Court of the Peculiar of Hurstbourne Priors with St Mary Bourne

Step By Step
1. First searcheach 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 at a FamilySearch centre or a FamilySearch affiliate library near you.

Indexes
Surviving wills and admons to the Court of the Peculiar of Hurstbourne Priors with St Mary Bourne have been mostly indexed as follows:

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:

There is an index (manuscript) from 1577, 1635-1780 for Hurstbourne Priors with St Mary Bourne held at the Hampshire Record Office.

Microfilmed indexes at the FamilySearch Library:

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

The FamilySearch Library has a microfilmed index to the probate records which pertains to each of Hampshire's peculiar probate courts--including Houghton for the years 1577, 1635-1780.

Additional wills also exist for the Hampshire parishes of Hurstbourne Priors and Hurstbourne Tarrant in the Wiltshire Prebendal (probate) Court of, which see.

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 1577, 1635-1780

FamilySearch Library Records
(includes wills from Burbage Parish in Wiltshire)

Jurisdiction
The Court of the Peculiar of Hurstbourne Priors with St Mary Bourne held jurisdiction over the parish of Hurstbourne Priors and its neighbouring parish, St Mary Bourne. These records are held at the Hampshire Record Office (see above). When a search of this courts’ probate records fails to provide the desired probate record, be sure to search both the Consistory ( and ) Archdeaconry ( only) Courts of Winchester as well as the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury.