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Probate registry · England

London Probate Registry (Principal Registry of the Family Division)

Office status and address read on GOV.UK's Find a Court or Tribunal on 15 September 2026. ProbateCheck is an independent service, not a law firm.

The London probate office is listed as no longer in service on Find a Court or Tribunal (15 September 2026), with business transferred to neighbouring courts. You do not need it to find a will or grant of probate: the records for England and Wales are one national index you can search online, and a copy costs £16.

Probate office in London: no longer in service

"This court or tribunal is no longer in service. Business has been transferred to other neighbouring courts." (Find a Court or Tribunal, 15 September 2026).

For any probate matter write to HMCTS Probate, PO Box 12625, Harlow, CM20 9QF or call 0300 303 0648 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 1pm). Grants the London registry issued in the past remain in the national index and are searchable below. The probate registries page lists the seven offices still open.

Grants processed by the London registry

Real records from the public probate index, covering estates in places such as Lancashire, Cambs. New grants are now processed centrally, so these are historical records, and they remain fully searchable.

Jean Smith · grant 2002
Rosa Brosas Smith · grant 2002
Winifred Nora Smith · grant 2003
Ivy Smith · grant 2004
Dorothy Smith · grant 2003
David Smith · grant 2002
Douglas Smith · grant 2002
Joan Ethel Smith · grant 2002
Cyril Arthur Bernard Smith · grant 2003
Ian Foster Smith · grant 2003
William Wynn Jones · grant 2002
Stephen Lionel Jones · grant 2002

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