Hi Bill As you don't give a year or period its difficult to give you better figures but in 1880 £300 was worth £14,493 (although you can value old money in various ways) This may be of interest http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency/ Either way its a sizable amount of money and someone who died in an Almshouse is unlikely to have any money As has been said already, the sum in the will may have been substantially lower than the figure stated, particularly if a large debt was found Have you checked the death duties indexes ? http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/death-duty-records-1796-to-1903.htm Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi all > > Many thanks to all of you who shed light on my questions. I must admit > that given that Ann Dalton had left a will and the estate was valued "at > under 300 pounds" I was a bit confused as to how things were. But then, > what is "under 300 pounds" and what would that have been worth in > current pounds? So, I got my answer. > > Bill in really sunny Gig Harbor

Nivard Ovington wrote: > Have you checked the death duties indexes ? > http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/death-duty-records-1796-to-1903.htm Hallo I have jsut tried to find someone I know is in the death duty records. The search is coming bakc with no results. I have seen the entry in the index. How can I find out more? Jean Hunter Kent