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I have never had cause to order copies of documents from Kew before. In the past, I have downloaded wills and other digitized documents. I have ordered copies from other archives over the years, always at reasonable cost.
Imagine my surprise when I read that there was a non-refundable charge of £8.40 just to see if the documents were in a fit state to be copied.
Highway robbery comes to mind.

Is there anyone who regularly goes to the LMA who could a lookup for me please?
As far as I can tell, the burials for St Stephens Coleman Street are only from 1813 onwards on Ancestry. According to the LMA website, they hold the registers for this parish.
I am seeking the burial of a John Palmer, whose will was proved in 1807. However, according to the Dorset Land Tax records, he last appears in 1797; from 1798 the listing is for Widow Palmer, and later Mrs. Palmer. I have to assume from that he died c.1797. His will says formerly of St Stephen Coleman Street but late of Lyne Regis. He is definitely not buried at Lyme Regis, so my next thought is the London parish. He may have been working in London as he was an attorney. His age would have been 53 in 1797.
Thanks in advance.

Hello Rootschatters,
I have hit a bit of a brickwall which I am posting here as it may involve more than one county. This line seemed to jump between the two named counties.
Mods feel free to move if I'm in the wrong section.
I have an Ann Whitlock marrying a  (Rev) William Palmer in 1743 in Luppitt Devon. She was his second wife. In the same year a Mary Whitlock married a Richard Harwood in Luppitt. One of the Harwood sons married one of the Palmer daughters.
I cannot find a baptism for Ann Whitlock, nor a Mary. At this point I am leaning towards them being sisters. There is no other Whitlock entries in Luppitt other than 2 later burials: Hannah in 1765, and Joan in 1779. Joan left a will in the Devon wills, which are no longer available due to bombing in 1942.
I'm hoping someone out there has access to resources I don't that might show baptisms for Ann and Mary Whitlock in wither Devon, Dorset, or possibly even Somerset.
Thanks for reading this.

Hello Rootschatters,
I am after some thoughts and ideas rather than actual research help.
What possible reasons could there be for a delay of roughly 10 years before a will was proved?
I have an ancestor whose will was proved in 1807, cannot find a burial, but his wife is described as a widow from 1798 in land tax records.  He was last sighted in 1795, with no intervening years.
A possible burial place in London doesn't have extant parish records for the time and he is not buried in the town of the land tax records.
But I am mainly perplexed on the delay. The only possible thing that I can see is there were no witnesses to the will, which had been written back in 1771. The wife was the sole beneficiary and executor. Two witnesses came forward in 1807 to verify it was my ancestors signature.
Any contributions welcome.