Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of Lincoln and of the Archdeacon in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon

England Huntingdonshire Probate Records,  Lincolnshire Probate Records

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Getting Started or Step by Step?
1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry.&lt;br&gt;

2. Proceed to the "Probate Records Held in This Archive" (below) to determine what original probate records exist for this court. Also see "Probate Records of This Court in The Family History Library".&lt;br&gt;

3. Contact or visit the&amp;nbsp; Cambridgeshire County Record Office or,&amp;nbsp;hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf. Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers.&lt;br&gt;

4. Visit The Family History Library, or, one of its 4,500 satellite family history centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records;&amp;nbsp;then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can search more quickly the&amp;nbsp;original wills and admons also&amp;nbsp;on microfilm via any&amp;nbsp;centers&amp;nbsp;near you.&lt;br&gt;

Indexes
The Family History Library has copies of the following:


 * Calendar of wills, 1615-1858, on film number 187854
 * Index to Admon Bonds, 1662-1688, on film number 187904
 * Index to inventories, 1607-1857, on film number 187855
 * Calendars of Huntingdonshire wills, 1479-1652, compiled by W. M. Noble

Archive Location
The records for this court are held at the Cambridgeshire County Record Office.

Family History Library Records
The Family History Library has copies of the following:


 * Registered copy wills 1479-1645, 1663-1678, 1690-1857
 * Original wills 1631, 1646-1649, 1652, 1661-1662, 1679-1689
 * Admon act books 1559-1614, 1691-1857
 * Admon bonds 1662-1688

Films can be viewed in the library or in a family history center.

Jurisdiction
All of Huntingdonshire except for the prebendal courts. From 1479-1609, this court also had jurisdiction over 77 parishes in Hertfordshire and Everton in Bedford.