Oxford Chancellor’s Court wills are missing from every county index. Find the 1436-1814 probate records of university members and privileged persons.
Edith Liddell Lewis Carroll: Alice’s forgotten sister who died at 22, days after her engagement. Trace the Liddell family in census and GRO records.
A searchable transcription of John Griffiths’s 1862 index to wills proved in the Court of the Chancellor of the University of Oxford: 2,245 records, 1,533 surnames, 1436 to 1814, with the record codes explained.
A searchable transcription of the 1907 Calendar of Wills Proved in the Vice-Chancellor’s Court at Cambridge: 1,398 records, 893 surnames, 1501 to 1765, with trades, colleges and register references.
John Wickins Isaac Newton: a chance meeting in Trinity’s walks began nearly twenty years as chamber-fellows. Trace the Wickins family records.
University of Glasgow history 1451 traces how Bishop Turnbull’s papal charter created the university where Adam Smith and James Watt changed the world. Genealogy records from the 1450s at Glasgow Archives.
University of Cambridge history 1209: how Oxford’s exiles founded England’s second great university and what Alumni Cantabrigienses reveals for genealogy.
Scottish university records are among the best-digitised in Britain, but poorly indexed for genealogy. This guide shows where to find them and what they contain.
University of Edinburgh history 1582 traces how a town council founded Scotland’s greatest university. Genealogy records from the 1590s name students, physicians, and servants at the Centre for Research Collections.
Mary Whiton Calkins Harvard: she passed her doctoral examination with distinction in 1895. Harvard refused the degree. She led two national learned societies anyway.
