Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Arkengarthdale with New Forest and Hope

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Probate Courts

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Description
Probate is the legal court process by which the estate of a deceased person is distributed to his or her heirs. The term probate refers to a collection of documents, including wills, administrations (also called admons), inventories, and act books. The Church of England ecclesiastical courts had authority for this process until to 1858.

Step By Step
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2. Go to the Archive Records below to determine what original probate records exist for this court.

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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 of wills and administrations of Arkingarthdale, 1559-1858.

Archive Location
Records are housed in the Borthwick Institutein York.

Family History Library Records
No original records have been filmed in this manorial court but abstracts to all of the wills, last names A-M, are in The Northern Genealogist. Last names A-H are found in volume IV pages 93-102 and 116-131 (also FHL film 994073 item 11). Last name H continues on pages 24-29 of volume V. Last names I-M are on pages 93-96 of voumne VI.

Jurisdiction
The court is over the manor and parish of Arkengarthdale. Also, so much of the parishes of Kirkby Hill and Barningham as comprises the districts of New Forest and Hope. Some Arkengarthdale wills were also proved in the Consistory Court of Richmond.