Index of Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury

The Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC) was the senior probate court in Great Britain until civil probate registries were introduced from 11 January 1858. The PCC claimed jurisdiction over estates which involved property in both of the ecclesiastical provinces of York and Canterbury but estates with property in just one province could be proved at the PCC at the choice of the executors. The PCC also claimed jurisdiction over the estates of British persons who died overseas. This index is incomplete. Dates covered are as below. The index includes references both to MARSDEN and MARSTON testators. The wills are deposited at the Public Record Office, Kew, London in Class PROB 12. It is necessary to consult the index in PROB 11 to obtain the piece number for the reference given.

Sources

1605-29, 1653-60, 1671-1700 (Published Indexes)

1750-1800 (Published A. J. Camp 1988)

1801-1847 (Calendars at FRC)

Abbreviations

Pts - Foreign Parts

(A) - Admon

LP - Limited Probate

(W+A) - Will + Admon

Year

Surname

Given Names

Occupation etc.

Abode

Reference

1654

MARSDEN

Thomas

Husbandman (in Salden [Sabden in Pendle?] LAN. Forest of Pendle mentioned)

Gouldshawbooth

fol 129

1655

MARSDEN

Richard (als ROBINSON)

Yeoman now in the gaole of Lancaster Great Marsden in Whalley mentioned

Late Heirshouse LAN

336

1681

MARSDEN

William

Glover

St. Olave, Southwark

fol 121

1695

MARSDEN

Christopher

Chapman

Bolton LAN

Bk 73, fol 54

 

 

 

 

 

 

1760

MARSDEN

William

 

Pts/Middx

Jun 251

1765

MARSDEN

Mary

 

Middx

Nov 420

1768

MARSDEN

John

 

Middx

May 209

1771

MARSDEN

Grace (otherwise MERSDEN)

 

Middx

Apr 168

1771

MARSDEN

Thomas

 

Surrey

Dec 493

1774

MARSDEN

Thomas

 

Pts

Jan 22

1780

MARSDEN

James service

 

London

Jan 34

1781

MARSDIN

William

Further grants Jun 1784, Feb 1786

Kent

Nov 543

1783

MARSDEN

John

 

Middx

Aug 424

1784

MARSDEN

Edward "Sceptre"

 

Pts

May 275

1786

MARSDEN

John

 

Middx

Apr 237

1787

MARSDEN

Thomas

 

Surrey

Apr 177

1788

MARSDEN

Mary (otherwise ELLIOTT)

 

Surrey

Jul 350

1790

MARSDEN

George

 

Middx

Sep 435

1796

MARSDEN

Alice

 

Middx

Apr 198

1800

MARSDEN

Elizabeth

 

Surrey

Jan 43

1800

MARSDEN

Thomas Esq

 

Chester

Feb 130

1802

MARSDEN

Joseph

 

Pts

Jun (A)

1803

MARSTON

Mary

 

Middx.

Mar 241

1803

MARSDEN

Elizabeth

 

Middx.

May 455

1804

MARSDEN

Thomas

30th Regt

Pts

Jul (A)

1805

MARSDEN

Elizabeth

 

Leics

Mar 201

1805

MARSDEN

William

 

Lancaster

May 369

1805

MARSDEN

Samuel

 

London

Aug 603

1805

MARSDEN

John

Redoubt & Victorious

Pts

Jul 522

1805

MARSDEN

Catherine

 

Surrey

Feb (A)

1806

MARSTON

Mary

 

London

Jan 62

1806

MARSDEN

John

 

London

Apr 320

1806

MARSDEN

Samuel

Registered Aug. last

London

May 409

1806

MARSDEN

George

Goods unadministered will regd. 435 Bishop

Middx.

Oct (A+W)

1806

MARSDEN

Betty

 

Middx

Oct (A)

1806

MARSDIN

John

Ser. Diamond

Pts

Jul (A)

1807

MARSDEN

Joseph

 

Middx.

Nov 906

1807

MARSDEN

Hannah

 

Middx.

Jul (A)

1807

MARSDEN

Thomas

Ser. Forkinee

Pts

Mar (A)

1808

MARSDEN

Thomas

 

Lancaster

May 405

1808

MARSTON

Elizabeth

 

Middx.

Dec (A)

1808

MARSDEN

Samuel

Ser. Ocean & Superb

Pts

Nov (A)

1810

MARSTON

Thomas

 

Warwick

Aug (A)

1810

MARSDEN

John

late Capt. HM 7th Reg. of Foot At Coimba, Portugal bachelor. Father James MARSDEN (PROB6/186, page 224)

Pts

Nov (A)

1810

MARSDEN

 Joseph

Ser. Vanguard, Hussar & Junin

Pts

Sep (A)

1811

MARSDEN

Samuel

Ser. Lark

Pts

Feb (A)

1811

MARSDEN

John

25th Regt.

Pts

Sep (A)

1812

MARSDEN

Catherine

 

Middx.

Dec 550

1812

MARSDEN

John, otherwise:

 

 

 

 

LAMPORT

William

Minotaur

Pts

Jul (A)

1813

MARSTON

John

 

Cumberland

Nov 555

1814

MARSTON

William

 

London

Jun 363

1814

MARSTON

Thomas

 

Pts

Nov 619

1814

MARSTON

William

 

Coventry

Jul (A)

1816

MARSTON

Joseph

 

Middx.

Feb 88

1816

MARSDEN

William

 

York

Jul 384

1817

MARSDEN

Elizabeth

 

Middx.

Jul 376

1817

MARSDEN

Hugh

 

London

Nov 589

1817

MARSDEN

Thomas

 

Middx.

Dec (A)

1817

MARSDEN

Edward

Lucifer, Thisbe, Princess, Augusta, Moerope, Horatio

Pts

May (A)

1818

MARSTON

Robert

 

Bristol

Oct 466

1818

MARSDEN

Jonathan (otherwise John)

Master of the mercht. Ship Robert Nelson

Lancaster

Dec (A)

1819

MARSDEN

Frances

 

Middx

Feb (A)

1819

MARSDEN

George

 

Middx.

Mar (A)

1819

MARSDEN

Thomas

 

Hertford

May (A)

1820

MARSDEN

Eleanor

 

Surrey

Jul 429

1820

MARSTON

Elizabeth

 

Warwick

Aug 485

1820

MARSTON

Robert

 

Leicester

Sep 532

1821

MARSTON

Mary

 

Middx.

Mar 161

1821

MARSDEN

Sarah

 

Middx.

May 290

1821

MARSTON

Robert

 

Middx.

Jun 350

1822

MARSTON

Job

 

Warwick

Jun 328 (W+A)

1823

MARSTON

James

 

Middx.

Oct (A)

1824

MARSDEN

Edmund

 

Surrey

Jun (A)

1825

MARSTON

Thomas

 

Middx.

May 272

1825

MARSDIN

Henry

Tom

 

Kent

June (A)

1825

MARSDEN

William

QM 2nd Drag. Gds.

Norfolk

Sep (A)

1826

MARSDEN

John

 

Lancaster

Feb 98

1826

MARSDEN

Mary

 

Surrey

Jul 387

1826

MARSTON

Nathaniel

 

Middx.

Nov 594

1827

MARSTON

Hannah

 

PTS

Jan 35 (W+A)

1827

MARSDEN

Joseph

 

Gloucester

May 310

1828

MARSTON

William

 

Leicester

May 296

1828

MARSDEN

William

 

Ireland

Oct (A)

1829

MARSTON

James, Revd.

 

Salop

Mar 169

1829

MARSDEN

Sarah

 

Middx.

Apr 231

1829

MARSTON

William

 

Somerset

May (A)

1829

MARSTON

Benjamin

 

Somerset

May (A)

1829

MARSDEN

Thomas

 

Surrey

Jul (Limited A)

1830

MARSTON

Lydia

 

Stafford

Feb 108

1830

MARSTON

William

 

Middx.

Apr 268

1830

MARSDEN

Catherine

 

Essex

Apr 270 (W+A)

1830

MARSTON

Francis

 

Salop

Nov 664

1830

MARSDEN

Jane

 

London

Nov 665 (A+W)

1831

MARSDEN

Anna Maria

 

Middx.

Mar 162 (A+W)

1831

MARSDEN

Frances

 

Gloucester

Jul Double Probate Will Regd. May 1827

1831

MARSDEN

Isaac

 

Essex

Aug 471

1831

MARSTON

William

 

Middx.

Nov 654

1832

MARSDEN

Richard

 

Surrey

Nov (A)

1833

MARSDEN

Ann

 

London

Mar 172

1833

MARSTON

Rosamond

 

Warwick

Jul 461

1833

MARSTON

Isaac

 

Worcester

Aug 519

1833

MARSTON

Elizabeth

 

Salop

May (A)

1834

MARSDEN

Alexander, Esq.

 

Middx.

Oct 582

1834

MARSDEN

Frederick, Esq.

 

Ireland

Dec 497 (W+A)

1834

MARSTON

Mary

 

Salop

Sep (A)

1835

MARSTON

Edward

 

Leicester

Jul 437

1835

MARSTON

Richard

 

Middx. & London

Jul 442

1836

MARSDEN

James

 

Lancaster

Apr 247

1836

MARSDEN

William

 

Nottingham

Apr 248

1836

MARSDEN

William, Esq.

 

Middx. & Herford

Oct 619

1837

MARSDEN

John

 

Bedford

Feb 105

1837

MARSDEN

Elizabeth

 

Bath

Apr 298

1837

MARSTON

Harriot

 

Surrey

Apr 298

1837

MARSDEN

Elizabeth

 

Middx.

Mar (A)

1837

MARSDEN

Elizabeth

 

Pts

Dec (A)

1838

MARSDEN

Joshua, Rev.

 

Middx.

Feb 104

1838

MARSDEN

Mark

 

Kent

Jul 471

1838

MARSDEN

Thomas

 

Surrey

Dec 770?

1838

MARSDEN

James

 

Lancaster

Jul (A)

1839

MARSTON

Elizabeth

 

Middx.

Feb 108

1839

MARSTON

William

 

Middx.

May 309 (W+A)

1839

MARSTON

Willam

 

Somerset

Jun 380

1839

MARSTON

John Leggatt

 

Suffolk

Feb (A)

1840

MARSTON

William Meck

 

Suffolk

Dec 857

1841

MARSDEN

Samuel

 

Derby

Feb (A)

1842

MARSDEN

William, Revd.

 

York

Mar 194

1842

MARSDEN

James, Esq.

 

Worcester

Aug 562

1842

MARSDEN

Elizabeth (heretofore LAWS)

 

Suffolk

Apr (A)

1844

MARSDEN

Rufus Alexander

 

Middx

Nov 840

1844

MARSDEN

Joseph

 

London

Jul 412

1845

MARSDEN

Eliza Ann

 

Middx

Aug 340

1846

MARSDEN

Betsy (formerly KEATS)

 

Derby

Jun 449 (LP)

1846

MARSDEN

George Eagles

 

Surrey

Aug 600

1846

MARSDEN

Isabella (heretofore MARSHALL)

York

Jan 5

 

1847

MARSDEN

Robert

 

Middx

Mar 251

 

[Created 12 May 2001]