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Old 09-05-20, 15:45
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There is an entry in Ancestry's London Wills and Probate database for my ancestor William Maulter:

Name: Willm Maulter
Probate Date: 1587.
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bi...44&usePUB=true

He died in November 1587 and was buried 13 Nov 1587 at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney (surname spelt Malter).

When I click to view the image, I see a page on the left which says Willm Maulter, 17:118 and Willimi Maulter probat 24 Nov 1587.
But the page on the right seems to be the will of someone with the surname Cliff.
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...55/edit/record

The image is 1 of 2, and image 2 again says "Willm Maulter" over on the left but apart from that, it is the rest of the Cliff will.

I tried turning on the filmstrip / thumbnails to browse backwards or forwards but neither direction took me to William Maulter's will.

Do you think his will is somewhere in the database, and if so, any idea how I can find it?
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Old 09-05-20, 15:55
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Really wierd. It you use the drop down menu, the previous surname comes from a different sort of record, so they appear to have spliced two sets together.
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They don't appear to be in alpha order. It looks horribly as if the only way you might find the right will is by looking at right hand side of every will tat has been conserved in 1587.
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That's what I was afraid of! Thanks, Phoenix. Maybe I will try it.
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Finally I have got round to trying your suggestion, Phoenix, (well, I did try before but apparently I looked through the M's and C's and gave up), but this time I started with the wills proved in November 1587 and managed to find it on my second try! Indexed as Thomas Bourne:
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[...]Indexed as Thomas Bourne[...]
How???!?

Once again I am wowed by your ability to find the impossible, Kite.

Kudos to you.
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How???!?

Once again I am wowed by your ability to find the impossible, Kite.

Kudos to you.
Thanks, Janet. It had Thomas Bourne's name and probate date on the first image (when clicking on Thomas Bourne's name in the index), followed by William Maulter's will on the second image.
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