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| JURISDICTIONAL COURTS IN ORDER OF USE | ||
|---|---|---|
| PARISH NAME | COUNTY | PRIMARY COURT | 1ST SECONDARY COURT | 2ND SECONDARY COURT | 3RD SECONDARY COURT | 4TH SECONDARY COURT | 5TH SECONDARY COURT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ab Kettleby | Leicestershire | Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Abberley | Worcestershire | Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Abberton | Essex | Court of the Archdeaconry of Colchester | Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex and Hertfordshire Division) | Court of the Bishop of London (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | |
| Abberton | Worcestershire | Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Abbey Dore | Herefordshire | Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Abbot’s Ann | Hampshire | Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Abbots Morton | Worcestershire | Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Abbotsbury | Dorset | Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset | Court of the Bishop of Bristol (Episcopal Consistory) Dorset Division | ** | - | - | - | |
| Abbotsham | Devon | Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple | Court of the Bishop of Exeter (Episcopal Consistory) | Court of the Bishop's Registrar of Exeter | ** | - | - | |
| Abbotskerswell | Devon | Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Totnes | Court of the Bishop of Exeter (Episcopal Consistory) | Episcopal Principal Registry of Exeter | ** | - | - | |
| Abbotsley | Huntingdonshire | Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of Lincoln and of the Archdeacon in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon | Post-1836: Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | |
| Abdon | Shropshire | Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Abenhall | Gloucestershire | Pre-1541 - Court of the Bishop of Hereford; Post 1541-Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Aberford | Yorkshire | Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York | Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York | Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York | PCC | Delegates | - | |
| Abingdon St Helen with St Nicholas | Berkshire | Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire | "Pre-1836: Court of the Bishop of Salisbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Post-1835: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Oxford " |
** | - | - | - | |
| Abinger | Surrey | Court of the Archdeaconry of Surrey | "Pre-1662
Court of the Bishop of Winchester (Episcopal Consistory) Post-1661 Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of Winchester in the Archdeaconry of Surrey " |
"Pre-1662 PCC
Post-1661 PCC " |
"Pre-1662 Arches
Post-1661 Arches " |
"Pre-1662 Delegates
Post-1661 Delegates " |
- | |
| Abington | Northamptonshire | Court of the Archdeaconry of Northampton | "Pre-1541: Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory)
1541-1597: PCC Post-1597: Court of the Bishop of Peterborough (Episcopal Consistory) " |
Pre-1541 & Post-1597: PCC | Arches | Delegates | - | - |
| Abington Pigotts | Cambridgeshire | Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely | Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | |
| Abington, Great | Cambridgeshire | Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Abington, Little | Cambridgeshire | Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Abthorpe | Northamptonshire | Court of the Archdeaconry of Northampton | "Pre-1541: Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory)
1541-1597: PCC Post 1597: Court of the Bishop of Peterborough (Episcopal Consistory)" |
"Pre 1541 & Post 1597 PCC
Arches" |
Delegates | - | - | |
| Acaster Malbis | Yorkshire | Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York | Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York | Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York | PCC | Delegates | - | |
| Acaster Selby | Yorkshire | Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York | Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York | Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York | PCC | Delegates | - | |
| Accrington [St. James] | Lancashire | Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory) | "Pre1541 – PCC
Post 1540 - Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York" |
Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York | Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York | PCC | Delegates | |
| Acklam, East | Yorkshire | Court of the Peculiar of the Chancellor of York with the Prebendal Jurisdiction of Laughton en le Morthen | Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York | Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York | Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York | PCC | Delegates | |
| Acklam, West | Yorkshire | Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York | Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York | Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York | PCC | Delegates | - | |
| Ackworth | Yorkshire | Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York | Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York | Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York | PCC | Delegates | - | |
| Acle | Norfolk | Court of the Archdeaconry of Norwich | Court of the Consistory of Norwich | ** | - | - | - | |
| Acomb | Yorkshire | Court of the Peculiar of Acomb | Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York | Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York | Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York | PCC | Delegates | |
| Aconbury | Herefordshire | Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Acre, South | Norfolk | Court of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk | Court of the Consistory of Norwich | ** | - | - | - | |
| Acre, West | Norfolk | Court of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk | Court of the Consistory of Norwich | ** | - | - | - | |
| Acrise | Kent | Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury | Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | |
| Acton | Cheshire | Pre-1541 Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory) Post-1540 Court of the Bishop of Cheshire (Episcopal Consistory) | "Pre1541: PCC;
Post 1540: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York" |
"Pre 1541: Arches;
Post 1540: Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York" |
Pre 1541: Delegates; Post 1540: Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York | Post 1540: PCC | Post 1540: Delegates | |
| Acton | Middlesex | Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (London Division) | Court of the Bishop of London (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | |
| Acton | Suffolk | Court of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury | "Pre 1837- Court of the Consistory of Norwich
Post 1836- Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)" |
** | - | - | - | |
| Acton Beauchamp | Worcestershire | Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Acton Burnell | Shropshire | Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Acton Round | Shropshire | Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Acton Scott | Shropshire | Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Acton Trussell | Staffordshire | Court of the Peculiar of Whittington and Baswich | Court of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield | ** | - | - | - | |
| Acton Turville | Gloucestershire | Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Acton, Iron | Gloucestershire | Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Adbaston | Staffordshire | Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Lichfield | Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | |
| Adderbury with Milton | Oxfordshire | Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and the Archdeaconry of Oxford | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Adderley | Shropshire | Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Addingham | Cumberland | Court of the Bishop of Carlisle (Episcopal Consistory) | Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York | Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York | Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York | PCC | Delegates | |
| Addingham | Yorkshire | Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York | Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York | Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York | PCC | Delegates | - | |
| Addington | Buckinghamshire | Court of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham | "Pre 1845: Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory)
Post 1844: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Oxford" |
** | - | - | - | |
| Addington | Kent | Pre 1845: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester; Post 1844: PCC | Pre 1845: PCC; | Pre 1845: Arches; | Pre 1845: Delegates | - | - | |
| - | - | - | Post 1844: Arches | Post 1844: Delegates | - | - | - | |
| Addington | Surrey | "Pre 1846: Court of the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Deaneries of Arches, Croydon, and Shoreham;
Post 1845: Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)" |
** | - | - | - | - | |
| Addington, Great | Northamptonshire | Court of the Archdeaconry of Northampton | "Pre 1541: Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory) 1541-1597: PCC
Post 1597: Court of the Bishop of Peterborough (Episcopal Consistory) " |
"Pre 1541 & Post 1597: PCC
Arches" |
Delegates | - | - | |
| Addington, Little | Northamptonshire | Court of the Archdeaconry of Northampton | "Pre 1541: Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory) 1541-1597: PCC
Post 1597: Court of the Bishop of Peterborough (Episcopal Consistory)" |
Pre 1541 & 1597: PCC | Arches | Delegates | - | |
| Addlestone | Surrey | Court of the Archdeaconry of Surrey | Court of the Bishop of Winchester (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | |
| Addlethorpe | Lincolnshire | Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Adel | Yorkshire | Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York | Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York | Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York | PCC | Delegates | - | |
| Adisham | Kent | Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Adlestrop | Gloucestershire | Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory) | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Adlingfleet | Yorkshire | Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York | Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York | Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York | PCC | Delegates | - | |
| Adlington | Cheshire | "Pre 1541: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
Post 1540: Court of the Bishop of Cheshire (Episcopal Consistory)" |
"Pre 1541: PCC;
Post 1540: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York" |
"Pre 1541: Arches;
Post 1540: Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York" |
"Pre 1541: Delegates;
Post 1540: Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York" |
Post 1540: PCC | Post 1540: Delegates | |
| Adlington | Lancashire | Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory) | "Pre 1541: PCC
Post 1540: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York" |
Post 1540: Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York | Post 1540: Court of the Chancery of the Archbishop of York | Post 1540: PCC | Post 1540: Delegates | |
| Admarsh | Lancashire | Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Western Deaneries – Amounderness | Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York | Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York | Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York | PCC | Delegates | |
| Adstock | Buckinghamshire | Court of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham | Pre 1845: Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory) Post 1844: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Courts) and Archdeaconry of Oxford | ** | - | - | - | |
| Adstone | Northamptonshire | Court of the Archdeaconry of Northampton | Pre 1541: Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory) | Post 1597: Court of the Bishop of Peterborough (Episcopal Consistory) | Pre 1541 & Post 1597: PCC | Arches | Delegates | |
| - | - | - | 1541-1597: PCC | - | - | - | - | |
| Advent | Cornwall | Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall | Court of the Bishop of Exchequer (Episcopal Consistory) | Episcopal Principal of Registry of Exeter | ** | - | - | |
| Adwell | Oxfordshire | Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and the Archdeaconry of Oxford | ** | - | - | - | - | |
| Adwick le Street | Yorkshire | Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York | Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York | Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York | PCC | Delegates | - | |
| Adwick upon Dearne | Yorkshire | Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York | Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York | Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and the Chapter of York | PCC | Delegates | - |
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