Identity area
Reference code
SC12/36
Title
Commissary Court: Register of Inventories, Wills and Testaments
Date(s)
- 1827-1978 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
Context area
Repository
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The main business of the Commissary Court was the confirmation of testaments, the registration of inventories and settlements and other executry matters. These volumes contain inventories of moveable property of deceased Shetlanders, and, less frequently, their wills and testaments.