Find a will · East Sussex
Find a will in East Sussex
To find a will for someone who lived in East Sussex, search the England and Wales probate records. Once probate is granted, the will is public and a copy costs £16. The records are a single national index, so you can search from Brighton or any of the BN postcode areas online, no local office needed.
Search the records
Enter the person's name and year of death. The national index covers everyone from East Sussex, whichever registry issued the grant.
Towns and areas in East Sussex
Wills for people from across East Sussex are all in the same national index, including these main towns:
Postcode areas: BN.
Tips for a East Sussex search
Records are filed under the year the grant was issued, not the year of death (see the grant-year trap), and an exact-name search misses maiden names and spellings. If a search finds nothing, read why a search finds nothing.
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