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RefNoKAH/16
AltRefNoAH16
TitleWills
DescriptionBefore 1858 wills, inventories and administration bonds had to be proved at an ecclesiastical court. For the vast majority of people living in Huntingdonshire this would have meant the Archdeaconry Court. Individuals with property outside the Archdeaconry would have had their wills proved at either the Consistory Court of Lincoln (from 1837 the Consistory Court of Ely) or, above that, the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Parishioners within the Peculiars or Prebends of the Archdeaconry would have been proved at Peculiar or Prebendal courts.
Date1615-1858
CreatorNameThe Archdeaconry of Huntingdon
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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