London Consistory Court Depositions Index 1700-1713
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The Consistory Court of London, one of numerous Church Courts, was the main court dealing, inter alia, with legal separation and matrimonial disputes. The British Origins database contains over 3,000 index records to cases and witness depositions in the period 1703-1713. These cases may involve matrimonial matters such as divorce and separation, breech of promise, arguments over estates and probate, defamation, and "criminous conversation".
The index records typically contain full name of the deponent, their age, birthplace, current place of residence, name of their spouse, occupation of their or their spouse and the length of time they have been married.
Records can be searched by firat and last names of deponent, year (of deposition) and county of birth
