Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely

England  Cambridgeshire Probate Records

Jurisdiction

This court had jurisdiction in the following Cambridgeshire parishes:

Abingdon Piggots Barnwell Bassingbourne Bourne Boxworth Caldecot Cambridge City (13 parishes) Caxton Cherry Hinton Conington Croxton Croydon cum Clapton East Hatley

Elsworth Eltisley Great and Little Eversden Fen Drayton Fulbourn All Saints and St. Vigor Gamlingay Gilden Morden Graveley Haddenham Hatley St. George Kingston Knapwell Litlington

Lollworth Long Stow Melbourne Meldreth Papworth Agnes Papworth Everard Steeple Morden Swavesey Tadlow Toft Wendy Whaddon Wilburton

Records

The original records of this court are deposited at the Cambridge University Library in the city of Cambridge.  Contact the library for assistance.

The records include:

• Original wills, 1503-1857
• Registered wills, 1449-1858
• Original administrations, inventories, tuitions, etc., 1662-1858

Records are on microfilm and are available at the Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies service in the city of Cambridge, the Family History Libray in Salt Lake City, and through family history centers.  They include:

• Probate records, 1612-1841
• Wills, 1489-1857

 

Indexes

The original and microfilmed records listed above include indexes.

In addition, the Family History Library, and other repositories, has the following index:

• Index of the probate records of the Court of the Archdeacon of Ely, 1513-1857