Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of Lincoln and of the Archdeacon in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon

Huntingdonshire Probate Records

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Jurisdiction
All of Huntingdonshire except for the prebendal courts. From 1479-1609, this court also had jurisdiction over 77 parishes in Hertfordshire and Everton in Bedford.

Records
The records for this court are held at the Cambridgeshire County Record Office.

The Family History Library has copies of the following:

Registered copy wills 1479-1645, 1663-1678, 1690-1857

Original wills 1631, 1646-1649, 1652, 1661-1662, 1679-1689

Admon act books 1559-1614, 1691-1857

Admon bonds 1662-1688

Films can be view in the library or in a family history center.

Indexes
The Family History Library has copies of the following:

Calendar of wills, 1615-1858, on film number 187854

Index to Admon Bonds, 1662-1688, on film number 187904

Index to inventories, 1607-1857, on film number 187855

Calendars of Huntingdonshire wills, 1479-1652, compiled by W. M. Noble