Court of the Archdeaconry of St. Albans

England Buckinghamshire Probate Records, Hertfordshire Probate Records

Jurisdiction
This court had jurisdiction over the following places in Hertfordshire:

This court also had jurisdiction over the following places in Buckinghamshire:

Records
The original records are deposited at Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies in Hertford, England. They include:


 * Original wills and administrations, 1545-1857
 * Registered wills, 1415-1636, 1661-1857
 * Administrations bonds and acts, 1540-1665
 * Administration acts, 1557-1857
 * Probate acts, 1674-1857
 * Inventories, 1550-1764

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


 * Probate records, 1514-1857 (a collection of the records listed above)

Indexes
The original and microfilmed records listed above also include indexes.

Othere indexes, available at the Hertfordshire Archives and Family History Library, include:


 * Wills at Hertford, 1415-1858 (Worldcat OCLC 188871218)
 * Index to wills of the Archdeaconries of St. Albans and Huntingdon (Hitchin), 1415-1857