We hold only a small collection (about 400) of office-copy wills
for the 18th-20th centuries, mostly from local solicitors'
offices.
Try looking for wills in these places....
- The Somerset Record Office,
Taunton, for wills proved in the Bath and Wells diocese before
1859.
- The
Documents Online section of the National Archives website for
wills of people who owned property in more than one diocese -
their will would probably have been proved at the Prerogative
Court of Canterbury, and these wills are now in the National
Archives..
- The Probate Registry in York for all wills proved since
1859. Contact details and information on probate records and
family history can be found by following this
link to the Courts Services website.
Will of Anne Carwardine, 1736 (Ref. 0072)