Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Eastern Deaneries - Catterick

Yorkshire Probate Records

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Jurisdiction
The Archdeaconry of Richmond contained the Eastern Deaneries of Richmond, Catterick and Boroughbridge, covering the western half of the North Riding and part of the West Riding.

Records
The records for this court are in the West Yorkshire Archives Service, Leeds.

The Family History Library has film copies of the following records. Films can be viewed in the library or in a family history center.

Original wills
1521-1857, for this court have not been filmed.Film number 994031 item 7 contains copies of 208 wills and inventories for Richmond, 1442-1578. These are also printed in volume 26 of the Publications of the Surtees Society.

Registered copy wills
1474-1485, 1503, 1529-1551, on film number 98914.

1552-1585, on film number 98914.

1586-1719 -- there are none. Consult the originals.

1720-1731, on film number 98921.

1732-1782 -- there are none. Consult the originals.

1783-1791, on film number 99881 item 2.

1792-1857 -- there are none.. Consult the originals.

Act books and other registers
1663-1664 on film number 99953

1665-1679 on film

Indexes
The Family History Library has copies of the following indexes.

Northern Genealogist volume 3, 1474-1617, for surnames A-G. It includes both original and registered copy wills. Of the surnames A-G, those starting with the letters A, E and G were not available for indexing and apparently have been lost. The title page of the volume claims that the index starts in 1588; however, the registered copy wills include some from the fifteenth century


 * Calendar, 1410-1610, on film numbers 98904-98909.
 * Calendar, 1611-1700, on film numbers 98910-989111.
 * Calendar, 1503-1857, on film numbers 98912-98913.

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