Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Askham Bryan

England Yorkshire  Yorkshire Probate Courts

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Indexes
Indexes for 54 peculiar courts, 1383-1883, are available online on BritishOrigins. This is a subscription site. The Family History Library has a Calendar, 1710-1759.

Archive Location
The records for this court are held in the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research.

Family History Library Records
The Family History Library has a Original wills 1710-1799. They are arranged as follows.


 * Act book for 1772-1799, a list of fourteen wills and inventories with one dated 1686.
 * Act book for 1757-1799.
 * Original wills for 1710-1757 in th same order as numbered in the calendar
 * Admons and inventories for 1715-1759 as ordered in the calendar

Films can be viewed in the library or in a family history center.

Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction was manorial court of Askham Bryan. It was not inhibited.