Court of the Peculiar of Littleton

Step By Step
1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry. 2. Proceed to "Records" (below) to determine what probate records exist for this court. 3. Contact or visit the Hampshire 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. You can visit The FamilySearch Library,or, one of its 4,500 satellite FamilySearch centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records; then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can search the original wills and admons available online at a local FamilySearch center or affiliate library near you.

Indexes
Surviving wills and admons to the Court of the Peculiar of Littleton have been mostly indexed as follows:

Online Indexes
Here is an online index from 1500's-1857. This is a mostly complete listing of wills for this time period, and can be very helpful to those searching Hampshire probate records.

Printed and Published Indexes
Original handwritten indexes:

There is an index (manuscript) from 1640-1735 (only 7 wills survive) for Littleton held at the Hampshire Record Office.

The indexes and original records have been digitized and are available online at a FamilySearch centre or a FamilySearch affiliate library near you.

The FamilySearch Library has a microfilmed index to the probate records which pertains to each of Hampshire's peculiar probate courts--including Houghton for the years 1640 to 1735.

The Hampshire Record Office also has a type manuscript index covering the early Littleton wills; see the next section below.

Archive Location
Hampshire Record Office Archives and Local Studies Sussex Street Winchester Hampshire SO23 8TH tel 01962 846154, fax 01962 878681 Contact the Archives and Local Studies

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Archive Records
Add information about the manuscript, printed and digital records in this location.

Original Wills 1640-1735

Historical Background
The Court of the Peculiar of Littleton held jurisdiction over the parish of Littleton. These records are held at the Hampshire Record Office (see above). When a search of this courts’ probate records fails to provide the desired probate record, be sure to search both the Consistory ( and ) Archdeaconry ( only) Courts of Winchester as well as the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury.