Suffolk Wills in Essex Record Office

[melba_schmelba]

For those that may not be aware, there are many Suffolk wills listed and available to view on Essex Record Office's online service SEAX, especially for the parishes in the Archbishop's Peculiar or Deanery of Bocking, Essex, which included Hadleigh, Monks' Eleigh and Moulton, but wills of people in several other Suffolk parishes can be found such as (in a quick search) Sudbury, Nayland, Stoke by Clare, Ipswich, Waldingfield which may be because they died in Essex, but made their wills when of Suffolk

https://www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk/getpage.aspx?id=34#wills
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/england-and-wales-published-wills-and-probate-indexes-1300-1858-volumes-available/suffolk/probate-records-of-the-court-of-the-archdeacon-of-sudbury-1800-1858

[coombs]

Thanks, that is good news.

Also I am sure you are aware that many Suffolk wills were proved in Norfolk courts, due to Suffolk being in the Diocese of Norwich.

[jonwarrn]

To be fair, it hasn't been called SEAX for years (I know, I'm sorry, I can't help myself!)
It's Essex Archives Online now, as in your link.

[melba_schmelba]

Thanks, that is good news.

Also I am sure you are aware that many Suffolk wills were proved in Norfolk courts, due to Suffolk being in the Diocese of Norwich.

Yes, the index is now on Ancestry, but not images
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62679/

Some of the images are on Familysearch as discussed on this thread but some may be need to be consulted at a Familysearch Centre or affiliate
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=811168.0

[melba_schmelba]

To be fair, it hasn't been called SEAX for years (I know, I'm sorry, I can't help myself!)
It's Essex Archives Online now, as in your link.

Thanks, hadn't twigged this !