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Series
Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Files of Commissions and Requisitions for Wills...
Catalogue reference: PROB 56
What's it about?
PROB 56
Files of commissions and requisitions for wills before 1796. The series list is not yet available
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 56
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Title (The name of the record)
- Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Files of Commissions and Requisitions for Wills before 1796
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Date (When the record was created)
- 16th century-18th century
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of commissions and requisitions for wills before 1796.
The series list is not yet available
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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
- Wills and probate
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12167/
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Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Files of Commissions and Requisitions for Wills before 1796
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