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Probate Records - Key

Type
   
Ref
(where held)
A
Administration
BDF
held at Bedfordshire Archives
a/c
account
BKM
held at Buckinghamshire Archives
aff
affidavit
Bod.L
Bodleian Library, Oxford
agreemt
agreement
HUN
Huntingdonshire Record Office
alleg
allegation
LEI
held at Leicester Archives
B
bond
N
Northampton & Rutland Wills at NRO
C
codicil
NRO
Northamptonshire Record Office
comm
Commission
P
Peterborough Wills (includes many
for Rutland parishes) at NRO
D
deposition
G
guardianship
P(CCp)
Peterborough Consistory Court Papers
I
Inventory
PROB 
National Archive
mar lic
marriage licence
 
 
Marr Sett
marriage settlement document
 
 
O
oath
MW
microfilm of wills (NRO)
Ob
obligation
 
 
P
petition
 
 
presents
patron presenting his choice to a living
 
 
R
renunciation
Notes
 
S
some other document - see notes
column for further explanation
tr
transcript at NRO
*
known to have existed - now lost
unpW
unproved Will
p
photograph (often negative) at NRO
V
valuation
pc
photocopy at NRO
W
will
 
 
X
deleted
 
 
Notes:
Wills before 1725 are in large volumes - and folded singly after 1725.
Sometimes inventories and related papers are with the will and sometimes separately filed.


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