Court of the Peculiar of the Rector of Cliffe

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. Also see "FamilySearch Library Records."

3. Contact or visit Centre for Kentish Studies or hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf. Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers.

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

Online Indexes
This court is indexed on findmypast, available online for a fee, or free at a Family History Center.

Printed and Published Indexes
Church of England. Peculiar of the rector of Cliffe Probate record indexes, 1671-1845

Archive Location
The Centre for Kentish Studies is the Headquarters for the Kent Archives service. It holds manuscript and printed records for the County of Kent The Centre for Kentish Studies Sessions House County Hall Maidstone ME14 1XQ 01622 694363 fax: 01622 694379 archives@kent.gov.uk

Archive Records
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FamilySearch Library Records
Church of England. Parish Church of Cliffe (Kent). Peculiar Court Wills and inventories, 1671-1795

Familysearch.org Records of Images 1450-1857
These images are original records of probate, but also include:

Account papers Administration bonds Caveats Guardian registers Inventories Miscellaneous court papers Miscellaneous court papers index Renunciation papers Wills

Jurisdictions
The Parish Of Cliffe was exempt from the jurisdiction of the diocese of Rochester until 1846, at which time it was attached to that diocese.