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Jane Austen’s will
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Series
Navy Board, Navy Pay Office, and Admiralty, Accountant General's Department: Seamen's...
Catalogue reference: ADM 48
What's it about?
ADM 48
Original wills were accepted as valid by the Admiralty, in most cases on printed forms, with orders to issue checks thereon to the executors. The original wills when not held valid appear to have been returned to the executors and the bundles...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 48
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Title (The name of the record)
- Navy Board, Navy Pay Office, and Admiralty, Accountant General's Department: Seamen's Wills
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1786-1882
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Description (What the record is about)
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Original wills were accepted as valid by the Admiralty, in most cases on printed forms, with orders to issue checks thereon to the executors. The original wills when not held valid appear to have been returned to the executors and the bundles contain the Admiralty's orders to that effect.
These are original wills, deposited in the Navy Pay Office. They were made by ratings, Royal Marine other ranks, and some warrant officers.
Digital copies of Wills of Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel 1786-1882 can be searched and downloaded.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
They are arranged in alphabetical order of the writers' names and by the date of making the will (not of death).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For registers see ADM 142
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Admiralty, Accountant General's Department, 1832-1932
- Navy Pay Office, 1546-1835
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 107 bundle(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in digital format only
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1757/
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Navy Board, Navy Pay Office, and Admiralty, Accountant General's Department: Seamen's Wills
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