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About the index
Which diocese is involved?
Diocese of Salisbury What court or courts are included? This volume indexes records of the Archdeacon Court from 1508 to 1652. What does the index include? This is an index to testators named in wills and administrations. The index was based mainly on the registers of wills and the act books in which grants of administration were entered. The editor noted all administration bonds but the will entries are from will registers not the wills themselves, which were consulted only when a will failed to match an entry in the register. In addition to indexing the names of testators, the index includes occupation and place of residence if those details were given. If the place of residence was not mentioned in the will, the index includes the place of burial (prefixed by “b.”). Names are arranged alphabetically by name, but not in strict order as some names may appear in groups of related variations. Christian names and place names were modified for the preparation of this index to facilitate searches, unless there was doubt as to the modern equivalent or the most usual spelling. A few stray wills from other counties - notably Hampshire, Wiltshire and Oxfordshire - will be found in the present list. There are a considerable number of wills of University of Oxford men, as well as clergymen. Dates of wills are the dates of probate unless otherwise stated. The dates are given in “old style.” Reference numbers - if known, state whether or not they remain valid.
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