Wills In The York Registry

Author : Yorkshire Archaeological Association
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656079872
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book Wills in the York Registry From 1636 to 1652 (Classic Reprint) written by Yorkshire Archaeological Association and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-10 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Wills in the York Registry From 1636 to 1652 Owing probably to the disturbed state of the Kingdom during the great civil war, when most of the business of this country came to a standstill, the usual practice of copying into Registers, all Wills brought for Probate to the Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of York, appears to have been temporarily discontinued and when the country settled down again to its normal condition the vast accumulation of arrears of work rendered this a task apparently too formidable to be attempted. In consequence, the Wills proved in these Courts from 1636 to 1652, inclusive, are to be found in bundles as originals or copies (for it was not unusual, at this time, to return the original to the administrator and to file a copy) and not as transcripts in Registers as at other periods. Each of the bundles, of which there are. Above two hundred, contains (with two exceptions) the Wills proved during the course of one month, and with respect to the month of March, it is necessary to point out that there is some confusion, owing to the mixing of Wills proved between Lady Day and the 3lst March of one year, according to our present style of reckoning, with those proved between the 131: of March and Izady Pay of the following year. This error has been avoided in one year by placing the first-named Wills in a separate bundle, which is labelled Little March. It must also be borne in mind, in order to reconcile certain apparent discrepancies in the dates of Probate, that all the dates given are according to the old style of reckoning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.