Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Dean & Chapter of Wells

England Somerset  Somerset Probate Records

Important Note:
The records of the Consistory Court of the Dean &amp; Chapter of Wells, which were deposited at the Probate Registry at Exeter, were destroyed by enemy action during World War II. The following is information on the few records that survive.

Archive Locations
The surviving original records are deposited at:

Somerset Record Office Obridge Road Taunton TA2 7PU England Tel: (0)1823 278805 Email: [mailto:archives@somerset.gov.uk archives@somerset.gov.uk]

Archive Records
These include:


 * Probate &amp; administration act books 1662-1665
 * Regiser of wills, section, 1582-1583

Family History Library Records
The Family History Library has no original probate records on microfilm for this court. See the information found in the article on the Court of the Bishop of Bath & Wells (Episcopal Consistory).

Other
The Society of Genealogists in London has copies of published abstracts of wills and other probate documents for Somerset. To see a list of titles, search their library catalogue for the Subject of "Somerset - General:Wills."

Jurisdiction
This court was part of the Diocese of Bath and Wells. The court had jurisdiction over the parishes of: