Yes, this is so, and I don't know why, but, out of 5 of my husband's ancestors who wrote wills, and who all lived in Dorset, three were administered in London, and two in Llandudno!
Thanks Margaret in a VERY quick search so far I haven't found a suitable post 1955 death for George in Kent/Essex where I would have expected to find it - so may need to look further afield
Angela - all the Llandudno ones I have seen were from memory during WW2 - I'm guessing staff were evacuated there??????????
A lot of "odd" probate office locations occur during and after WWII, when whole offices were presumably "evacuated". I have several southern wills proved in Llandudno. A trend followed to this day by HMRC, where the tax affairs of all the employees of big companies are dealt with at one office, irrespective of where the employees live.
My legal executive friend informs me that wills can be proved anywhere, but the location chosen is often dependent upon where the executor/s reside.
Jay
I can understand this as you have to personally go to the office and swear an oath in respect of a will but I would not have thought that the case for an 'administration'.
I can understand this as you have to personally go to the office and swear an oath in respect of a will but I would not have thought that the case for an 'administration'.
Margaret
The same rules apply Margaret. When we applied for letters of administration after Mum's death (she hadn't made a will) we went to the probate office to swear our oaths.
Previously when dad died mum had a solicitor to help her apply for the letters of admin but still had to swear her oath, though in her case it was in front of a local justice.
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