Court of the Prebendal Peculiar of Fordington

Dorset Probate Records

This court is a prebend of Salisbury Cathedral.

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 Wiltshire 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 the original wills and admons available online at a local FamilySearch center or affiliate library near you.

Printed and Published Indexes
Church of England. Prebendal Court (Fordington and Writhlington) index to wills, 1660-1799 I

Archive Locations
CONTACT Address Wiltshire and Swindon Archives, Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, SN15 3QN Telephone (01249) 705500 E-Mail archives@wiltshire.gov.uk

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

Microfilm of original at Wiltshire County Record Office.

FamilySearch Library Records
Church of England. Prebendal Court (Fordington and Writhlington) Original wills, 1660-1857

Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction includes Fordington in Dorset, and Writhlington in Somerset. It was inhibited for six months every three years by the Dean of Salisbury