Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Bilton

England Yorkshire  Yorkshire Probate Courts

Description
Probate is the legal court process by which the estate of a deceased person is distributed to his or her heirs. The term probate refers to a collection of documents, including wills, administrations (also called admons), inventories, and act books. The Church of England ecclesiastical courts had authority for this process until to 1858.

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Online Indexes
Indexes for 54 peculiar courts, 1383-1883, are available online on British Origins. This is a subscription site.

Records
Archive Location Records are housed in the Borthwick Institute in York.

Archive Records
No records have been filmed for this court. Wills, bonds and inventories, 1549-1849, are housed in the Borthwick Institute.

Jurisdiction
This court had jurisdiction over Bilton in Ainsty.