Court of the Archdeaconry of Breconshire

Step By Step
1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will or administration (admon), 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 Breconshire 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. 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 more quickly the original wills and admons also on microfilm via any centers near you.

Online Indexes
Here are some Breconshire Wills 1543-1858 online at The National Library of Wales

Also Brecon Diocese wills that cover Hereford parishes pre-1852. Longtown Historical Society

Printed and Published Indexes
Indexes 1660-1858

Indexes in The FamilySearch Library:

The original and microfilmed records include indexes. The FamilySearch Library has film copies of the following indexes:


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Archive Location
Powys County Archives Office Powys County Hall Spa Road East Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5LG

WALES

E-mail: archives@powys.gov.uk

Tel: 44 (0)1597 826088 Website

Archive Records
The records include:


 * Original wills, administrations, and inventories, 1603; 1609-1858 (some missing years)
 * Register Copy Wills, 1543-1858

FamilySearch Library Records
Many of the records are available online or are on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. They include:



Jurisdiction
This court held Probate jurisdiction over the counties of Breconshire and Radnorshire. It also held concurrent jurisdiction over the following eight Herefordshire parishes:

Return to the Herefordshire Probate Records and the Breconshire Probate Records page.