Court of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk

Suffolk Probate Records

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Jurisdiction
East Suffolk (before 1837 excluding parishes in Deaneries of Stow and Hartismere). Inhibited as Archdeaconry of Norwich.

Records
The records for this court are housed in the Ipswich and East Suffolk Record Office.

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


 * Probate records, 1444-1857
 * Original wills, 1459-1857 and miscellaneous wills not proved, 1554-1739
 * Probate inventories, 1582-1824
 * Administrations from act books in Ipswich Probate Office
 * Wills from the archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1629-1640, abstracted by Marion E. Allen and Nesta R. Evans
 * Wills of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1620-1626, abstracted and edited by Marion E. Allen