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Kit · #1 06-01-20, 03:59

If a relative died in 1853 and if the relative died in Lancashire and if they left a will where would it go through probate?

A lot of ifs there but the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, which is my go to for wills pre-probate calendar does not seem to have Lancashire wills.

ElizabethHerts · #2 06-01-20, 05:56

Try FindMyPast, Toni:

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/sear...bate-1457-1858

Also, I got nearly 6,000 hits when I typed Lancashire in the Keyword box for PCC Wills on Ancestry.

ElizabethHerts · #3 06-01-20, 06:02

Also, again on FMP, there are lots of Lancashire wills in with the Chester ones:

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/sear...ls-and-probate

Kit · #4 06-01-20, 06:08

thank you. I'll have a look.

Kit · #5 06-01-20, 06:29

Strange, I couldn't get Lancashire wills to come up when I searched on FMP.

However the person does not appear to have left a will so I don't know if the freebmd entry I found is or isn't mine.

Merry · #6 06-01-20, 06:59

There were over 200 church courts proving wills before 1858. The PCC only accounted for a maximum of 40% of the wills proved. If a will attracted death duties and was proved between 1796 and 1903 in England or Wales then there should be an entry in the Index to Death Duty Register which is on FMP:

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/sear...ters-1796-1903

ElizabethHerts · #7 06-01-20, 07:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kit

Strange, I couldn't get Lancashire wills to come up when I searched on FMP.

However the person does not appear to have left a will so I don't know if the freebmd entry I found is or isn't mine.

Did you use the link I gave, Toni?

kiterunner · #8 06-01-20, 08:43

This is the site I use:

https://user.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm

Kit · #9 06-01-20, 08:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merry

There were over 200 church courts proving wills before 1858. The PCC only accounted for a maximum of 40% of the wills proved. If a will attracted death duties and was proved between 1796 and 1903 in England or Wales then there should be an entry in the Index to Death Duty Register which is on FMP:

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/sear...ters-1796-1903

Thanks. I'll have a look.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElizabethHerts

Did you use the link I gave, Toni?

Yes, I did and it worked, thank you. I had searched FMP for anything Lancashire before I posted and the wills weren't listed. That was what was strange.

Kit · #10 06-01-20, 08:51

Thanks Kate and Merry.

He isn't listed on either site. It doesn't look like there was a will.

Does a UK death certificate list an occupation?