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Offline MattD30

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Wills
« on: Monday 08 June 15 02:33 BST (UK) »
Is anyone able to check some Wills for me when they are next at the appropriate archive? If so let me know and I'll add names and details.

Matt
PS I'm not looking for copies or transcripts at the moment, just names and relationships of people mentioned.

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Re: Wills
« Reply #1 on: Monday 08 June 15 07:01 BST (UK) »
If you are looking for wills after 1858, see here:
https://www.gov.uk/search-will-probate

For wills 1384 to 1858, see here:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/wills.htm
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)

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Re: Wills
« Reply #2 on: Monday 08 June 15 08:02 BST (UK) »
If you're looking for early wills it's a big ask. I've not found them easy to find and the writing can be difficult to read.

There are some RAYNER will extracts here

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mrawson/will_nr.html#r
Middx - VAUS, ROBERTS, EVERSFIELD, INMAN, STAR, HOLBECK, WYATT, BICKFORD, SMITH, REDWOOD
Hants - SMALL, HAMMERTON, GRIST, FRYER, TRODD, DAGWELL, PARKER, WOODFORD, CROUTEAR, BECK, BENDELL, KEEPING, HARDING, BULL
Kent - BAYLY, BORER, MITCHELL, PLANE, VERNON, FARRANCE, CHAPMAN, MEDHURST, LOMAX, WYATT, IDEN
Devon - TOPE, BICKFORD, FOSTER
YKS - QUIRK, McGUIRE, BENN
Nott/Derbs - SLACK
Herts - BARNES
L'pool- PLUMBE
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Re: Wills
« Reply #3 on: Monday 08 June 15 22:37 BST (UK) »
Hi all

Thanks for those quick replies. I have references for some Wills held at local archives such as the Canterbury Cathedral Archives but am currently unable to visit them to check the records myself. It would be helpful to me if someone who is visiting an archive (mainly the CCA) could let me know and check one or two of these. All of these are pre 1858 Wills.

Matt

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Re: Wills
« Reply #4 on: Monday 08 June 15 22:39 BST (UK) »
Quote from: bearkat on Monday 08 June 15 08:02 BST (UK)
If you're looking for early wills it's a big ask. I've not found them easy to find and the writing can be difficult to read.

There are some RAYNER will extracts here

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mrawson/will_nr.html#r

Hi there

I use that website a lot but sadly the Wills I am looking for (including some Rayner ones) are not listed on it. Hence the need to check the records at the archives or look at transcripts.

Matt
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