William Locke's will

[LeicestershireLass]

William lived and died in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. (1796-1873). His middle name was Speed.

In 1853 commercial directory and 1861census he's listed as a brick and tile manufacturer and coal merchant.
In 1871 he's a farmer with 105 acres.
He died in 1873.

Can anyone please find his will?

ps: his surname has been transcribed incorrectly on a few occasions e.g. lacke, lockle

[cbcarolyn]

The wills are indexed alphabetically for each year, so you can search through manually. It maybe there was no will, I am still mystified sometimes, why there are some for tiny amount!

I am not sure what happens if the will gets contested, whether the indexing is a bit off, one of my farmers had his will contested, but after probate - was in the papers too. And he only left £182 so assume although he was a farmer he didn't own it.

See this thread where we chatted about why not always a will:

https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/research-advice/family-history-research/1342623-why-isn-t-there-an-entry-for-everyone-on-probate

[LeicestershireLass]

Thanks Carolyn