Another will question.

[HarrysMum]

I've bought wills from TNA and Lancashire before, but there are some I can't find in either of places.

Is there a list somewhere of other places you can buy wills?????

and

If a will was written in Lancashire (Hawkshead) would it be somewhere else if not at Lancs Will search???

They are all before 1800.

Thanks.

[kiterunner]

I don't think it depends on where the will was written, but where the testator held property. As far as I know, Lancashire Will Search isn't complete, so you could contact Lancashire Archives to ask if they have it anyway, or try the Borthwick Institute:
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/bihr/
Some of the Borthwick Institute probate indexes are online at British Origins; you can get a 72-hour sub to that site quite cheaply and it doesn't get renewed automatically or anything.

[HarrysMum]

Thanks........I'll try that.

[Olde Crone]

Libby

If Kate's suggestion doesn't produce any results, you could try googling for the "Western Deaneries of the Archdeaconry of Richmond".

Some/many Lancashire wills were proved there, a hangover from the days when Lancashire was part of Yorkshire.....some of these wills are in the LancsRO and some are not!

OC

[HarrysMum]

Thanks OC.

[JayG]

Libby check this out off from GENUKI

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/probate.html