Court of the Peculiar of the Exempt Jurisdiction of the Deanery of Battle

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Original Wills &amp; Administrations (Admons) Early 1731

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Jurisdiction
This court was also known as the Court of the Peculiar of the Exempt Jurisdiction of the Deanery of Battle

This court had jurisdiction over the parish Battle.