Court of the Peculiar Parish of Thorney

England Cambridgeshire  Cambridgeshire Probate Records

Getting Started: Step by Step
1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry.&lt;br&gt;

2. Proceed to the "Probate Records Held in This Archive" (below) to determine what original probate records exist for this court. Also see "Probate Records of This Court in The Family History Library".&lt;br&gt;

3. Contact or visit the&amp;nbsp;King's College Archives, Cambridge University or,&amp;nbsp;hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf. Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers.&lt;br&gt;

4. Visit The Family History Library, or, one of its 4,500 satellite family history centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records;&amp;nbsp;then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can search more quickly the&amp;nbsp;original wills and admons also&amp;nbsp;on microfilm via any&amp;nbsp;centers&amp;nbsp;near you.&lt;br&gt;

Indexes
Indexes are included with the original records.

Records
The original records are deposited at the King's College Archives, Cambridge. They include copies of 121 probate records and 72 administrations for the years 1449-1794, recorded in college ledger books; no originals survive.

Records have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library and through family history centers.


 * Probate records, 1754-1857.

Indexes
Indexes are included with the original records.

Jurisdiction
This court had jurisdiction only in the parish and lordship of Thorney in the Isle of Ely.