Suffolk Probate Records

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PARISH	PRIMARY COURT	SECONDARY COURTS - IN SEARCH ORDER
Acton Trussell	Court of the Peculiar of Whittington and Baswich	2 - Court of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield 3 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Adbaston	Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Lichfield	2 - Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory) 3 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Aldridge	Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Alrewas	Court of the Peculiar of Alrewas and Weeford	2 - Court of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield 3 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Alrewas Hays	Search the courts of the surrounding parishes	.
Alstonfield	Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Alton	Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Amblecote	Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Arley	Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Armitage	Court of the Peculiar of Hansacre and Armitage	2 - Court of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield 3 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Ashley	Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Acton	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
Akenham	Court of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk	2 - Court of the Bihsop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory) 3 - Court of the Bishop of Norwich (Episcopal Consistory) 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Aldeburgh	Court of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk	2 - Court of the Bihsop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory) 3 - Court of the Bishop of Norwich (Episcopal Consistory) 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Alderton	Court of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk	2 - Court of the Bihsop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory) 3 - Court of the Bishop of Norwich (Episcopal Consistory) 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Aldham	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
Aldringham with Thorpe	Court of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk	2 - Court of the Bihsop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory) 3 - Court of the Bishop of Norwich (Episcopal Consistory) 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Alnesbourn Priory	Search the courts of the surrounding parishes
Alpheton	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
Ampton	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
Ashbocking	Court of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk	2 - Court of the Bihsop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory) 3 - Court of the Bishop of Norwich (Episcopal Consistory) 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Ashby	Court of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk	2 - Court of the Bihsop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory) 3 - Court of the Bishop of Norwich (Episcopal Consistory) 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Ashfield with Thorpe	Court of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk	2 - Court of the Bihsop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory) 3 - Court of the Bishop of Norwich (Episcopal Consistory) 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Ashfield, Great	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
Aspall	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
Assington	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
Athelington	Court of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk	2 - Court of the Bihsop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory) 3 - Court of the Bishop of Norwich (Episcopal Consistory) 4 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury

Probate Indexes Online[edit | edit source]

Before looking for a will, you should search an index.

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Suffolk Probate Indexes 1847-1857
The Testator index records 1,124 wills and the people who made them. The Beneficiary index records 10,698 people, or other entities, who will benefit from those wills. The wills were proved during the years 1847-1857, that is the decade before the civil courts took over the probate of wills from the ecclesiastical courts in 1858.

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Ipswich Probate Inventories, 1583-1631

Sudbury Archdeaconry Wills, 1439-1638

Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1439-1461

Wills of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1620-1624

Wills of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1625-1626

Post-1857 Probate Records[edit | edit source]

Beginning in 1858, the government took over the settlement of estates and all wills are now probated through the Principal Probate Registry system. The system consists of 11 district registry offices and 18 sub-district registries, located throughout England and Wales, and the principal registry office located in London. The records are available through the office of Her Majesty's Courts Service. To learn more, go to the HMCS website.

A country-wide surname index to the records is available, so it is much easier to look for post-1857 wills. The indexes for 1858-1957 and the records for 1858-1925 are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.