Consistory Court of London: Difference between revisions

<A script created by the FamilySearch Wiki Engineering Team modified a link on this page so it will not break when the Family History Library Catalog changes in late December.>
No edit summary
(<A script created by the FamilySearch Wiki Engineering Team modified a link on this page so it will not break when the Family History Library Catalog changes in late December.>)
Line 19: Line 19:
==== Printed and Published Indexes ====
==== Printed and Published Indexes ====


*A probate index for the Consistory&nbsp;Court of London from 1363 to 1700 has been compiled by the British Record Society in its extensive [http://www.britishrecordsociety.org/volumespublished-forpurchase.htm publications]&nbsp;(vols 89 and 98). These publications are likely available in most major United States (especially university libraries) and United Kingdom Archives and libraries as well as in&nbsp;The Family History [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=64094&disp=Index+to+testamentary+records+in+the+Arc%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Library].  
*A probate index for the Consistory&nbsp;Court of London from 1363 to 1700 has been compiled by the British Record Society in its extensive [http://www.britishrecordsociety.org/volumespublished-forpurchase.htm publications]&nbsp;(vols 89 and 98). These publications are likely available in most major United States (especially university libraries) and United Kingdom Archives and libraries as well as in&nbsp;The Family History {{FHL|64094|title-id|disp=Library}}.  
*A&nbsp;comprehensive will&nbsp;and admon&nbsp;index to most of London's (including Greater L.) probate courts&nbsp;for the years covering&nbsp;1750-1858, is&nbsp;Dr David Wright's London Probate Index on CD and is&nbsp;on [http://www.davideastkent.canterhill.co.uk/lp-index.htm sale].&nbsp;He will perform&nbsp;"lookups" in his indexes for you for surnames covering from G-Z at a set fee.
*A&nbsp;comprehensive will&nbsp;and admon&nbsp;index to most of London's (including Greater L.) probate courts&nbsp;for the years covering&nbsp;1750-1858, is&nbsp;Dr David Wright's London Probate Index on CD and is&nbsp;on [http://www.davideastkent.canterhill.co.uk/lp-index.htm sale].&nbsp;He will perform&nbsp;"lookups" in his indexes for you for surnames covering from G-Z at a set fee.


==== Original Handwritten Indexes  ====
==== Original Handwritten Indexes  ====


[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=263013&disp=Wills+and+administrations%2C+1362-1857++ Calendars and Indexes]&nbsp;to&nbsp;Wills (1362 to 1858), and&nbsp;Index to probate registers (1514-1641), to this&nbsp;Probate court exist covering&nbsp;acts of Wills and Administrations (Admons). Calendars are a kind of index (of the first&nbsp;letter of each surname) to the&nbsp;probate records&nbsp;and admons (administrations). <br>
{{FHL|263013|title-id|disp=Calendars and Indexes}}&nbsp;to&nbsp;Wills (1362 to 1858), and&nbsp;Index to probate registers (1514-1641), to this&nbsp;Probate court exist covering&nbsp;acts of Wills and Administrations (Admons). Calendars are a kind of index (of the first&nbsp;letter of each surname) to the&nbsp;probate records&nbsp;and admons (administrations). <br>


The&nbsp;above calendars can be accessed by visiting&nbsp;The London Metropolitan Archives and Library. To view what precise probate records they hold before visiting [their archives], go to [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/results.aspx?tab=2&Page=1&ContainAllWords=St+John Access2Archives] and use their search engine for determining&nbsp;availability of records in The LMA.  
The&nbsp;above calendars can be accessed by visiting&nbsp;The London Metropolitan Archives and Library. To view what precise probate records they hold before visiting [their archives], go to [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/results.aspx?tab=2&Page=1&ContainAllWords=St+John Access2Archives] and use their search engine for determining&nbsp;availability of records in The LMA.  
Line 30: Line 30:
==== Microfilmed Indexes at the Family History Library<br> ====
==== Microfilmed Indexes at the Family History Library<br> ====


[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=263013&disp=Wills+and+administrations%2C+1362-1857++ Calendars and Indexes] of Wills and Admons (Administrations)&nbsp;to the Consistory Court fo the Bishop of London are available on microfilm at the Family History Library covering the years 1362-1857 and may be circulated to each of its satellite Family History [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp Centers].  
{{FHL|263013|title-id|disp=Calendars and Indexes}} of Wills and Admons (Administrations)&nbsp;to the Consistory Court fo the Bishop of London are available on microfilm at the Family History Library covering the years 1362-1857 and may be circulated to each of its satellite Family History [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp Centers].  


== The Records ==
== The Records ==
Line 67: Line 67:
For access to these records, e-mail the archive&nbsp;for a list of record searchers or visit the archive according to their scheduled opening hours.<br>
For access to these records, e-mail the archive&nbsp;for a list of record searchers or visit the archive according to their scheduled opening hours.<br>


== Probates records in this [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=263013&disp=Wills+and+administrations%2C+1362-1857++ court]&nbsp;at the Family History Library  ==
== Probates records in this {{FHL|263013|title-id|disp=court}}&nbsp;at the Family History Library  ==


Search the following probate records in the order listed below:  
Search the following probate records in the order listed below:  
Anonymous user