Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Durham within the Jurisdiction of Howden and Howdenshire
England Yorkshire
Yorkshire Probate Courts
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Indexes[edit | edit source]
Indexes for 54 peculiar courts, 1383-1883, are available online on BritishOrigins. This is a subscription site.
Records[edit | edit source]
Archive Location[edit | edit source]
The records for this court are held in the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research.
Archive Records[edit | edit source]
Family History Library Records[edit | edit source]
Film copies of the following records. Films can be view in the library or in a family history center.
- Act books 1622-1857, on 99955 item 2
The act books are in three volumes, and cover respectively 1622-1642, 1660-1735 and 1736-1857. To access the remainder of the original records listed below, it will first be necessary to consult the act books.
- Original records, 1660-1720, on films 99423-99427.
- Original records, 1721-1857, on films 99941 (item 2)-99948.
Jurisdiction[edit | edit source]
Howden is a Durham peculiar situated entirely within the geographic boundaries of Yorkshire.