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*[[Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex]]  
*[[Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex]]  
*[[Court of the Archdeaconry of Colchester]]  
*[[Court of the Archdeaconry of Colchester]]  
*[[Court of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex (Essex & Hertfordshire Division)]]
*[[Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex & Hertfordshire Division)]]
*[[Court of the Bishop of London (Episcopal Consistory)]]  
*[[Court of the Bishop of London (Episcopal Consistory)]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Liberty of the Sokens]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Liberty of the Sokens]]  
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*[[Court of the Peculiar of Good Easter]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Good Easter]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Writtle with Roxwell]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Writtle with Roxwell]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Havering-atte-Bower]] (or Hornchurch)
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster (Abbey)]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster (Abbey)]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral]]  
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Havering-atte-Bower]] (or Hornchurch)
*[[Court of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex (Essex & Hertfordshire Division)]]  
*[[Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex & Hertfordshire Division)]]


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== Some Explanatory Notes on the Courts in Essex<br> ==
== Some Explanatory Notes on the Courts in Essex<br> ==


Probate records for the&nbsp;first nine&nbsp;courts listed above are located at the [http://www.essexcc.gov.uk/vip8/ecc/ECCWebsite/dis/guc.jsp?channelOid=13813&guideOid=14783&guideContentOid=14819 Essex Record Office].  
Probate records for the&nbsp;first eight&nbsp;courts listed above are located at the [http://www.essexcc.gov.uk/vip8/ecc/ECCWebsite/dis/guc.jsp?channelOid=13813&guideOid=14783&guideContentOid=14819 Essex Record Office]. The additional three courts' records are located in Greater London-based record offices


Records and indexes for each court are also available in the collection of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.&nbsp; Search the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] for the title of the court or the court as&nbsp;an author.&nbsp; <br>
Records and indexes for each court are also available in the collection of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.&nbsp; Search the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] for the title of the court or the court as&nbsp;an author.&nbsp; <br>
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A&nbsp;country-wide surname index to the records is available, so it is much easier to look for post-1857 wills.&nbsp; The [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=208102&disp=Calendar+of+the+grants+of+probate+and+le%20%20&columns=*,0,0 indexes] for 1858-1957 and the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=authordetails&authorno=301365&name=Great+Britain%2E+Principal+Probate+Registry%2C+null&columns=*,0,0 records] for 1858-1925 are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.<br>
A&nbsp;country-wide surname index to the records is available, so it is much easier to look for post-1857 wills.&nbsp; The [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=208102&disp=Calendar+of+the+grants+of+probate+and+le%20%20&columns=*,0,0 indexes] for 1858-1957 and the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=authordetails&authorno=301365&name=Great+Britain%2E+Principal+Probate+Registry%2C+null&columns=*,0,0 records] for 1858-1925 are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.<br>


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