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Kazza
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The collection of wills has been expanded 
The PCC Wills held by the Public Record Office, many of which are available on DocumentsOnline, cover the period up to 1858. Until that date, all wills had to be proved (formally approved) by church and other courts. The Prerogative Court of Canterbury, the most important of these courts, dealt with the relatively wealthy individuals living mainly in the south of England and most of Wales (what was originally the ecclesiastical province of Canterbury).
PCC stands for Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
How much is available?
You can now access the entire collection of PCC wills on DocumentsOnline, comprising more than 1 million wills covering the period 1384 to 1858. You can search the wills by first and last names, place, occupation and date.
1384 – 1858 – complete
An absolutely absorbing site, searching the index is free, but it costs £3 to download a digital image of a document.
Kazza.
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« Last Edit: Monday 02 February 04 00:19 GMT (UK) by Kazza »
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 Surname interests: Clementsten, Hobson, Hole, Marden, O'Clements, Pitten, Sharland, Vickery (Vicary), Williams. Area Interests: Cardiff, Bampton, Bideford, Crediton, Wollaston, Somerset, Tidenham, Norway, Australia to Bristol. |
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Kazza
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Hi,
I am not an expert so I did a Google search and what I found is that it seems to depend on the area you are in. Try the record office for the area, it seems to me that solicitors hand over records to record offices after a specified time, I don't know what this may be. I will continue to search and let you know if I find anything useful,
Kazza. 
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Surname interests: Clementsten, Hobson, Hole, Marden, O'Clements, Pitten, Sharland, Vickery (Vicary), Williams. Area Interests: Cardiff, Bampton, Bideford, Crediton, Wollaston, Somerset, Tidenham, Norway, Australia to Bristol.
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Kazza
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Me again,
Cyndi's list has an extensive list of web resources for wills and probate at:
http://www.cyndislist.com/wills.htm
Kazza.
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Surname interests: Clementsten, Hobson, Hole, Marden, O'Clements, Pitten, Sharland, Vickery (Vicary), Williams. Area Interests: Cardiff, Bampton, Bideford, Crediton, Wollaston, Somerset, Tidenham, Norway, Australia to Bristol.
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Wendi
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If probate was granted, this site explains how to obtain -
http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/1183.htm
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