Court of the Peculiar of the Chancellor of York with the Prebendal Jurisdiction of Laughton en le Morthen

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Probate Courts

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Indexes

Indexes for 54 peculiar courts, 1383-1883, are available online on BritishOrigins. This is a subscription site.

Records

Archive Location

Records are  are housed in the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research

Archive Records 

 Original wills, bonds and inventories, 1548-1858.

Family History Library Records

 No records of this court have been filmed. 

Jurisdiction

Acklam near Malton, North and South Anston, Firbeck, Handsworth, Laughton en le Morthen, Letwell with Gildingwells, Thorpe Slavin, Throapham St. John, Wales (the parish of that name in the West Riding of Yorkshire), and Wawne. It was inhibited six months by Episcopal Visitation by the Chancery Court and the Visitational of Dean and Chapter.