Hi Cara; Problems with my computer but it seems to be fixed I am not receiving any e-mail From the Wicklow list can you help me. Sincerely Margaret Eenright Burlington, Ontario menright2@cogeco.ca >-----Original Message----- >From: Cara_Links [mailto:cracker@hotkey.net.au] >Sent: June 11, 2005 5:06 AM >To: IRL-WICKLOW-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [Wicklow] WILLS IN IRELAND - > >Prerogative wills >A will Qualified for the Prerogative court if the testator >left Property worth over 5 pound. >So therefore prerogative wills largely belong to the >1-Wealthiest section of the population in another county also >2-the merchant class who had unsold stock in trade- and in >another county 3-those persons who happened to live close to >a Diocescan border Until 1810 there was no guiding index to >the prerogative wills, but in that year Sir William Betham, >Ulster King of Arms, on behalf of the Record Commissioners, >superintended the constructional of an alphabetical index to >testators. >He also wrote many brief genealogical abtracts of almost all >those wills that pre dated 1800,and later on produced >pedigrees from his notes. >The Prerogative Court was abolished by the Probate Act of 1857. >The wills and other papers were moved to the Public Record >Office, where the Prerogative wills were indexed into a wills >book, and these books were indexed in two series, the first >ending at 1810 and the second covering the remainder of the >period, 1811 -1857. >In 1897 Sir Arthur Vicars, Ulster King of Arms, edited a >version of the first index, 1536-1810 Arranged alphabetically >by surname and christian name, it shows the testators address >and occupation with the year of probate ( all on CD released >a few years back I have a copy ) The destruction of the >Public Record Office in 1920 resulted in the loss of all >original Prerogative Wills and most of the Will books into >which they had been transcribed. > >I have also found that the will you want is the one that is >missing- But in the library in Dublin is the Lane Poole >papers with will extracts from Co Wicklow and Dublin Ms 5339 > >Also available is the the collection of Wills by W H Welpy >consisting of 1500 wills and 100 administrations at the RCB >and although I have not as yet been through this source ......... > >There are other small collections of wills held in different >libraries in Ireland that have been compiled by different >individuals at some time. >The Society of Friends hold the Quaker Wills of which I have >compiled many from this source. > >I guess I could go on an on about whats available and whats >not But this may give you a little closer look at what a >prerogative will covers > >Cheers >Cara > > > >==== IRL-WICKLOW Mailing List ==== >Stick to the lists Golden Rule and you will never go wrong, >Co Wicklow genealogy~history~news~ and be nice to one another. > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your >family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added >in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Margaret, try looking in your blocked senders list for the problem, you may have inadvertently hit on the list and set it as for blocking. It's easily done, or maybe at some time you might have bounced something by accident. This also applies if you have a program for screening mails such as Mailwasher etc.. slan Cyril... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Enright" <menright2@cogeco.ca> To: <IRL-WICKLOW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 11:54 PM Subject: RE: [Wicklow] WILLS IN IRELAND - > Hi Cara; > > Problems with my computer but it seems to be fixed I am not receiving any > e-mail > From the Wicklow list can you help me. > > Sincerely > > Margaret Eenright > Burlington, Ontario > > menright2@cogeco.ca > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Cara_Links [mailto:cracker@hotkey.net.au] > >Sent: June 11, 2005 5:06 AM > >To: IRL-WICKLOW-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [Wicklow] WILLS IN IRELAND - > > > >Prerogative wills > >A will Qualified for the Prerogative court if the testator > >left Property worth over 5 pound. > >So therefore prerogative wills largely belong to the > >1-Wealthiest section of the population in another county also > >2-the merchant class who had unsold stock in trade- and in > >another county 3-those persons who happened to live close to > >a Diocescan border Until 1810 there was no guiding index to > >the prerogative wills, but in that year Sir William Betham, > >Ulster King of Arms, on behalf of the Record Commissioners, > >superintended the constructional of an alphabetical index to > >testators. > >He also wrote many brief genealogical abtracts of almost all > >those wills that pre dated 1800,and later on produced > >pedigrees from his notes. > >The Prerogative Court was abolished by the Probate Act of 1857. > >The wills and other papers were moved to the Public Record > >Office, where the Prerogative wills were indexed into a wills > >book, and these books were indexed in two series, the first > >ending at 1810 and the second covering the remainder of the > >period, 1811 -1857. > >In 1897 Sir Arthur Vicars, Ulster King of Arms, edited a > >version of the first index, 1536-1810 Arranged alphabetically > >by surname and christian name, it shows the testators address > >and occupation with the year of probate ( all on CD released > >a few years back I have a copy ) The destruction of the > >Public Record Office in 1920 resulted in the loss of all > >original Prerogative Wills and most of the Will books into > >which they had been transcribed. > > > >I have also found that the will you want is the one that is > >missing- But in the library in Dublin is the Lane Poole > >papers with will extracts from Co Wicklow and Dublin Ms 5339 > > > >Also available is the the collection of Wills by W H Welpy > >consisting of 1500 wills and 100 administrations at the RCB > >and although I have not as yet been through this source ......... > > > >There are other small collections of wills held in different > >libraries in Ireland that have been compiled by different > >individuals at some time. > >The Society of Friends hold the Quaker Wills of which I have > >compiled many from this source. > > > >I guess I could go on an on about whats available and whats > >not But this may give you a little closer look at what a > >prerogative will covers > > > >Cheers > >Cara > > > > > > > >==== IRL-WICKLOW Mailing List ==== > >Stick to the lists Golden Rule and you will never go wrong, > >Co Wicklow genealogy~history~news~ and be nice to one another. > > > >============================== > >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your > >family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added > >in the last 12 months. > >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > > > ==== IRL-WICKLOW Mailing List ==== > SUBJECT LINE~ Make it catch the eye of the reader, > Body of the mail add as much information as you can > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > >