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I have been executor several times and in every case, the other executor declined to act, causing me a lot of faffing about getting them to swear an affidavit. I will never do it again for anyone, it is a thankless (and unpaid) task.
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Yes, Miles Ariel overturned his wife Elizabeth's will. I think she died around 1840 or a bit before.
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That is interesting, a lot of men leave their daughters something for their own absolute use ie not for their husband, or future husband, to use but the woman could not write a will to give that away.
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I have no idea how that worked in practice. I have some wills where the instructions are that the money must on no account fall into the husband's hands, but I don't see how it could be prevented. Marriage settlements and annuities were a way of doling out just the interest, so the husband could not touch the capital, but I doubt you could prevent a man taking his wife's money or using her possessions.
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The usual thing was to leave the money in trust to the daughter.
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Not sure if it is the same thing, but I have lots of incidences of dowry property (property given to a female for her absolute eternal use). I can't work out how this property was passed down the generations, but passed down it most certainly was - a land transaction in the mid 1800s refers to the "dowry of Sissely Townley, 1232" and that dowry document still exists. So, it was possible in some way to protect the property of a female.
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If money is left in trust to a daughter, how does she access it?
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I believe she would tell the trustee how much money she needed and what for, and he would give it to her.
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That makes sense.
However, it must have been a hard job. If the woman says I need to feed my family, does he say tough luck, that isn't what this is for, or does he hand it over anyway, knowing the husband should have provided.
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