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Wills and Letters of Administration
Catalogue reference: Division within PROB
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Division within PROB
Wills are in PROB 1, PROB 10, PROB 11, PROB 20, PROB 21, PROB 22 and PROB 23, with indexes in PROB 12, PROB 13 and PROB 15. Commissions for wills are in PROB 52 and PROB 56Act books are in PROB 6, PROB 7, PROB 8 and PROB 9, with warrants in PROB...
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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)
- Wills and Letters of Administration
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1383-1858
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Description (What the record is about)
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Wills are in PROB 1, PROB 10, PROB 11, PROB 20, PROB 21, PROB 22 and PROB 23, with indexes in PROB 12, PROB 13 and PROB 15. Commissions for wills are in PROB 52 and PROB 56
Act books are in PROB 6, PROB 7, PROB 8 and PROB 9, with warrants in PROB 14 and commission books in PROB 17
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English and Latin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 21 series
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- Topics
- Wills and probate
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- For information on, and evidence relating to, the inaccuracies and omissions odf the calendars covering various seventeenth century years consult the following: Year books of probates (from 1630): Abstracts of probate acts in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, volume VI, 1652-1653 ed. by John Matthews and George F Matthews (London, 1911, 5). Index of wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1653-1656 vol VII ed. by Thomas M Blagg and Josephine Skeate Moir (Index Library, LIV, London, British Record Society, 1925, xii). Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Wills, sentences and probate acts, 1661-1670 ed. by JH Morrison (London, 1935, vi) . Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Letters of Administration, 1620-1630 ed. by JH Morrison (London, 1935, vi). Index of wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, vol XI, 1686-1693 ed. by C Harold Ridge (Index Library, LXXVII, London British Record Society, 1958, v).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1249/
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