Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Canon Charles Wilmer Foster, FSA, FRHistS (1866–1935) was an English clergyman, antiquarian, historian and archivist. He founded the Lincoln Record Society in 1910 and served as its secretary and general editor until his death; he made major contributions towards scholarship on the county and diocese of Lincoln, principally through publishing editions of historical documents.
Lincolnshire Archives is the county record office of Lincolnshire, England It was established as a county service in 1948 by the Lincolnshire Archives Committee, which had been formally constituted on 24 October 1947 with Sir Robert Pattinson as chairman. [ 1 ]
In common law jurisdictions, probate is the judicial process whereby a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as a valid public document that is the true last testament of the deceased; or whereby, in the absence of a legal will, the estate is settled according to the laws of intestacy that apply in the jurisdiction where the deceased resided at the time of their death.
Probate courts administer proper distribution of the assets of a decedent (one who has died), adjudicates the validity of wills, enforces the provisions of a valid will (by issuing the grant of probate), prevents malfeasance by executors and administrators of estates, and provides for the equitable distribution of the assets of persons who die ...
The Country Justice and the Case of the Blackamoor's Head: the Practice of the Law in Lincolnshire, 1787–1838. Lincoln Record Society. Vol. 102. Bennett, Nicholas, ed. (2013). Lincolnshire Parish Clergy c.1214–1968. A Biographical Register. Part I: The Deaneries of Aslacoe and Aveland. Lincoln Record Society. Vol. 103.
Issue typically means a person's lineal descendants—all genetic descendants of a person, regardless of degree. [1] Issue is a narrower category than heirs, which includes spouses, and collaterals (siblings, cousins, aunts, and uncles). [2]
There are many notable people associated with Lincolnshire. The following list is arranged chronologically by date of birth. The following list is arranged chronologically by date of birth. William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley Captain John Smith Sir Isaac Newton Margaret Thatcher John Wesley Alfred, Lord Tennyson Michael Foale