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'Where there's a Will...' - Occasional Paper 25 by David Eastwood
How the will of the 7th Earl of Stamford caused problems for his family for the next 70 years....
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ABSTRACTS OF SOMERSET WILLS
In 1942, Somerset and Devon lost one of the most important research sources for local and family historians, when a German bomb destroyed the Exeter Probate Office, and all of the wills that it contained. This being the case collections of transcripts and extracts of wills are so important to those of us with connections to these counties. One of the most important sources for Somerset is the coll...
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ABSTRACTS of WILLS in the ARCHDEACONRY and COMMISSARY COURTS of SURREY 1480-1858 on four CDs.
CD 34 ABSTRACTS of WILLS in the ARCHDEACONRY COURT of SURREY 1480-1649. CD 35 ABSTRACTS of WILLS in the ARCHDEACONRY COURT of SURREY 1660-1739. CD36 ABSTRACTS of WILLS in the ARCHDEACONRY COURT of SURREY 1740-1858. CD 37 ABSTRACTS of WILLS in the COMMISSARY COURT of SURREY 1662-1857....
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Ashton on Mersey and Sale Wills, 1651-1700
Wills and Inventories from two Cheshire townships, with notes, background history and glossary...
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Ashton on-Mersey and Sale Wills, 1600-1650
Wills and Inventories from two Cheshire townships, with notes, background history and glossary...
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Ashton on-Mersey and Sale Wills, 1701-1760
Wills and Inventories from two Cheshire townships, with notes, background history and glossary...
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Bedfordshire Wills 1531-1539
This publication contains transcriptions of the Probate Registers (books 3, 4 and 5) from the Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford, held at the Bedfordshire Archives and Records Service. It is fully indexed by personal names, places and subjects. An invaluable aid for Local and Family Historians and students of Tudor England. Contains 353 wills in 230 pages. Yellow cover. Published 2005....
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Bedfordshire Wills 1537-1545 and cases from the Archdeacon's Court
This book contains the next batch of records (books 6, 7 and 10) from the Archdeacon of Bedford's Court which include a large number of other cases brought before the Ecclesiastical Court as well as records of Probate. These throw light on the practices of late Tudor times, but there are also many wills from this later period, following on from the previous volume. Fully indexed, this book forms a...
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Bedfordshire Wills 1543-1547
This publication contains transcriptions of the Probate Registers (book 11) from the Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford, held at the Bedfordshire Archives and Records Service. With full indexes of personal names, places and subjects, this book contains 268 new probate entries in 208 pages, with in addition a lengthy introductory analysis. Green cover. Published 2015....
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Bedfordshire Wills 1547-1552, including the peculiars of Biggleswade and Leighton Buzzard 1537-1558
This volume is the fourth of the series and contains abstracts from 234 wills. 191 were proved in the ecclesiastical court for the Archdeaconry of Bedford between 1547 and 1551, twenty-six in the peculiar jurisdiction of Leighton Buzzard 1537 – 1554, and eighteen in the Biggleswade peculiar, 1540 – 1558. The publication of a group of wills enables us to see similarities, trends and differences...
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Bowdon Wills, 1600-1650
Wills and Inventories of the township of Bowdon townships, with notes, background history and glossary...
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Bowdon Wills, 1600-1760
Revised edition with 19 more wills, inventories and probate documents; Bowdon people, farming, housing, food, dress and luxuries 1600-1760; from a poor Cheshire village just outside a market town to a township on the edge of becoming the preferred residence of wealthy industrialists...
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Bowdon Wills, 1651-1689
Wills and Inventories of the township of Bowdon townships, with notes, background history and glossary...
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Bowdon Wills, 1690-1760
Wills and Inventories of the township of Bowdon townships, with notes, background history and glossary...
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CALENDAR OF DEVON AND CORNWALL WILLS PROVED AT EXETER (Ref 137) edited by Edward Alexander Fry
During the Second World War the Wills held at the Exeter Probate Registry were destroyed by a bomb. Over the years some copies have come to light that were held by solicitors and some that were in private hands but many thousands were lost. This publication is the Calendars of Wills and Administrations relating to Devon and Cornwall that were proved in the Principal Registry of the Bishop of Exete...
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CD 34. ABSTRACTS of WILLS in the ARCHDEACONRY COURT of SURREY 1480-1649. Sept 2013. See SPECIAL OFFER page.
CD 34 ABSTRACTS of WILLS in the ARCHDEACONRY COURT of SURREY 1480-1649. The first 13 registers are entitled, as was customary at that time, after the name of the first testator in the register. Volume 1 (MW 1) Will register ‘Spage’ 1480-90 (from Surrey Record Society printed edition) Volume 2 (MW 2) Will register ‘Mathewe’ 1490-1524 Volume 3 (MW 3) Will register ‘Mychell’ 1...
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CD 35 ABSTRACTS of WILLS in the ARCHDEACONRY COURT of SURREY 1660-1739. See SPECIAL OFFER page.
Volume 20 (MW20) Registered & Unregistered Wills 1660-1671 Volume 21 (MW21) Registered & Unregistered Wills 1671-1679 Volume 22 (MW22) Unregistered Wills 1680-1689 Volume 23 (MW23) Registered and Unregistered Wills 1690-1695 Volume 24 (MW24) Registered and Unregistered Wills 1695-1699 Volume 26 (MW26) Registered and Unregistered 1700-1708 Volume 28 (MW28) Unregistered wills...
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CD 36 ABSTRACTS OF WILLS in the ARCHDEACONRY COURT of SURREY1740-1858. See SPECIAL OFFER page.
Volume 36 (MW36) Registered wills 1740-1745 Volume 37 (MW37) Registered wills 1746-1751 Volume 38 (MW38) Registered wills 1752-1762 Volume 39 (MW39) Registered wills 1763-1777 Volume 40 (MW40) Registered and Unregistered wills 1778-1800 Volume 41 (MW41) Registered and Unregistered wills 1800-1821 Volume 42 (NEW not published in the microfiche series) 1823-1858...
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CD 37 ABSTRACTS of WILLS in the COMMISSARY COURT of SURREY 1662-1857. See SPECIAL OFFER page.
Volume 19 (MW19) Filed & Unregistered Wills 1662-1673 Volume 25 (MW25) Registered and Unregistered Wills 1674-1696 Volume 27 (MW27) Registered and Unregistered 1697-1728 Volume 32 (MW32) Registered and Unregistered Wills 1729-1762 Volume 35 (MW35) of Surrey Registered wills 1763-1857...
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Death Duties Volume 1 1796-1821
All testators & beneficiaries with Lincolnshire connections. The information given is: name of testator, with other information such as date of will, date of death, abode, plus other information that is given, name of beneficiary and relationship to the testator (if given), abode etc., and the name of the court where the will was proved. In PDF format...
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Death Duties Volume 2 1822-1836
Lincolnshire Testators and Beneficiaries. The information given is: Name of testator with other information such as date of will, date of death, abode and any other useful information that was given: Name of Beneficiary with relationship to the testator (where given), abode etc., and the court where the will was proved. A search has been made in the records for testators and beneficiaries shown as...
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Death Duties Volume 3 1837-1846
Extracted from the ledgers at the National Archives, for all testators and beneficiaries with Lincolnshire connections. The information given is: name of testator, with other information such as date of will, date of death, abode, plus other information provided, i.e. name of beneficiary and relationship to the testator (if given), abode etc., and the name of the court where the will was proved. P...
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DEVON WILLS By C. Worthy
You will probably be aware that most of the wills belonging to the West Country were destroyed in an air raid on Exeter during the Second World War. Whilst copies are being found genealogists and local historians have to rely heavily of transcriptions and extractions made prior to this loss. Of these useful works Devonshire Wills by C. Worthy is one of the most important. This massive work of 516 ...
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Dunham Massey Wills, Part 2, 1641-1680
Wills and Inventories from a North-east Cheshire township, with background history, notes to wills; Dunham Massey people, farming, housing, food, occupations, dress and luxuries 1641-1680...
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Dunham Massey Wills: Part 1, 1600-1640
24 wills, inventories and other probate documents from a North-east Cheshire township, notes to the documents, Dunham Massey people, farming, housing, food, occupations, dress and luxuries 1600-1640...
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