Court of the Peculiar of the Honour of Knaresborough

Yorkshire Probate Courts

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Jurisdiction
Knaresborough was an honour court, meaning a manorial court that presided over several other manors. It was not inhibited, but wills for this area may be found under several other jurisdictions, including prebendal jurisdiction for Knaresborough in the sixteenth century.

Records
The records for this court are held in the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research. Except for the calendar, no original records have been filmed, but there are printed indexes and extracts from wills enrolled in the manorial court rolls.

The National Archives has manor court rolls containing Enrolled Wills, Adminstrations and Inventories, 1507-1668.

Indexes

 * Indexes for 54 peculiar courts, 1383-1883, are available online on BritishOrigins. This is a subscription site.
 * A printed index to the originals appears in volume 110 of the Publications of the Surtees Society.
 * A filmed calendar of two bound manuscript volumes, 1640-1858, is on film number 98917 items 7-8 in the Family History Library. Films can be view in the library or in a family history center.