Court of the Peculiar of Bierton

England Buckinghamshire  Buckinghamshire Probate Records

Jurisdiction
The court had jurisdiction over the parishes of Bierton (with Broughton), Buckland, Quarrendon, and Stoke Mandeville. It was a peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln.

Records
The original records are deposited at the Oxfordshire Record Office, Oxford. They include:


 * Filed wills and administration bonds, 1547-1856 (very incompleted to 1660), and register copy wills, 1736-1859, filed with those for the Court of the Peculiar of Banbury
 * Register copy wills, 1701-1708 and 1851-1858, and administration act books, 1674-1856, filed with those for the Court of the Peculiar of Aylesbury.

Some records are on microfilm and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and through family history centers.


 * Probate records, 1547-1858 (with the records for Banbury; includes indexes)
 * Wills and administrations, 1624-1858 (with the records of Aylesbury; includes indexes)

Indexes
The above listed original and microfilmed records include indexes.

Jeremy S. W. Gibson has published an "Index to wills proved in the Peculiar Court of Banbury, 1542-1858," which is available from the Banbury Historical Society, at the Oxfordshire Record Office, at the Family History Library, and elsewhere.

In addition, these indexes to the records of the peculiar courts of Buckinghamshire are available at the Society of Genealogists in London, and the Family History Library:


 * Index to the wills and administrations of the Peculiar Courts of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire &amp; Oxfordshire, 1550-1858


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