I have just discovered that my great uncle by marriage was not, as I had assumed, a Surrey man, but originated in Lancashire.
It was a bone of contention for the inlaws that widows were hard done by in the family: on their husbands' deaths, they would not inherit more than a pittance. All the wealth went back to the men.
I will need to get his father's will to see exactly how it worked. It presumably was designed to ensure that land was not lost.
Does anyone have experience of inheritance among farmers in Lancashire? Until the C20th the family were based between Blackpool & St Annes, taking their surname from one of the local towns.
It was a bone of contention for the inlaws that widows were hard done by in the family: on their husbands' deaths, they would not inherit more than a pittance. All the wealth went back to the men.
I will need to get his father's will to see exactly how it worked. It presumably was designed to ensure that land was not lost.
Does anyone have experience of inheritance among farmers in Lancashire? Until the C20th the family were based between Blackpool & St Annes, taking their surname from one of the local towns.
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