Court of the Peculiar of the Prebendal of Stow in Lindsey

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Step by Step
1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will or administration (admon), 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 Herefordshire 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. Visit The FamilySearch Library or, one of its 4,500 satellite FamilySearch 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.

Printed and Published Indexes
The FamilySearch Library has Index to records of Lincoln Peculiar Courts on. Films can be viewed in the library or in a FamilySearch center.

Archive Location
The original records are in the collection of the Lincolnshire Archives Office.

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

FamilySearch Library Records
The FamilySearch Library has wills and administrations, 1571-1833 folios 1-169, on film number. Indent slips have name, date and residence. Names are in the left-hand margin. Old English documents are in poor condition, torn and stained. Films can be view in the library or in a FamilySearch center.

Jurisdiction
Stow in Lindsey including the hamlets of Bransby, Sturton and Normanby by Stow.