Court of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham

England Buckinghamshire  Buckinghamshire Probate Records

Jurisdiction
This court had jurisdiction over all of Buckinghamshire except the following:

Records
The original records are deposited at the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies at Aylesbury. They include:


 * Original wills, 1506-1858
 * Original administrations, 1695-1857 (and a few earlier years)
 * Registered wills, 1483-1650 (with gaps), 1686-1858
 * Registered administrations, 1633-1645, 1660-1858

Records have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and through family history centers. They include:


 * Wills and administrations, 1483-1857 (filmed at the Buckinghamshire Record Office)
 * (Original) wills and administrations, 1801-1857 (filmed at the Oxford District Probate Registry)

Indexes
The Buckinghamshire Family History Society has created an [http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/archives/ea_wills.page? index to wills] which is searchable online.

The original and microfilmed records listed above also include indexes.

Other indexes available at the Family History Library include:


 * Probate records of the Archdeaconry Court of Buckingham 1483-1660 and of the Buckinghamshire peculiars 1420-1660