You'd probably need to see the document[s] to establish the true position, but I'd suggest a likely one would be "bona vacantia" where the deceased either left a Will with no beneficiaries named and/or, if intestate, had no living or traceable family. In both cases the estate would "revert to the Crown" - as is still the case today. There are other possibilities - even knowing the person's name and the full content of the Index could throw some light. Plus the possibility that the Indexer misread it! [I'm involved in indexing the Worcester Wills of the 1600s and know only too well that such misinterpretations are all too likely when working from damaged or faded documents...] But at present there's "insufficient evidence" to come up with the answer. Gus -----Original Message----- From: warwick-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:warwick-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Butler Sent: 01 November 2012 11:53 To: warwick@rootsweb.com Subject: [WAR] Lichfield Wills What do the letters vacat. stand for after a person name when looking for a will. I am looking at Lichfield Wills and Administration 1629 but after the person name it has vacat Thank you Jeff ------------------------------- List archives are at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message