Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Knaresborough

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.

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

Family History Library

 * The Family History Library has original wills, bonds, 1546, 1560 on film number 1786249 Item 2.
 * Wills and administrations from the Knaresborough court rolls were published by the Surtees Society volumes 104 and 110. The library has microfiche copies on fiche numbers 6073386 and 6073392.

Jurisdiction
The prebendary of Knaresborogh anciently exercised probate jurisdiction over some parts of the town of Knaresborough.