Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of Lincoln and of the Archdeacon in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon

Huntingdonshire Probate Records Lincolnshire Probate Records

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Jurisdiction

All of Huntingdonshire except for the prebendal courts. From 1479-1609, this court also had jurisdiction over 77 parishes in Hertfordshire and Everton in Bedford.

Records

The records for this court are held at the Cambridgeshire County Record Office.

The Family History Library has copies of the following:

• Registered copy wills 1479-1645, 1663-1678, 1690-1857
• Original wills 1631, 1646-1649, 1652, 1661-1662, 1679-1689
  
• Admon act books 1559-1614, 1691-1857
  
• Admon bonds 1662-1688
  

Films can be viewed in the library or in a family history center.

Indexes

The Family History Library has copies of the following:

• Calendar of wills, 1615-1858, on film number 187854
  
• Index to Admon Bonds, 1662-1688, on film number 187904
  
• Index to inventories, 1607-1857, on film number 187855
  
• Calendars of Huntingdonshire wills, 1479-1652, compiled by W. M. Noble