Cambridgeshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes B

Before 1858, probate of the estates of deceased persons was handled by eccelesiastical courts of the Church of England.  Every parish was under the jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts.

Below is a list of Cambridgeshire towns and parishes beginning with the letter B and the pre-1858 courts that had jurisdiction over them.  For other places, click on the link for the letter a parish name begins with:  A, C, D-G, H-L, M-R, S-Z.

PARISH	PRIMARY COURT	SECONDARY COURTS - IN SEARCH ORDER
Babraham	Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Balsham	Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Barrington	Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Bartlow	Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Barton	Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Bassingbourn	Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely	2 - Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory) 3 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Benwick	Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Bottisham	Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Bourn	Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely	2 - Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory) 3 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Boxworth	Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely	2 - Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory) 3 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Brinkley	Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Bumpstead, Helion	Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Burrough Green	Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Burwell	Court of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury	2 - Pre-1837: Court of the Consistory of Norwich 2 - Post-1836: Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory) 3 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury