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together as well as they could be, so as to necessitate the use of as little new stone as possible. Other fragments of the arcade, or of the same date (including the beautiful capital illustrated in the Journal xxi, 174), have been fixed on the walls between the bases.

JOHN BILSON.

V.

YORKSHIRE PECULIAR WILLS.

As the result of a memorial presented by the Society to the President of the Probate Division, the wills proved in certain. Yorkshire peculiar courts, which for a good many years were deposited at Somerset House, London, have recently been removed to the District Probate Registry at York. The collection includes the documents of:

A. The Archdeaconry Court of Richmond, Eastern Deaneries (Boroughbridge, Catterick, and Richmond). These consist of: (1) the original wills, inventories, administration bonds, etc., from 1536 to 1857; (2) five act books-(a) Dec. 18, 1663, to Dec. 31, 1664, (b) April 20, 1736, to Sept. 29, 1741, (c) 1744 to 1746, 1766 to 1771, and 1777 to 1806, (d) Oct., 1809, to June, 1830, (e) June, 1830, to Dec., 1854; (3) two journals (a) 1680 to 1694, (b) 1707 to 1714, and 1746; (4) the official calendars to all testamentary documents relating to the three eastern deaneries.

The five small, and in two cases imperfect, registers of wills are still retained at Somerset House, together with the original wills, etc., belonging to the Yorkshire part of the deanery of Lonsdale before 1748, the Lonsdale wills subsequent to that date being at Lancaster.

An index to the probate records of the three eastern deaneries, prior to 1617, was commenced by the late Mr. A. Gibbons, F.S.A., and printed as a supplement to the Northern Genealogist, but it only came down to the letter "G" (Gristhawite, John, of Askrig).

B. The Honour Court of Knaresborough. These comprise : (1) original wills, etc., in rolls and bundles; (2) indexes to the above-(a) 1640 to 1708, (b) 1708 to Jan. 9, 1858.

C. The Peculiar Court of Masham. These include: (1) the original wills, etc., from 1572 to 1858, for (a) Masham North Registry, (b) Masham West Registry; (2) two registers—(a)

í The entries in these journals are of a very miscellaneous character, but they

include many references to testamentary business.

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