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Offline Graham Whitehead

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Re: Need help to decipher old handwriting in will
« Reply #27 on: Thursday 28 May 09 12:52 BST (UK) »
The will was Proved in London.  What it means is that probate was granted and the contents of the will then became effective.  If the person had not made a will there would still be Letters of Administration which has the same effect, allowing the legal executors to discharge the legal procedures.
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Re: Need help to decipher old handwriting in will
« Reply #28 on: Thursday 28 May 09 14:18 BST (UK) »
Earlier letters of administration can be even more interesting, particularly when they include an inventory of the deceased person's goods and chattels.
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Re: Need help to decipher old handwriting in will
« Reply #29 on: Wednesday 02 September 09 22:39 BST (UK) »
I have just been alerted to this thread.  A transcript of Thomas Mendus (II) will has been available for some time for the several of us who are descended from him: Thos Mendus - daughter Charlotte m. David Davies - son Joseph m Jane Davies and then assorted children born in Newport Mon.  His other daughter, Diane, married a notable Wesleyan minister (Edward Jones 3rd) who died in 1855 in Llanidloes.

We have pieced together quite a lot about Thomas Mendus II.

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Re: Need help to decipher old handwriting in will
« Reply #30 on: Wednesday 02 September 09 23:26 BST (UK) »
Hi Pedologist,

Thank you for you post to our thread. Do you have any further information that you can share with me or any photos / documents? I too am a decendent of Thomas Mendus :)

I would love to hear back from you...

Sandra

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Re: Need help to decipher old handwriting in will
« Reply #31 on: Thursday 03 September 09 00:45 BST (UK) »
Sandra,

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