Court of the Peculiar of the Prebendal of Kirton in Lindsey

Lincolnshire Probate Records

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Jurisdiction
Kirton in Lindsey, a peculiar of the Sub-Dean of Lincoln.

Records
The original records are in the Lincolnshire Archives.

The Family History Library has wills and administrations on film as follows. Films can be view in the library or in a family history center.

1535-1834 on film 200103. Contains surnames "A" through "C". Indent slips have name, date and residence. Some are written in old English. Some inventories. Fairly good condition.

Indexes
The Family History Library has Index to records of Lincoln Peculiar Courts, 1610-1827, on film 199985. The years for Sleaford are 1610-1827. The film covers the peculiars of Caistor, Louth, Heydour, Corringham, Bishop Norton, Kirton in Lindsey, Gretton, Empingham, Biggleswade and Sleaford or Lafford. The courts on the film include courts whose jurisdictions cover Northamptonshire, Rutlandshire and Bedfordshire in addition to Lincolnshire.The years for Kirton in Lindsey are 1566-1834, page 65.