Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)

England Gloucestershire Probate Records, Oxfordshire Probate Records

Archive Locations
The original records are deposited at the Gloucestershire Archives.

Archive Records

 * Original wills and administrations, 1541-1650, 1660-1858
 * Registered wills, 1667-1858
 * Registers of acts and administrations, 1570-1628, 1640-1650, 1668-1858
 * Inventories, 1587-1650, 1660-
 * A caveat book for 1723-1754

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


 * Wills, 1542-1685
 * Probate records, 1541-1858 (including original wills 1541-1650, 1687, 1692-1697, register copy wills 1667-1691, 1698-1857, and act books 1570-1628, 1640-1649, and 1668-1858)

Indexes

 * Handwritten indexes are included with the original records at the archives and on microfilm, as above.
 * The Gloucestershire Archives has an online index included in their Genealogical Database.
 * Indexes to wills (1541-1650, 1660-1800) and administrations (1684-1800) have been printed by the British Index Library (FHL book 942 B4b, vols. 12 and 34).