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Probate Calendar - can I find the will and if so how?!
« on: Saturday 04 November 23 07:23 GMT (UK) »
I've found an entry on the National Probate Calendar for someone I'm interested in (via Ancestry). Is it possible to look up the associated will somewhere?

The details are: Martha Waite otherwise Gale, who died in Andover in 1863. It says the will, with two codicils was proved at the Principal Registry.

Thanks
Bell: Dumfriesshire
Drewell: London
Dyson: London/Leeds
Hooker: London
Hyslop: Ayrshire
Lodge: Middlesex
Manson: Ayrshire
Palmer: Dumfriesshire
Pittuck: Suffolk
Quarm: Devon
Rumble/Rumbold: Wiltshire
Stockwell: London

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Re: Probate Calendar - can I find the will and if so how?!
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 04 November 23 07:31 GMT (UK) »
The documents are not on-line but you can order a copy via the service at https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

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Re: Probate Calendar - can I find the will and if so how?!
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 04 November 23 08:07 GMT (UK) »
Thanks. I've tried but it doesn't come up with anything.
Bell: Dumfriesshire
Drewell: London
Dyson: London/Leeds
Hooker: London
Hyslop: Ayrshire
Lodge: Middlesex
Manson: Ayrshire
Palmer: Dumfriesshire
Pittuck: Suffolk
Quarm: Devon
Rumble/Rumbold: Wiltshire
Stockwell: London

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Re: Probate Calendar - can I find the will and if so how?!
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 04 November 23 08:15 GMT (UK) »
Did you not find it mentioned.  I have just tried by putting in surname Waite and year 1863 and no other information, this took me to 1863 records which are in alphabetical order.  I then selected Next page until I reached the W’s.

This is the information you will need to order the documents from the probate office, they will cost £1.50 and they will take a few days to be available for you to download
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Re: Probate Calendar - can I find the will and if so how?!
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 04 November 23 08:19 GMT (UK) »
Thanks.I'll try that
Bell: Dumfriesshire
Drewell: London
Dyson: London/Leeds
Hooker: London
Hyslop: Ayrshire
Lodge: Middlesex
Manson: Ayrshire
Palmer: Dumfriesshire
Pittuck: Suffolk
Quarm: Devon
Rumble/Rumbold: Wiltshire
Stockwell: London

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Re: Probate Calendar - can I find the will and if so how?!
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 04 November 23 08:28 GMT (UK) »
Amazing! It worked. Thank you
Bell: Dumfriesshire
Drewell: London
Dyson: London/Leeds
Hooker: London
Hyslop: Ayrshire
Lodge: Middlesex
Manson: Ayrshire
Palmer: Dumfriesshire
Pittuck: Suffolk
Quarm: Devon
Rumble/Rumbold: Wiltshire
Stockwell: London

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Re: Probate Calendar - can I find the will and if so how?!
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 04 November 23 08:45 GMT (UK) »
You will probably have to enter the surname as "Waite otherwise Gale"?
Else your order may be rejected!
Surname has to match, exactly, what is on the Calendar.
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)