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 #Click a letter or span of letters for your place name. This opens a jurisdictions table.<br>
 #Follow the instructions on the jurisdictions table page.<br>
+== Court Jurisdictions by Parish  ==
+Before 1858, every town and parish in Worcestershire fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts.&nbsp; When looking for the will of an ancestor, determine what courts had jurisdiction over the parish where your ancestor died or owned property, and search the courts in&nbsp;order.
+For a list of Worcestershire parishes&nbsp;and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them, click on a letter link:
+{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="472" border="1"
+|-
+| &nbsp;[[Worcestershire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with A|A]]&nbsp;
+| &nbsp;[[Worcestershire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with B|B]]&nbsp;
+| &nbsp;[[Worcestershire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with C|C]]&nbsp;
+| &nbsp;[[Worcestershire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with D through G|D-G]]&nbsp;
+| &nbsp;[[Worcestershire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with H through J|H-J]]&nbsp;
+| &nbsp;[[Worcestershire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with K through N|K-N]]&nbsp;
+| &nbsp;[[Worcestershire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with O through R|O-R]]&nbsp;
+| &nbsp;[[Worcestershire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with S|S]]&nbsp;
+| &nbsp;[[Worcestershire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with T through V|T-V]]&nbsp;
+| &nbsp;[[Worcestershire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with W through Z|W-Z]]
+|}
 == Worcestershire Probate Courts  ==
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 The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] also served as an appeals court.<br>
-== Court Jurisdictions by Parish  ==
+<br>
-Before 1858, every town and parish in Worcestershire fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts.&nbsp; When looking for the will of an ancestor, determine what courts had jurisdiction over the parish where your ancestor died or owned property, and search the courts in&nbsp;order.
-For a list of Worcestershire parishes&nbsp;and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them, click on a letter link:
-{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="472" border="1"
-|-
-| &nbsp;[[Worcestershire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with A|A]]&nbsp;
-| &nbsp;[[Worcestershire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with B|B]]&nbsp;
-| &nbsp;[[Worcestershire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with C|C]]&nbsp;
-| &nbsp;[[Worcestershire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with D through G|D-G]]&nbsp;
-| &nbsp;[[Worcestershire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with H through J|H-J]]&nbsp;
-| &nbsp;[[Worcestershire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with K through N|K-N]]&nbsp;
-| &nbsp;[[Worcestershire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with O through R|O-R]]&nbsp;
-| &nbsp;[[Worcestershire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with S|S]]&nbsp;
-| &nbsp;[[Worcestershire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with T through V|T-V]]&nbsp;
-| &nbsp;[[Worcestershire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with W through Z|W-Z]]
-|}
 == Probate Indexes<br> ==