Index to Death Duty Registers 1796-1903



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  • Title Index to Death Duty Registers 1796-1903 
    Short Title Index to Death Duty Registers 1796-1903 
    Author The National Archives, London, England, under the series title IR27 
    Publisher Discover your English and Welsh ancestors who left estates that incurred an inheritance tax.
    What can these records tell me?
    The Indexes to Death Duty Registers contains digitised images of the original indexes created by the Estate Duty Office (later to become the Inland Revenue) of all wills and administrations attracting Death Duties from all the Probate Courts in England and Wales.
    The amount of information listed varies, but the Index to Death Duty Registers 1796-1903 records usually include a combination of the following information about your ancestor:
    Biographical information
    Name of testator
    Address of testator
    Date of Death
    Name of administrator
    Address of administrator
    Learn more about the Index to Death Duty Registers
    These records contain the names of 3,377,363 individuals whose wills incurred an inheritance task.

    Inheritance tax was first introduced in 1796 and by 1857 was applied to any estate with a value of over £20.

    The original indexes are held by The National Archives, London, England, under the series title IR27 and are made available here under license. 
    Source ID S391 
    Linked to (7) Marfleet, Frederick
    Maw, Major Abdy
    Maw, Edmund
    Maw, Gervas
    Maw, Matthew
    Maw, Matthew
    Maw, Samuel