Peculiar Court of the Manor of Baddesley-Clinton

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Historical Background
The Court of the Peculiar of Baddesley Colinton held jurisdiction over the parish. When a search of this courts’ probate records fails to provide the desired probate record, be sure to search the Consistory Court of Lichfield as well as the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

You can also visit The Family History Library, or, one of its 4,500 satellite family history centers worldwide and search indexes (see the Family History Library's cataloged entries providing the microfilms so you can have them circulated to the center near you for searching the wills). 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.

Location of the Probate Records of This Court
The original records are deposited at:

Lichfield Record Office (formerly Lichfield Joint Record Office) The Friary' Lichfield Staffs WS13 6QG England Telephone: U.K. 01543 510720 Overseas: (+44) 1543 510720

Obtaining a copy of a probate record:

You may visit the Lichfield Record Office or contact their research service and request a copy of a probate record (include an index reference in your request). You may visit the Family History Library and search the records on microfilm, or visit a family history center where you can order the films and search them there. Start your search in indexes.

The records have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and through one of the more than 4,500 family history centers worldwide. These include:

Probate Indexes
Surviving wills and admons to the Peculiar Court of Baddesley Clinton have to some extent been indexed with the following ones:

Printed and Published Indexes
The British Record Society's Index Library published a calendar for earlier years up to 1790 in volume 7, which may be accessed at many major archives in the United Kingdom, such as The National Archives, The British Library, etc.

Microfilmed Indexes at the Family History Library
The indexes as listed in the above are also available in the collection of The Family History Library and they are on microfilm and may be circulated to each of its satellite Family History Centers worldwide.

In addition, the Family History Library has a set of Calendars on microfilm that partially indexes the surnames (by first letter of surname only) available for the years from 1773 to 1790 only.

== Searching for probates in this court. ==

ORIGINAL WILLS &amp; ADMONS 1773-1856

Jurisdiction
This peculiar court held jurisdiction over the parish of Baddesley-Clinton.

During the Commonwealth Interregnum from 1653 to 1660, the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, in the form of a civil court, had sole probate or testmentary jurisdiction over all of England and Wales. [England: Warwickshire]

Indexes
Surviving wills and administrations have mostly been indexed:

Original Handwritten Indexes
A published index exists from 1773-1838 by the Index Library vol 7

Microfilmed Indexes at the Family History Library
The original records on microfilm include the handwritten indexes. Click on the links in the records list above to see their entries in the Family History Library Catalog.

Strategies, Tips, Other?
To view a list of parishes and their respective probate court jurisdiction, see the "Staffordshire Parishes and Their Probate Jurisdictions" on the main page for Staffordshire Probate Records.

When a search of this court's probate records fails to provide the desired probate record, be sure to search the Prerogative Court of the Exchequer of the Archbishop of York as well.