Death Duty Index

Death Duty Registers – details of Adamthwaites found on Find My Past index

The Archive of 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 original indexes are held by The National Archives, London, England, under the series title IR27 and are made available on Find My Past under licence.

The information in the Death Duty Register gives different information to a will or administration and contains information not found elsewhere. The registers were created by the office responsible for collecting taxes on personal estates. Details of what the estate was actually worth after debts and expenses and what the beneficiaries received can be recorded. In addition to the last address and occupation of the deceased, they can give the date of the will, the names, addresses and occupations of the executors, and details of estates, legacies, and trustees. They may also give the date of death and information about beneficiaries and family relationships. The registers could be annotated for many years after the first entry and therefore, can include information such as dates of death of spouse; dates of death or marriage of beneficiaries and grandchildren and further residential addresses.

Secondly, this online index forms a national index to all wills and administrations which attracted death duties between the dates of 1796 to 1903. If you are looking for an English or Welsh will or administrations between these dates, the index can be used as a short cut to finding in which of the many probate courts the will was proven or letters of administration granted. With this information you may be able to obtain a copy of the will or administration. Not every will or administration is covered but, after 1815, most should be traceable through this online index.

The index below gives details of all the entries for Death Duty records that I could locate for Adamthwaites, including some where we have not to date found the Will/Administration. From the column 'Notes/references' you can see where the Will should be held. Hopefully we will now be able to track down some more wills. NB: a note has been added to the Deaths spreadsheets to indicate where we hold a will or death duty reference.


Year	Testator/Intestate	Executor/Administrator	W/A	Notes/ references	Location at National Archives IR 26	Notes – from the records viewed to date
Year	Testator/Intestate	Executor/Administrator	W/A	Notes/ references	Location at National Archives IR 26	Death Duty records up to 1858 are held on microfilm at the NA – to view records after this date you need to access the original ledgers, also held at the NA
1798	Thomas Adamthwaite of Hallbank WILL HELD		W	585
1812	Jos Adamthwaite - this is Rev Joseph	Ann Adamthwaite of Cotherstone	W	PCC and county 1, 86		search for this will
1816	Adamsthwaite - this is Thomas	Lucy Adamsthwaite of Dalston, Hackney	A	Cant	IR26/204 f 386	Prov 19 jun 1816, 2 let 14 nov 17 £1500 Adamthwaite Thomas of Birchin Lane, London. AdminX Lucy Adamthwaite of Dalston Hackney Kings W (relict) 19 oct 19 descr of property vide P C 2 1824 decr
1817	Adamthwaite - this is Lucy	Wm V Adamthwaite snr of Dalston Hackney	A	Cant	IR26/205? f 262	Proved 9 jun 1817, £3000, Adamthwaite Lucy, formerly wife of Thomas Adamthwaite late of Dalston in the parish of St John Hackney Middx, Widow. Admin to Wm Vipond Adamthwaite and John Allen Adamthwaite of same place, gents
1818	John Adamthwaite - this is schoolmaster John	Margaret Adamthwaite of Bowes	W	PCC and county 3, 671		search for this will
1819	Ann Adamthwaite - must be Ann Hoggard	Ann Glick Eliot? Of Beverley	W	York 1, 246		search for this will
1819	Rev John Adamthwaite WILL HELD	Jane Turner of Wellington Salop	W	PCC 3, 640	IR26/771 f 640	Admin 17 jul 1853 PC York – Rev John Adamthwaite of Baddesley Ensor, Warwks, Clerk. Died 23 feb 1819 £200. Admin to William Vipond Adamthwaite of 4 Polygon, Euston Squ, Middx, nephew. Descry of property – property also in Canterbury. Discharged vide … 1819 640 2915/55
1824	Thomas Adamthwaite -	Wm Vipond A of Dalston	A	PCC 2, 448	IR26/220 f 448	This is a further grant of administration after the original grant dated July 1816 concerning matters left un .. (illegible) by the Relict. Execs Wm Vipond Adamthwaite and John Allen Adamthwaite of Dalston, sons, plus Joseph Wright and Christopher Watson of the Bank of England
1836	Wm Adamthwaite of Swindale - WILL HELD	W Rowlandson of Drybarrow	W	Carlisle 4, 994
1837	Margt Adamthwaite of Richmond	W Adamthwaite of Bowes (surgeon)	W	PCC 3, 729		search for this will
1839	John Adamthwaite of Winton - Rev John	Wm Adamthwaite of West Stockwith	W	Carlisle 3, 639		search for this will
1844	John Adamthwaite of Islington … must be Lupton Adamthwaite	John Adamthwaite of Islington …	W	Chester 1, 72		search for this will
1848	Wm Adamthwaite of Liverpool - believe he is the son of John and Agnes Laycock but he was born in 1784 so would have been a bit older than 55 as stated on his death cert. He did have a sister Mary who married Benjamin Brocklebank in 1811 in Lancaster.	Thomas ? of same place	W	Chester 1, 411	IR26/1794 f411	William Adamthwaite of Liverpool, gent, died 8 apr 1848, date of will 1 aug 1846. Exec Thomas Felton of 43 Park Lane Liverpool, with power to William Ilingsworth victualler. Proved Chester 19 apr 1848, £450. Bequests to John Brocklebank and Sarah Brocklebank, both desc of sister. And Mary Brocklebank, sister. Duty paid at 3% on 24 jun 1848 - search for this will
1849	Rev Wm Adamthwaite of West Stockwith - WILL HELD	Robert Capes of Gainsborough	W	PCC 3, 643	IR26/1827 f643	Rev William Adamthwaite of West Stockwith Notts, clerk, died 8 may 1849, date of will 25 apr 1849. Exec Robert Capes of Gainsborough gent, with Richard C R Stubbs and Simon Grisdale. Proved Canterbury 29 aug 1849. note of correspondence 24 jun 1850 no 837. amount £1500 (then note dated 24 jul 1850 £2,000). Legacy of £200 to Ema Raynes, child, for life and residence to Edwin Adamthwaite, child.
1850	Wm Adamthwaite - must be William son of Wm and Hannah Whitesmith, but he had died in 1844, so this Administration must have taken some time to be sorted out?	Eleanor Adamthwaite of Hoxton	A	Canterbury 2, 477	IR26/272 f 477	William Adamthwaite of Brixton Surrey Private Tutor, died 1 sep 1844. Admin Eleanor Adamthwaite of 3 Royal Oak Place Pitfield St, Hoxton Middx, relict (see letter – but no ref to this) William Bell of Bore church Yard London gent and Richard Bell of same place, gent. Under £50, proved Canterbury 18 dec 1850.
1850	John Allen Adamthwaite - WILL HELD	Robt Gibson	W	PCC	IR26/1859 f710	Proved 16 oct 1850, John Allen Adamthwaite of Peckham Rye, Surrey, gent. Died 24 aug 1850, date of will 23 aug 1850. Executors Robt Gibson of Sandhurst Lodge Berks, esq and Alexander Ridgway of 28 Royal Exchange. Proved P Cant 17 sep 1850 innings £450 … lots of illegible notes … return to view original and photograph it
1851	John Adamthwaite of Brough - WILL HELD	John Adamthwaite	W	Carlisle 1, 184
1851	Wm Adamthwaite of Stanhope- must be Wm the surgeon	Jonathan Rodd (?) of same place	W	York 3, 625		search for this will
1853	Rev John Adamthwaite - This can only be the Rev John who died way back in 1819, so that court case went on for a very long time	Wm V Adamthwaite of 4 Polygon Sq	A	York 137	IR26/525 f 137	Will of the Rev John Adamthwaite of Baddesley Ensor Warwks DD Bachelor. Date of will 24 mar 1813. Executors Admon with Will annexed Jane Turner (sister) wife of Rev Jno Turner of … and John taylor of Dawley Green, Salop, gent and William Taylor of same place, gent. Lots of illegible notes on sheet still to be transcribed.
1854	Thomas B Adamthwaite	John A Adamthwaite of Camberwell	A	Canterbury 46	IR26/279 f46	Admin of Thomas Bryan Adamthwaite of Grosvenor Park Camberwell Surrey a bachelor, died 1 oct 1851. Admin granted 10 feb 1854 to John Allen Adamthwaite of no 1 Grosvenor Park Camberwell,gent, brother. Charles Lodge of The Terrace, Camberwell aforesaid, doctor of medicing and James Isaac of Gerrard St, Soho, Middx, merchant. Intestate entitled under the will of his father John Allen Adamthwaite AB – 3 – 1850 - 710 1S * correspondence 6900/569 7922/5b 9989/ 5b
1859	James Adamthwaite - ADMINISTRATION HELD	John A Adamthwaite of Dalston	A	PR 4, 1107	IR26/3300 f1107	Late of 40 Leicester Squ middx, Notary’s Clerk, a bachelor. Exec John Allen Adamthwaite railway clerk of … see images
1870	John Adamthwaite of Checkley - WILL HELD	Wm S Allan of Cheadle	W	PR 2, 571 OF08/2610	IR26/2627 f571-575	Died 7 May 1870, date of Will 3 dec 1869. Executors Wm Shepherd Allen of Woodhead Hall, Cheadle, esq and Wm Bromfield of Barlaston Hall Cheadle Esq. Proved 20 may 1870 - £90,000 sworn. This is a very lengthy entry – contact administrator for copies of images of the entries in the ledger
1872	Wm V Adamthwaite of Hampstead Rd - WILL HELD	Mary Keatley of Hyde Park	W	PR 2, 419	IR26/2719 f419	Died 25 mar 1872, date of will 13 sep 1871. Sole Exec Mary Keatley of 7 Oxford Terrace Hyde Park (wife of John Reeves Keatley). Proved 27 apr 1872 £450. plus further correspondence noted in 72, 73 and 75. final value of annuities and bequests £283.13.6 – duty paid £28.7.4 on 17 sep 1875
1875	Edward Adamthwaite of Streatham -summary from Probate Index held	Mary Alvinder	W	PR 954
1881	Maria Jane Adamthwaite of Kensington - summary from Probate Index held	Wm C N Shore of same place	W	PR 541
1884	George Adamthwaite of Mirfield - summary from Probate Index held	Elizth Adamthwaite	A	PR 8463
1885	William Adamthwaite of Soulby - summary from Probate Index held	George Adamthwaite (aff 4655)	W	Carlisle W 1272
1887	Thomas Adamthwaite of Westhoughton (d. 11 sep 87)	M A Adamthwaite	A	PR 5 feb 3511
1889	Charles Adamthwaite of Melmerby (d. 6 jul 89) - summary from Probate Index held	W Adamthwaite	A	Carlisle 9193 A
1889	Sarah Adamthwaite of Stainmore (d. 4 dec 89) - summary from Probate Index held	Sarah Davis	W	Carlisle 13192
1897	William Lupton Adamthwaite (d. 30 may 97) - summary from Probate Index held	B R Adamthwaite (aff 3416)	W	Gloster 1987