Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely

England Cambridgeshire Probate Records

Jurisdiction
This court had jurisdiction in the following Cambridgeshire parishes:

Records
The original records of this court are deposited at the Cambridge University Library in the city of Cambridge. Contact the library for assistance.

The records include:


 * Original wills, 1503-1857
 * Registered wills, 1449-1858
 * Original administrations, inventories, tuitions, etc., 1662-1858

Records are on microfilm and are available at the Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies service in the city of Cambridge, the Family History Libray in Salt Lake City, and through family history centers. They include:


 * Probate records, 1612-1841
 * Wills, 1489-1857

Indexes
The original and microfilmed records listed above include indexes.

In addition, the Family History Library, and other repositories, has the following index:


 * Index of the probate records of the Court of the Archdeacon of Ely, 1513-1857