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Matlock & Matlock Bath Wills Calendar
Lists of pre-1858 Wills and Wills proved within Derbyshire 1858 - 1928
  Did they leave a Will?  
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Pre 1858 Wills
Wills 1858 - 1928
Surnames A - C
Surnames D - G
Surnames H - L
Surnames M - R
Surnames S
Surnames T - Z
Matlock People Named in Non Matlock Wills
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Here are lists of names of former Matlock and Matlock Bath residents known to have left a Will.

  • Pre 1858 Will information has been extracted from a variety of sources, and includes Wills found at Lichfield, Wills that are PCC and Extracts of Death Duty Registers (DDR) held at TNA. Pre-1858 wills information is an ongoing project and your input is welcome.

  • The 1858 - 1928 lists on these pages have been compiled largely from information researched by Michael Spencer of Matlock and originally circulated to the Derbysgen Discussion Group[1].

    Not every Matlock will from this period was proved within Derbyshire so what you are seeking may not be found here ... see Will Info

Part of a Copy of a Grant of Probate of a Matlock resident   PCC Will detail
Part of a Copy of a Grant of Probate Sample of a pre-1858 PCC will
Acknowledgements:

[1]Michael Spencer's work is reproduced with kind permission.
Michael may also be able to help you with copies of wills between these dates if you contact him. Please tell him where you found the information. If you aren't subscribed to Derbysgen you will need to ask him to contact you directly rather than through the discussion group.
Contacting Michael Spencer

John Palmer hosts a list of Michael's extracts for the whole of Derbyshire:
www.wirksworth.org.uk/WILLS.htm (you may be unable to return to this page if you go to this external link)
My grateful thanks to John for getting me started with the first 117 names and to Kathryn Morano for forwarding the remainder.

The Derbyshire Record Office have now produced an online index of Derbyshire wills they hold for the period 1858-1928 (.pdf files).
Go to their online index