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Questions asked: - Testator (Last) Name - Testator Given Name - Document Type - Document Status - Date of Will - Where Granted/Proved - Executor Surname - Executor Given (Name) - Executor Address - NA Reference - Volume Name Why This collection is valuable:he current index covers records at the National Archives of Ireland (future extensions will feature sources from other archival repositories), and is only concerned with records that survive in more than index form, ie where original documents, copies, transcripts, abstracts or extracts exist. (Two sources, however, will have to await future publication. These are the Betham Abstracts and the Groves Papers. The former almost exclusively relate to Prerogative wills pre-dating 1800, which have been indexed by Sir Arthur Vicars.) he index covers the years up to 1858, when the whole testamentary system was fundamentally overhauled. Prior to this the established church (the Church of Ireland) had authority over all testamentary maersook place at the local diocesan or consistorial courts in each Diocese. There was also a central Prerogative Court, under the authority of the Archbishop of Armagh as Primate of Ireland, which dealt with testamentary maers where the deceased was likely to be from the wealthiest sector of Irish society. 'The Probates and Leers of Administration Act (Ireland)' of 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 79), which came into force in January 1858, removed control from the Church of Ireland and placed it in the hands of the state. Thereafter all probates and administrations were granted at the Principal Registry in Dublin and District Registries throughout the country. |
