Court of the Peculiar of Corfe Castle

Dorset Probate Records

This jurisdiction covers Corfe Castle and also the chapelry of Kingston. The peculiar has never been inhibited.

Step By Step
1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry.

2. Proceed to the "Records" (below) to determine what original probate records exist for this court. Also see "Family History Library Records."

3. Contact or visit the The 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.

Printed and Published Indexes
A calendar of wills and administrations relating to the county of Dorset in the several peculiars, 1660-1799, all now preserved at the probate registry, Blandford

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

Jurisdictions
Parish of Corfe Castle and chapelry of Kingston. Never Inhibited.