Court of the Peculiar of Peak Forest

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Probate Records

Jurisdiction
This court had primary jurisdiction solely over the extra-parochial parish of Peak Forest.

Though technically the Court of the Bishop of Lichfield did not have superior jurisdiction over Dale Abbey, as the largest court of original jurisdiction in the county, its records may include the probates of persons who resided there.

Records
The original records for Peak Forest are deposited at the Lichfield Record Office. They include:


 * Original wills, 1647-1858

The records have been in Salt Lake City.