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  • DEL 101636-1857Registrar of the High Court of Delegates, and Registrar of Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Causes of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council: Testamentary Exhibits

    Testamentary exhibits in testamentary causes preserved by the registrar of the High Court of Delegates, and from 1833 the registrar of the ecclesiastical and Admiralty causes of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (otherwise in PCAP).

    The majority of the exhibits are original wills signed and sealed by the testators. They are accompanied by various other types of exhibits, including affidavits by witnesses and executors as to the authenticity of wills, proxies appointing proctors to act for parties to the cause, commissions to swear executors, and administration bonds.