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Excerpt from Calendar of Wills and Administrations, Relating to the Counties of Devon and Cornwall: Proved in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Exeter, 1532-1800, Now Preserved in the Probate Registry at Exeter IT will be desirable for those consulting this Calendar to refer to the Preface of the first volume of Devonshire Wills issued by the British Record Society, Limited, in 1908, and forming N o. 35 of the Index Library, to understand rightly the intricacies of the various Calendars of Wills and Administrations now preserved at the Probate Registry at Exeter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks...
Excerpt from Calendars of Wills and Administrations Relating to the Counties of Devon and Cornwall: Proved in the Court of the Principal Registry of the Bishop of Exeter, 1559-1799, and of Devon Only, Proved in the Court of the Archdeaconry of Exeter, 1540-1799 IT is somewhat difficult for anyone unfamiliar with the records in the Probate Registry at Exeter to find his way through the intricacies of the various calendars, so the following notes are offered chiefly as a guide for beginners. Assuming that the searcher knows the residence of the testator or intestate, and the approximate date of his death, he may learn from the accompanying descriptive list in which calendars search should fir...