Court of the Archdeaconry of St. Albans

England Buckinghamshire Probate Records, Hertfordshire Probate Records

Jurisdiction
This court had jurisdiction over the following places in Hertfordshire:

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

Records
The original records are deposited at Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies in Hertford, England. They include:


 * Original wills and administrations, 1545-1857
 * Registered wills, 1415-1636, 1661-1857
 * Administrations bonds and acts, 1540-1665
 * Administration acts, 1557-1857
 * Probate acts, 1674-1857
 * Inventories, 1550-1764

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


 * Probate records, 1514-1857 (a collection of the records listed above)

Indexes
The original and microfilmed records listed above also include indexes.

Indexes available at the Family History Library include:


 * Wills at Hertford, 1415-1858
 * Index to wills of the Archdeaconries of St. Albans and Huntingdon (Hitchin), 1415-1857