Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of Lincoln and of the Archdeacon in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon
Step by Step[edit | edit source]
1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry.
2. Proceed to "Records" (below) to determine what probate records exist for this court. Also see "FamilySearch Library Records."
3. Contact or visit the Cambridgeshire County Record Office or hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf. Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers.
4. Visit The FamilySearch Library, or, one of its 4,500 satellite FamilySearch centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records; then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can search the original wills and admons available online at a local FamilySearch center or affiliate library near you.
Indexes[edit | edit source]
Online Indexes[edit | edit source]
Printed and Published Indexes[edit | edit source]
The FamilySearch Library has copies of the following:
- Calendar of wills, 1615-1858, on film number 187854
- Index to Admon Bonds, 1662-1688, on film number 187904
- Index to inventories, 1607-1857, on film number 187855
- Calendars of Huntingdonshire wills, 1479-1652, compiled by W. M. Noble
Records[edit | edit source]
Archive Location[edit | edit source]
The records for this court are held at the Cambridgeshire County Record Office.
Archive Records[edit | edit source]
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FamilySearch Library Records[edit | edit source]
The indexes and original records have been digitized and are available at a FamilySearch centre or a FamilySearch affiliate library near you:
- Registered copy wills 1479-1645, 1663-1678, 1690-1857
- Original wills 1631, 1646-1649, 1652, 1661-1662, 1679-1689
- Admon act books 1559-1614, 1691-1857
- Admon bonds 1662-1688
Jurisdiction[edit | edit source]
All of Huntingdonshire except for the prebendal courts. From 1479-1609, this court also had jurisdiction over 77 parishes in Hertfordshire and Everton in Bedford.