Court of the Peculiar of Brampton

Huntingdonshire Probate Records

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Jurisdiction
Brampton

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

Original wills, 1549-1855, on film number 187891.

Administrations (admons), 1762-1854, on film 187892.

Indexes
The Family History Library has the following


 * 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.
 * Index to wills, pre-1660, compiled by W. M. Noble. It was printed in the Index Library (British Record Society): v. 42 page 217 . Only three wills are listed for this peculiar: 1549 Peter Hands; 1658 Eliz. Coulson; and 1659 Margt. Chapman.