Court of the Peculiar of the Bishop of Durham and the Dean and Chapter of Allerton and Allertonshire

England

Yorkshire

Yorkshire Probate Records

Court of the Peculiar of the Bishop of Durham and the Dean and Chapter of Allerton and Allertonshire

A general explanation of probate records in England, is given in the article England Probate Records.

Description

Probate is the legal court process by which the estate of a deceased person is distributed to his or her heirs. The term probate refers to a collection of documents, including wills, administrations (also called admons), inventories, and act books. The Church of England ecclesiastical courts had authority for this process until to 1858.

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Indexes

Online Indexes

Indexes for 54 peculiar courts, 1383-1883, are available online on Findmypast.com. This is a subscription site but is available in a FamilySearch Center.

Printed and Published Indexes

A filmed calendar to wills and admons, 1666-1845, is available in the FamilySearch Library.

Records

Archive Location

Records are housed in the Borthwick Institute in York.

Archive Records

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FamilySearch Library Records

The FamilySearch Library has film copies of the following records. Films can be viewed in the library or in a FamilySearch Centers.

• Wills and admons. 1666-1739; wills, admons and bonds 1845, 1710-1838 Jurisdictions of court: Northallerton, Deighton, Brompton, Worsall, Kirkby Sigston and West Rounton.
  

Jurisdiction

Allerton is a Durham peculiar situated entirely within the geographic boundaries of Yorkshire. Its juridiction was Northallerton and the chapelries of Deighton, Brompton and Worsall, with Kirkby Sigston and West Rounton in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It was inhibited 6-8 months in 3 years at the visitation of the Archbishop of York. Before 1666, wills were proved in the Consistory Court of Durham.