Court of the Peculiar of Faringdon

England Berkshire  Berkshire Probate Records

Jurisdiction
This court had jurisdiction in the parishes of Great Faringdon and Little Coxwell (and the villages of Littleworth, Thrupp, Kindell Weare, Wadley, Port, Puckety, Westbrooke and Little Wickensham) in the north of Berkshire. It was a prebendal court in the Diocese of Salisbury.

Records
The original records of this court are deposited at the Berkshire Record Office in Reading, Berkshire or at the Oxfordshire Record Office in Oxford. They include:


 * Filed wills and administration bonds, 1547-1853
 * Registered wills and administrations, 1730-1853
 * Wills and administrations, 1698-1733 (included with those for the peculiars of Banbury, Dorchester, Langford, Monks Risborough, and Thame)

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Many records have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library and through family history centers. They include:


 * Wills and administrations, 1547-1853
 * Probate records, 1547-1858 (includes records of Faringdon for 1698-1733)

Indexes
Indexes are included with the original records as listed above; also with the microfilmed records as listed above.

In addition, a manuscript index to the records of the peculiar courts of Berkshire is available on microfilm at the Society of Genealogists in London, and the Family History Library:


 * Index to the wills and administrations of the Peculiar Courts of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire &amp; Oxfordshire, 1550-1858