Richard Is the date of death given at the end of the will in the probate note? At the moment you have told us the probate was granted before burial, which is not impossible. Perhaps his executers needed the wherewithal to pay his funeral expenses etc because they had no ready monies of their own. HB --- On Thu, 18/8/11, Wendy Archer <wharcher@cvd.co.uk> wrote: > From: Wendy Archer <wharcher@cvd.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [OXF] Viewing Original Parish Registers > To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com > Date: Thursday, 18 August, 2011, 20:00 > Richard - > > You asked the query below back in May, &, in the event, > the History Centre > didn't open til July. > > The entry in MSS. D.D. Par. Witney c4  Register of > Baptisms and Burials for > 30 Jan. 1809 is William WRIGHT aged 56.  This is > perfectly clear and > confirms the transcription. There are no other WRIGHT > burials in the > register within a year. > > Wendy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Crgoulden@aol.com> > To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 1:40 PM > Subject: Re: [OXF] Viewing Original Parish Registers > > > > > > Dear Wendy, > > > >    Could I add to your list of > check-ups?  The  OFHS for St. Mary's Witney > > has burial of William WRIGHT, aged 56, on 30 > January  1809.  This is a > > puzzling entry.  I have the will of Thomas WRIGHT > the  elder of Curbridge, > > proved 28 Jan. 1809, and its codicil was made on 20 > Aug.  1808. > > > >    It may be that there is a glitch in > the  transcription of the January > > 1809 entries and two or more entries and  dates > compressed into one in > > error;, a portmanteau entry, "William"  Wright > actually someone else with > > a > > different surname and Thomas Wright somehow  left > out though the Wright > > surname is > > included. > > > >    Would you be so kind as to check the > January 1809  entries in case some > > names and dates were erroneously transcribed or left > out,  again in error? > > > >    Richard Goulden > > > > > > In a message dated 06/05/2011 09:39:54 GMT Daylight > Time, > > wharcher@cvd.co.uk > writes: > > > > Chris  - > > > > At the moment the Record Office in Cowley, housing the > orginal  registers > > if > > deposited, is closed for building works. > > > > As you are  querying an OFHS transcript, I am > happy to investigate such > > when > > the  Office reopens (as Oxfordshire History > Centre), hopefully in June > > 2011, > > and take a photo for you. > > > > If you give me the reference, I'll add it  to my > list! > > > > Wendy > > Chairman, Oxfordshire  FHS > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS Open Day - 1 October in Woodstock > www.ofhs.org.uk > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >