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In addition, the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] had jurisdiction over the whole of England, particularly in cases of wealthy individuals, people who owned property in more than one county or court's jurisdiction, people who lived or owned property outside of England, and military and Naval personnel.  
In addition, the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] had jurisdiction over the whole of England, particularly in cases of wealthy individuals, people who owned property in more than one county or court's jurisdiction, people who lived or owned property outside of England, and military and Naval personnel.  


=== Appeals Courts ===
== Probate Indexes ==


Any probate that was disputed and could not be settled by the county courts could be sent to these higher appeals courts:  
*Registered wills and original wills, administrations and inventories, 1494-1860, and, act books, 1532-1638 for Diocese of Lichfield Episcopal Consistory Court [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=309060&disp=Registered+wills+and+original+wills%2C+a%20%20&columns=*,0,0 These are calendars]   This diocese covers the northern and eastern parts of county Warwick.
*A general will index for the Diocese of Lichfield exists online, a scanned edition of P.W. Phillimore's publication by the British Record Society in 1892,''Calendars of wills administrations in the Consistory court of the bishop of Lichfield''. This single index consolidates most Staffordshire wills of the various probate court jurisdictions from 1514-1652 for the Diocese of Lichfield and to 1790 for Warwickshire's smaller [http://books.google.com/books?id=4zYEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false peculiar courts].
*The Episcopal Consistory Court of The Bishop of Worcester Covers the southwestern third of this county.
*Episcopal Consistory Court of the Bishop of Worcester Calendar of wills and administrations, 1661-1858 is a typscript and is available at The Family History Library, (FHL)  book call no. 942.47 P2e vols 1-4. Contents : v. 1. 1661-1699 -- v. 2. 1700-1749 -- v. 3. 1750-1799 -- v. 4. 1800-1858; or, it is available via [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=255647&disp=Episcopal+Consistory+Court+of+the+Bishop++ microfilm] at its 4,600 Family History Centers worldwide. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=255647&disp=Episcopal+Consistory+Court+of+the+Bishop%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
*Worcestershire wills index, 1858-1928. "The index is arranged in alphabetical order of surname followed by the forename. Then the date of probate is cited, thus leading one to the register concerned, together with the relevant page number. It will be noted that there is some slight variation in style of the date of probate quoted. This is because this index was compiled from the existing indexes in each register and the amount of detail in each varied slightly, particularly in the first few volumes." -- from foreword.
*CD-ROM no. 1671 at the Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1172760&disp=Worcestershire+wills+index%2C+1858%2D192%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
*Calendar of wills and administrations in the Consistory court of the Bishop of Worcester, 1451-1652 : also marriage licenses and sequestrations now deposited in the Probate registry at Worcester
*The Index library (British Record Society) : v. 31, 39. (Family History Library book numbers 942 B4b v. 31 1968 and 942 B4b v. 39 1968.) Contents: v. 31. 1451-1600 -- v. 39. 1601-1652. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=234430&disp=Calendar+of+wills+and+administrations+in%20%20&columns=*,0,0] Also available in the Family History Library book 942.47 S2c [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=250567&disp=A+calendar+of+wills+and+administrations+%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
*A calendar of wills and administrations preserved in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Worcester, l45l-(l652) [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=250567&disp=A+calendar+of+wills+and+administrations+%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>


*[[Court of Arches]]
Here is an [[Index of Probate from January-March 1660-1 for the Bishop of Worcester Original Wills]]  
*[[High Court of Delegates]]


The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] also served as an appeals court.
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== Warwickshire Probate Courts  ==
== Warwickshire Probate Courts  ==
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| &nbsp;[[Warwickshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with Q through S|Q-S]]  
| &nbsp;[[Warwickshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with Q through S|Q-S]]  
| &nbsp;[[Warwickshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with T through Z|T-Z]]
| &nbsp;[[Warwickshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with T through Z|T-Z]]
|}
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== Probate Indexes  ==
*Registered wills and original wills, administrations and inventories, 1494-1860, and, act books, 1532-1638 for Diocese of Lichfield Episcopal Consistory Court [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=309060&disp=Registered+wills+and+original+wills%2C+a%20%20&columns=*,0,0 These are calendars]&nbsp;&nbsp; This diocese covers the northern and eastern parts of county Warwick.
*A general will index for the Diocese of Lichfield exists online, a scanned edition of P.W. Phillimore's publication by the British Record Society in 1892,''Calendars of wills administrations in the Consistory court of the bishop of Lichfield''. This single index consolidates most Staffordshire wills of the various probate court jurisdictions from 1514-1652 for the Diocese of Lichfield and to 1790 for Warwickshire's&nbsp;smaller [http://books.google.com/books?id=4zYEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false peculiar courts].
*The Episcopal Consistory Court of The Bishop of Worcester Covers the southwestern third of this county.
*Episcopal Consistory Court of the Bishop of Worcester Calendar of wills and administrations, 1661-1858 is a typscript and is available at The&nbsp;Family History Library, (FHL) &nbsp;book call no.&nbsp;942.47 P2e vols 1-4. Contents&nbsp;: v. 1. 1661-1699 -- v. 2. 1700-1749 -- v. 3. 1750-1799 -- v. 4. 1800-1858; or, it is available via&nbsp;[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=255647&disp=Episcopal+Consistory+Court+of+the+Bishop++ microfilm] at&nbsp;its 4,600 Family History Centers worldwide.&nbsp;[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=255647&disp=Episcopal+Consistory+Court+of+the+Bishop%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
*Worcestershire wills index, 1858-1928. "The index is arranged in alphabetical order of surname followed by the forename. Then the date of probate is cited, thus leading one to the register concerned, together with the relevant page number. It will be noted that there is some slight variation in style of the date of probate quoted. This is because this index was compiled from the existing indexes in each register and the amount of detail in each varied slightly, particularly in the first few volumes." -- from foreword.
*CD-ROM no. 1671 at the Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1172760&disp=Worcestershire+wills+index%2C+1858%2D192%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
*Calendar of wills and administrations in the Consistory court of the Bishop of Worcester, 1451-1652&nbsp;: also marriage licenses and sequestrations now deposited in the Probate registry at Worcester
*The Index library (British Record Society)&nbsp;: v. 31, 39. (Family History Library book numbers 942 B4b v. 31 1968 and 942 B4b v. 39 1968.) Contents: v. 31. 1451-1600 -- v. 39. 1601-1652. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=234430&disp=Calendar+of+wills+and+administrations+in%20%20&columns=*,0,0]&nbsp;Also available in the Family History Library book 942.47 S2c [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=250567&disp=A+calendar+of+wills+and+administrations+%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
*A calendar of wills and administrations preserved in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Worcester, l45l-(l652) [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=250567&disp=A+calendar+of+wills+and+administrations+%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>
Index of Probate from January-March 1660-1 for the Bishop of Worcester Original Wills
{| class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|-
! Name
! Place
! Date
|-
| John Allen
| Wixelsford
| 6 Mar
|-
| William Averill
| Broadway
| 20 Mar
|-
| Thomas Baker
| Juichfieh?
| 28 Feb
|-
| Roger Barnard
| Stratford Upon Avon
| 16 Mar
|-
| William Beaver
| Combrook, Warwickshire
| 8 Mar
|-
| Ferdinand Bentley
| Wick by Pershore
| 27 Feb
|-
| Thomas Bonnar
| Alderminster
| 13 Feb
|-
| Francis Buck
| Oddingley
| 28 Feb
|-
| John Butler
| Swale
| 6 Feb
|-
| William Butler
| Cateshill, Bromsgrove
| 28 Feb
|-
| Robert Caldecote
| Hunington
| 28 Feb
|-
| Thomas Clarke
| City of Worcester
| 21 Feb
|-
| William Climer
| Shenston in Stone
| 23 Feb
|-
| Robert Coldecott or Colicoal
| Hunington
| 28 Feb
|-
| Mathew Collet
| Alderminster or Aldermarston
| 7 Mar
|-
| John Cooke
| St Peter, Worcester
| 8 Feb
|-
| John Cookes
| Stoke Prior
| 25 Feb
|-
| Symon Corbett
| Defford
| 6 Feb
|-
| Thomas Crowe
| Chadwich, Bromsgrove
| 16 Feb
|-
| Richard Dannce
| Wick by Pershore
| 20 Feb
|-
| Mary Dawks or Dawlks
| Himbleton
| 23 Feb
|-
| Henry Day
| Pinvin
| 27 Feb
|-
| Margaret Desmastres
| Pershore
| 20 Feb
|-
| Thomas Edgcock
| Kinerton, Warwickshire
| 16 Mar
|-
| Frances Elcoxe
| St Martins, Worcester
| 22 Mar
|-
| Elizabeth George
| Eckington
| 8 Mar
|-
| Thomas George the Elder
| Naunton in Severn Stoke
| 2 Mar
|-
| Gyles Gilbert
| Longdon
| 18 Mar
|-
| William Griffin
| Clifton in Severn Stoke
| 16 Mar
|-
| Thomas Gyles
| Powick
| 7 Feb
|-
| George Hall
| Broadway
| 7 Mar
|-
| John Hall
| Tarbecke
| 10 Mar
|-
| Ellinor Hay
| Eckington
| 13 Mar
|-
| John Hay
| Alchurch
| 28 Feb
|-
| William Hopkins
| Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire
| 16 Mar
|-
| Anne Horsham
| Wicke in Pershore
| 27 Feb
|-
| Richard Hurlston
| Ilmington, Warwickshire
| 28 Feb
|-
| Katherine Inones or Jnones
| &nbsp;? Mathon
| 28 Feb
|-
| Anne Jennings
| Moseley
| 21 Mar
|-
| Robert Knight
| Charlecott, Warwickshire
| 20 Mar
|-
| Cicilia Lee
| Alveston
| 6 Feb
|-
| Edmond Ligon
|
| 12 Mar
|-
| Richard Marshall
| Inkberrow
| 27 Feb
|-
| Anthony Morrice
| Icomb
| 14 Mar
|-
| John Moseley
| Northwich, Blockley
| 14 Mar
|-
| William Moseley
| Puddington or Huddington?
| 27 Feb
|-
| Thomas Munsloe
| Tibberton
| 9 Feb
|-
| Edward Nicholls
| Hunnington
| 8 Mar
|-
| John Oldmole or Oldnall
| Chaddestly Corbett
| 7 Feb
|-
| Thomas Ordway
| Bengworth
| 12 Mar
|-
| John Pearsall
| Whitley Barne, Halesowen, Salop
| 1 Mar
|-
| William Phillips
| Church Lench
| 28 Feb
|-
| Maria or Mary Phipps
| Aldermarston or Alderminster
| 10 Feb
|-
| Alice Pratt
| Wick near Pershore
| 6 Feb
|-
| William Quinton
| Hunnington, Warwickshire
| 27 Feb
|-
| John Rainolds or Reynolds
| Kidderminster
| 27 Feb
|-
| John Richardson
| Shottery in Stratford on Avon Warwickshire
| 20 Mar
|-
| Julie Shawe
| Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
| 16 Feb
|-
| Stephen Sitch
| Shefferie, Warwickshire
| 13 Mar
|-
| Mary Smith
| Eckington (Eskington)
| 11 Mar
|-
| Thomas Smith
| Vifford
| 9 Mar
|-
| Margery Symonds
| Elmley Castle
| 14 Mar
|-
| William Taverner
| Pinvin or Pembry
| 27 Feb
|-
| Mary Tonerton or Towerton
| Holt
| 6 Mar
|-
| Richard Walker
| Ridmington
| 8 Mar
|-
| Michael Warne
| Alvechurch or Alchurch
| 28 Feb
|-
| William Washborne
| Tibberton
| 23 Feb
|-
| Henry Whatley
| Tanworth, Warwickshire
| 9 Mar
|-
| Thomas Whopper
| Tibberton
| 23 Feb
|}
|}


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