wills and probate

[alan w jones]

Thank you both , much appreciated
Regards
Alan

[alan w jones]

Hello again , could I be cheeky and ask if my great great grandad Thomas Courtney Prout left Will or Probate , he died Sept 14th 1915 at Brampford Speke , Devon .
Thanks
Alan

[carol8353]

Alan for future ref you can check the indexes yourself to see if anyone left a will.
You can then ask one of us for a look up 

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1904&enc=1

Thomas Prout of Woodrow Cottage Bramford Speke Devon farm labourer died 14th Sept 1915.
Probate Exeter 27th Sept to Sarah Grace Prout Widow.
Effects £129 4s 2d

[alan w jones]

Thank you Carol , thats great . Does that mean he left a Will and can be searched from that link you gave me ?
Regards
Alan

[carol8353]

Yes he did Alan,it says that probate was granted to his wife- so he did leave a will.
Which you can buy for £10 from the Wills office at York.

The link I gave you at 12-43 will only give you the index to say that his name is on it.
Unless you subscribe to Ancestry you won't get all the info that I typed up for you.
Or that Sandy typed up about Sarah earlier this morning.

[alan w jones]

Oh I see thank you Carol . He probably just left it all to Sarah but I might just get it anyway . I guess I would have to upgrade my Ancestry or as you say write to the Wills office
Thanks again
Alan

[carol8353]

The only place you can get a copy by post of the will is the wills office in York.

All Ancestry has is access to the indexes (with the same info that Sandy and I found for you earlier)

But what you can do without having to subscribe is to do a look up yourself to see if any of your family is mentioned,if they are not then they didn't leave a will or letters of administration.

[alan w jones]

Great Carol , thank you . I just had a look at the forms to fill in and post .
Regards
Alan

[alan w jones]

Hi Carol , I have just been using that link you gave me and have 2 of mine I think .
William Henry Prout  1953 Exerer and Elizabeth Adelaide Prout 1954 Exeter .
I have been searching for what happened to my great gran Ellen Prout for years now the last we heard of her was in 1912 .
I have found 3 Ellen Prout's
1960 place unknown
1964   "         "
1943  Middlesex
I might be clutching at straws with Ellen  but would appreciate a look of these if you or your members are not too busy thanks
Regards
Alan