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| *[[Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex and Herts div.)]] | | *[[Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex and Herts div.)]] |
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| In addition, the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] had jurisdiction over the whole of England and specifically in the following cases.<br>
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| *Wealthy individuals<br>
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| *Interregnum, 1649-1660, because the Prerogative Court was the only court.
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| *Property in more than one diocese in the Province of Canterbury.
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| *Property in both the Province of Canterbury and Province of York.
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| *People who died outside England, including British citizens and others who held property in England.
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| === Appeals Courts ===
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| Any probate that was disputed and could not be settled by the county courts could be sent to these higher appeals courts:
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| *[[High Court of Delegates]]
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| The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] also served as an appeals court.
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| == Probate Indexes ==
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| Before looking for a will, you should search an index.
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| === Online Indexes ===
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| County-wide general will indexes exist for Hertford County, but there are none available online indexes at this time.
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| === Printed and Manuscript Indexes ===
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| Printed indexes to wills at the Hertfordshire Record Office:
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| *The Hertford Record Office hold manuscript indexes and calendars of probate records. Contact their office for further details regarding their collections
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| *Beryl Crawley and Cliff Webb, ed. ''Wills at Hertford. ''London 2007, the British Record Society. (FHL book 942 B4b vol. 120. The Hertford County Record Office wills indexing project under the auspices of the above authors on behalf of the Index Library compiled by far the most comprehensive wills index for Hertfordshire; available at the [http://www.britishrecordsociety.org/ British Record Society website].
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| Printed indexes to Hertfordshire wills (a few) held in the Essex County Record Office:
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| * Emmison, F. G., ed. ''[Index to] Wills at Chelmsford''. London: s.n., 1961, the British Record Society. (FHL book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=247479&disp=Wills+at+Chelmsford+%28Essex+and+East+He%20%20&columns=*,0,0 942 B4b] vols. 78, 79 and 84; also on microfilms 0962739 and 0962740, and on microfiche 6073796, 6073797, and 6073802.)
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| Other printed indexes may be found listed on the court pages. '''Click on the court name links above.'''
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| [[Category:Hertfordshire]] | | [[Category:Hertfordshire]] |