Isle of Man will - opinions, please - Genealogists' Forum

ElizabethHerts · #1 09-03-22, 16:39

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61...251&cc=1784428

This is the will of Thomas Radcliffe who died in 1867.
It's fairly straightforward but there is a word I can't read in the paragraph starting "Secondly". Also, I don't understand its meaning.

"I leave and bequeath the sum of one shilling to all ca-ants? whom the laws of this island will sanction to claim the same."

Mary from Italy · #2 09-03-22, 17:03

I think the link's wrong: it's just showing a page with marriages.

ElizabethHerts · #3 09-03-22, 17:18

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Originally Posted by Mary from Italy

I think the link's wrong: it's just showing a page with marriages.

Oops, sorry.

ElizabethHerts · #4 09-03-22, 17:19

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61...XZN?cat=234410

That should work!

Phoenix · #5 09-03-22, 17:37

It looks like claimants, with the l missing.

Phoenix · #6 09-03-22, 17:44

Does Isle of Man law insist that children be left something? I note another will names all the children, specifically to leave them one shilling each.

ElizabethHerts · #7 09-03-22, 17:48

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Originally Posted by Phoenix

Does Isle of Man law insist that children be left something? I note another will names all the children, specifically to leave them one shilling each.

I don't think so as I have had another will where everything went to the wife and the children weren't mentioned at all.

ElizabethHerts · #8 09-03-22, 18:18

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Originally Posted by Phoenix

It looks like claimants, with the l missing.

Thanks, Phoenix. It's rather messy with the bleed-through from the page on the reverse.

Olde Crone · #9 09-03-22, 23:05

I think adult children did have a lawful right to inherit a shilling (well, it was sixpence originally). Manx inheritance laws were fascinating and very fair originally, not so much now.

OC

ElizabethHerts · #10 10-03-22, 07:23

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Originally Posted by Olde Crone

I think adult children did have a lawful right to inherit a shilling (well, it was sixpence originally). Manx inheritance laws were fascinating and very fair originally, not so much now.

OC

I've downloaded a few Manx wills from Family Search but I have yet to transcribe them. I'll report back with any interesting findings.