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 == Dorset Probate Courts  ==
-Before 1858, the settlement of the estates of deceased persons was handled by ecclesiastical courts of the Church of England.
+Most of Dorset was under the pre-1858 probate jurisdiction of the [[Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset]]. The majority of probate searches will be in the records of this court and its superior courts. However, the following courts also had some pre-1858 jurisdiction within the county. Click on a court name to learn about records and indexes.
-Here is a list of ecclesiastical courts that had some jurisdiction over Dorset before 1858:
+*[[Court of the Bishop of Bristol (Episcopal Consistory Court of Bristol, Dorset Division)|Court of the Bishop of Bristol (Episcopal Consistory, Dorset Division)]]
-*[[Court of the Bishop of Bristol (Episcopal Consistory Court of Bristol, Dorset Division)|Court of the Bishop of Bristol (Episcopal Consistory Court of Bristol, Dorset Division)]]
 *[[Court of the Peculiar of Canford Magna and Poole|Court of the Peculiar of Canford Magna and Poole]]
 *[[Court of the Prebendal Peculiar of Chardstock and Wambrook|Court of the Prebendal Peculiar of Chardstock and Wambrook]]
 *[[Court of the Peculiar of Corfe Castle|Court of the Peculiar of Corfe Castle]]
-*[[Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset]]
 *[[Court of the Prebendal Peculiar of Fordington|Court of the Prebendal Peculiar of Fordington]]
 *[[Court of the Manor and Liberty of Frampton|Court of the Manor and Liberty of Frampton]]