Consistory
Court of Canterbury
Index
of Will Records
DCb/PRC32/ Vol 27 72
1557 1857
© M. J. Cozens March 2005
Copying only permitted for private or academic use
This index was created from the volumes of Consistory Court Records, with the intention of filling in a gap in the printed indexes of probate records between l557 & 1857. Each volume has been cross checked against its original handwritten index and any discrepancies resolved.
Known problems
Volume 27 Page numbers used, i.e. folio numbers increment by two
Volume 30 Page numbers used, i.e. folio numbers increment by two
Volume 31 Page numbers up to page 358 then reverted to folio numbers
Volume 38 Folio 313, 314 & 318 not filmed
Volume 53 Folio 1 to 236 Film unusable indexed from original Volume
Volume 59 Folio 407 to 414 situated between Folio 422 and 423
Volume 61 Folio numbers continue from Volume 60 starting at Folio 602
Volume 63 72 Ink and photographic quality erratic
Various volumes have folio marked as missing on the films, these appear to be errors as the wills are contiguous i.e. folio sequence error
Duplicate folio numbers are noted in the Cont. column
Observations
Most of
the wills are from residents of parishes of the Consistory Court of Canterbury,
but there are some arising from the
A small
number originate from Huguenots resident in
Other Reference Documents for Kent Wills
Index
of Wills and Administrations 1396 1558 and 1640 1650. Henry R Plomer,
Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury Original Wills (Not Registered) 1449 1858. Index by Surname ( 1 Volume ) & Index by Locality (1 Volume ). Compiled and Researched by Gloria Liddle Bangeter 1989
Archdeaconry
Court of
Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury Index of Registered Wills 1713 - 1858 ( 4 volumes) Alphabetical by Surname, Adams to Jacob, Jarrett to Young and Alphabetical by Location, Acrise to Maidstone, Marden to Wye, Compiled and Researched by Gloria Liddle Bangeter 1989
Consistory Court of Canterbury Original handwritten volume by volume Index. Fiche produced by Kent Family History Society
Prerogative
Court of Canterbury wills 1384 1858 held by the Public Record Office
and are available on www.documentsonline.nationalarchives.gov.uk
The Prerogative Court of Canterbury, dealt with the
relatively wealthy individuals living mainly in the south of
Notes
Names As read with aka, alias etc. cross indexed under alternate initial letter.
The spelling of surnames before the mid 19 century was often phonetic with I & Y interchangeable. Search on the primary character and scroll for all the spelling variants.
Examples
Raignoldes, Rainolde, Rainoldes, Raynard, Raynholds, Raynold, Raynolde, Raynoldes, Raynolds, Reignolde, Reignolds, Reinolds, Rennales, Renolds, Renowldes, Reynold, Reynolde, Reynoldes, Reynolds, Renowles
Garves, Gervis, Jarvis, Jarvys
Forenames Modern spelling except unusual names.
Places Parishes as known with modern spelling, original county location
Made Year the will was written.
Probate Year the will was probated, excluding later court entries.
Volume/FolioSequence Volume, as stated on film/ Folio, number of each sheet Sequence that the will starts on the folio.
Continued Volume/Folio of any cross reference, duplicate or item of interest.
Obtaining copies of wills found in this index
All the
original Canterbury Consistory Court Wills are held at the Centre for Kentish
Studies at County Hall,
The full CCC reference should be quoted DCb/PRC32/Volume/Folio when communicating with archives. Alternatively professional researchers can find and prιcis wills. Always establish the cost before placing an order as some wills are very long and complicated.
Created by Maureen Rawson