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== Berkshire Probate Courts == | == Berkshire Probate Courts == | ||
Most of Berkshire was under the jurisdiction of the [[Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire]], hence the majority of genealogical searches should be in the records of this court and its superior courts, which were the [[Court of the Bishop of Salisbury (Episcopal Consistory)]] until 1836 and the combined [[Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Oxford]] from that time on. In addition, the Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury was the highest court in the land. The courts should be searched in that order. | Most of Berkshire was under the jurisdiction of the [[Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire]], hence the majority of genealogical searches should be in the records of this court and its superior courts, which were the [[Court of the Bishop of Salisbury (Episcopal Consistory)]] until 1836 and the combined [[Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Oxford]] from that time on. In addition, the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] was the highest court in the land. The courts should be searched in that order. | ||
However, the following courts also had some pre-1858 probate jurisdiction within a county. Click on a court name to learn about records and indexes. | However, the following courts also had some pre-1858 probate jurisdiction within a county. Click on a court name to learn about records and indexes. | ||
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*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Salisbury]] (Sarum) | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Salisbury]] (Sarum) | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Windsor]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Windsor]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Canons of Windsor in Wantage | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Canons of Windsor in Wantage]] | ||
== Some Explanatory Notes on the Berkshire Probate Courts == | == Some Explanatory Notes on the Berkshire Probate Courts == | ||