Canterbury Probate Records
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Canterbury Probate Records
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| East Kent wills and probate records 1396-1659 | ||
| © M. J. & D. G. Cozens March 2005 - January 2010 Update 5 | ||
| Copying only permitted for private or academic use | ||
| Sources:- Archdeaconry Court original wills DCb/PRC16 (1550-1659) & registered wills DCb/PRC17 (1396-1659). Consistory Court original wills DCb/PRC31 (1642-1644) & registered wills DCb/PRC32 (1396-1659). Wingham peculiar wills DCb/PRC33 (1417-1549). | ||
| Back to wills frontpage | Calendar of Wills & Administrations 1396-1558, 1640-1650 - Henry R Plomer. | Kent Archives contacts |
| Archdeaconry Court registers
known problems 1396-1659 Volume 35 Folio 169/170 not filmed – indexed from original Volume 37 Folio 158/159 not filmed – indexed from original Volume 38 Folios badly water stained Volume 41 Folio 387/388 not filmed – indexed from original Volume 46 Folio 300/301 partial wills Volume 56 Folio 148/149 not filmed – indexed from original Volume 57 Folio 238/239 – indexed from original Volume 57 Folios 289/298 numbers not used Volume 58 Folios 336/337 not filmed - to be investigated Volume 59 Folio 336/337 not filmed – indexed from original Volume 63 Folio 222/224 not filmed – indexed from original Volume 66 Folio 216/217 and 225/229 not filmed – indexed from original Volume 67 Folio 348/349 not filmed – indexed from original Volume 70 Folio 127/128 not filmed – indexed from original Volume 578 & 580 random wills numerically indexed ony Consistory Court registers known problems 1396-1659 Volume 27 Page numbers used, i.e. folio numbers increment by two Volume 30 Page numbers used, i.e. folio numbers increment by two Volume 31 Page numbers up to page 358 then reverted to folio numbers Volume 38 Folio 313, 314 & 318 not filmed - indexed from original Volume Volume 53 Folio 1 to 236 Film unusable - indexed from original Volume Various
Volumes
have folio marked as "missing" on the films, these appear to be errors
as the wills are contiguous i.e. folio sequence error. Various Volumes
have duplicate folio numbers these are noted in the Cont. column.
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Known problems from the
original book have been corrected. PRC3 volume numbers have been changed to match existing
numbers. O.C. rferences 1550-1559 are filed in DCb/PRC16 but those before 1550 remain to be cross referenced.
The Consistory court original wills DCb/PRC31 start in 1559 and the only references available for this series
during the years 1640-1650 are the Plomer serial numbers written on the
wills and the year.
Archdeaconry Court original/probate office copy
problems
The group letter and number is not an official reference as none exist. It indicates the position of the document on the films at Canterbury Cathedral Archives. Boxes 1-8 (up to 1549) unreadable film - original wills at CKS are OK. Some wills are damaged. A number of letter groups are split between consecutive batches in the years 1640-1650. Films of Consistory Court original wills not available at CCA . English Civil Wars - Probate & Parish records for the period 1640-1660 are limited due to the many factors affecting record keeping during periods of civil conflict. For an introduction to the period try Wiikipedia - "The Engilish Civil war". There are very few probate records for 1651-1559 at Canterbury the majority are held at the PCC in London. New year dates In England before 1752, the Julian Calendar New Year's Day was the 25th March (Lady Day). In 1752 New Year's day was changed to 1st January in the Gregorian Calendar. |