Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Norwich

England Norfolk Probate Records

Step by Step
Follow these steps to look for a probate record before 1858: 1. Discover when and where your ancestor died. If you don’t know, use the approximate date and place where they lived. 2. Go to the Court Jurisdictions section below. 3. Click a letter or span of letters for your place. This opens an article showing a table of places and the courts that had jurisdiction over them. 4. Follow the steps at the top of the table to search for a will.

Online Indexes
The Norfolk Record Officehas an online index to all wills for all probate courts throughout the county.

A general will index (partial) for this probate court covering much of the county is available online for the years 1800-1857. More years are bring added so re-visit their website regularly.

Printed and Published Indexes
The Family History Library has the following indexes and calendars. Other indexes are included on the films for the above mentioned records.



Archive Location
Norfolk Record Office

The Archive Centre

Martineau Lane

Norwich NR1 2DQ

Telephone: 01603 222599

Fax: 01603 761885

E-mail: norfrec@norfolk.gov.uk

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

Family History Library Records
The Family History Library has the following records on film. Films can be view in the library or in a family history center.



Jurisdiction
This court covers parts of the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridge.

All county parishes with the exception of Emneth, came under the jurisdiction of this court. (Emneth Parish came under the jurisdiction of the Consistory Court of Ely.)

This court also had jurisdiction over the parishes of Upwell and Outwell which were at times a part of Cambridgeshire.