Cited from Board of Inland Revenue and predecessors: Estate Duty Office and predecessors: Registers of Legacy Duty, Succession Duty and Estate Duty; IR 26

Transcription

Date of the Probate and Sum sworn: 24th May, under 800£ Dane and Description of Testator: William Simpson of Mablethorpe in the County of Lincoln, Grazier Name and Place of Abode of Executor: Richard Simpson (abode not mentd) Sole Executor Name of the Legatees: Richard Simpson, son, Residuary Legatee, Susanna Simpson, Charlotte Simpson, Ann Simpson, Ernest Simpson, Sophia Simpson, James Jojn Simpson, Thomas Simpson Amouunt of Legacy or Annuity: 50 Particulars of the several Specific Legacies bequests in Trust and the Residue: [50] Each to be paid to the first gour named within 2 years after testators Death and the rest when they attain the age of 21 years

Other Information

Two events have been derived from this evidence.

• William Simpson★ probate was read on 24 May, 1808 at the Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
• Charlotte Simpson probably died before 1808

Full Citation

Board of Inland Revenue and predecessors: Estate Duty Office and predecessors: Registers of Legacy Duty, Succession Duty and Estate Duty; IR 26; Abstract of Will of William Simpson, Grazier of Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, 24 May 1808, IR 26/364/168.

Source

Board of Inland Revenue and predecessors: Estate Duty Office and predecessors: Registers of Legacy Duty, Succession Duty and Estate Duty; IR 26

Available at:

• discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk
• The National Archives of the United Kingdom. IR 26