Wills and Letters of AdministrationPROB 71810-1858Prerogative Court of Canterbury and successors: Limited Administration Act Books
Administration acts limited to a particular part of the intestate's estate. References to later grants of administration made upon estates subjected to limited administration acts issued by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury during the years that the limited administration act books were in use were added to these act books after the abolition of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in 1858.
After the abolition of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in 1858, the limited administration act books in were transferred to the custody of the registry of the Court of Probate, and then, in 1874, to the Principal Probate Registry of the High Court of Justice.
During this period they continued to be annotated as a matter of routine with references to further grants of administration made upon estates subjected to limited administration acts issued by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury during the period 1810 to 1858.
Some of the annotations were inserted for antiquarian purposes rather than for administrative purposes.