Court of the Peculiar of Isleham and Freckenham

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Printed and Published Indexes

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Archive Location
Suffolk Record Office--Bury St. Edmunds

77 Raingate Street

Bury St. Edmunds IP33 2AR

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Archive Records
Isleham:

Wills 1556-1857 (363 Wills)

Administrations 1662-1851

Registered wills and administrations 1613-1636 and 1826-1854

Freckenham:

Wills 1556-1841 (78 wills)

Administrations 1665-1817

Registered wills and administrations 1613-1636 and 1856

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Jurisdiction
Isleham was in the diocese of Ely, Freckenham was in the Diocese of Norwich. They were a Peculiar of the Bishop of Rochester. A few wills of Isleham and Freckenham inhabitants were evidently proved at Norwich, the latter Court claiming jurisdition during Visitations by the Bishop of Norwich. There are also a few within in the Consistory Court of Rochester, and there are register copy wills (1649-1852) and administrations (1662-1851) in the records of the Archdeaconry Court of Huntingdon.