Prerogative wills A will Qualified for the Prerogative court if the testator left Property worth over 5 pound. So therefore prerogative wills largely belong to the 1-Wealthiest section of the population in another county also 2-the merchant class who had unsold stock in trade- and in another county 3-those persons who happened to live close to a Diocescan border Until 1810 there was no guiding index to the prerogative wills, but in that year Sir William Betham, Ulster King of Arms, on behalf of the Record Commissioners, superintended the constructional of an alphabetical index to testators. He also wrote many brief genealogical abtracts of almost all those wills that pre dated 1800,and later on produced pedigrees from his notes. The Prerogative Court was abolished by the Probate Act of 1857. The wills and other papers were moved to the Public Record Office, where the Prerogative wills were indexed into a wills book, and these books were indexed in two series, the first ending at 1810 and the second covering the remainder of the period, 1811 -1857. In 1897 Sir Arthur Vicars, Ulster King of Arms, edited a version of the first index, 1536-1810 Arranged alphabetically by surname and christian name, it shows the testators address and occupation with the year of probate ( all on CD released a few years back I have a copy ) The destruction of the Public Record Office in 1920 resulted in the loss of all original Prerogative Wills and most of the Will books into which they had been transcribed. I have also found that the will you want is the one that is missing- But in the library in Dublin is the Lane Poole papers with will extracts from Co Wicklow and Dublin Ms 5339 Also available is the the collection of Wills by W H Welpy consisting of 1500 wills and 100 administrations at the RCB and although I have not as yet been through this source ......... There are other small collections of wills held in different libraries in Ireland that have been compiled by different individuals at some time. The Society of Friends hold the Quaker Wills of which I have compiled many from this source. I guess I could go on an on about whats available and whats not But this may give you a little closer look at what a prerogative will covers Cheers Cara