Court of the Bishop of Norwich

England Norfolk Probate Records, Suffolk Probate Records

Getting Started: Step by Step
Follow these steps to look for a probate record before 1858:


 * 1) Discover when and where your ancestor died. If you don’t know, use the approximate date and place where they lived.
 * 2) Go to the Court Jurisdictions section below.
 * 3) Click a letter or span of letters for your place. This opens an article showing a table of places and the courts that had jurisdiction over them.
 * 4) Follow the steps at the top of the table to search for a will.

Archive Records
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Jurisdiction
This court had jurisdiction over the counties of Norfolk (except the parish of Emneth) and Suffolk (except the parishes of Monks Eleigh, Hadleigh, and Moulton, part of the Peculiar Deanery of Bocking), and the parishes of Outwell and Upwell in Cambridgeshire.