Court of the Peculiar of the Bishop of Exeter (Episcopal Consistory)

England Devon  Devonshire Probate Records

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Indexes
[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=235196&disp=Calendars+of+wills+and+administrations+r%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Calendars of wills and administrations relating to the counties of Devon and Cornwall : proved in the Court of the principal registry of the Bishop of Exeter, 1559-1799. And of Devon only, proved in the Court of the Archdeaconry of Exeter, 1540-1799. ]

Records
Virtually all records were destroyed in 1942. Copies of some may have been deposited in the Estate Duty Registers.

Jurisdiction
This court had jurisdiction over the following parishes.