Hi, Matt and Martyn --- Thank you for the clarification on the various images and how they fit together. I hadn't appreciated, until now, that pages 7 and 8 in the Crumper2.pdf were the top and bottom of the same page. My apologies. I have now combined the two into a single document using Photoshop, and have also combined the transcriptions. Page 7 and 8 from the PDF are now located at: http://lordoflucies.com/tng/showmedia.php?mediaID=730&albumlinkID=27 (I've deleted the web page of what was page 8 in the PDF file.) I've also tried to make things less confusing --- hopefully --- by grouping the documents into a single "album," which I've linked to Richard and Mary (Marie's) pages on the website: http://lordoflucies.com/tng/showalbum.php?albumID=8 This album contains the various images and transcriptions that relate to Richard and Marie (Mary) --- I'm sorry I didn't think of doing this before, as may have saved much confusion. If there's anything that can be changed in the album (page names, order of pages, etc.) please let me know ---- this is easy to do. Thanks for the explanation about original and register copies of wills. Makes sense to me now. Here's the original copy: http://lordoflucies.com/tng/showmedia.php?mediaID=711&medialinkID=1447 And the register copy: http://lordoflucies.com/tng/showmedia.php?mediaID=710&medialinkID=1446 Both are in the "album," mentioned above. Kind regards, Craig Craig W. Walsh Lucies Farm Ltd. * Colletts Green * Worcester * WR2 4RY ******************************************************* 01905-830-380 (In USA 888-880-1531) 07833 433 871 ******************************************************* Sent from my MacBook ________________________________ From: mjcl <mjcl111@googlemail.com> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 03:48:18 -0500 To: "Tompkins, M.L.L." <mllt1@leicester.ac.uk> Cc: Craig Walsh <craig@hmdp.com> Subject: Re: William Crumpelhere Hi Matt, Thank you for resolving that ..... I was trying to examine it last night following you suggesting it. Unfortunately my lap top crashed and as it was late so I left it at that! And thankyou for answering the question re the will. Obviously we had the Register Copy and two other copies. All the best Martyn On 03/03/2009, Tompkins, M.L.L. <mllt1@leicester.ac.uk> wrote: <<Do you have any idea why there are several copies of William's will? In a day long before the invention of the photocopier, I'd have thought there would have only been one copy. Which of these (if any) is the "original" will, signed by William before his death?>> Are there more than two copies of William's will? Two copies is standard - (i) the original, signed by the testator and the witnesses, and (ii) a register copy, written up in the probate court's will register. The latter is always easy to identify because it is written on leaves of a bound book, and is usually more neatly written, with everything, signatures and all, in the same hand - the latter can be on paper of any size, often badly written, and with the signatures in different hands. It wasn't uncommon for there to be yet more copies, though one doesn't normally find them in the probate court's records. With the original filed at the court, there had to be a third copy for the executors/administrators to keep, and sometimes still more copies were made for other purposes. Pages 7, 8, 3, 4 and 5 of the Crumpler2 pdf are all the same probate account, beginning on p7 and ending on p5. Matt ________________________________ Privacy and Confidentiality Notice This is strictly confidential and intended solely for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. It may contain privileged and confidential information and if you are not an intended recipient, you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error, please notify us as soon as possible and delete it and any attached files from your system.