Kent Wills & Probate Indexes
Discover your ancestor today in the Kent Wills & Probate Indexes. Explore four indexes created from probate cases in the English county of Kent from 1328 to 1890. You will find your ancestor’s occupation, probate date and other names included in the documents. Most records will include details to help you obtain the original document from the Kent History & Library Centre.
Covereage
For a number of reasons there are some years missing from the records. We have provided a full breakdown of the year available and not available for each court.
| Ecclesiastical Court | Years range | Years excluded |
|---|---|---|
| The Archdeaconry Court of Rochester | 1750-1841 | 1814, 1822-1831 and 1833-1840 |
| The Consistory Court of Rochester | 1750-1890 | 1859-1889 |
| The Archdeaconry Court of Rochester | 1672-1857 | 1673-1749 |
| The Archbishop’s Peculiar of the Deanery of Shoreham | 1750-1841 | 1814, 1822-1831 and 1833-1840 |
| The Peculiar of the Rector of Cliffe | 1750-1845 | 1760, 1764, 1765, 1768, 1779, 1800, 1802-1806, 1808-1810, 1821-1833, 1835-1842 and 1844 |
| Diocese of Canterbury, Archdeaconry Court | 1397-1673 | 1398-1401, 1403-1411, 1413-1428, 1430-1449, 1451-1458, 1460,1461, 1552-1557, 1560, 1617-1632, 1634-1638 and 1643-1672 |
| Diocese of Canterbury, Consistory Court | 1397-1625 | 1398-1413,1415-1442, 1444-1447, 1449-1459, 1466, 1468-1470, 1500, 1502, 1510-1532, 1534-1544, 1546-1556, 1556-1572, 1574-1584, 1592-1596 and 1598-1624 |
| Prerogative Court of Canterbury | Includes records for 1593, 1604, 1619 and 1620 |