Court of the Peculiar of Bierton

England Buckinghamshire  Buckinghamshire Probate Records

Getting Started: Step by Step
1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry. 2. Proceed to the "Probate Records Held in This Archive" (below) to determine what original probate records exist for this court. Also see "Probate Records of This Court in The Family History Library". 3. Contact or visit the Oxford record Office or, hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf. Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers. 4. Visit The Family History Library, or, one of its 4,500 satellite family history centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records; then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can search more quickly the original wills and admons also on microfilm via any centers near you.

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

The original and microfilmed records listed below also include indexes.

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)

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.