Court of the Archdeaconry of the Sub-Dean of Salisbury

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Step By Step
1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will or administration (admon), writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry. 2. Proceed to the "Probate Records of This Court" (below) to determine what original probate records exist for this court. 3. Contact or visit the Wiltshire 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.

Online Indexes

 * The Wiltshire County Record Office's online Will Index 1540-1858


 * Genuki provides a gateway to 1000 abstract Wills

Indexes at The Family History Library

 * Index Wills at Salisbury 1464-1858

Archive Location
Wiltshire and Swindon Archives

Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Cocklebury Road

Chippenham

Wiltshire SN15 3QN

ENGLAND

Email: [mailto:archives@wiltshire.gov.uk archives@wiltshire.gov.uk]

Tel: 44 (0)1249 705500

Fax: 44 (0)1249 705527

Website

Probate Records of This Court Held in This Archive
Register Copty Wills, Etc. 1581-1588

Original Wills &amp; Administrations &amp; Inventories 1584; 1611-1857

Probate Records of This Court in The Family History Library
Original Wills 1611-1857

Probate records, 1612-1677

Act books 1476-1478, 1589-1596

Jurisdictions
This court held jurisdiction over the City of Salisbury parishes of St Edmund, St Martin and Thomas, and also included Milford and Strateford-sub-Castle.

The courts of the Archdeacons of Salisbury and of Wiltshire and also the Court of the Archdeacon of the sub-dean of Salisbury Cathedral were inhibited triennially by the Court of the Bishop of Salisbury.