Wills can provide a lot of useful information about a person, including information about property they owned and relationships with others mentioned in the will.
For a will to be legally acted upon, it has to be “proved” – a judge has to rule that it contains the last wishes of the deceased. This process is called probate.
9.1 Useful Links
There are useful leaflets produced by the National Archives on wills before 1858 and probate records:
A guide to obtaining probate records:
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