If probate was granted in England, the Executors did not have to go through the full process in Scotland. The Scottish courts would accept the English probate and it would be shown as such in the calendars of confirmation.
In the converse, a confirmation granted in the Scottish courts would be 'sealed' in the English courts.
Sorry I can't quote from a Calendar of Confirmations because I don't have a copy handy and I can't think offhand of anyone in my tree whose English probate was rubber-stamped in Scotland.
Thank you, spookily (about two minutes ago) I looked at another entry in the 1938 England & Wales Probate Calendar that also quotes a Confirmation and says it was sealed in London :-)
Hopefully the archives have a copy of the Confirmation Calendar and can confirm if there is an entry that quotes the converse.
Your post prompted me to look at the Calendars of Confirmation 1876-1936 - why do databases always stop a couple of years BEFORE the year I need? ! published on Ancestry and I found this one which bears out what you said - not that I didn't believe you :-)
Allen Frederick William, Durnford, 82 Ross Deep, Twickenham, Middlesex, died 4 October 1935 at same place, intestate. Administration of the Effects granted London, 5 December 1935, to Ada Marion Allen, the widow and Harold Wenlock Allen, the Administrators. Certified at Edinburgh 3 January Value of the estate £7040:7:1.
So it looks like the probate process was carried out in England to grant admin which would give them the authority to access assets held in England
and then
that official document was presented to Edinburgh to certify it was okay with them and the Administrators could then use the additionally certified grant to access and administer the assets held in Scotland.
Thank you!
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