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  Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Bound Volumes of Depositions

  Bound volumes of depositions of witnesses in causes heard by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury for the period 1826-1858. In a few instances interrogatories, and exhibits annexed to interrogatories or cited in the depositions were bound up with the …

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1809-1858

  Reference

  PROB 26

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  Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Caveat Books

  Entry books of Caveats or warnings from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury made to prevent the issue of grants of probate and administration, and to initiate litigation.

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1666-1858

  Reference

  PROB 40

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  Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Administration Bonds before 1601

  Bonds from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury entered into by administrators and administrators with will annexed. They supply the place of residence of administrators and administrators with will annexed, and the names and places of residence of th…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1541-1565

  Reference

  PROB 51

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  Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Accounts and Papers of Record Keepers and Other...

  Accounts and miscellaneous papers of Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC) officials; giving details of PCC staff, and the administrative mechanisms of the Court. Although most of the records appear to have belonged to the officials of the PCC, it is…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1676-1857

  Reference

  PROB 57

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  Chancery and Supreme Court of Judicature: Patent Rolls

  Letters patent were letters issued open or 'patent' expressing the sovereign's will on a variety of matters of public interest, sealed with the sovereign's great seal pendent. The patent rolls record the issue of letters patent from the reign of King…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1201-2012

  Reference

  C 66

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  Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Diplomatic Documents

  The series includes many of the surviving original treaties, ratifications, powers, letters of credence and notarial exemplifications of formal documents which were deposited for safe keeping in the Treasury of the Receipt of the Exchequer prior to t…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  c1100-c1625

  Reference

  E 30

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  Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Other Probate Jurisdictions: Miscellaneous Inventories,...

  Inventories, executors' and administrators' accounts, and associated documents including commissions to appraisers to make or receive inventories and accounts. It is likely that most of the documents in this series were produced as a result of litiga…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1643-1836

  Reference

  PROB 5

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  Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Court for Probate of Wills and Granting Administrations:...

  Original calendars and indexes of wills and administration grants.The indexes were compiled on a daily basis in the registry of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury and the Court for Probate of Wills and Granting Administrations as grants of probate a…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1384-1800

  Reference

  PROB 13

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  Chancery: Fine Rolls

  A series of rolls which were begun in order to record offerings made to the king or his justiciar for royal favour in such matters as the disposal of lands and offices, succession to fiefs and liberties, or simply to assuage the king's anger.Miscella…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1199-1648

  Reference

  C 60

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  Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Court for Probate of Wills and Granting Administrations:...

  Answers of respondents sworn by commission and depositions of witnesses taken by commission in causes heard by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, or during the Commonwealth period, the Court for Probate of Wills and Granting Administrations. The de…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1641-1722

  Reference

  PROB 28

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  Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Wills of Selected Famous Persons

  The wills in this series were removed from their positions in the files of original wills, which now form the series PROB 10, on account of the celebrity of the testators. They include the wills of Drake, Shakespeare, and Nelson. Nelson's will is acc…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1552-1854

  Reference

  PROB 1

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  Chancery and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Chancery Division:...

  These pedigrees were lodged in the former High Court of Chancery and its successor, the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, by claimants to the estates of deceased persons. They were filed in connection with actions concerning the adminis…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1852-1977

  Reference

  J 68

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  Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice: Probate, Divorce and Admiralty...

  This series consists of ships' files of the Admiralty Marshal's Office.The files relate to the execution of warrants for the arrest of ships, and include surveys and orders and commissions for their appraisement and sale. In a few cases the files con…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1956-1987

  Reference

  HCA 64

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  Palatinate of Lancaster: Court of Chancery, Liverpool District Registry: Case Files

  This series consists of a selection of case files of the Liverpool District Registry which reflect the business of the Chancery Court.The case files include cases dealing with wills and probate (contentious probate actions and inheritance), trusts an…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1880-1971

  Reference

  PL 50

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  Will of Howell ap Jenn or Ap Jeny, of Llanddewi Ystradenny, Radnorshire

  Howellap Jenn or Ap JenyLlanddewi Ystradenny, Radnorshire

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  05 November 1617

  Reference

  PROB 11/130/478

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  Will of Robert Knighte or Knight, Sailor in the Ship Royal James of

  RobertKnighte or KnightSailor in the Ship Royal James

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  09 November 1621

  Reference

  PROB 11/138/377

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  Will of Thomas Hewlett or Hewlet, Yeoman of East Pennard, Somerset

  ThomasHewlett or HewletYeomanEast Pennard, Somerset

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  10 October 1621

  Reference

  PROB 11/138/245

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  Will of Robert Bathurst, Merchant of Bombay, East Indies

  RobertBathurstMerchantBombay, East Indies

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  28 September 1693

  Reference

  PROB 11/416/223

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  Will of Mary Smithe or Smythe, Widow of Crewkerne, Somerset

  MarySmithe or SmytheWidowCrewkerne, Somerset

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  07 March 1617

  Reference

  PROB 11/129/278

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  Sentence of William Sherrington or Sherington

  WilliamSherrington or SheringtonSaint Andrew Holborn, Middlesex

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  19 October 1711

  Reference

  PROB 11/524/29