Leicestershire Probate Records

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PARISH	PRIMARY COURT	SECONDARY COURTS - IN SEARCH ORDER
Ab Kettleby	Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Alexton	Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Anstey	Court of the Peculiar of Groby	2 - Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
Anstey Pastures	Search the courts of the surrounding parishes	.
Appleby	Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Arnesby	Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Asfordby	Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Ashby de la Zouch	Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Ashby de la Zouch Holy Trinity	Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Ashby Folville	Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Ashby Magna	Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Ashby Parva	Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Aston Flamville	Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Aylestone	Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury

Post-1857 Probate Records

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.