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 == Court Jurisdictions  ==
-Before 1858, every town and parish in Derbyshire was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary ecclesiastical court and one or more secondary ecclesiastical courts.
+Before 1858, every town and parish in Derbyshire was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary ecclesiastical court and one or more secondary ecclesiastical courts. Most of the county was under the primary jurisdiction of the [[Court_of_the_Bishop_of_Lichfield_(Episcopal_Consistory)|Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)]] and the secondary jurisdiction of the [[Prerogative_Court_of_Canterbury|Prerogative Court of Canterbury]], which also was the highest court in the country.&nbsp; However there were some exceptions.
-For an alphabetical list of the parishes of Derbyshire with the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them, click on&nbsp;a letter of the alphabet that a parish name begins with:&nbsp;&nbsp;
+Click here for an alphabetical list of the parishes of Derbyshire that were exceptions to the norm, with the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them.&nbsp;
 [[Derbyshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes A|A]],&nbsp;[[Derbyshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes B|B]], &nbsp;[[Derbyshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes C|C]], &nbsp;[[Derbyshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes D & E|D-E]], &nbsp;[[Derbyshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes F through H|F-H]], &nbsp;[[Derbyshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes I through L|I-L]], &nbsp;[[Derbyshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes M through O|M-O]], &nbsp;[[Derbyshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes P through R|P-R]], &nbsp;[[Derbyshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes S|S]], &nbsp;[[Derbyshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes T|T-V]], &nbsp;[[Derbyshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes W through Z|W-Z]].<br>
 == Probate Indexes and Calendars  ==