The following records of the Grant of Administration of the effects, etc., of persons dying intestate, have been extracted from the Administration Act Books of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, now at Somerset House. They comprise all the entries relating to the County of Kent to be found therein from 1559 (the first of the existing Act Books) to 1603, and are here printed in tabular form to facilitate reference. With the same object the division of the various years adopted in the official calendars of the grants has been followed, Mid the folio of the Act Book has been placed against each entry.
   In making the extracts consanguineus has been rendered "kinsman," and prox. consanguineus as "next of kin."
   Unless otherwise stated, the surname of the person to whom the administration was granted may always be taken to be the same as that of the deceased.
   It should be noted that the division of the years here followed is that of the New, or present, Style, but the entries themselves are dated in the Old Style.

31 December 1559 to 31 December 1563