Berkshire Probate Records

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Berkshire Probate Courts[edit | edit source]

  • Court of the Archdeacon of Berkshire
  • Court of the Bishop of Salisbury (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeacon of Oxford
  • Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury

Some Explanatory Notes on the Berkshire Probate Courts[edit | edit source]

Court Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]

Before 1858, every parish was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary and several secondary courts.  To see an alphabetical list of parishes and the courts that had jurisdiction over them, click on the link for the letter that a parish name begins with:

 A-C  D-I  K-R  S-Z


Post-1858 Probate Records[edit | edit source]