Record revealed
Jane Austen’s will
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Series
Court of Probate: Principal Probate Registry: Probate Court Books
Catalogue reference: J 169
What's it about?
J 169
This series contains Probate Court books for the years 1858 to 1866 consisting of the registrar's notes in court proceedings relating to contested wills. The volumes are indexed.
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 169
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Title (The name of the record)
- Court of Probate: Principal Probate Registry: Probate Court Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1858-1866
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains Probate Court books for the years 1858 to 1866 consisting of the registrar's notes in court proceedings relating to contested wills. The volumes are indexed.
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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
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 18 volume(s)
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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
- Litigation
- Wills and probate
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9776/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
311,346 records
Within the department: J
Records of the Supreme Court of Judicature and related courts
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Court of Probate: Principal Probate Registry: Probate Court Books
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