Please can you advise on Wills and Probate

[emjsw]

Hello,

I got a result for a will on ancestry but there is no attached photo to actually read the will, do you happen to know where I need to go in order to read this please? I am at a brick wall with Simon Sweetland b 1705 Kilmington and I am hoping it might give me some family info/clues as I can't find his parents or siblings (the parish registers have been lost!!!).

Best wishes,
Emma

Name:   Sweetland, Simon
Dates:   1762
Place:   Kilmington, Cornwall, England
Collection:   Devon and Cornwall: - Wills and Administrations proved in the Bishop of Exeter, 1559-1799
Volume:   Court of the Archdeaconry of Exeter.
Chapter:   1762.
Text:   Sweetland, Simon, Kilmington W. 1762

[chempat]

Source Information states ................

 all now preserved in the Probate Registry at Exeter. London: British Record Society, 1908.

[jonw65]

Sadly, most Devon probate records were lost during the war (1942)
See Devon Wills Project for more info
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/DevonWillsProject

[emjsw]

Source Information states ................

 all now preserved in the Probate Registry at Exeter. London: British Record Society, 1908.

Ahh that's great, thank you very much

[emjsw]

Sadly, most Devon probate records were lost during the war (1942)
See Devon Wills Project for more info
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/DevonWillsProject

Oh no what a shame, thank you very much for letting me know, and for the link