Court of the Peculiar of Buckingham

England Buckinghamshire  Buckinghamshire Probate Records

Getting Started: Step by Step
1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry. 2. Proceed to the "Probate Records Held in This Archive" (below) to determine what original probate records exist for this court. Also see "Probate Records of This Court in The Family History Library". 3. Contact or visit the Centre of Buckinghamshire Studies 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 and microfilmed records. The Family History Library also has:


 * Index to the wills and administrations of the Peculiar Courts of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire &amp; Oxfordshire, 1550-1858
 * Probate records of the Archdeaconry Court of Buckingham 1483-1660 and of the Buckinghamshire peculiars 1420-1660 (includes an index of places)

Records
The original records are deposited at the Centre of Buckinghamshire Studies at Aylesbury. They include:


 * Files wills and administration bonds, 1559, 1607-1623, 1674, 1701-1857
 * Register copy wills, 1736-1760, 1798-1858 (some filed with those of Aylesbury)
 * Administration act books, 1674-1856 (filed with those of the Peculiar Court of Aylesbury, another Lincoln prebend)

The records have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and through family history centers. They include:


 * Wills and administrations, 1559-1857
 * Wills and administrations, 1624-1858 (those filed with Aylesbury)

Jurisdiction
This court had jurisdiction over the city and parish of Buckingham and its hamlets. It was a Diocese of Lincoln prebend.