York Peculiars Probate Index 1383-1883

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This index, accessible only via British Origins, covers over 25,000 wills proved in the fifty four peculiar courts of the Province of York in the five-hundred year period from 1383 to 1883.

Wills are one of the most important sources for the family historian, and the originals of all the wills indexed here are held at the Borthwick Institute for Archives. Copies of these wills can be ordered online, via the indexes.

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The York Series of Probate Indexes are presented in
association with the Borthwick Institute for Archives.