Court of the Peculiar of the Chancellor of York with the Prebendal Jurisdiction of Laughton en le Morthen
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]
Records are are housed in the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research
Archive Records [edit | edit source]
Original wills, bonds and inventories, 1548-1858.
Family History Library Records[edit | edit source]
No records of this court have been filmed.
Jurisdiction[edit | edit source]
Acklam near Malton, North and South Anston, Firbeck, Handsworth, Laughton en le Morthen, Letwell with Gildingwells, Thorpe Slavin, Throapham St. John, Wales (the parish of that name in the West Riding of Yorkshire), and Wawne. It was inhibited six months by Episcopal Visitation by the Chancery Court and the Visitational of Dean and Chapter.