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Counties and Courts in Death Duty Registers 1796-1903

England, Counties and Courts

England, Counties & Courts
BEDFORDSHIRE	LINCOLNSHIRE
Bedfordshire Archdeaconry	Lincoln Archdeaconry
Huntingdonshire Archdeaconry, for Everton	Stowe Archdeaconry, for many areas in North West of the County
	Lincoln Peculiar, for many areas randomly scattered within the County, Louth, Caister, Sleaford and Heydon Peculiar Courts
BERKSHIRE
Bershire Archdeaconry	LONDON AND MIDDLESEX
Salisbury Consistory, Sarum and Wiltshire Archdeaconry, Dean and Chapter and Peculiar Courts	London Consistory
Oxford Consistory	London, Essex and Hertfordshire Commissary Courts
Lincoln Peculiar, for Langford	London, Colchester, Essex and Middlesex Archdeaconry Courts

BRISTOL	MIDDLESEX
See Gloucestershire	See London and Middlesex

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE	NORFOLK
Buckinghamshire Archdeaconry	Norfolk, Norwich, Sudbury and Suffolk Consistory, Dean and Chapter and Archdeaconry Courts
London Consistory	Ely Consistory and Archdeaconry Courts, for the Norfolk Parish of Emneth
Lincoln Archdeaconry
Lincoln Peculiar	CANORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND RUTLAND
Oxford Archdeaconry	Peterborough Archdeaconry
Oxford Consistory	Lincoln Peculiar, for Kings Sutton and many areas randomly scattered within the County of Northamptonshire

CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND ISLE OF ELY	NORTHUMBERLAND
Ely Consistory and Archdeaconry Courts	See Durham
Norfolk, Norwich, Sudbury and Suffolk Consistory Courts
	NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
CHESHIRE	Prerogative Court of York
Prerogative Court of York	York Exchequer Court
Chester Diocese	York Dean and Chapter Courts
Lichfield and Coventry Consistory and Dean and Chapter Courts for Wirswall	York Peculiar
	Mansfield Peculiar
CORNWALL
Cornwall Archdeaconry	OXFORDSHIRE
Deanry Court of St Burian	Oxford Consistory
Exeter Consistory and Bishops Peculiar Courts	Oxford Archdeaconry
Exeter Principle Registry	Lincoln Peculiar, for Banbury, Cropredy, Claydon, Mollington Wardington, Horley and Hornton
Exeter Dean and Chapter Courts
	RUTLAND
CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND	See Northamptonshire
Prerogative Court of York
Carlisle Consistory	SHROPSHIRE
Chester Deanery Courts of Amounderness, Copeland, Furness, Kendall and Lonsdale	Lichfield and Coventry Consistory and Dean and Chapter Courts
Ravenstonedale Peculiar	St Asaph Consistory
Temple Sowerby Peculiar	Hereford Consistory
	Worcester Consistory
DERBYSHIRE	Little Hereford, Ashford, and Carbonell Peculiar Courts
See Staffordshire	Bridgenorth Peculiar

DEVON	SOMERSET
Exeter Consistory and Bishops Peculiars	Bath and Wells Consistory Courts
Exeter Principle Registry	Bath and Wells Archdeaconry Courts
Exeter Archdeaconry	Taunton Archdeaconry
Barnstable Archdeaconry	Wells Consistorial Episcopal
Totnes Archdeaconry	Bath and Wells Dean and Chapter Courts, Chancellor Decanal and Peculiar Courts
Cornwall Archdeaconry	Bristol Consistory for Abbotsleigh
Bristol Consistory
Exeter Dean and Chapter Courts	STAFFORDSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE
Exeter Deanry	Lichfield and Coventry Consistory and Dean and Chapter Courts
Exeter Peculiars of Cathedral Church of St Peter	Lichfield and Coventry Peculiar Courts
Salisbury Consistory, Sarum and Wiltshire Archdeaconry, Dean and Chapter and Peculiar Courts	Worcester Consistory for the parish of Clent
Dorset Archdeaconry	Chester Diocese

DORSET	SUFFOLK
Dorset Archdeaconry	Norfolk, Norwich, Sudbury and Suffolk Consistory, Dean and Chapter and Archdeaconry Courts
Bristol Consistory	Bocking Deanery
Salisbury Consistory, Sarum and Wiltshire Archdeaconry, Dean and Chapter and Peculiar Courts	Rochester Consistory
	Huntingdonshire Archdeaconry
DURHAM AND NORTHUMBERLAND
Prerogative Court of York	SURREY
Durham Consistory	Surrey Commissary
York Peculiar	Surrey Archdeaconry
	Winchester Consistory
ESSEX
London, Essex and Hertfordshire Commissary Courts	SUSSEX
London, Colchester, Essex and Middlesex Archdeaconry	Chichester Consistory
London Consistory	Lewes Archdeaconry
Bocking Deanery	Chichester Peculiars
	Rochester Consistory
GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND BRISTOL	Rochester Archdeaconry
Gloucester Consistory
Bristol Consistory	WARWICKSHIRE
	Lichfield and Coventry Consistory and Dean and Chapter Courts
HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT	Worcester Consistory
Winchester Consistory	Gloucester Consistory
Winchester Archdeaconry	Lichfield and Coventry Peculiar Courts
Winchester Bishops Peculiar
Ringwood Peculiar	WILTSHIRE
Alverstoke Peculiar	Salisbury Consistory, Sarum and Wiltshire Archdeaconry, Dean and Chapter and Peculiar Courts
Berkshire Archdeaconry, for Stratfield Mortimer	Gloucester Consistory
Surrey Archdeaconry, for Frensham	Winchester Consistory
Salisbury Consistory, Sarum and Wiltshire Archdeaconry, Dean and Chapter and Peculiars, for Bramshaw
All Admons had to be heard at Winchester Consistory	WORCESTERSHIRE
	Worcester Consistory
HEREFORDSHIRE	Hereford Consistory
Hereford Consistory
Hereford Deanry	YORKSHIRE
St David Brecon Archdeaconry	Excluding other areas separately listed:
Little Hereford, Ashford and Carbonell Peculiar Courts	Prerogative Court of York
	York Exchequer Court
HERTFORDSHIRE	York Peculiar
London, Essex and Hertfordshire Commissary Courts
Huntingdonshire Archdeaconry	YORK
London Consistory	Prerogative Court of York
London, Colchester, Essex and Middlesex Archdeaconry Courts	York Dean and Chapter
Bedfordshire Archdeaconry, for Caddington and Studham
	YORK CITY, AINSTY AND EAST RIDING
HUNTINGDONSHIRE	Prerogative Court of York
Huntingdonshire Archdeaconry	York Exchequer Court
Huntingdon Peculiar, for Brampton, Buckden, Long Stow, Leighton Bromswold	York Dean and Chapter Courts
Lincoln Peculiar	York Peculiar
Ely Consistory and Archdeaconry Courts
	YORK NORTH RIDING
KENT	Prerogative Court of York
Canterbury Consistory and Archdeaconry Courts	York Exchequer Court
Rochester Consistory	Richmond Archdeaconry
Rochester Archdeaconry	Durham Consistory
Rochester Ecclesiastical	York Dean and Chapter Courts
	York Peculiar
LANCASHIRE	Allertonshire Peculiar
Prerogative Court of York	Masham Peculiar
Chester Diocese, for the County South of the River Ribble
Richmond Archdeaconry, for the County North of the River Ribble	YORK WEST RIDING
York Exchequer, for parts of Great Mitton	Prerogative Court of York
York Dean and Chapter Courts, for Broughton, Kirby, Ireleth and Seathwaite	York Exchequer Court
	Richmond Archdeaconry
LEICESTERSHIRE	York Dean and Chapter Courts
Leicester Archdeaconry	Masham Peculiar
Lincoln Peculiar
Lincoln Archdeaconry
Stowe Archdeaconry

Wales, Counties and Courts

Wales, Counties & Courts
ANDLESEY	GLAMORGAN
Bangor Consistory	Llandaff Consistory

BRECKNOCK	MERIONETHSHIRE
St David Brecon Archdeaconry	Bangor Consistory
	St Asaph Consistory
CAERNARVONSHIRE
Bangor Consistory	MONTGOMERYSHIRE
St Asaph Consistory	St Asaph Consistory
	Bangor Consistory
CARDIGAN	Hereford Consistory, for several areas scattered throughout the County
St David and Cardigan Archdeaconry Courts	St David Brecon Archdeaconry, for Kerry and Mochdre

CARMARTHEN	MONMOUTH
St David and Cardigan Archdeaconry Courts	Llandaff Consistory
	St David Carmarthen Archdeaconry
DENBIGHSHIRE	St David Brecon Archdeaconry
St Asaph Consistory	Hereford Consistory
Bangor Consistory
Chester Diocese, for the parish of Holt	PEMBROKE
	St David and Cardigan Archdeaconry Courts
FLINTSHIRE
St Asaph Consistory	RADNOR
Hawarden Peculiar	St David Brecon Archdeaconry
Chester Diocese, for some southern parts of Flint	Hereford Consistory