Court of the Peculiar of the Exempt Jurisdiction of the Deanery of Battle

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.

2. Proceed then to the "Probate Records In This Archive" section (see below) to determine what original probate records exist for this court.

3. Contact or visit the Lichfield Record Office (see address below), to hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf, citing information obtained from the indexes (see next heading). Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers.

4. You can also visit The Family History Library, or, one of its 4,500 satellite family history centers worldwide and search indexes and wills (see the Family History Library's cataloged entries providing the microfilm numbers so you can have them circulated to the center near you for searching). The information obtained from the index[es] will help you more quickly search the wills and admons which can also be circulated on microfilm via any family history.

Indexes
The collection on microfilm includes a Calendar of wills, administrations and inventories. A calendar is an index arranged first alphabetically by the beginning letter of a testator's surname and second by date.

Manuscript Indexes in The Family History Library
Will &amp; Admon Index

Calendar of wills and administrations 1509-1660

[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=173743&disp=Probate+records++ Inventories, 1656-1730; 1781-1782

The Records
The original records are deposited at:

West Sussex County Council

County Hall

West Street

Chichester

West Sussex PO19 1RQ

ENGLAND

Tel 44-[0]1243 777100

E-mail

Probate Records of This Court Held In This Archive
These records include:


 * Original wills, 1510-1858
 * Inventories, 1568-1680

Probate Records of This Court In The Family History Library
These have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and through family history centers. They include:

Original Wills &amp; Administrations (Admons) Early 1731

Registered Wills &amp; Admons 1531-1856

Historical Background
This court was also known as the Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of

This court also had jurisdiction in the Sussex parishes of Arley and Edgbaston.