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| 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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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. |