Court of the Peculiar Parish of Langford

Step By Step
1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will or administration (admon), 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. 3. Contact or visit the Oxfordshire 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 FamilySearch Library,or, one of its 4,500 satellite FamilySearch centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can search the original wills and admons available online at a local FamilySearch center or affiliate library near you.

Online Index
Here is a partial index to Oxfordshire wills from 1550-1590 online.

Printed Indexes
The Oxfordshire Record Society has published a probate index covering the years 1547-1856 (Langford probates may not go as late as this time period), entitled Index to the probate records of the courts of the bishop and archdeacon of Oxford, 1733-1857, c1997 (see the heading below, "Indexes in The FamilySearch Library")

Indexes at The FamilySearch Library

 * The records of this court may not provide information as late of 1858
 * The records of this court may not provide information as late of 1858
 * The records of this court may not provide information as late of 1858

The Records
The original records are deposited at:

Oxfordshire Record Office

St Luke's Church

Temple Road

Cowley

Oxford OX4 2HT.

ENGLAND

Tel: 44 (0)1865 398200 Fax: 44 (0)1865 398201

E-mail: [mailto:archives@oxfordshire.gov.uk archives@oxfordshire.gov.uk]

Website

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

Probate Records of This Court Held in This Archive
The records held there include:


 * Filed Wills 1560-1576; 1607-1833
 * Register Wills 1590 (1 will); 1698-1733

Probate Records of This Court In The FamilySearch Library
Some records have been microfilmed and made available at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City and through its satellite FamilySearch centers. They include:



Jurisdiction
This court is a prebend of Lincoln and jurisdiction covers Langford and Little Faringdon.