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Re: Any resources for Latin will and probate records?
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 13 July 23 19:29 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Buffnut453 on Thursday 13 July 23 15:36 BST (UK)
The following page is an itemized inventory of Ellis Ambrose's estate.  Sadly, there's no record of the beneficiaries, simply that Mary Ambrose, Ellis's widow, was executrix.

Are you sure she's named as executrix? It sounds like there may not have been a will? If there was no valid will, there would be a grant of administration instead, and Mary Ambrose and her bondsmen would be bound to administer the deceased's estate in accordance with the law.

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Re: Any resources for Latin will and probate records?
« Reply #10 on: Friday 14 July 23 03:40 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Bookbox on Thursday 13 July 23 19:29 BST (UK)
Are you sure she's named as executrix? It sounds like there may not have been a will? If there was no valid will, there would be a grant of administration instead, and Mary Ambrose and her bondsmen would be bound to administer the deceased's estate in accordance with the law.

Hi Bookbox.  You're absolutely right.  Mary was the administrator not the executor. 
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