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| Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Durham. Search these indexes first: | | Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Durham. Search these indexes first: |
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| *[http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/database/SussexFHGprobate.shtml http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/database/SussexFHGprobate.shtml] -- compiled by the Sussex Family History Group which has transcribed the names of 12,300 individuals found in Sussex wills, including testators, executors, beneficiaries or witnesses. The information recorded includes name, date and place. | | *[http://familyrecords.dur.ac.uk/nei/ Durham and Northumberland probate records, 1527-1857]. The planned completion date is 2010. |
| *The [http://sussexrecordsociety.org/home2.asp?an=&ap= Sussex Record Society] has published four volumes of indexes to Sussex wills, and these can be viewed on their [http://sussexrecordsociety.org/bwills1.asp?an=&ap= website]. They are arranged by parish then by surname. | | *Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp?WT.hp=Wills 1383-1858] |
| *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp?WT.hp=Wills Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384-1858)].
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| Did you find a reference to a probate record? | | <br>Did you find a reference to a probate record? |
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| *If ''yes'', go to '''Step 4''' below. | | *If ''yes'', go to '''Step 4''' below. |
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| *[[Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York]] | | *[[Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York]] |
| *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York]] | | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York]] |
| *[[Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York]] | | *[[Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York]] |
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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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| *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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| The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] also served as an appeals court.
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| == Probate Indexes Online ==
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| *[http://familyrecords.dur.ac.uk/nei/ Durham and Northumberland probate records, 1527-1857]. The planned completion date is 2010.
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| *Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp?WT.hp=Wills 1383-1858]
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| Some Explanatory Notes on the Courts of Durham | | Some Explanatory Notes on the Courts of Durham |