Court of the Peculiar of Gillingham

Dorset Probate Records

This court is a royal peculiar.

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 "Records" (below) to determine what 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 FamilySearch Library or, one of its 4,500 satellite FamilySearch 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

 * Online indexes and documents

Archive Locations
CONTACT Address Wiltshire and Swindon Archives, Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, SN15 3QN Telephone (01249) 705500 E-Mail archives@wiltshire.gov.uk

Archive Records
Add information about the manuscript, printed and digital records in this location.

Microfilm of original at Wiltshire County Record Office.

FamilySearch Library Records
Church of England. Royal Peculiar Court (Gillingham) Miscellaneous testamentary documents, 1609-1794

Jurisdictions
This jurisdiction extended to the parishes of Gillingham (including the chapelries of Milton on Stour and Bourton) and Mortcombe, Dorset