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1) Index to death duty registers in the Estate Duty Office, 1812-1903

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Publisher

Public Record Office

Pub. Date

[1976?]-1998

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156 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Language

English

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Index to register entries made by the Legacy Duty Office from copy wills and accounts of administrations submitted by ecclesiastical courts. Administration indexes for the Prerogative Court of Canterbury beginning in 1832 with no. 41 are indexed by the first letter of the surname and the first vowel in the surname. For example: Andrews, Ashley, Allen and Arkell would be filed in the "Ae" sequence.

2) Death duty register for wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury and country courts: 1812-1857

Author

Great Britain. Estate Duty Office

Publisher

Public Record Office

Pub. Date

1987-1998

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on 1249 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

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English

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Entries are arranged by folio (page) number within letter groups for each year.

3) Death duty register for abstracts of administrations in the country courts, 1812-1857

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Great Britain. Estate Duty Office

Publisher

Public Record Office

Pub. Date

1987

Physical Desc

on 82 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

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English

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For index, see record under title: Index to death duty registers in the Estate Duty Office, 1812-1857. Entries are arranged by folio (page) number within letter groups for each year. Index refers to handwritten folio number until 1855.

4) Death duty register for wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1796-1811; and administrations, 1796-1857 and indexes

Author

Great Britain. Estate Duty Office

Publisher

Public Record Office

Pub. Date

1991

Physical Desc

on 189 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Language

English

5) Death duty register for abstracts of administrations and probates of wills for country courts, 1796-1811

Author

Great Britain. Estate Duty Office

Publisher

Public Record Office

Pub. Date

1992

Physical Desc

on 73 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Language

English

6) Wills for the Diocese of Exeter (County of Devon), 1812-1857

Author

Great Britain. Estate Duty Office

Publisher

Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah

Pub. Date

1986-1987

Physical Desc

on 35 microfilm reels ; 16 mm.

Language

English

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The copies were made for the Legacy Duty Department of the Stamp Duty Office, and from 1848 on to its successor, The Estate Duty Office of the Inland Revenue Office. They consist of wills proved in the Principal Registry and Consistory Court of the Bishop of Exeter, and in the various Archdeaconry Courts.

7) Death duty registers, Exeter, 1796-1811

Author

Great Britain. Estate Duty Office

Publisher

Public Record Office

Pub. Date

[19--?]

Physical Desc

5 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Language

English

8) Estate duty wills, Cornwall, 1811-1857

Author

Great Britain. Estate Duty Office

Publisher

Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah

Pub. Date

2003

Physical Desc

3 microfilm reels ; 16 mm.

Language

English

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Wills are arranged alphabetically for numbers SO/W/1-SO/W/1376, then another series appears, also arranged alphabetically, for numbers SO/W/1377-SO/W/1436. This is a collection of copy wills proved in the Principal Registry of the Bishop of Exeter, the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Exeter, the Peculiar Court of the Dean & Chapter of Exeter, and the Archdeaconry Court of Totnes, including all Peculiars except St. Buryan, from the Estate or Stamp...