Court of the Peculiar of Buckden

Huntingdonshire Probate Records

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Jurisdiction
Buckden

Records
The records for this court are housed in the Huntingdon Library and Archives.

The Family History Library has copies of the following. Films can be viewed in the library or in a family history center.


 * Original wills, 1661-1753, on film numbers 187893 and 187894. They are arranged chronologically, with some years missing. The indent slips have name and year.
 * Administrations (admons), 1663-1855, on film number 187895. They are arranged chronologically, with some years missing. The indent slips have name and year.

Indexes
The Family History Library has an Index to probate documents, 1549-1859, published in the Transactions of the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Archaeological Society. The index is on pages 79-80. It includes all peculiars in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdonshire.