Kent Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with S

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Parishes Beginning with S

Here is a list of the places of Kent beginning with the letter S and the pre-1858 ecclesiastical probate courts that had jurisdiction over each.

For other places, click on a letter link:

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I-K

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M-N

O-R

T-V

W-Z

The courts listed for each place are those that had jurisdiction over probating wills prior to 1858. To use this table, follow these steps.

1. In the first column, find the place 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. If the record still isn't found, search the records for the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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

PLACE	PRIMARY COURT	SECONDARY COURTS - IN SEARCH ORDER
Saltwood	Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Sandgate	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Sandhurst	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Sandwich, all parishes	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Seal	Pre-1845 - Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester; Post-1844 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury	Pre-1845 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Seasalter	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Sellindge	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Selling	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Sevenoaks	Pre-1845 - Court of the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Deaneries of Arches, Croydon and Shoreham; Post-1844 - Search the courts of surrounding parishes	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Sevenoaks Weald	Pre-1845 - Court of the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Deaneries of Arches, Croydon and Shoreham; Post-1844 - Search the courts of surrounding parishes	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Sevington	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Shadoxhurst	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Sheerness	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Sheldwich	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Shipbourne	Pre-1845 - Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester; Post-1844 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury	Pre-1845 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Sholden	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Shoreham	Pre-1845 - Court of the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Deaneries of Arches, Croydon and Shoreham; Post-1844 - Search the courts of surrounding parishes	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Shorne	Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Sibertswold	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Sidcup St John	Pre-1845 - Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester; Post-1844 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury	Pre-1845 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Sissinghurst	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Sittingbourne	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Smarden	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Smeeth	Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Snargate	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Snave	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Snodland	Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Southborough St Peter	Pre-1845 - Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester; Post-1844 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury	Pre-1845 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Southfleet	Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Speldhurst	Pre-1845 - Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester; Post-1844 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury	Pre-1845 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
St Laurence in Thanet	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
St Margaret at Cliffe	Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
St Mary Cray	Pre-1845 - Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester; Post-1844 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury	Pre-1845 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
St Mary Hoo	Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
St Mary in the Marsh	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
St Nicholas at Wade	Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
St Nicholas Hospital	Search the courts of the surrounding parishes	.
St Paul's Cray	Pre-1845 - Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester; Post-1844 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury	Pre-1845 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
St Peter in Thanet	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Stalisfield	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Stanford	Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Stansted	Pre-1845 - Court of the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Deaneries of Arches, Croydon and Shoreham; Post-1844 - Search the courts of surrounding parishes	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Staple	Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Staplegate	Search the courts of the surrounding parishes
Staplehurst	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Stelling	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Stelling Minnis	Search the courts of the surrounding parishes
Stockbury	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Stodmarsh	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Stoke	Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Stonar	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Stone (near Dartford)	Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Stone (next Faversham)	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Stone-in-Oxney	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Stourmouth	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Stowting	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Strood [St Nicholas]	Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Sturry	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Sundridge	Pre-1845 - Court of the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Deaneries of Arches, Croydon and Shoreham; Post-1844 - Search the courts of surrounding parishes	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Sutton at Hone	Pre-1845 - Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester; Post-1844 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury	Pre-1845 2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Sutton by Dover	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Sutton Valence	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Swalecliffe	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Swanscombe	Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester	2 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Swingfield	Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury	2 - Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)