Court of the Peculiar of Meonstoke with Soberton and Hoe

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Step By Step
1. First searcheach 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 TheFamilySearch 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 Meonstoke with Soberton and Hoe 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 1563 to 1724 for Meonstoke with Soberton and Hoe held at the Hampshire Record Office.

Microfilmed indexes at the FamilySearch Library:

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 1563 to 1724.

The Hampshire Record Office also has a type manuscript index covering the early Meonstoke with Soberton and Hoe wills; see the next section below.

Archives 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
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Original Wills 1563-1724

Jurisdiction
The Court of the Peculiar of Meonstoke with Soberton and Hoe held jurisdiction over the parishes of Meonstoke and Soberton and its tything (parish-owned rental lands), East Hoe. 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.