Probate 27 years after death

[MaryThorn]

Slightly confused about this record I've found for my husbands family.  Apologies as its a Durham family but I can't see a Durham forum.

So I've come across a private record for my husbands great uncle.  Appears he died in 1923 but the probate details aren't printed until 1950.  It's led me to wonder why it would take 27 years for this to be conducted.  Ciudad he have disappeared?  Is this unusual?

[medpat]

I have a will with a delayed probate - he left all to be sold, the money then equal shares for his children and step daughter AFTER his wife had died. She was allowed to stay in the house he owned and have use of all his goods. His wife went to live with her eldest daughter, she is there at the following census, just after probate. I think his wife moved to allow the house and goods to be sold. His wife lived 21 years after his death and probate was grated 8 years after his death - she was with her daughter from at least 9 years after his death.

 

[stanmapstone]

Slightly confused about this record I've found for my husbands family.  Apologies as its a Durham family but I can't see a Durham forum.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/durham/

Stan

[Tickettyboo]

  Is this unusual?

Apparently not.
I just did a search on Ancestry Probate Calendar database using 1923 as the exact year of death and 1950 as the exact probate year and there are 67 results. Which is a tiny percentage of the total probates granted but still a large enough number to show it 'can' take that long depending on the circumstances.

Did the man die intestate or was a will proved?

Boo

[MaryThorn]

So far I've only come across it on an Ancestry Hint where there are just a standard few lines on the National Probate Register.  He was just a young man aged 30 and as far as I can tell wasn't married and didn't have children.

[Tickettyboo]

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

Try searching there Mary, you can see the calendar entries.

Boo