BMSGH Search Services

	*STAFFORDSHIRE PROBATE LISTS*
	*Co-ordinator: Mr Tony Bowers, Lluest, Llanbedr, Gwynnedd. LL45 2HL*
	*Fees*
	£4.00 non-returnable search fee per surname for up to three entries from the Index. Additional entries 25p each. Cheques should be made payable to BMSGH and a stamped, addressed envelope included for your reply.
	BMSGH members must include their current membership number on all correspondence to qualify for the members discount of 25%.
	*STAFFORDSHIRE PROBATE LISTS*
	The STAFFORDSHIRE PROBATE LISTS are indexes of the wills and administrations held by the Lichfield Joint Record Office, for all the ancient parishes of Staffordshire. There is one main exception, this is the parish of ROWLEY REGIS, the records of this parish are held by the Worcestershire Record Office. (We do index about 20 records, which are strays held by the LJRO, all post 1830.) In order to assist members with their search for an ancestors will, the lists were compiled in parishes and in date sections.
	The earliest wills date from the early part of the 16th Century and the lists finish in 1857. Wills after this date are held by the Principal Registry Office. Postal searches for wills after this date should be addressed to The Postal Searches and Copies Department, The Probate Registry, Duncombe Place, York YO1 7EA UK, for which there is a fee £5-00. It should be remembered that earlier wills may have been proved in a higher court and therefore sources such as the Prerogative Court of Canterbury should also be searched. These can be found at the Public Record Office (PRO) at Kew.
	If you are fortunate and obtain dates of probate, then copies of the documents can be obtained from the Lichfield Record Office, the Friary, Lichfield, Staffordshire WS13 6OG. They will require you to supply the name, the date of probate and the parish. The costs depend on the number of pages in the document involved. They will also require you to complete one of their copyright forms, which they will supply.
	The Society's search charge of £4.00 includes up to three individual extracted entries. HOWEVER, the Staffordshire Probate lists can still only be searched by parish, therefore during the immediate future our charge will be £4.00 per surname per parish for a search of the probate lists. For this you will get all instances of the surname in the parish, up to a maximum of thirty entries, if there are any!!. If there are none, then at least you will know that your ancestors from that parish did not leave wills to be proved in local courts or require an administration when they died, or if they did, these have not survived.
	There are some 180 ancient parishes and with about ten sections to each parish this means that it is far too time consuming to search all these lists, so until such time as they are all transferred to computer we are unable to undertake any county searches.

*Staffordshire Probate Lists*
*Parishes*
Abbots Bromley	Codsall	Kingswinford
Acton Trussell	Colton	Kings Bromley
Adbaston	Colwich	Kinver
Aldridge	Coppenhall see Penkridge	Lapley
Alrewas	Coseley see Sedgley	Leek
Alstonfield	Cresswell	Leigh
Alton	Croxden no entries	Lichfield
Areley (now Worcs)	Darlaston	Longdon
Armitage	Dilhorne	Longnor see Alstonfield
Ashley	Draycott in the Moors	Longton
Audley	Drayton Bassett	Madeley
Bagnall see Bucknal	Eccleshall	Maer
Barlaston	Edingale	Marchington see Hanbury
Barton u. Needwood	Elford	Marston see Tutbury
Bednall	Elkestone	Mayfield
Berkswich / Baswich	Ellaston	Merbrook see Leek
Betley	Ellenhall	Milwich
Biddulph	Endon with Stanley see Leek	Mavesyn Ridware
Bilston	Enville	Mucclestone
Blithfield	Farewell	Needwood
Blore	Forton	See Hanbury or Rolleston
Bloxwich see Walsall	Fradswell see Sedgley	Newborough see Hanbury
Blurton	Fulford see Stone	Newcastle under Lyme
Blymhill	Gayton	Newchapel see Wolstanton
Bobbington	Gnosall	Norbury
Bradeley	Gornal Lower see Sedgley	Norton Canes
Bradley in the Moors	Gratwich	Norton in the Moors
Bramshall	Great Barr see Aldridge	Oakamoor see Alton or Cheadle
Brewood	Grindon	Okeover
Brierley Hill see Kingswinford	Hammerwich	Onecote see Leek
Bucknall see Stoke on Trent	Hamstall Ridware	Patshull
Burntwood see Lichfield	Hanbury	Pattingham
Burslem	Handsworth	Pelsall see Wolverhampton
Burton on Trent	Hanley	Penkridge
Bushbury	Harborne	Penn
Butterton see Mayfield	Harlston see Clifton Campville	Pipe Ridware
Calton see Blore	Haughton	Quarnford see Alstonfield
Cannock	High Offley	Ranton
Canwell	Hilderstone see Stone	Rocester
Cauldon	Himley	Rolleston
Caverswell	Hints	Rugeley
Chapel Chorlton see Eccleshall	Horton	Rushall
Cheadle	Ilam	Rushton Spencer see Leek
Chebsey	Ingestre	Sandon
Checkley	Ipstone	Sedgley
Cheddleton	Keele	Seighford
Church Eaton	Kingsley	Shareshill see Penkridge
Clifton Campville	Kingstone	Sheen
Shelton see Hanley	Tatenhill	Wednesfield see Wolverhampton
Shenstone	Tettenhall	Weeford
Smethwick see Harborne	Thorpe Constantine	West Bromwich
Stafford, Castle Church	Tipton	Weston on Trent
Stafford, St. Chad	Tixall	Weston under Lizard
Stafford, St. Mary	Trentham	Wetton
Standon	Trysull	Whitmore
Stoke on Trent	Tunstall see Wolstanton	Whittington
Stone	Tutbury	Wigginton see Tamworth
Stonnall see Shenstone	Uttoxeter	Willenhall
Stowe	Walsall	Wolstanton
Stretton see Penkridge	Walsall Wood see Walsall	Wolverhampton
Swynnerton	Warslow see Alstonfield	Wombourne
Talke O’th’Hill see Audley	Waterfall	Wychnor see Tatenhill
Tamworth	Wednesbury	Yoxall