Berkshire Probate Records
For an explanation of probate records in England, click here.
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Berkshire Probate Courts
- Court of the Archdeacon of Berkshire
- Court of the Archdeacon of Wiltshire
- Court of the Bishop of Bristol
- Court of the Bishop of Gloucester
- Court of the Bishop of Salisbury (Episcopal Consistory)
- Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeacon of Oxford
- Court of the Peculiar of Banbury
- Court of the Peculiar of Faringdon
- Court of the Peculiar of Langford
- Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Salisbury (Sarum)
- Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Windsor
- Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Canons of Windsor in Wantage
- Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Some Explanatory Notes on the Berkshire Probate Courts
Court Jurisdictions
Before 1858, every parish was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary and several secondary courts. To see an alphabetical list of Berkshire 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 |