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Court of Probate and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Probate,...
Catalogue reference: J 121
What's it about?
J 121
This series consists of a 7% statistical sample of contentious probate case files and papers. In some cases the application for grant of probate arises from intestacy or from a difficulty concerning the legality of a will, such as not being...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- J 121
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Title (The name of the record)
- Court of Probate and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division: Principal Probate Registry: Contentious Probate Case Files and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1858-1960
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of a 7% statistical sample of contentious probate case files and papers. In some cases the application for grant of probate arises from intestacy or from a difficulty concerning the legality of a will, such as not being properly signed and/or witnessed, or where only a copy of the original will has survived; in other cases, the papers arise from a dispute between interested parties. The files contain all the documents in the case, such as affidavits, petitions, pleadings, etc, and a note of its outcome.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The files are arranged alphabetically within years, under testator's names.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in PROB
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, 1858-1875
- Court of Probate, 1858-1875
- Supreme Court of Judicature, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division, 1875-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9116 files and papers
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9729/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: J
Records of the Supreme Court of Judicature and related courts
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Court of Probate and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division: Principal Probate Registry: Contentious Probate Case Files and Papers
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