Obtaining pre 1858 wills

[Irene]

I would like to obtain copies of pre 1858 wills made by persons in the outskirts of Manchester (Davyhulme/Urmston/Flixton) and Bury. Could somebody please let me know where I can obtain these? I have exact dates for some but just the year for others. Also, pardon my ignorance, but what do Supra and Infra mean?

Many thanks.

Irene

[Night Owl]

According to this supra wills were where the estate was more than £40 and infra less than £40

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/probate.html

This may also be of help

http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm

[Cloggie]

I've used references from the Lancashire Will Search site (2nd link in Jackie's post) to obtain several wills from Lancashire Record Office: http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/educati...s_research.asp
Just send them an e-mail with your enquiry, stating the references from the Lancashire Will Search site, and they'll send you back a quotation/order form and payment details.

Supra and infra are explained on the Help page of the Lancashire Will Search site: http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lwsh.htm
Infra = Wills proved at Chester that had a personalty of less than 40 £
Supra = Wills proved at Chester that had a personalty greater than 40 £

:smilee:

[Irene]

Many thanks to your both - extremely helpful

Irene