisdictions == | == Court Jurisdictions == | ||
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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 Parishes C|C]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes D|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 Parishes C|C]], [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes D|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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== Probate Indexes == | == Probate Indexes == | ||
[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 Calendar of wills and administrations in the court of the Archdeaconry of Taunton, parts I and II, wills only, 1537-1799] <br>[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 Part III Administrations at Taunton 1596-1799 and Part IV Ilminster] | |||
[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1565560&disp=Somerset+wills+II%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Somerset wills II pre-1858 extracted by Olive M. Moger (edited by A. J. Webb)] | |||
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 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=367254&disp=Medieval+wills+from+Wells+deposited+in+t%20%20&columns=*,0,0 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=285201&disp=Somerset+wills+from+Exeter%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Somerset wills from Exeter] | |||
[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 Abstracts of Somersetshire wills, etc.] | |||
[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=289050&disp=Wells+wills%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Wells wills : arranged in parishes, and annotated] | |||
[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 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. | |||
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== Estate Duty Records<br> == | == Estate Duty Records<br> == | ||
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Starting in 1796, a tax or death duty was payable on estates over a certain value. Estate duty abstracts may add considerable information not found elsewhere. Between 1813-1858 estate duty indexes may help locate a will. For more information, go to [[Estate Duty Records]].<br> | Starting in 1796, a tax or death duty was payable on estates over a certain value. Estate duty abstracts may add considerable information not found elsewhere. Between 1813-1858 estate duty indexes may help locate a will. For more information, go to [[Estate Duty Records]].<br> | ||
<br> | '''Indexes:''' | ||
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=701562&disp=Index+of+Somerset+Estate+Duty+Office+wil%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Index of Somerset Estate Duty Office wills and letters of administration, 1805-1811] | |||
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=507853&disp=Somerset+estate+duty+wills+index%2C+1813%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Somerset estate duty wills index, 1813-1837, A - Z] | |||
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=346690&disp=Somerset+Estate+duty+wills++ Somerset Estate duty wills 1812-1857] | |||
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=507859&disp=Somerset+office+wills+index%2C+A+%2D+Z%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Somerset office wills index, A - Z Pre-1900 and not all of Somerset County]<br> | |||
== Post-1857 Probate Records == | == Post-1857 Probate Records == | ||