Probate records

Many of these records have been kindly provided by Roy White, June 2003. Some of them are very difficult to read so if any one can do better, additional illumination would be appreciated. The index also includes matterial from Pat Banks.

Key

• Name links to the transcript or abstract
• Parish—of settlement
• Type—A=Admon, B=Bond, C=Accounts, D=Declaration, F=Affidavit, I=Inventory, L=Letter, NW=Nuncupative Will, O=Oath, P=Power of Attorney, R=Renunciation, W=Will. ( ) indicates that the index calls for it but it is not present in the transcript. I know not whether it actually exists. * indicates that the index claims that these papers are missing; they are clearly not!
• Probate—Date of Probate (not Death or Will). This is the date found in indexes.
• RO—Record office, usually CRO but some PRO and DRO
• Index—the book in which the record is indexed—
  • B=[CRO 1987] Deanery of St. Buryan
  • C=[CRO 1984–88] 1600–49
  • E=[CRO 1987] Estate Duty
  • F1=[Fry 1908] Exeter Vol. 1
  • F2=[Fry 1908] Exeter Vol. 2
  • G1=[Glencross 1929] Bodmin Vol. 1
  • G2=[Glencross 1932] Bodmin Vol. 2
  • G2B=[Glencross 1932] Vol. 2, Deanery of the Royal Chapel of St. Buryan
  • H=[Hull 1982] 1800–57