On 6 July 1738 Elinor Morris was granted probate of the Will of David Gambold.
The Will, which is many pages long, provided that she was the executrix until William Gambold reached 18. At that stage he was about 12 years old.
In 1778 a note was added to the margin of the will turning over control to William. Given that this was 40 years after the original probate can anyone shed any light as why this would happen?
Just to add a little more spice to the mix Eleanor Morris was sued by another beneficiary in 1740 who alleged all sorts of impropriety and wrong doing, but I don't know what the outcome was.
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14-03-2016, 3:52 PM #1
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Probate query
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14-03-2016, 3:59 PM #2
When did Elinor die?
I've seen a case in Scotland where they had to play paperwork catch-up of quite old affairs in order to process a widow's probate.. Speculating, if she just handed over everything when William hit 18, without recourse to lawyers, they might have a bit of legal sorting out to do.
As I said, just speculation.
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14-03-2016, 4:10 PM #3
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Unfortunately I have no idea when she died. She was David's servant and mistress, and William was her son.
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14-03-2016, 4:13 PM #4KiltpinGuest
Wasn't the age of majority 25 at that time?
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Quite possible particularly if the allegations in the Chancery case in 1740 were true.
It may be that she died about that time, and he was just straightening everything up. It seems that there would not a clear cut reason for him to do so. At the end of 1778 he wrote his own Will.
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