London, Archdeaconry Court Of London Wills Index, 1700-1807

Explore 4,687 surviving wills from the Archdeaconry Court of London and discover your ancestor today. Wills are a great source for family historians especially when searching for ancestors before parochial records. The records include your relative’s marital status and you can discover their occupation.

Within the Diocese of London, the Archdeacon had jurisdiction over about half of the parishes in the City of London and some populous parishes bordering it in the county of Middlesex, including St Leonard Shoreditch and Clerkenwell. St Botolph Aldgate, to which many mariners dying abroad were ascribed as resident, also fell within this court's jurisdiction.

Full place list – Archdeaconry Court of London Wills

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