A list of smaller Church Courts before 1858 arranged by County

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A list of smaller Church Courts before 1858 arranged by County
(This list is an ongoing project and is not quite complete, please check back whenever possible for additions and updates).

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:: B ::

Bedfordshire
Archdeaconry Court of Bedford
Archdeaconry Court of Huntingdon
Peculiar Court of Biggleswade
Peculiar Court of Leighton Buzzard
Consistory Court of Lincoln
Commissary Court of London

Berkshire
Archdeaconry Court of Berkshire
Peculiar Court of Great Farringdon
Peculiar Court of the Dean and Canons of Windsor in Wantage
Peculiar Court of the Dean of Salisbury

Buckinghamshire
Archdeaconry Court of Buckingham
Archdeaconry Court of St Albans
Peculiar Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Peculiar Court of the Prebend of Buckingham, Monks Risborough and Thame
Peculiar Court of the Prebend of Aylesbury
Peculiar Court of the Provost of Eton
Peculiar Court of Bierton

:: C ::

Cambridgeshire
Court of the Chancellor or Vice Chancellor of the University
Archdeaconry Court of Ely
Archdeaconry of Sudbury
Peculiar Court of Thorney
Peculiar Court of King's College
Peculiar Court of the Bishop of Rochester
Consistory Court of Ely
Consistory Court of Norwich

Cheshire
Consistory Court of Lichfield

Cleveland (formed 1974) see Durham and Yorkshire

Cornwall
Archdeaconry of Cornwall
Archdeaconry of Totnes
Episcopal Principle Registry of Exeter
Royal Peculiar Court of the Deanery of St Bunyan
Peculiar Court of the Bishop of Exeter
Peculiar Court of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter
Consistory Court of Exeter
(Some of these records were destroyed by bombing, consult: Camp, A.J. Will and their whereabouts for more information)

Cumberland
Archdeaconry Court of Richmond
Consistory Court of Chester
Consistory Court of Carlisle
Consistory Court of Durham

Cumbria (formed 1974) see Cumberland and Westmorland

:: D ::

Derbyshire
Peculiar Court of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield
Peculiar Courts of Hartington, Peak Forest and Dawley
Manorial Court of Dale Abbey
Consistory Court of Lichfield

Devon
Mostly destroyed but some abstracts still exist and are held at the County Record Office.

Dorset
Consistory Court of Bristol
Archdeaconry Court of Dorset
Manor and Liberty Court of Frampton
Peculiar Court of Great Canford and Poole
Peculiar Court of Milton Abbas
Peculiar Court of Sturminster Marshall
Peculiar Court of Wimborne Minster
Peculiar Court of Gillingham
Peculiar Court of the Dean of Sarum
Peculiar Court of the Dean and Chapter of Sarum
Prebendal Court of Fordington and Writhlington
Prebendal Court of Lyme Regis and Halstock
Prebendal Court of Netherbury in Ecclesia
Prebendal Court of Preston and Sutton Poynta and Tetminster and Grimston

Durham
The Palatine and Consistory Court of Durham
Episcopal and Chancery Courts of York

:: E ::

Essex
Commissary Court of London for Essex and Hertfordshire
Consistory Court of London
Archdeaconry of Colchester
Archdeaconry of Middlesex
Archdeaconry of Essex
Peculiar of Writtle with Roxwell
Peculiar of Good Easter
Peculiar of Bocking
Peculiar of the Sokens
Peculiar Court of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's
Peculiar Court of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster
Peculiar of Hornchurch

:: G ::

Gloucester
Archdeaconry of Worcester
Archdeaconry of Hereford

:: H ::

Hampshire
Consistory Court of Winchester
Consistory Court of Winchester

Herefordshire
Episcopal Consistory Court of Hereford,
Consistory Court of the Dean of Hereford Peculiar
Court of the Chancellor of Little Hereford
Peculiar Prebendary Court of Upper Bullinghope
Peculiar Prebendary Court of Moreton Magna

Hertfordshire
Archdeaconry Court of St Albans
Archdeaconry Court of Huntingdon
Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex
Peculiar Court of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's
Consistory Court of Lincoln
Consistory Court of London
Commissary Court of London

Humberside (formed 1974) see Lincolnshire and Yorkshire

Huntingdonshire
Commissary Court of the Bishop of Lincoln
Archdeacon in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon
Peculiar Court of Brampton
Peculiar Court of Buckden
Prebendal Court of Stow Longa
Prebendal Court of Leighton Bromsgrove
Consistory Court of Lincoln
Consistory Court of Ely

:: K ::

Kent
Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury
Archdeaconry Court of Rochester
Consistory Court of Canterbury
Consistory Court of Rochester
Consistory Court of London

:: L ::

Lancashire
Episcopal Consistory Court of Chester
Consistory Court of the Commissary of the Archdeacon of Richmond
The Manor Courts of Halton, Nether Kellet, Slyne with Hest and Skerton
Peculiar Court of the Dean and Chapter of York
Exchequer Court of York
Chancery Court of York

Leicestershire
Bishop's Commissary Court
Archdeaconry Court
Prebendary Court of St Margaret
Chapelry of Knighton
Commissary Court of the Manor of Rothley
Commissary Court of the Manor of Evington and Groby
Consistory Court of Lincoln

Lincolnshire
Archdeaconry Court of Stow
Consistory Court of Lincoln
Court of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln
The Manorial Court of Kirkstead
Peculiar Court of Caistor
Peculiar Court of Corringham
Peculiar Court of Heydown
Peculiar Court of Kirton in Lindsey
Peculiar Court of Louth
Peculiar Court of Bishops Norton
Peculiar Court of Sleaford
Peculiar Court of Stow in Lindsey

London and Middlesex
Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex
Archdeaconry Court of Surrey
Archdeaconry Court of London
Consistory Court of London
Commissary Court of Surrey
Commissary Court of London
Peculiar Court of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's
Royal Peculiar of St Katherine by the Tower
Court of Hustings
Peculiar Court of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster
Peculiar Courts of the Deaneries of the Arches and of Croydon
Consistory Court of Winchester

:: M ::

Middlesex - see London and Middlesex above

:: N ::

Norfolk
Archdeaconry Court of Norwich
Archdeaconry Court of Norfolk
Consistory Court of Norwich
Peculiar Court of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich
Peculiar Court of Castle Rising and Great Cressingham
Court of the City of Norwich

Northamptonshire
Consistory Court of Peterborough
Archdeaconry Court of Northampton
Peculiar Court of Gretton with Duddington and Nassington
Consistory Court of Lincoln

Northumberland
Consistory Court of Durham
Consistory Court of York
Chancery Court of York
Peculiar of the Archbishop of Hexhamshire

Nottinghamshire
Archdeaconry Court of Nottingham
The Manorial Court of Dale Abbey
The Manorial Court of Edwinstow
The Manorial Court of Gringley-on-the-hill
The Manorial Court of Mansfield
Peculiar Court of the Vicar of Knoulton
Peculiar Court of the Chapter of the Collegiate Church of Southwell
Consistory Court of York

:: O ::

Oxfordshire
Archdeaconry Court of Oxford
Archdeaconry Court of Berkshire
Consistory Court of Oxford
Peculiar Court of Banbury
Peculiar Court of Dorchester
Peculiar Court of Longford
Peculiar Court of Monks Risborough
Peculiar Court of Thame
Peculiar Court of Cropredy
Peculiar Court of Harley and Harnton
Peculiar Court of the Deans and Canon of Windsor in Wantage
The Manorial Court of Sibford
Court of the Chancellor of the University

:: R ::

Rutland
Peculiar Courts of Caldecott
Peculiar Court of Ketton
Peculiar Court of Liddington
Consistory Court of Lincoln
Consistory Court of Peterborough

:: S ::

Shropshire
Royal Peculiar Court of Bridgnorth
Peculiar Court of Buildwas
Peculiar Court of Wombridge Abbies
The Manorial Court of Ellesmere
The Manorial Court of Longton-on-Tern
Prebendal Court of of Prees or Pipe Manor
Peculiar Court of Ashford Carnbonal
Consistory Court of Lichfield
Consistory Court of Hereford
Consistory Court of St Asaph

Somerset
Mostly destroyed but some abstracts still exist and are held at the County Record Office.

Staffordshire
Consistory Court of Lichfield
Consistory Court of Worcester
Consistory Court of Chester

Suffolk
Archdeaconry of Sudbury
Archdeaconry of Suffolk
Peculiar Court of Isleham
Peculiar Court of Freckenham
Deanery of Bocking
Consistory Court of Norwich

Surrey
Archdeaconry of Surrey
Commissary Court of Surrey
Peculiar Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Deanery of Croydon
Consistory Court of Winchester

Sussex
Episcopal Consistory Court for the Archdeaconry of Chichester
Peculiar Court of the Dean of Chichester
Deanery of Pagham
Deanery of Tarring
Episcopal Consistory Court for the Archdeaconry of Lewes
Peculiar Court for the Exempt Deanery of South Malling
Peculiar Court for the Exempt Jurisdiction of Battle

:: W ::

Warwickshire
The Manorial Court of Barston
The Manorial Court of Knowle
The Manorial Court of Packwood
The Manorial Court of Temple Balsall
The Manorial Court of Baddesley Clinton
Peculiar Court of Stratford upon Avon
Peculiar Court of Hampton Lucy
Peculiar Court of Bishop's Itchington
Peculiar Court of Merevale
Peculiar Court of Bishop's Tachbrook
Dean and Chapter's Court of Lichfield
Consistory Court of Worcester
Consistory Court of Lichfield

Westmorland
Consistory Court of Carlisle
Consistory Court of the Archdeaconry of Richmond
Consistory Court of Chester

Wiltshire
Archdeaconry Court of Salisbury
Consistory Court of Salisbury
Archdeaconry of Wiltshire

:: Y ::

Yorkshire
Archdeaconry of Richmond, eastern deaneries
Archdeaconry of Richmond, western deaneries
Court of the Dean and Chapter of York
Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York
Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Consistory Court of Chester
Consistory Court of Durham
St Leonard's Hospital, York

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A list of smaller Church Courts before 1858 arranged by County (This list is an ongoing project and is not quite complete, please check back whenever possible for additions and updates).