Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Empingham

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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 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 family history 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.

Printed and Published Indexes
The FamilySearch Library has the following records.



Archive Location
The original records are in the collection of the Lincolnshire Archives Office.

Archive Records
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FamilySearch Library Records
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The following records are listed in the library's catalog for Caldecote but the films include Ketton with Tixover.



Jurisdiction
Covers the parish of Empingham in Lincolnshire and the hamlet of Harwick in Rutland.