John Skinner is a potential ancestor. I have previously put a note against him on my tree, probably from another tree I now cannot find. It says he died 3rd March 1847 in Upper Bentley, Bentley Pauncefoot, Tardebigge, Worcestershire, and that he was a farmer and left a will. I estimate he was born around 1775 I'm rubbish at finding wills, and so far I've found nothing. Where should i look?
He appears to get a mention in the index to Death Duty Registers at FindMyPast. Copies of the actual register can be obtained from the National Archives - at a price - and are sometimes useful for finding the whereabouts of beneficiaries. TNA has a guide for getting from the information in the index to the number needed to order the record - it's slightly tricky.
In the Death Duty register it states that the executor was John Skinner of Solihull, Warks. and the will was proved at Worcester
