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| *[[Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)]] | | *[[Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)]] |
| *[[Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York]]<br> | | *[[Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York]]<br> |
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| In addition, the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] had jurisdiction over the whole of England and specifically in the following cases.<br>
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| *Wealthy individuals<br>
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| *Interregnum, 1649-1660, because the Prerogative Court was the only court.
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| *Property in more than one diocese in the Province of Canterbury.
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| *Property in both the Province of Canterbury and Province of York.
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| *People who died outside England, including British citizens and others who held property in England.<br>
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| ==== Appeals Courts ====
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| Any probate that was disputed and could not be settled by the county courts could be sent to these higher appeals courts:
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| *[[Court of Arches]]
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| *[[High Court of Delegates]]
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| The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] also served as an appeals court.
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| == Probate Indexes ==
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| Before looking for a will, you should search a probate index. It will save time and give a reference to finding a copy of a will. A few indexes are mentioned here. Others indexes, especially if they only index the wills for one court, are mentioned on each court page.<br>
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| ==== Online Indexes ====
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| [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CUL/ProbateRecords/index.html ''Wills of Cumberland: Abstracts of Cumberland Probate Records pre-1858''] contains for several parishes in Cumberland. <br>
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| ==== Printed or Filmed Indexes<br> ====
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| Indexes are found in archives and in the Family History Library. Click here to see a list of the library's holdings for [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=506247&subject_disp=England%2C+Cumberland+-+Probate+records+-+Indexes&columns=*,0,0 indexes] and [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=453504&subject_disp=England%2C+Cumberland+-+Probate+records&columns=*,0,0 wills]. Films can be viewed in the library or in a [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp family history center]. <br>
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| == Some Explanatory Notes on the Cumberland Probate Courts<br> == | | == Some Explanatory Notes on the Cumberland Probate Courts<br> == |