[Merry]

Hmmm....there's a burial in Portsea for a Thomas Maynard in 1807 (might be the person I was originally looking for!) and a will in the death duty index for 1808 (which I saw this morning and ignored!).

I remember the death duty entry was indexed as 1809 when it said 1808 on the actual page, but there was no further info.

Is this therefore for the same entry? (from ancestry)

Name: Thomas Maynard
Residence Place: Portsea, Hampshire, England
Death Date: Abt 1809
Record Date: 29 Dec 1809
Record Location: Winchester, Hampshire, England
Notes: Occupation or Status: Superannuated Scavenger

and if so where does that info come from?

(may of course be a red herring!)

EDIT: Ah, TNA:

Abstract of Will of Thomas Maynard, Superannuated Scavenger of Portsea, Hampshire

So I could get that whilst I'm waiting (£3.30)