Court of the Bishop of Carlisle (Episcopal Consistory)

England Cumberland  Cumberland Probate Records

The following article gives information about this probate court. For a general explanation about probate records in England, click here.

Search for Records
Cumberland has four record offices where probates material is kept. These are Barrow, Kendall, Carlisle, and Whitehaven. Links to the offices are found on the Cumbria Archive Service site.

Search Indexes First
Indexes will help you easily find the probate record. An index could be a strict alphabetical list, a list of all last names starting with a letter of the alphabet, a group of names for a specific number of years. References to the probate indexes in the Family History Library collection can be found by clicking here.

Tips

 * Records and indexes for this court are held in the relevant Cumbria record office. The Cumbria Archive Service Web site has links to the offices.
 * The Family History Library has a collection on film for the records and the indexes, 1564-1858.
 * The terms bishop's court and consistory court both refer to this court.

History
To read about the history of this court, click here. **Contributor: this link should go to a separate page that gives a brief history of the Cumberland courts.**

Documents related to probates
Administration (also known as Admon)

Inventory

Codicil

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Indexes MOVE THIS TO A PLACE HIGHER in this article
general notes

Online indexes
list and explanation with links

Microfilmed or Printed
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