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ED - Diocese of Chester - 16th century-21st century
- C - Consistory Court records - 16th century-20th century

Repository	Cheshire Record Office
Level	Series
Title	Caveat books
Date	1619-1791
Description	The information provided (in Latin until 1733) includes the names of those entering the caveat, its subject and the place concerned; entries relating to licences usually state the person whose death created a vacancy. Entered in the margin is the name of the deceased in cases of probate and administration, and of the place in cases of the grant of licences. Caveats were received from the entire diocese where licences were concerned, but for the grant of probate and administration from the archdeaconry of Chester only.
Extent	4 volumes
Administrative History	Administrative History A caveat is a caution entered in the consistory court to prevent ordination, institution, the grant of probate or administrations and licences etc from being granted without the knowledge of the interested party or parties. That person (or persons) is likely to be the next of kin in cases concerning the grant of probate and administrations, the churchwardens in cases concerning the grant of licences to curates to vacant livings, the trustees of the school in the grants of licences to schoolmasters and the patron and curate in cases concerning institutions and alterations to buildings.

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