Sub-series
Administration Bonds
Catalogue reference: AH17
What’s it about?
This record is about the Administration Bonds dating from 1662-1857.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at Huntingdonshire Archives.
Can I see it in person?
Not at The National Archives, but you may be able to view it in person at Huntingdonshire Archives.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AH17
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Title (The name of the record)
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Administration Bonds
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Date (When the record was created)
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1662-1857
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Description (What the record is about)
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Before 1858 wills, inventories and administration bonds had to be proved at an ecclesiastical court. For the vast majority of people living in Huntingdonshire this would have meant the Archdeaconry Court. Individuals with property outside the Archdeaconry would have had their wills proved at either the Consistory Court of Lincoln (from 1837 the Consistory Court of Ely) or, above that, the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Parishioners within the Peculiars or Prebends of the Archdeaconry would have been proved at Peculiar or Prebendal courts.
Administration bonds were issued in the case of intestacy. Whoever signed the bond was then responsible for administering the estate of the deceased.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The Administration Bonds are kept in chronological order.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Huntingdonshire Archives
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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6 boxes
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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These records were deposited by the Peterborough District Probate Registry in 1957 as accessions number 185 and 186 along with the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon probate wills and inventories.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- <span class="wrapper"><p>The second volume of an index by the British Records Society is in the process of being compiled. The first volume contains an index of the Archdeaconry probate records (copied and original wills, inventories and administration bonds) for 1479-1652.</p> <p>The volume is available at the Record Office as W.M. Noble, Calendars of Hunts Wills (London, British Record Society 1911).</p> <p>Currently no computer searchable index is available, and the description given in this list covers all the bonds as a series only.</p></span>
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/87ecdd8e-75f1-4972-9e05-e125e2444109/
Series information
AH15-21
PROBATE RECORDS
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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at Huntingdonshire Archives
Within the fonds: AH
Archdeaconry of Huntingdon
Within the series: AH15-21
PROBATE RECORDS
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Administration Bonds