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  2. National Probate Calendar - Wikipedia

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    The probate calendar was created by the Probate Registry, which was responsible for proving wills and administrations from 1858 following the enactment of the Court of Probate Act 1857. [1] It replaced a system of ecclesiastical courts .

  3. Wills Act 1963 - Wikipedia

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    Along with the Wills Act 1837, the 1963 Act is the principal Act dealing with wills in the United Kingdom. The 1963 Act allows a will to be considered "properly executed" if it was executed in line with local law in the state where it was executed, the state where the testator lived or the state the testator was a citizen of, rather than ...

  4. The National Archives (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    Access – providing the public with the opportunity to view the documents; Advice – advising the public and other archives and archivists around the world on how to care for documents; Intellectual property management – TNA (via OPSI and HMSO) manages crown copyright for the UK

  5. Family Records Centre - Wikipedia

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    Official press releases were vague about plans for the births, marriages and deaths indexes housed on the ground floor. During October 2007 the index volumes in question were progressively removed from public access to a closed archive in Christchurch, Dorset. [2] The closure date was later brought forward to early 2008. [3]

  6. Wills Act 1837 - Wikipedia

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    The Wills Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 26) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that confirms the power of every adult to dispose of their real and personal property, whether they are the outright owner or a beneficiary under a trust, by will on their death (s.3).

  7. Statute of Wills - Wikipedia

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    The Statute of Wills or Wills Act 1540 (32 Hen. 8.c. 1) was an Act of the Parliament of England.It made it possible, for the first time in post-Conquest English history, for landholders to determine who would inherit their land upon their death by permitting devise by will.

  8. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland - Wikipedia

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    The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is situated in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a division within the Engaged Communities Group of the Department for Communities (DfC). The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland is distinguished from other archival institutions in the United Kingdom by its unique combination of private ...

  9. Legal history of wills - Wikipedia

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    The right of bequest in these places was not assimilated to the general law until, for York, the passing of the Wills Act 1692 (4 Will. & Mar. c. 2) for the Province of York (other than the City of York) and the Wills Act 1703 (2 & 3 Ann. c. 5), for the City of York; for Wales by the Wills Act 1695 (7 & 8 Will. 3. c.