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''[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Lincolnshire|Lincolnshire]]''  
''[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Lincolnshire]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Lincolnshire Probate Records''  


== Getting Started  ==
== Getting Started  ==
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Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Sussex. Search these indexes first:  
Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Sussex. Search these indexes first:  


*[http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/database/SussexFHGprobate.shtml http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/database/SussexFHGprobate.shtml] -- compiled by the Sussex Family History Group which has transcribed the names of 12,300 individuals found in Sussex wills, including testators, executors, beneficiaries or witnesses. The information recorded includes name, date and place.
Search the [http://microsites.lincolnshire.gov.uk/archives/section.asp?docId=53085&catId=13105&pageTitle=Lincoln+Consistory+Court+Wills+Index Lincoln Consistory Court Wills Index, 1701-1800]. The site contains lists in PDF format in alphabetical order by name. [http://books.google.com/books?id=oC8EAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Lincolnshire,+England+Wills&source=gbs_similarbooks_s&cad=1 Calendars of Lincoln Wills 1320-1600] is a digitized book.<br>
*The [http://sussexrecordsociety.org/home2.asp?an=&ap= Sussex Record Society] has&nbsp;published four volumes of indexes to Sussex wills, and these&nbsp;can be viewed on&nbsp;their [http://sussexrecordsociety.org/bwills1.asp?an=&ap= website]. They are arranged by parish then by surname.&nbsp;
 
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp?WT.hp=Wills Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384-1858)].
[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53656] [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=408] [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=410] Transcriptions of Lincoln probate records 1271-1526 with transcripts of probate to 1532.
 
Family History Library has these indexes available [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=330052&subject_disp=England%2C+Lincoln+%2D+Probate+records+%2D+Indexes&columns=*,0,0] [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=329888&subject_disp=England%2C+Lincoln+%2D+Probate+records&columns=*,0,0] [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=233030&disp=Calendars+of+Lincoln+wills%20%20&columns=*,0,0].
 
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=4791&disp=Index+to+records+of+Lincoln+Peculiar+Cou%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Index to records of Lincoln Peculiar Courts], including Caistor, Louth, Heydour, Corringham, Bishop Norton, Kirton in Lindsey, Gretton, Empingham, Biggleswade and Sleaford.<br>
*The ''Lincolnshire Wills Beneficiary Index&nbsp;''covers the period approximately from 1383 to1900. It was compiled by Pam Baker from information submitted by members of the Lincolnshire Family History Society. It's an index to the names of people who appear in a will made by someone else. The Family History Library has a copy of this index on fiche numbers [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=755208&disp=Wills+beneficiary+index++ 6393728-6393730 and 6393718-6393720].


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*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebendal of Sleaford]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebendal of Sleaford]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebendal of Stow in Lindsey]]<br>
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebendal of Stow in Lindsey]]<br>
*[[Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York]]
*[[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]


In addition, the [[Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York]] had jurisdiction over most of the Northern counties of England.
In addition, the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] had jurisdiction over the whole of England and specifically in the following cases.<br>
*Wealthy individuals
*Interregnum, 1649-1660, because the Prerogative Court was the only court.
*Property in more than one diocese in the Province of Canterbury.
*Property in both the Province of Canterbury and Province of York.
*People who died outside England, including British citizens and others who held property in England.
==== Appeals Courts  ====
Any probate that was disputed and could not be settled by the county courts could be sent to these higher appeals courts:
*[[Court of Arches]]
*[[High Court of Delegates]]
The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]&nbsp;also served as an appeals court.
== Probate Indexes Online<br> ==
Search the [http://microsites.lincolnshire.gov.uk/archives/section.asp?docId=53085&catId=13105&pageTitle=Lincoln+Consistory+Court+Wills+Index Lincoln Consistory Court Wills Index, 1701-1800]. The site contains lists in PDF format in alphabetical order by name. [http://books.google.com/books?id=oC8EAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Lincolnshire,+England+Wills&source=gbs_similarbooks_s&cad=1 Calendars of Lincoln Wills 1320-1600] is a digitized book.<br>
[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53656] [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=408] [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=410] Transcriptions of Lincoln probate records 1271-1526 with transcripts of probate to 1532.
== Probate Indexes  ==
Family History Library has these indexes available [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=330052&subject_disp=England%2C+Lincoln+%2D+Probate+records+%2D+Indexes&columns=*,0,0] [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=329888&subject_disp=England%2C+Lincoln+%2D+Probate+records&columns=*,0,0] [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=233030&disp=Calendars+of+Lincoln+wills%20%20&columns=*,0,0].
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=4791&disp=Index+to+records+of+Lincoln+Peculiar+Cou%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Index to records of Lincoln Peculiar Courts], including Caistor, Louth, Heydour, Corringham, Bishop Norton, Kirton in Lindsey, Gretton, Empingham, Biggleswade and Sleaford.<br>
*The ''Lincolnshire Wills Beneficiary Index&nbsp;''covers the period approximately from 1383 to1900. It was compiled by Pam Baker from information submitted by members of the Lincolnshire Family History Society. It's an index to the names of people who appear in a will made by someone else. The Family History Library has a copy of this index on fiche numbers [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=755208&disp=Wills+beneficiary+index++ 6393728-6393730 and 6393718-6393720].


== Some Explanatory Notes on the Lincolnshire Probate Courts  ==
== Some Explanatory Notes on the Lincolnshire Probate Courts  ==
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For most of the wills proved in all the courts down to 1532, printed abstracts will be found in C.W. Foster's ''Lincoln Wills'' published by the Lincoln Record Society volumes 5 (1271-1526) and 10 (1505-1530). There are further abstracts of selected items in ''Lincolnshire Wills: First Series A.D 1500-1600'' (published in 1888) and ''Lincolnshire Wills: Second Series A.D. 1600-1617 ''(published in 1891) by Canon A.R. Maddison.<ref>Camp, Anthony J. Wills and Their Whereabouts. London: published by author, 1974; page 66.</ref> The Family History Library has a copy of these volumes (FHL [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=203079&disp=Lincolnshire+wills++ 942.53 P2ma; film 990132 Items 3-4]). <br>
For most of the wills proved in all the courts down to 1532, printed abstracts will be found in C.W. Foster's ''Lincoln Wills'' published by the Lincoln Record Society volumes 5 (1271-1526) and 10 (1505-1530). There are further abstracts of selected items in ''Lincolnshire Wills: First Series A.D 1500-1600'' (published in 1888) and ''Lincolnshire Wills: Second Series A.D. 1600-1617 ''(published in 1891) by Canon A.R. Maddison.<ref>Camp, Anthony J. Wills and Their Whereabouts. London: published by author, 1974; page 66.</ref> The Family History Library has a copy of these volumes (FHL [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=203079&disp=Lincolnshire+wills++ 942.53 P2ma; film 990132 Items 3-4]). <br>


== 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. Estate duty indexes may help locate a will. For more information, go to [[Estate Duty Records]].
== Probates After 1857  ==
Beginning in 1858, the government took over the&nbsp;settlement of estates and all&nbsp;wills are now probated through the Principal Probate Registry system. For more information, go to [[Principal Probate Registry]].<br>


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