Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln

England Bedfordshire Probate Records, Lincolnshire Probate Records, Huntingdonshire Probate Records

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Indexes
The Family History Library has a film copy of an index to admons and miscellaneous wills covering about 1582-1834. There are gaps of years in this span.

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

The Family History Library has probate records for the Peculiar Court of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, 1534-1834. Films can be viewed in the library or in a family history center.

Jurisdiction
This court had jurisdiction over parishes in Bedfordshire, Lincolnshire and Huntingdonshire.

Bedfordshire
This court had secondary jurisdiction over the two Bedfordshire peculiars of Biggleswade and Leighton Buzzard, particularly during inhibition, but in reality, few records for the two peculiars are found in the records of this court.

Lincolnshire
This court had jurisdiction over twenty-six parishes. To find out if your parish was one of these, go to Lincolnshire Probate Records, scroll to the Court Jurisdictions section and click the letter that begins the name of the parish.

Huntingdonshire
This court had third jurisdiction over the parishes of Barham, Buckden, Easton, Leighton Bromswold, Little Catworth and Stow Longa.