Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Sarum

Devonshire Probate Records

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Jurisdiction
This court had secondary jurisdiction over the parishes of Monkton Wyld and Sarum. Sarum is a court in the county of Wiltshire and is also known as Salisbury.

Records
The Family History Library has copies of the following records on film. Films can be view in a family history center.

Wills, original and registered of the peculiar court of the Dean and parish of Sarum, Wiltshire, 1560-1857

Miscellaneous wills of Wiltshire, 1540-1809

Indexes
Indexes for various years before 1858

Index to wills and administrations 1540-1809