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Probate (also called proving a will) is the process of establishing the validity of a will, which was recorded in the grant of probate.
If a person died intestate (without a valid will) their money, goods and possessions passed to their next of kin through an administration (or letters of administration) which had the same form in law as a will.
From the British Records Association "Guidelines 3 - Interpreting Deeds: How To Interpret Deeds - A Simple Guide And Glossary".
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GB 0074 ACC/1191 1811-1886 Collection 0.01 linear metres Stuckbery and Son , solicitors
Probate (also called proving a will) is the process of establishing the validity of a will, which was recorded in the grant of probate.
If a person died intestate (without a valid will) their money, goods and possessions passed to their next of kin through an administration (or letters of administration) which had the same form in law as a will.
From the British Records Association "Guidelines 3 - Interpreting Deeds: How To Interpret Deeds - A Simple Guide And Glossary".
Received in 1972.
Papers, 1811-1886, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising probates and letters of administration as below:
Whyman Butler, of Staines 22 March 1826 (Probate of will)
Joseph Merrick, of Stanwell 22 Sept. 1828 (Probate of will)
Robert Heath, of Stanwell 22 Nov. 1832 (Administration)
Robert Heath, of Stanwell 28 July 1845 (Probate of will)
Mary E.J. Heath, of Stanwell 23 July 1875 (Probate of will)
Charles Jordan, of Marylebone 24 May 1839 (Probate of will)
Marthe Jordan, of Stanwell 15 Jan. 1842 (Probate of will)
Elizabeth Jordan, of Pentonville 18 March 1851 (Probate of will)
Edmund Jordan, of Stanwell 14 Oct. 1856 (Probate of will)
Thomas Maish, of Colnbrook, Mdx. 8 July 1843 (Probate of will)
Robert Maish, of Colnbrook, Mdx. 22 June 1848 (Probate of will)
Elizabeth Tilly, of Staines 15 June 1860 (Probate of will)
Jacob Brown, of Clerkenwell 19 Oct. 1811 (Probate of will)
Alexander Rainy, of Westminster 22 Sept. 1832 (Probate of will)
H.C.S. Dalzell, of Marylebone 24 May 1839 (Probate of will)
Louisa Millns, of Bryanston Sq. 24 Oct. 1839 (Probate of will)
John Butterfield, of Hackney 16 April 1845 (Administration)
Dorothy M. Shakeshaft, of Chelsea 13 March 1854 (Probate of will)
Robert Cheal, of Chelsea 3 Sept. 1863 (Probate of will)
Elizabeth Chantler, of Stoke Newington 28 Dec. 1871 (Administration)
Sarah E.I. Thomson, of Paddington 24 April 1879 (Probate of will)
Elizabeth I. Sandby, of Paddington 16 Dec. 1880 (Administration)
Eliza Ann Sandby, of Kensington 20 April 1886 (Probate of will)
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Received in 1972.
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Papers, 1811-1886, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising probates and letters of administration as below:
Whyman Butler, of Staines 22 March 1826 (Probate of will)
Joseph Merrick, of Stanwell 22 Sept. 1828 (Probate of will)
Robert Heath, of Stanwell 22 Nov. 1832 (Administration)
Robert Heath, of Stanwell 28 July 1845 (Probate of will)
Mary E.J. Heath, of Stanwell 23 July 1875 (Probate of will)
Charles Jordan, of Marylebone 24 May 1839 (Probate of will)
Marthe Jordan, of Stanwell 15 Jan. 1842 (Probate of will)
Elizabeth Jordan, of Pentonville 18 March 1851 (Probate of will)
Edmund Jordan, of Stanwell 14 Oct. 1856 (Probate of will)
Thomas Maish, of Colnbrook, Mdx. 8 July 1843 (Probate of will)
Robert Maish, of Colnbrook, Mdx. 22 June 1848 (Probate of will)
Elizabeth Tilly, of Staines 15 June 1860 (Probate of will)
Jacob Brown, of Clerkenwell 19 Oct. 1811 (Probate of will)
Alexander Rainy, of Westminster 22 Sept. 1832 (Probate of will)
H.C.S. Dalzell, of Marylebone 24 May 1839 (Probate of will)
Louisa Millns, of Bryanston Sq. 24 Oct. 1839 (Probate of will)
John Butterfield, of Hackney 16 April 1845 (Administration)
Dorothy M. Shakeshaft, of Chelsea 13 March 1854 (Probate of will)
Robert Cheal, of Chelsea 3 Sept. 1863 (Probate of will)
Elizabeth Chantler, of Stoke Newington 28 Dec. 1871 (Administration)
Sarah E.I. Thomson, of Paddington 24 April 1879 (Probate of will)
Elizabeth I. Sandby, of Paddington 16 Dec. 1880 (Administration)
Eliza Ann Sandby, of Kensington 20 April 1886 (Probate of will)
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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