Parish of Affpuddle

WILLS, ADMINISTRATIONS & INVENTORIES

Until 1858 all wills had to be proved (formally approved) by church and other courts. The Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC), the most important of these courts, dealt with the relatively wealthy individuals living mainly in the south of England and most of Wales (what was originally the ecclesiastical province of Canterbury). Wills of less wealthy individuals MAY have been proved in a number of other ecclesiastical courts, including the Archdeaconry Court of Exeter (pre-1843); the Archdeaconry Court of Dorset (post-1843); The Consistory Court of the Bishop of Exeter (pre-1843); or the Royal Peculiar of Sarum. From 1858 all wills were indexed centrally and this index is widely available at Record Offices, Probate Registries and the LDS Church.

This page contains two indexes, Wills proved in the PCC (donated courtesy of Kim Parker) and those found in the Probate Registry at Blandford from the Archdeaconry Court of Dorset (unknown transcriber)
 

Wills proved in the PCC can be downloaded from the Documents online service of the National Archives for a small fee

The following index contains an extracted list of persons 'of Affpuddle' who left wills, letters of administration or inventories
to be found with the Probate Registry at Blandford Dorset, Archdeaconry Court of Dorset up to 1793. The names
are extracted from indexes found in publications at the Dorset Record Office and elsewhere. Copies of these
documents should be available from the Dorset Record Office. Note that this index does not cover the
period from the 1790s to 1858. 

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