Court of the Peculiar of Selby

A general explanation of probate records in England, is given in the article England Probate Records.Click to read a definition of the word peculiar.

Description
Probate is the legal court process by which the estate of a deceased person is distributed to his or her heirs. The term probate refers to a collection of documents, including wills, administrations (also called admons), inventories, and act books. The Church of England ecclesiastical courts had authority for this process until to 1858.

Step By Step
1. Search indexes to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail given in the index.

2. Go to "Records" (below) to determine what probate records exist for this court.

3. Obtain the records to search. Use one of these methods to find indexes and records.


 * Contact or visit the Archive (see below) or hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf.
 * Microfilm can no longer be ordered.

Online Indexes
Indexes for 54 peculiar courts, 1383-1883, are available online on BritishOrigins. This is a subscription site.

Printed and Published Indexes
The FamilySearch Library has a filmed calendar, 1681-1858, on. Item 10 is a bound manuscript. Item 8 is another volume containing a calendar for 1681-1714, an act book for 1715-1726, and a calendar for 1727-1788. The act book includes marriage licenses.

Archive Location
The records for this court are held in the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research. Archive Location

Archive Records
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FamilySearch Library Records
The FamilySearch Library has film copies of originals, 1635-1858. Films can be view in the library or in a family history center.


 * Surnames A-G on film number . Another A and three B's appear on film.
 * Surnames H-P on film number . Two H's, a K and a P appear on film.
 * Surnames R-S on film number . An R and three more S's are on film.
 * Surnames T-Z on film number . FJour T's and five W's are on film.

A set of original records, 1681-1731, are on film number. They are in chronological order from this point. There are some seventeen documents for 1681-1710 that are not in the abstracts mentioned below.

Volume 47 of the Record Series of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society purports to be abstracts of all 695 probate in alphabetical order. This is not the case as will be noted on film. The marriage licenses, 1664-1726, are also printed in this volulme.

Jurisdiction
Barlow, Brayton, Burn, Gateforth, Hambleton, Selby and Thorpe Willoughby.