Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Salisbury

England Wiltshire Probate Records

This court was also known as the Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Sarum.

Jurisdiction
This court had jurisdiction in the following places in Wiltshire:

This court had secondary jurisdiction over the parishes of Monkton Wyld and Sarum.

This court also had jurisdiction over the following places in Berkshire:

This court also had jurisdiction over the following places in Dorset:

Also during triennail inhibition, it had jurisdiction over the parishes otherwise in the jurisdiction of the Dean and Canons of Windsor, the Lord Warden of Savernake Forest and the Prebendal Peculiars. It's jurisdiction was uninhibited.

Records
The original records are deposited at the Wiltshire Record Office in Trowbridge, England. They include:


 * Register copy wills, etc., 1538-1649, 1706-1730, 1770-1806
 * Original wills, administrations, and inventories, 1558-1857

Records have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and through family history centers. They include:


 * Wills, original and registered of the peculiar court of the Dean and parish of Sarum, Wiltshire, 1560-1857
 * Probate records, 1607-1694
 * Wills, 1583-1806
 * Miscellaneous wills of Wiltshire, 1540-1809

Indexes
Indexes are included with the original and mircofilmed records as listed above.

The following indexes are also available at the Wiltshire Record Office, the Family History Library and other record repositories:


 * Index to the probate records for the parishes of Mere and Swallowcliffe in Wiltshire, England, 1692-1858 (from the records of the Peculiar Court of the Dean of Sarum)
 * Indexes for various years before 1858
 * Index to wills and administrations 1540-1809