Shropshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes A

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Here are links to Shropshire's parishes and the respective probate courts holding jurisdiction over them. Click on a link with the first letter of the parish name you want to search: 

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1. In the chart below, in the first column, find the parish where your ancestor lived.
2. In the second column, click on the court name to learn where to find the records and indexes.
3. If the record isn't found in the primary court, search the records for the secondary courts in the order listed.
4. The last court to search is the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

If no will is found, your ancestor may not have left one.

PLACES	PRIMARY COURT	SECONDARY COURTS - IN SEARCH ORDER
Abdon	Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Acton	Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Acton Round	Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Acton Scott	Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Adderley	Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Alberbury	Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Albrighton (near Shiffnal)	Court of the Royal Peculiar of St Mary Shrewsbury	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Albrighton (near Shrewsbury)	Court of the Royal Peculiar of St Mary Shrewsbury	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Alveley	Court of the Royal Peculiar of Bridgnorth	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Ash	Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Ashford Bowdler	Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Ashford Carbonell	Court of the Peculiar of the Chancellor of the Choir of the Cathedral in Little Hereford and Ashford Carbonell	2 - Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Epsicopal Consistory)
Astley	Court of the Royal Peculiar of St Mary Shrewsbury	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Astley Abbots	Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Aston Botterell	Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Aston Eyre	Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Atcham	Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury