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This book of three hundred plus pages was first published in 1886 and contains abstracts from over four hundred wills from the Bristol area. The wills date from the mid fourteenth to the sixteenth century and are packed with personal and local information which will be of great interest to anyone studying the city of having ancestors from this area. Index and is fully searchable.

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Piggins, Husslements and Desperate Debts

By Jill Groves. A social history/analysis of over 500 wills and inventories from North-East Cheshire 1600-1760.

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PR089 Corsley burials

Transcripts of burials from parish registers and bishops transcripts to 1837, indexed. A4 paperback, 58 pages. This transcript is also available as an eDownload (see below) and with other parishes on CMB 13, either as a CD-ROM or as an e-download. See page 1 for details

Supplied by: Wiltshire Family History Society Product Ref: WIL-PR089

Probate Jurisdictions : Where to Look for Wills / Jeremy Gibson & Stuart Raymond

Before 1858, wills were proved in a wide variety of different probate courts, mainly ecclesiastical. The archives of these courts are now held by a wide variety of different records. Offices. Many have been digitised, microfilmed, or transcribed. This book identifies all the courts that proved wills or granted probate administration, together with details of digitised and microfilmed collections,…

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RS 03. Index to Surrey Commissary Court Wills 1752-1858

Also includes wills for this period from the parishes in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Archbishops of Canterbury. 3rd edition (1998). 68 pages.

Supplied by: West Surrey Family History Society Product Ref: WSY-RS03

RS 09. Index to Surrey Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1650-1700

The PCC was the highest court of probate available to testators, and from 1650 to 1660 it was the only one. This is an index to Non-Metropolitan Surrey wills proved in the court in this period, indexed by person, place and occupation. Edited by Cliff Webb (1993). 64 pages.

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RS 17. Surrey Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1760-1781 DOWNLOAD

No longer available as a publication, but can be DOWNLODED. Compiled by the late Alfred Ridley Bax; edited and indexed by Cliff Webb (1993).. 52 pages. Because of the relatively small amount of information given by administrations, it is possible in a short abstract to give all the information of the original - usually the names of the deceased, his parish, the person to whom the administration was…

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RS 21. Index to Surrey Archdeaconry Court Wills 1660-1751

SEE ALSO "SPECIAL OFFER" FOR COLLECTION OF INDEXED WILLS. The Archdeaconry Court was one of three main courts with jurisdiction over proving Surrey wills prior to 1858. There are 9991 wills listed alphabetically, and indexed by place and subject. Edited by Cliff Webb (1996). 126 pages.

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RS 22. Surrey Feet Of Fines 1649-1684

See also SPECIAL OFFER page.Compiled by Cliff Webb (1997). 72 pages.

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RS 23. Index to Surrey Commissary Court Wills 1660-1751

The Commissary Court, unlike the Archdeaconry Court, could issue administrations, and these are also included in the index. Compiled by Cliff Webb (1997). 40 pages.

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RS 24. Surrey Feet Of Fines 1714-1760

See also SPECIAL OFFER page.Compiled by Cliff Webb (1997). 92 pages.

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RS 25. Index to Surrey Peculiar Court Wills & Administrations 1660-1751

Wills for parishes in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Archbishops of Canterbury. Compiled by Cliff Webb (1998). 40 pages.

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RS 26. Surrey Feet Of Fines 1603-1648

See Also SPECIAL OFFER page.Compiled by Cliff Webb (1998). 68 pages.

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RS 27. Surrey Cases and Depositions in the Courts of Chancery 1714-1758 & Exchequer 1497-1603

See also SPECIAL OFFER page. Contains an alphabetical list of plaintiffs, defendants and deponents (with age and place of residence) and indexes of places and occupations. 36 pages.

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RS 29. Surrey Cases and Depositions in the Court of Requests c1500-1624

See also SPECIAL OFFER page. The Court of Requests was established as the 'court of the poor man', and was intended to hear cases which were too trivial to go to the other courts. It is first mentioned in 1483, and seems to have evolved from an informal committee of the King's Council. It continued to sit until 1642, but was not revived after the Restoration. Compiled by Cliff Webb (1999). 100…

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RS 30. Surrey Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1782-1790

Compiled by the late Alfred Ridley Bax; edited and indexed by Cliff Webb (1999).. 44 pages.

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