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Kay Collins:
Probate & Index Explantion For the new index the existing Will indices at the Northamptonshire Record Office have been used as the basis for typing into the database. The transcriber's typed lists have been checked against the original Wills adding occupations and using the SURNAME as spelt in the Will. To modernise the names may mislead. Wills Administrations and Inventories NAMES were spelt as they sounded and may be under a different letter e,g, Pheasant could be under Fezant, Cox may be Cocks or Koks. As today, it is often difficult to decide if a letter is an "l" or "tl", double "b" especially if a "y" follows it and "ll" or "tt" is not always clear and could be "It" or "tl", double "ee" or "oo" in modern names is often a single letter, and "i" and "y" are interchanged within the same will. Some PLACE names have been altered or added, some may be the name of a hamlet or even a farm, and these are in the "notes" column. Place names have been modernised e.g. Wold is Old and Thingdon is Finedon. Sometimes just part of the place name is given e.g. Ashby or Barton. This may mean Castle Ashby, Canons Ashby, Mears Ashby, Ashby St. Ledgers, earls Barton or Barton Seagrave. There are Pilton & Braunston in both Northants and Rutland.
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