Peculiar Court of the Manor of Tachbrook

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 then to "Records" (see below) to determine what probate records exist for this court.

3. Contact or visit the Lichfield Record Office (see address below), to hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf, citing information obtained from the indexes (see next heading). 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 Peculiar Court of Tachbrook have to some extent been indexed with the following ones:

Printed and Published Indexes
The British Record Society's Index Library published a calendar for earlier years up to 1790 in, which may be accessed at many major archives in the United Kingdom, such as The National Archives, The British Library, etc.

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

Archives Location
The original records are deposited at:

Lichfield Record Office (formerly Lichfield Joint Record Office) The Friary' Lichfield Staffs WS13 6QG England Telephone: U.K. 01543 510720 Overseas: (+44) 1543 510720 E-mail:

Opening hours Accessibility features

Monday: Closed

Tuesday: 9am-5.30pm

Wednesday: 9am-5.30pm

Thursday: 9am-5.30pm

Friday: 9am-5pm

Saturday: 9am-12.30pm

Sunday: Closed

Obtaining a copy of a probate record:

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

Original Wills &amp; Admons, &amp; Inventories 1731-1890

Calendars of Wills and Admons 1731-1858

You may visit the Lichfield Record Office or contact their research service and request a copy of a probate record (include an index reference in your request).

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

Jurisdiction
The Court of the Peculiar of Tachbrook held jurisdiction over the parish. When a search of this courts’ probate records fails to provide the desired probate record, be sure to search the Consistory Court of Lichfield as well as the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury.