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Jane Austen’s will
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General and Miscellaneous Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related...
Catalogue reference: Division within PROB
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Division within PROB
Papers of court officials are in PROB 39 and PROB 57, with muniment books in PROB 16, and miscellaneous registers in PROB 45Some records of other jurisdictions (notably Thomas Cromwell's probate jurisdiction as vice-gerent, the Royal Visitation...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Division within PROB
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Title (The name of the record)
- General and Miscellaneous Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Jurisdictions
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1536-1858
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Description (What the record is about)
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Papers of court officials are in PROB 39 and PROB 57, with muniment books in PROB 16, and miscellaneous registers in PROB 45
Some records of other jurisdictions (notably Thomas Cromwell's probate jurisdiction as vice-gerent, the Royal Visitation of 1559, and the Lord Chancellor's visitation of the Royal Hospital of St Katharine's by the Tower of 1698) are in PROB 34
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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)
- 5 series
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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/C1248/
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