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North Country Wills: Being Abstracts of Wills Relating to the Counties of York, Nottingham, Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland at Somerset House and Lambeth Palace, 1558 to 1604. Vol. II.
Author: North Country Wills
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North Country Wills: 1558 to 1604
Author: Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative CourtPublisher:
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Category : Wills
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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North Country Wills
Author: Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative CourtPublisher:
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Category : Church records and registers
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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North Country Wills. Being Abstracts of Wills Relating to the Counties of York, Nottingham, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmorland, at Somerset House and Lambeth Palace. 1383 to 1558 (1558 to 1604)
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North Country Wills
Author: North Country Wills
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ISBN: 9781331911098
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Excerpt from North Country Wills: Being Abstracts of Wills Relating to the Counties of York, Nottingham, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmorland at Somerset House and Lambeth Palace, 1383 to 1558 The Surtees Society has printed a good many volumes of abstracts of Wills, more or less full, from the registries at York, Durham, and Richmond, which its members seem to have appreciated. There are, however, many wills of Northern persons proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, which are now at Somerset House, and a few in the Library at Lambeth Palace. These till lately have not been thoroughly examined, probably on account of the great labour in looking through so many manuscript calendars. Some few were printed by Canon Raine in "Testamenta Eboracensia," and some short abstracts are in Nicolas' "Testamenta Vetusta," a book which came out as long since as 1826, but which is now scarce. Fortunately, about fifteen years ago the British Record Society undertook the task of bringing out a regular index to the Somerset House Wills. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
North Country Wills, Being Abstracts of Wills Relating to the Counties of York, Nottingham, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmorland at Somerset House and Lambeth Palace
Author: North Country Wills
Author: Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative CourtPublisher:
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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The Wills of Our Ancestors
Author: Stuart A. RaymondPublisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1781594759
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 217
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“Almost every book on English research highlights the need to examine the wills of our ancestors. . . . [this book] gives us an easy to read detailed guide.” —FGS Forum What are wills, and how can they be used for family and local history research? How can you interpret them and get as much insight from them as possible? Wills are key documents for exploring the lives of our ancestors, their circumstances, and the world they knew. This practical handbook is the essential guide to understanding wills. Wills expert Stuart Raymond traces the history and purpose of probate records and guides readers through the many pitfalls and possibilities these fascinating documents present. He describes the process of probate, gives a detailed account of the content of the various different types of record, and advises readers on how they can be used to throw light into the past, offering factual evidence that no genealogist or local historian can afford to ignore. In a series of concise, fact-filled chapters, Raymond explains how wills came into being, who made them and how they were made, how the probate system operates, how wills and inventories can be found, and how much can be learned from them. In addition to covering probate records in England and Wales, he includes the Channel Islands, Ireland, the Isle of Man and Scotland. This introduction is aimed primarily at family historians who are interested in the wills of particular individuals who are seeking proof of descent and local historians who are interested in the wealth of local historical information that can be gathered from them.