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Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Cornwall. Search these indexes first:  
Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Cornwall. 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.
Before looking for a will, you should search an index. <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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sterth/wills_by_name_ac.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sterth/wills_by_name_ac.htm] (Cornish Will Abstracts 1690 - 1859, for St. Erth and other places)<br>
 
*[http://webs.lanset.com/azazella/cornish_database.html http://webs.lanset.com/azazella/cornish_database.html]&nbsp;(Cornish Genealogy Database, for surnames from the parishes in the south-west of Cornwall – the Penwith district and peninsula with its government seat in Penzance, and the Kerrier district and Lizard peninsula with its government seat in Camborne.)
 
*[http://members.iimetro.com.au/%7erosewarne/probate1.PDF http://members.iimetro.com.au/%7erosewarne/probate1.PDF]&nbsp;(Cornish Probate Records, selected surnames, A – M)
 
*[http://members.iimetro.com.au/%7erosewarne/probate2.PDF http://members.iimetro.com.au/%7erosewarne/probate2.PDF]&nbsp;(Cornish Probate Records, selected surnames, N – Z)


Did you find a reference to a probate record?  
[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=6&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1]&nbsp;Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384 - 1858) These include many Cornwall people.<br>
 
Court of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall&nbsp;
 
Original wills, administrations and inventories for the Consistorial Court of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall, 1579-1859 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=329778&disp=Original+wills%2C+administrations+and+in++]
 
Calendar of wills, administrations and accounts relating to the counties of Cornwall and Devon in the Connotorial Archidiaconal Court of Cornwall&nbsp;: (with which are included the records of the Royal Peculiar of St Burian) now preserved in the district probate registry at Bodwin Contents: Contents: v. 56. 1569-1699 -- v. 59. 1700-1799. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=241992&disp=Calendar+of+wills%2C+administrations+and%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Cornish probate records at Cornwall Record Office, 1800-1857<br>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=303843&disp=Cornish+probate+records+at+Cornwall+Reco%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Index to Cornish probate records, 1600-1649 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=351093&disp=Index+to+Cornish+probate+records%2C+1600%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
 
Unproved Archdeaconry Court Wills are listed in this book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=556166&disp=Index+to+Cornish+estate+duty+and+Deanery%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
 
Index to Cornish estate duty and Deanery of St. Buryan wills The Royal Peculiar of the Deanery of St. Buryan included the parishes of St. Buryan, St. Levan and Sennen. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=556166&disp=Index+to+Cornish+estate+duty+and+Deanery%20%20&columns=*,0,0] See above v. 56 amd v.59
 
"The present list is an amalgamation of the main series of Archdeaconry of Cornwall wills and bonds with those of the Royal Peculiar of St. Buryan and the Estate Duty Office wills (the latter from 1812 to 1857)." [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=303843&disp=Cornish+probate+records+at+Cornwall+Reco%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
 
Calendars of wills and administrations relating to the counties of Devon and Cornwall&nbsp;: proved in the Court of the principal registry of the Bishop of Exeter, 1559-1799. And of Devon only, proved in the Court of the Archdeaconry of Exeter, 1540-1799. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=235196&disp=Calendars+of+wills+and+administrations+r%20%20&columns=*,0,0] [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=251593&disp=Calendars+of+wills+and+administrations+r%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
 
Transcript of Devonshire wills, 1600-1800. This court also covered some Cornwall parishes and these abstracts may include wills of Cornwall residents. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=289964&disp=Transcript+of+Devonshire+wills%2C+1600%2%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Index to wills, copies and related papers [of the County of Devon], 1200-1900's It may include persons from Cornwall [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=575287&disp=Index+to+wills%2C+copies+and+related+pap%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
 
Cornish wills in Prerogative Court of Canterbury Contents: v. 1. 1383-1558, A-J -- v. 2. K-Z -- v. 3. 1558-1583. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=282741&disp=Cornish+wills+in+Prerogative+Court+of+Ca%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
 
Indexes Archdeaconry of Cornwall 1796-1811 Death Duty Registers [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=15644&disp=Death+duty+registers%2C+Exeter%2C+17962++]<br>Index to Cornish estate duty and Deanery of St. Buryan wills [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=556166&disp=Index+to+Cornish+estate+duty+and+Deanery%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Wills for the Diocese of Exeter (County of Devon), 1812-1857 The copies were made for the Legacy Duty Department of the Stamp Duty Office, and from 1848 on to its successor, The Estate Duty Office of the Inland Revenue Office. They consist of wills proved in the Principal Registry and Consistory Court of the Bishop of Exeter, and in the various Archdeaconry Courts. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=573927&disp=Wills+for+the+Diocese+of+Exeter+%28Count%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
 
Estate duty wills, Cornwall, 1811-1857 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1132062&disp=Estate+duty+wills%2C+Cornwall%2C+1811%2D%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
 
<br>Did you find a reference to a probate record?  


*If ''yes'', go to '''Step 4''' below.  
*If ''yes'', go to '''Step 4''' below.  
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If no will is found, your ancestor may not have left one.<br><br>
If no will is found, your ancestor may not have left one.<br><br>
==== Step 4. Obtain a copy of the probate record  ====
Once you have found an index reference to a probate, obtain a copy of the record. Do so by one of these methods:
*Visit or contact the record office that has the original records in its collection.
*Visit the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHL/frameset_library.asp Family History Library] or a [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp family history center] and obtain a copy of the record on microfilm. For more information, click on a court name below. <br>
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== Cornwall Probate Courts  ==
== Cornwall Probate Courts  ==
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*[[Episcopal Consistory Court of Exeter|Episcopal Consistory Court of Exeter]]  
*[[Episcopal Consistory Court of Exeter|Episcopal Consistory Court of Exeter]]  
*[[Court of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter Cathedral|Court of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter Cathedral]]  
*[[Court of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter Cathedral|Court of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter Cathedral]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of St. Buryan|Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of St. Buryan]]
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of St. Buryan|Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of St. Buryan]]  
 
*[[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] r&gt;
<br>
 
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<br>
*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]] also served as an appeals court.
 
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== Probate Indexes Online <br> ==
<br><br>
 
Before looking for a will, you should search an index. <br>
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sterth/wills_by_name_ac.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sterth/wills_by_name_ac.htm] (Cornish Will Abstracts 1690 - 1859, for St. Erth and other places)<br>
 
*[http://webs.lanset.com/azazella/cornish_database.html http://webs.lanset.com/azazella/cornish_database.html]&nbsp;(Cornish Genealogy Database, for surnames from the parishes in the south-west of Cornwall – the Penwith district and peninsula with its government seat in Penzance, and the Kerrier district and Lizard peninsula with its government seat in Camborne.)
 
*[http://members.iimetro.com.au/%7erosewarne/probate1.PDF http://members.iimetro.com.au/%7erosewarne/probate1.PDF]&nbsp;(Cornish Probate Records, selected surnames, A – M)
 
*[http://members.iimetro.com.au/%7erosewarne/probate2.PDF http://members.iimetro.com.au/%7erosewarne/probate2.PDF]&nbsp;(Cornish Probate Records, selected surnames, N – Z)
 
[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=6&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1]&nbsp;Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384 - 1858) These include many Cornwall people.<br>
 
== Probate Indexes<br> ==
 
Court of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall&nbsp;
 
Original wills, administrations and inventories for the Consistorial Court of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall, 1579-1859 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=329778&disp=Original+wills%2C+administrations+and+in++]
 
Calendar of wills, administrations and accounts relating to the counties of Cornwall and Devon in the Connotorial Archidiaconal Court of Cornwall&nbsp;: (with which are included the records of the Royal Peculiar of St Burian) now preserved in the district probate registry at Bodwin Contents: Contents: v. 56. 1569-1699 -- v. 59. 1700-1799. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=241992&disp=Calendar+of+wills%2C+administrations+and%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Cornish probate records at Cornwall Record Office, 1800-1857<br>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=303843&disp=Cornish+probate+records+at+Cornwall+Reco%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Index to Cornish probate records, 1600-1649 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=351093&disp=Index+to+Cornish+probate+records%2C+1600%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
 
Unproved Archdeaconry Court Wills are listed in this book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=556166&disp=Index+to+Cornish+estate+duty+and+Deanery%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
 
Index to Cornish estate duty and Deanery of St. Buryan wills The Royal Peculiar of the Deanery of St. Buryan included the parishes of St. Buryan, St. Levan and Sennen. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=556166&disp=Index+to+Cornish+estate+duty+and+Deanery%20%20&columns=*,0,0] See above v. 56 amd v.59
 
"The present list is an amalgamation of the main series of Archdeaconry of Cornwall wills and bonds with those of the Royal Peculiar of St. Buryan and the Estate Duty Office wills (the latter from 1812 to 1857)." [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=303843&disp=Cornish+probate+records+at+Cornwall+Reco%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
 
Calendars of wills and administrations relating to the counties of Devon and Cornwall&nbsp;: proved in the Court of the principal registry of the Bishop of Exeter, 1559-1799. And of Devon only, proved in the Court of the Archdeaconry of Exeter, 1540-1799. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=235196&disp=Calendars+of+wills+and+administrations+r%20%20&columns=*,0,0] [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=251593&disp=Calendars+of+wills+and+administrations+r%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
 
Transcript of Devonshire wills, 1600-1800. This court also covered some Cornwall parishes and these abstracts may include wills of Cornwall residents. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=289964&disp=Transcript+of+Devonshire+wills%2C+1600%2%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Index to wills, copies and related papers [of the County of Devon], 1200-1900's It may include persons from Cornwall [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=575287&disp=Index+to+wills%2C+copies+and+related+pap%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
 
Cornish wills in Prerogative Court of Canterbury Contents: v. 1. 1383-1558, A-J -- v. 2. K-Z -- v. 3. 1558-1583. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=282741&disp=Cornish+wills+in+Prerogative+Court+of+Ca%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
 
Indexes Archdeaconry of Cornwall 1796-1811 Death Duty Registers [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=15644&disp=Death+duty+registers%2C+Exeter%2C+17962++]<br>Index to Cornish estate duty and Deanery of St. Buryan wills [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=556166&disp=Index+to+Cornish+estate+duty+and+Deanery%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Wills for the Diocese of Exeter (County of Devon), 1812-1857 The copies were made for the Legacy Duty Department of the Stamp Duty Office, and from 1848 on to its successor, The Estate Duty Office of the Inland Revenue Office. They consist of wills proved in the Principal Registry and Consistory Court of the Bishop of Exeter, and in the various Archdeaconry Courts. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=573927&disp=Wills+for+the+Diocese+of+Exeter+%28Count%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
 
Estate duty wills, Cornwall, 1811-1857 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1132062&disp=Estate+duty+wills%2C+Cornwall%2C+1811%2D%20%20&columns=*,0,0]


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