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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => London and Middlesex => Topic started by: MattD30 on Sunday 10 December 17 21:41 GMT (UK)
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Can anyone tell me what court Wills and other probate records for people who lived in the parishes of Hackney and Holborn (St Andrew) would have been proved in during the 17th century?
Thanks
Matt
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There are several possibilities for each. You may want to read the standard LMA Research Guide on Wills for London, Middlesex & Surrey before 1858.
https://search.lma.gov.uk/rg_pdf_creator/index.php?research_guide=27
For those wills held at LMA, Ancestry's database London, England, Wills and Probate, 1507-1858 covers these courts ...
DL/C: Consistory Court of London
MS 9172 and DL/C/B: Commissary Court of London
MS 09052 and DL/AL/C: Archdeaconry Court of London
DL/AM: Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex
MS 25628 and CLC/313/K: Peculiar Court of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s
DW/PA: Archdeaconry Court of Surrey
DW/PC: Commissary Court of Bishop of Winchester
But the above dataset only includes the original wills that have survived for each court, not the register copies, and it does not include any grants of administration.
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There are several possibilities for each. You may want to read the standard LMA Research Guide on Wills for London, Middlesex & Surrey before 1858.
https://search.lma.gov.uk/rg_pdf_creator/index.php?research_guide=27
For those wills held at LMA, Ancestry's database London, England, Wills and Probate, 1507-1858 covers these courts ...
DL/C: Consistory Court of London
MS 9172 and DL/C/B: Commissary Court of London
MS 09052 and DL/AL/C: Archdeaconry Court of London
DL/AM: Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex
MS 25628 and CLC/313/K: Peculiar Court of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s
DW/PA: Archdeaconry Court of Surrey
DW/PC: Commissary Court of Bishop of Winchester
But the above dataset only includes the original wills that have survived for each court, not the register copies, and it does not include any grants of administration.
Thanks that gives me a good starting point.
Matt