St Margaret Lothbury with St Christopher le Stocks and St Bartholomew by the Exchange, London, England Genealogy: Difference between revisions

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Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish.  
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish.  


Before 1858, {{PAGENAME}} fell under the jurisdiction of the [[Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (London Division)|Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London]] and the [[Archdeaconry Court of London|Archdeaconry Court of London]].
Before 1858, {{PAGENAME}} fell under the jurisdiction of the [[Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (London Division)|Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London]] and the [[Archdeaconry Court of London|Archdeaconry Court of London]]. In practice, many residents left their wills in the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of Canterbury]] from the 1700s through 1858.<ref>[http://www.origins.net/help/aboutNWI-acl.aspx "About Archdeaconry Court of London Wills Index 1750-1800"], ''British Origins,'' accessed 23 December 2011.</ref> From 1858 to the present, refer to the [[Principal Probate Registry|Principal Probate Registry]].


Go to [[London Probate Records|London Probate Records]] to find the names of the courts having secondary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Go to [[London Probate Records|London Probate Records]] to find the names of the courts having secondary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
 
From 1858 to the present, refer to the [[Principal Probate Registry|Principal Probate Registry]].


=== Poor Law Unions  ===
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