Court of the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury for the Exempt Deaneries of Pagham and Tarring

Return to the Sussex Probate Records page.

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 then to the "Probate Records In This Archive" section (see below) to determine what original probate records exist for this court.

3. Contact or visit the Lichfield Record Office (see address below), to hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf, citing information obtained from the indexes (see next heading). Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers.

4. You can also visit The Family History Library, or, one of its 4,500 satellite family history centers worldwide and search indexes and wills (see the Family History Library's cataloged entries providing the microfilm numbers so you can have them circulated to the center near you for searching). The information obtained from the index[es] will help you more quickly search the wills and admons which can also be circulated on microfilm via any family history.

Indexes
The probate collection includes a Calendars and indexes to wills, administrations and inventories. A calendar is an index arranged first alphabetically by the beginning letter of a testator's surname and second by date.

Online Indexes
This is a website for which you may request a search to be made.

Printed &amp; Manuscript Indexes
There is an index from 1670 to 1805 in manuscript form at the archives (see below for address).

The Index Library vol. 64 is an index to these probates from 1516-1670

Microfilmed Indexes at the Family History Library
The indexes as listed in the above are also available in the collection of The Family History Library and they are on microfilm and may be circulated to each of its satellite Family History Centers worldwide.

In addition, the Family History Library has a more comprehensive microfilmed Index to Probate Accounts 1572-1711

Calendars of Wills &amp; Admons 1509-1660

Index to Original Wills 1588-1858

Index to Admons 1781-1857

Archives Location
The original records are deposited at:

West Sussex County Council

County Hall

West Street

Chichester

West Sussex PO19 1RQ

ENGLAND

Tel 44-[0]1243 777100

Probate Records of This Court Held In This Archive
These records include:

Probate Records of This Court In The Family History Library
These have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and through family history centers. They include:

Jurisdiction
This court was also known as the Court of the Peculiar of the Exempt Jurisdiction of the Deanery of Battle

This court had jurisdiction over the parish Battle.