Abstracts and Indices of Wills, 1564-1858

This material is held atPembrokeshire Archives and Local Studies / Archifdy Sir Benfro ac Astudiaethau Lleol

Reference
- GB 213 D/WILLS
Dates of Creation
- [20th century]
Name of Creator
- St Davids Consistory Court
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 0.009 cubic metres (2 very small boxes of fiche cards) Access to the records requires use of a microfiche reader.

Scope and Content

Microfiche copies, [20th century], of abstracts and indices of wills of St Davids Consistory Court (1564-1858), held at National Library of Wales.

Administrative / Biographical History

Until 1858 wills were proved in diocesan Consistory Courts. St Davids Consistory Court had probate jurisdiction over Pembrokeshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, and the deanery of Gower in Glamorgan. The Court proved the wills of testators whose property lay entirely within the diocese; wills relating to two or more dioceses were proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. In 1858, responsibility for proving wills passed to the State.

Arrangement

Arranged into the following: abstracts; abstracts misc. set; indices to abstracts; indices to copy wills; misc. indices.

Access Information

No restrictions

Acquisition Information

Deposited by Mr M. Bell, CJCLDS, Family History Department, 751 Warwick Road, Solihull, West Midlands B91 2DQ, 1989.

Note

Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Pembrokeshire Record Office, Abstracts and Indices of Wills, 1564-1858, catalogue; Hey, David, The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History (Oxford, 1997); National Library of Wales website (), viewed 17 June 2005.