Court of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester

England Worcestershire  Worcestershire Probate Records

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 "Probate Records of This Court" (below) to determine what original probate records exist for this court. 3. Contact or visit the Worcestershire 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 Family History Library, or, one of its 4,500 satellite family history centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records; then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can search more quickly the original wills and admons also on microfilm via any centers near you.

Indexes
Indexes are included with the original records and the microfilmed records. Click on the links above.

Archive Locations
The original records are deposited at the Worcestershire Record Office.

Archive Records
Wills and administrations, 1441-1642

Original wills and administrations, 1668-1788 (each peculiar filed separately)

Family History Library Records
Wills and administrations, 1441-1788

Jurisdiction
This court had jurisdiction over the following peculiar parishes: