Court of the Peculiar of the Chancellor of the Choir of the Cathedral in Little Hereford and Ashford Carbonell

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Shropshire Probate Records

Step By Step[edit | edit source]

1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry.
2. Proceed to the "Probate Records Held in This Archive" (below) to determine what original probate records exist for this court. Also see "Probate Records of This Court in The Family History Library".
3. Contact or visit Shropshire Record Office or, hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf. Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers.
4. Visit The Family History Library, or, one of its 4,500 satellite family history centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records; then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can search more quickly the original wills and admons also on microfilm via any centers near you.

Indexes[edit | edit source]

Manuscript Indexes[edit | edit source]

Index 1662-1858

Indexes at the Family History Library[edit | edit source]

Index 1662-1858 

Records[edit | edit source]

Archives Location[edit | edit source]

The surviving original records are deposited at:

The National Library of Wales

Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
Wales
SY23 3BU

Telephone: +44 (0)1970 632 800

Fax: +44 (0)1970 615 709
E-mail

Website 

Probate Records of This Court Held in This Archive[edit | edit source]

These include:

  • Act Books 1662-1858
  • Register Copy Wills & Administrations 1662-1858]
  • Original Wills & Administrations 1662-1858

Probate Records of This in The Family History Library [edit | edit source]

Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]

This peculiar (smaller) probate court held jurisdiction over the Herefordshire parish of Little Hereford and the Shropshire parish of Ashford Carbonell.