In the event of there being a sufficient demand for these abstracts, I may at a later date issue a volume of wills to be found at other Registries, such as Gloucester, Lichfield, St. Asaph, etc. Places of residence of testators, when not found in the wills themselves, have been sought for in the Probate Act books, and those so found have been entered between square brackets. I decline to be responsible for the spelling of Welsh place-names, which are left as spelt in the originals.
It should be borne in mind in using wills for genealogical purposes that cousin often means nephew or niece, and mother-in-law, stepmother. Also brother-in-law sometimes means half-brother, and a brother-in-law (in the modern sense) is sometimes styled brother. Servants may be relations of testators, and because a man is employed in trade, or is an ordinary seaman, it by no means follows he is not of good family. Widows and wives in Wales often kept their maiden names.
