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Wills proved at the royalist Prerogative Court of Canterbury in Oxford. Monthly bundles...
Catalogue reference: PROB 10/639
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This record is about the Wills proved at the royalist Prerogative Court of Canterbury in Oxford. Monthly bundles... dating from 1643 Apr-Oct in the series Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Other Probate Jurisdictions: Bundles of Original.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PROB 10/639
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1643 Apr-Oct
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Description (What the record is about)
- Wills proved at the royalist Prerogative Court of Canterbury in Oxford. Monthly bundles of original wills or notarized copies of wills, proved April 1643 to part of October 1643. Described at item level
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Wills and probate
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5476102/
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PROB 10
Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Other Probate Jurisdictions: Bundles of Original...
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