Wills
- Borthwick
Institute
The records of the Prerogative Court of York are held at the Borthwick Institute of the University of York. - Cheshire
Record Office
This index includes all surviving wills of Cheshire residents proved at Chester between 1492 and 1940 and now available through Cheshire Record Office. - DocumentsOnline
Use the free search to try and locate the Last Will and Testament left by your ancestor. You can search using a variety of criteria. If you find a will you are interested in, you can pay to download a digital image of the will in PDF format (£3). The wills are those proved by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury - lists of which years have been completed and made available are listed on the DocumentsOnline wills section - Probate
Search Room - Courts Service
Wills later than 1 January 1858 may be consulted in the Probate Search Room. - Scottish Documents – National Archives of Scotland
This site allows you to search for your ancestor’s will or testament by name. It is free to search the database of over 350,000 names covering the period 1500 -1901. If successful in your search, you will be charged 5GBP to download a digitised colour copy of the original document. The website also hosts a variety of research tools including help with Scottish handwriting, unusual words, names and occupations as well as a selection of the testaments of ‘Famous Scots’ which are free to view.
