Gloucestershire, Cheltenham Probate Abstracts, 1660-1740 - findmypast

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The Cheltenham Probate Abstracts 1660-1740 comprises over 570 pages of probate records proved by the Consistory Court of the bishop of Gloucester. Wills and inventories comprise the main probate records and are supplemented by administrations, accounts and other documents created when disputes arose. Wills and administrations in this collection have been rendered as abstracts, summarising all the information found in the original documents. Inventories are given as full transcripts.

Each image will include either an inventory list or an abstract of a will. Every will or inventory will differ, but most include the name and residence of the testator, their occupation, the date of their will, the date of probate, an inventory of possessions and their value, as well as the names of executors. Inventories and valuations were part of the process of proving wills, but relatively few have survived. There is a reasonably high survival rate for inventories in the period 1660 to 1740 amounting to about 50% in Gloucestershire, but outside this period there are very few.

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