Canterbury Probate Records Office

East Kent wills and probate records 1660 - 1858
© M. J. & D. G. Cozens  March 2005 - January 2010  Update 5

Copying only permitted for private or academic use
Sources:- Archdeaconry Court registered wills DCb/PRC17 (1660-1858)
Achdeaconry Court original/office copy wills DCb/PRC16 (1660-1858)
Consistory Court registered wills DCb/PRC32 (1660-1857)
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Surnames
Aa-az Ba-bat Bau-bla Ble-bri Bro-by Ca-ch Ci-coo Cop-cu Da-doy Dr-ey Fa-fo
Fr-gl Go-gy Ha-haz He-hol
Hom-hy I-j-kel Kem-lam Lan-ly Ma-mc Me-my Na-o-pap
Par-pig Pik-q-ray Re-ry Sa-sil Sim-spe Spi-sy Ta-tr Tu-uv-wa We-wim Win-yo

Places
Ab-ash Ashf-bek Ben-bos Bou-bu Ca-can stm Can stp-cant. Cant.-cha Che-cr
Da-deal Deal-dov Dov-dy
Ea-ey Fa-fl Fo-fr Ga-gu Ha-he Hi-iwade Ke-li Lo-ly Maidstone Mar-me Mi-mu
Na-no O-Q-Rai Ram-ry Sa-sea Sel-sma Sme-St. Pet Stal-sw Te-Up Wa-wil Win-yo


Archdeaconry Court registers known problems 1660-1858
Volume 73 Folio 189-200 do not exist
Volume 74 Folio 332/333 not filmed – indexed from original
Volume 77 Folio 331/332 not filmed – indexed from original
Volume 78 Folio 258-260 Wills complete but mixed up
Volume 79 - Film LDS Vol 80 (VLP 660) - indexed as Vol 79 verified in CKS
Volume 80 - Film LDS Vol 79 (VLP 659) - indexed as Vol 80 verified in CKS
Volume 82 Folio 380/381 and 533/534 not filmed – indexed from original
Volume 83 Quire 11 “Mitchell to Poole”, Folios not filmed
Volumes 83 to 93 enumerated by Quires
Volume 84 and 85 not in date sequence
Volume 85 Quire 1 folio 1 front not filmed – indexed from original
Volume 88 Quire 11 to end - nearly unreadable – ink bled into paper
Volume 89 Quire 12 some folios out of focus on film
Volume 92 starts at Quire 57 following on from volume 91 Quire 56
Volume 95 Folio 244/245 not filmed – indexed from original
Volume 95 Folio 547/548 not filmed – indexed from original
Volume 98 Folio 423/425 not filmed – indexed from original
Volume 100 from folio 213 master film scratched and poor quality
Volume 101 master film scratched and poor quality
Volume 111 Folio 568 number not used
Volume 112 Folio 19/20 not filmed – indexed from original

Archdeaconry Court Original wills problems
Part 1 of Box 288 misnumbered on film as Box 285
Box 321 film misnumbered as Box 325
Box 356 film very dark
Box 360 all Consistory Court register wills
Box 381 filmed as 381 for 1723
Box 382 for 1724 A - H filmed as 383 in error
Box 383 I - Y part filmed 384 in error
Box 384 filmed as 384 for 1725
Box 508 film is A - W not P - W as labelled
Box 509 film has 3 false headers before correct one
Box 494 to 523 films very dark
Box 514 is A - H not A - J as marked
Box 515 is J - W not H - W as marked
Box 522 is A - W not A - K as marked
Box 525 5 wills in group C missing
Box 526 L - R not filmed, original wills at CKS indexed
Box 527 filmed with 526 header
Box 528 filmed with 526 header
Box 534 L - R and some S wills not filmed, originals wills at CKS indexed
Box 579, 580, 581 Random records filed in numerical order only

Consistory Court registers known problems 1660-1857

Volume 53    Folio 1 to 236 Film unusable - indexed from original Volume
Volume 59    Folio 407 to 414  between Folio 422 and 423
Volume 61    Folio numbers continue from Volume 60 starting at Folio 602
Volume 63-72     Ink and photographic quality erratic

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

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.