Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Ketton with Tixover

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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 "Records" (below) to determine what probate records exist for this court. 3. Contact or visit the 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. The indexes and original records have been digitized and are available at a FamilySearch centre or a FamilySearch affiliate library near you.

Printed or Published Indexes
The indexes and original records have been digitized and are available at a FamilySearch centre or a FamilySearch affiliate library near you:
 * wills and administrations proved and granted in the Archdeaconry Court of Leicester, 1660-1750 :
 * Peculiars of St. Margaret, Leicester, and Rothley

Archive Locations
The original records for this court are in the Lincolnshire Archives Office. Further records are filed in the Leicestershire Record Office.

Archive Records
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FamilySearch Library Records
The FamilySearch Library has the (12 documents). The following records are listed in the library's catalog for Caldecote but the films include Ketton with Tixover.



Jurisdiction
Includes the parishes Tixover and Ketton with the Geeston.