Will and probate

[sigma]

Where can I find the will or probate of someone who died in 1841 in Leicestershire

[craft1948]

http://www.leics.gov...._first_time_users.htm

[dotty.]

Before 1858 wills were proved by the ecclesiastical courts and it depended on the value and whether your ancestor owned property in more than one ecclestastical district. Leicstershire was in the province of canterbury and formed the archdeaconry of leicester in the diocese of lincoln. So like i say, depending on the likely estate of the testator the will could be a PCC will, (prerogative court of canterbury) in the archdeaconry of leicester or simply in the diocese of lincoln, .If the person did not make a will you can still search for letters of administraion (admons) which would have had to be applied for by the next of kin if the value of the estate was over £5 which would include all possesssions not just property, e.g clothing, furniture, household items and any livestock,

[dotty.]

oj and yes they should all be at the Leicestersire record office which is aloso the diocesan record office except those that are PCC wills,

[munchie63]

ancestry have started adding some records too, although it will purely be an entry of where they resided, who they left money too, and the total of the will.
might help

[dotty.]

yes they have munchie but they are the post 1858 calendar of grants from the principal probate registry who took over the granting of probate from the eccleciastical courts from that date.