I am in the process of transcribing a lengthy PCC will of a widow who is trying to reclaim ancestral lands for her brother in Cornwall. I have never seen a will like it. She gives names of ancestors long dead and cites various documents. I have only done two pages so far. She is obviously obsessed.
When I looked at her in more detail, she married but she and her husband agreed to live apart and he divorced her in America where he was living.
I don't know what happened in the aftermath of the will, but I would imagine it would be impossible to regain the lands. I think her arguments were dubious and the will rambles on and is slightly incoherent! There is also a newspaper report about her claims a few years before she died.
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