Court of the Prebendal Peculiar of Yetminster

Dorset Probate Records

This court is a prebend of Salisbury Cathedral.

Getting Started
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 Wiltshire 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
Wills at Salisbury 1464-1858

Church of England. Prebendal Court (Yetminster and Grimston) Index to wills 1615-1799

Archive Locations
CONTACT Address Wiltshire and Swindon Archives, Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, SN15 3QN Telephone (01249) 705500 E-Mail archives@wiltshire.gov.uk

Archive Records
Microfilm of original at Wiltshire County Record Office.

Family History Library Records
Church of England. Prebendal Court (Yetminster and Grimston) Original Wills 1654-1799

Jurisdictions
This jurisdiction extended to the parish of Yetminster, Dorset. The Court was inhibited by the Dean of Salisbury for six months in every three years.