Court of the Peculiar of North Baddesley

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. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry. 2. Proceed to "Records" (below) to determine what probate records exist for this court. 3. Contact or visit the Hampshire Record Office, or, hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf. Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers. 4. The indexes and original records have been digitized and are available online at a FamilySearch centre or a FamilySearch affiliate library near you.

Indexes
Surviving wills and admons to the Court of the Peculiar of North Baddesley have been mostly indexed with the following ones:

Online Indexes
Here is an online index from 1500's-1857. This is a mostly complete listing of wills for this time period, and can be very helpful to those searching Hampshire probate records.

Printed and Published Indexes
Original Handwritten Indexes:

Held at the Hampshire Record Office, there is an index (manuscript) from 1663 to 1681 for North Baddesley covering most if not all wills in this peculiar court's jurisdiction.

Microfilmed Indexes at the FamilySearch Library:

The indexes and original records have been digitized and are available online at a FamilySearch centre or a FamilySearch affiliate library near you.

The FamilySearch Library has a comprehensive microfilmed [index Cards] of probate records which pertain to each of Hampshire's peculiar probate courts--including North Baddesley for the years of this peculiar court's jurisdiction from 1663 to 1681.

The Hampshire Record Office also has a type manuscript index covering the early North Baddesley from 1663-1681; see the next section below.

Archives Location
Hampshire Record Office Archives and Local Studies Sussex Street Winchester Hampshire SO23 8TH tel 01962 846154, fax 01962 878681 Contact the Archives and Local Studies

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Archive Records
Add information about the manuscript, printed and digital records in this location.

Original Wills 1663-1681

Jurisdiction
The Court of the Peculiar of North Baddesley held jurisdiction over the parishes of North Baddesley. When a search of this courts’ probate records fails to provide the desired probate record, be sure to search both the Consistory and Archdeaconry Courts of Winchester as well as the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The administrations (admons) for this "peculiar" probate court were processed and granted through the [Consistory Court] of Winchester.