The Register of Estates of Lancashire Papists, 1717-1788
THE RECORD SOCIETY FOR THE publication of ©rígínal Documents RELATING TO LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE VOLUME cvn. Soak Ate a f^H, ? FHL ^ 'Ö? TITLE # 1961 380198 lartcaarjxw ani> tøføsljm Hfcoríï Sotíítp, ©ømtril, 1960-61: WM. FERGUSSON IRVINE, M.A., F.S.A., Brynllwyn, Corwen, North Wales, President. GEOFFREY BARRACLOUGH, M.A., Chatham House, St. James Square, London, S.W.I. SIR ERNEST ROYDEN, BART, Hill Bark, Frankby, Wirral. Hortorarrj treasurer: P. H. LAWSON, j.p., F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., 6 Shavington Avenue, Chester. Irøttørarjj üerretarg: R. SHARPE FRANCE, M.A, Lancashire Record Office, Preston. to tir« form«rltj pr«a«rlr«a in Cfjt probate JUgtátrp, at JFor tlj« ^íars 1821-1825 bottj rnrlusib« EDITED BY ROBERT DICKINSON, B.SC, Ph.D. Printed for THE RECORD SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE by F. TAYLOR & Co. (BLACKPOOL) LTD., BACK REGENT ROAD, BLACKPOOL 1961 PREFACE Jt is now more than thirty years since the last list of the Chester probate records, for the period 1811 to 1820, was published by the Record Society in volumes 78 and 79. In 1949 all the documents prior to 1858 were removed from the jurisdiction of the Chester Probate Registry and divided into three groups : those relating to Welsh estates were deposited in the National Library of Wales, the Cheshire ones went to the Cheshire Record Office in Chester, and the remainder — by far the largest portion — which related to Lancashire estates, together with the indexes, registers and act books were deposited in the Lancashire Record Office in Preston. All the wills proved and administrations granted in the Chester Court for the period 1821 to 1825 are now listed in this volume in three indexes, baldly described as Lancashire, Cheshire and Welsh, although several documents in each group relate to other parts of the country.
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