Court of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury

Suffolk Probate Records

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Records
The original records for this court are housed in the Suffolk Record Office - Bury St. Edmunds.

The Family History Library has the following records on film. Films can be view in the library or in a family history center.


 * Original wills, 1429-1857; miscellaneous papers including probate inventories, ca. 1734-1858; act books, 1577-1596, 1842-1858
 * Probate records, 1354-1857; indexes, 1520-1857; probate inventories, 1573-1817
 * Wills and inventories from the registers of the commissary of Bury St. Edmunds and the archdeacon of Sudbury
 * The wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury