I've just received a will I had sent for (and forgotten about so I had a nasty moment when I pulled out a letter headed HM Courts
....lol). It was written in 1879 and, as well as leaving everything to his wife and making her the sole executrix, he also stipulated that she was to be the guardian of their children who at that date ranged in age from new-born to 15 years. I'm wondering if this was an unusual thing for a man to entrust entirely to his wife in 1879.Any thoughts any-one?