Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Canons of Windsor in Wantage

England Berkshire Probate Records, Wiltshire Probate Records

Jurisdiction
This court had jurisdiction over the following parishes:


 * Hungerford, West Ilsley, and Wantage in Berkshire.
 * Ogbourne St. Andrew, Ogbourne St. George, and Shabourne in Wiltshire.

The court was inhibited triennially by the Dean of Salisbury.

Records
The original records are deposited at the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives and History Centre in Chippenham. They include:


 * Original wills, administrations and inventories, 1669-1840

Earlier records for 1582-1668 are deposited at the Oxfordshire Record Office in Oxford.

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


 * Wills, 1582-1669; index to wills, 1613-1840

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

The Wiltshire and Swindon Archives is in the process of digitizing all of the wills in its collection and making them searchable online. For more information, so to their website.