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Jane Austen’s will
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Series
Special Jurisdiction Miscellanea
Catalogue reference: PROB 34
What's it about?
PROB 34
Material found among the records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC) but not originating in that court or relating to probate jurisdictions whose records are held by other appointed places of deposit.These records were probably used by...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PROB 34
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Title (The name of the record)
- Special Jurisdiction Miscellanea
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1536-1698
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Description (What the record is about)
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Material found among the records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC) but not originating in that court or relating to probate jurisdictions whose records are held by other appointed places of deposit.
These records were probably used by the PCC or other ecclesiastical courts for reference purposes.
Includes some of the records of Thomas Cromwell's probate jurisdiction as vice-gerent of the Church of England, of the Royal Visitation of 1559 and of the Lord Chancellor's visitation of the Royal Hospital of St Katharine's by the Tower 1698.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a register of wills proved in Thomas Cromwell's probate jurisdiction see PROB 11/35
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4 files and volumes
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Religions
- Wills and probate
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12145/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: PROB
Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
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Special Jurisdiction Miscellanea
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