Court of the Peculiar of Bibury

Gloucestershire Probate Records

Jurisdiction
This court had primary jurisdiction over the parishes of Bibury and Barnsley and the chapelries of Aldsworth and Winson.

This was a peculiar under the superior authority of the Diocese of Worcester before 1541 and from that time under the authority of the Diocese of Gloucester.

Between 1640 and 1660, probate records may also be found in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Records
Original records are deposited at the Gloucestershire Archives. They include:


 * Original wills, 1611-1649, 1672-1833
 * Registered wills, 1665-1833
 * Administrations, 1679-1800
 * Inventories, 1685-1696, 1758-1793

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


 * Probate records, 1665-1883

Indexes
The Gloucestershire Archives has an online index to wills for 1541-1858 in their Genealogical Database.

Indexes available at the Family History Library include:


 * Dickinson, Michael G. Wills Proved in Gloucestershire Peculiar Courts. Gloucester City Libraries, local history pamphlet no. 2. Gloucester: A.E. Smith, 1960. (FHL book 942.41 P22dm)