National Probate Registers 1858-1953

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Until 1858 probate (the proving of wills) was carried out by the church authorities in numerous courts across England and Wales.  In 1858 the process was nationalised and all wills after that date were proved in the Family and Probate Division of the High Court.  If someone died without making a will (intestate) and their goods and property were valued above a certain amount, the next of kin were obliged to apply for Letters of Administration in order to dispose of the estate.

The index below is taken from the National Probate Registers which generally include: date and place of death, status and residence, date and place of probate or administration, names of Executors and value of the estate.  In many cases I have actually seen the will and abstracted information from it, so please email me if you find something of interest here.  There are obviously further records after 1953 but I have only completed the research until that date.

Abbreviations used below are: YOP - Year of Probate, YOD - Year of Death, Lic Vic - Licensed Victualler

YOP NAME SURNAME ADDRESS STATUS YOD PLACE
1863 George Foskett Harrow Wield, Mdx 1863
1863 William Foskett Harrow Wield, Mdx 1863
1866 Elizabeth Caroline Foskett Eton Terrace, Lee, Kent spinster 1866 Royal Crescent
1867 Philip Foskett East End, Finchley gardener 1867
1867 Paul Foskett Devonshire Place, Brighton esq 1867
1870 Mary Foskett Abbotts Langley, Herts 1870
1870 James Foskett Sun St, Bishops Gate, London 1870 Hoxton
1870 Charlotte Warren Foskett Brighton widow 1870
1872 Thomas Moore Foskett AdelaideSq, Windsor Rev 1872
1873 George Foskett The Hare, Gt Stanmore Lic Vic 1873
1873 Maria Martin Gowan Foskett Much Wenlock, Salop widow 1873
1874 John Foskett Harrow Wield 1874
1875 Joseph Foskett Rose Hill, Abbots Langley 1875
1877 Mary Foskett 49, Hoxton Road, Hoxton, Mdx wife of Jos. 1865
1877 Elizabeth Foskett Spread Eagle St, Limehouse wife of Samuel 1863
1877 Samuel Foskett 3, Love Lane Shadwell dock lab, wid 1877
1877 Joseph Foskett Godalming, Surrey 1868
1878 George Foskett 42 St John's St, Clerkenwell meat salesman 1878
1878 James Foskett 93 Essex Rd, Islington leatherseller 1878
1878 James John Foskett 93 Essex Rd, Islington bachelor 1877
1878 William Foskett 3 Barnsbury Terr, Liverpool Rd, Mdx 1878
1880 Susan Foskett 9 Lawfrance Road, Bethnal Green widow 1880
1881 Sophia Ann Foskett Ashley House, Bickley 1881
1881 Charlotte Milford Foskett 19 Royal Crescent, Bath spinster 1881
1883 George Foskett East End, Finchley gardener 1883
1883 Margaret Foskett 93 Essex Rd, Islington 1883
1883 Mary Ann Foskett Rushden, Nhants widow 1883
1884 William Foskett 5 Vane Cottage, East End, Finchley 1884
1884 Ann Maria Foskett Harrow, Mdx spinster 1884
1886 Eliza Ellen Foskett 31 Gt Sutton St, Clerkenwell 1886
1886 Henry Foskett 31 Gt Sutton St, Clerkenwell 1886
1886 Thomas Benjamin Foskett Hare, Harrow Wield 1885
1887 William Foskett Astley Rd, Hemel Hempstead 1887
1888 Caroline Foskett Rhyl, Flint widow 1888
1889 William Foskett Rushden, Nhants 1889
1891 William Benjamin Foskett 33 Camden Grove, Camberwell gent & wid 1891
1891 Maria Foskett 42 Devonshire Place, Brighton 1891
1894 Charles Foskett 49 Brewer St, Woolwich upholstere 1894
1894 Frederick Foskett 10 Kalmore Grove, E.Dulwich,Surrey hat manu 1894
1895 Louis Robert Foskett Tring 1895
1895 Henry Foskett 44 Brecknock Rd, Holloway silver chaser 1895
1899 Maria Foskett Northchurch 1899
1899 George Foskett Laburnham Cott, Harrow Wield 1899
1899 Catherine Ann Foskett 31 Lady Somerset Rd, Highgate 1899
1900 Emma Foskett 7 Ravensland, Berkhampstead 1900
1900 Sarah Ann Foskett 100 Arngask Rd, Catford, Kent spinster 1900
1900 James Foskett 1 Bellevue Terr, Up. Clapton, Mdx 1900
1900 Annie Foskett 27 St Pauls Rd Kensington 1893
1900 Henry Forscutt Foskett Little Addington, Nhants 1900
1901 Mary Foskett The Hare, Harrow Weald 1901
1901 Edward Foskett 38 St Marys Rd, Peckham 1901
1902 George Foskett 15 Meredith St, Plaistow, Essex 1901
1902 Louisa Foskett 36 Townsend St, Herford 1902
1903 Robert Foskett 33 Forest Drive, E.Leytonstone 1903
1904 Sarah Eliz.Foscutt Foskett Red Lion, Kilsby, Nhants 1903
1905 Charles James Foskett 19 Windmill Lane, Bushey 1905
1908 Henry Foskett Hambury House, Forest Hill, Kent 1908 Middlesex
1910 Richard Thomas Foskett 60 Lawrence Hill, Bristol beer retailer 1910
1911 Susan Elizabeth Foskett Essex Rd, Rushden, Nhants 1911
1912 Ann Elizabeth Foskett Tring, Herts 1912
1912 Samuel Martin Foskett 19 Queens Ave, Finchley 1912
1912 Herbert William Foskett 26 Adelaide Cres, Hove 1911 Burgess Hill
1913 Walter Robinson Foskett 27 Fladgate Rd, Leytonstone 1913 Marlesford,Sfk
1913 Harriet Foskett 14 Strafford Rd, Twickenham widow 1912
1913 Richard Foskett 3 Norcott Rd, Upper Clapton, Mx 1913
1914 Charles James Foskett 19 Windmill Lane, Bushey 1905 Former 1905
1914 Martha Foskett 19 Windmill Lane, Bushey widow 1914
1914 Emma Foskett Yew Villa, Parkhurst Rd,Herts widow 1914
1915 John Andrew Foskett Leighton Buzzard 1915
1915 Charles Foskett 8 Chester Cres, Newcastle T wiredrawer(ret) 1914
1916 Mary Foskett 77 Wellington St, Bedford widow 1915
1916 George Foskett 50 Seymour Gdns, Ilford,Ex 1916 Mdx
1916 Maria Foskett 22 Dover Rd, Manor Park widow 1916
1916 Mary Ann Foskett Fairholme, Honor Oak, Kent widow 1916
1916 Herbert Foskett 102 Vernon Rd, Leicester grocer 1916
1917 Harry Foskett Kimbolton, Hunts 1916
1917 Herbert Edward Foskett High St, Tring 2nd Leiut 1917 France
1917 Julia Harriet Foskett 3 Norcott Rd, Stoke Newington Widow 1916
1918 James William Foskett 18 Mill St, Berkhampstead 1918
1918 Emily Foskett Aged Pilgrims Home, Hornsey Rise 1918
1918 Mary Ann Foskett Rushden, Nhants Spinster 1918
1918 Sarah Foskett Rushden, Nhants Spinster 1917
1918 Elizabeth Foskett 8 Chester Cres, New T widow 1918
1918 Charles Foskett George St, Richmond 1918
1919 Mabel Annie Foskett 44 Hermon Hill, Snarebrook,Ex 1919
1919 Frank Edward Foskett East St, Kimbolton 1918
1919 Gaius Foskett 9 Kingcroft Rd, Cricklewood 1919
1919 Clara Florence Foskett 236 Liverpool Rd, Islington 1919
1919 Esau Foskett 35 Clapham Park Rd, Clapham 1919
1920 Henry Richard Foskett Old Kent Rd, Surrey 1920
1920 Henry Foskett Roseberry A, Eastbourne 1920
1922 Emeline Elizabeth Foskett 73 Holmewood Gdns, Streatham 1922
1922 John William Foskett Halfway House, Telford, Sy 1922 Aldershot
1922 Frederick William Foskett Bank Hse, Woking, Sry 1922
1923 John Foscutt Foskett 65 Brunswick St, Leicester painter & 1923
1923 Samuel Foskett 26 Holden Rd, North Finchley 1923
1923 George Henry Alfred Foskett 121 Huddlestone Rd, Tuffnel Pk 1923
1923 Robert John Foskett 73 Holmewood Gdns, Streatham 1923 Beckenham,Kt
1924 John Foskett 15 Shelley Ave, Manor Park, Ex 1922 Thundersley,Ex
1924 Elizabeth Mary Foskett 7 Windmill St, Bushey 1924
1924 Amy Louisa Foskett 195 Hampstead Way, Hendon spinster 1924
1924 George Foskett 73 The Avenue, Southgate, Mx 1924 Grays Inn Hosp
1925 Caroline Eliza Foskett 107 Felbridge Rd, Goodmayes,Es 1924
1925 Joseph Foskett Chellow Dene, Bournemouth 1924
1925 Eliza Foskett 11 Windmill St, Bushey widow 1925
1925 William Foskett 16 Kings St, Tring 1924
1925 Emily Sarah Foskett Stainby nr Grentham, Lincs widow 1924
1925 Agnes Sarah Foskett 135 Lichfield Gr, Finchley widow 1925
1925 Herbert Foskett 28 Wellington Sq, Hastings 1918
1926 Alice Foskett 48 Coleville Rd, Leytonstone 1926
1926 Richard Foskett Somerby House, Cromer, Nfk 1926
1927 Ellen Virtue Jane Foskett 47 Oak Rd, Luton 1927
1927 Albert Foskett High Rd, Brondesbury, Mx 1926 Poor, Hemel H.
1927 Herbert William Foskett 26 Adelaide Cres, Hove 1911 Former Gr:1912
1927 Sophia Mary Ann Foskett 26 Adelaide Cres, Hove 1923 w of Wm Jn
1927 William John Foskett 26 Adelaide Cres, Hove 1926
1927 Charles Foskett 175 Parkside Rd, Bradford 1927
1928 Henry William Foskett 48 Colville Rd, Leytonstone 1928 Cambridge
1928 Bertie Foskett 1 Holliday St, Berkhampstead 1928
1928 Andrew Christopher Foskett 2 Wyndham St, Bryanston Sq 1928 Millbank
1928 Joseph Foskett Aged Pilgrims Home, Hornsey 1927
1930 Ellen Foskett 130 Swadlincote Rd, Derby 1929
1930 William Foskett Kimbolton, Hunts 1930
1930 Matilda Foskett 116 Eastcombe Av, Charlton, K 1930
1930 Henry William Ernest Foskett Sunbridge, East Grinstead, Sx 1930
1930 John Henry Foskett Fox Hollies, Hall Gn, Birmingham 1930
1931 Rebecca Foskett Foskett Harrold, Beds spinster 1931
1931 George Foskett 128 Swadlincote Rd, Derby 1931
1931 William Foskett Kia-Ora, Albert Rd, New Milton 1931
1931 Clifford Eben. Rbt Foskett 48 Woodland Terr, Old Charlton 1931
1931 Harold Clifford Foskett 110 Charlton Lane, Charlton 1931
1932 Sarah Foskett 95 Thoday St, Cambridge Spinster 1932
1932 Florence Emily Foskett Kia Ora, Albert Rd, New Milton widow 1932 Bournemouth
1932 Alfred Foskett Yew Villa, Bengeo 1932
1932 Selina Foskett 1 Laburnham Cott, Harrow Wield 1932
1932 James Henry Foskett 81 High Lane, Burslem, Stoke T 1932 Staff Inf
1932 Walter Foskett Woodford Hill, Rugby 1932
1933 Jane Foskett 105 George St, Bedford widow 1933
1933 Mark Foskett Whitemore LOdge, Burley,Hants 1933 Boscombe
1933 Charles Foskett 3 Brentfarm Cott, Cricklewood 1933
1933 Frederick William Foskett 38 Beechwood Ave, Finchley 1932
1933 Mary Ann Foskett 406 Long Lane, East Finchley 1933 wife of Charles
1933 Eleanor Martha Foskett 92 High St, Marylebone spinster 1933
1933 Henry Foskett 37 Montague Rd, Tottenham 1933 Bayswater
1933 Mary Anne Foskett 269 Drayton Rd, Norwich spinster 1933 Poor Law Inst
1933 Charles Clarence Wm Foskett Silverne Villa, E Retford, Notts 1933
1934 Arthur Foskett 155 Ravenscroft, Beckenham 1934
1934 Albert Edward Foskett 9 Cobham Rd, Halsowen 1934
1935 Frederick Foskett 601 Gale St, Barking, Essex 1935
1935 George Foskett 195 Hampstead Way, Golders Gr. 1935
1935 Jane Ellen Foskett Holly Hill, Hampstead 1935
1935 Henry Percival Foskett 39 Chanetonbury Way, Hendon 1935
1935 William Alexander Foskett 93 Essex Rd, Islington 1935
1936 Annie Eliza Foskett Razmak, Park Rd, Watford spinster 1936
1936 Annie Foskett Lishamallard, Omagh, Tyrone married 1934
1937 Alan Foskett 5 Margaret St, Coalville, Leic 1937 Leicester
1937 Harriet Elizabeth Foskett 195 Hampstead Way, Golders Gr Spinster 1937
1937 George Edward Foskett Welford Lodge, Welford, Nhants 1937
1937 George Foskett 1 Clifton St, Hanley, Stoke T 1934
1937 Esau William Foskett 16 Culmstock Rd, West Side 1937
1937 David Foskett 2 Southdown Hse, East Dulwich 1937 Camberwell
1938 Henry Robert Foskett 39 St Peters Rd, Reading 1938
1938 Walter Henry Foskett 1 Brookgate Cott, Borstall, Kent 1937
1938 George Chales Foskett Holly Hill, Hampstead 1937
1938 Alice Mary Foskett 9 Moore Rd, Rushton,Nhanhts 1938
1938 James Foskett Whittlebury, Nhants 1938
1938 Jabez Foskett 20 Langdon Place, Swansea 1937
1938 Hannah Foskett 11 Aubrey Rd, Birmingham widow 1938
1939 Frederick Foskett 14 Grange St, Alfreton, Derby 1939
1940 Arthur Foskett 9 Killearn Rd, Catford, Kent 1940 Hinkston, Cambs
1940 Wlater Charles Foskett 72 Silver Lane, W.Wickham, Kent 1940 Beckenham
1940 John Henry Foskett 52 Beverley Dv, Edgeware 1940
1940 Jessie Foskett 42 St Albans, Hove 1940
1941 William Cornelious Foskett 44 Yoxley Dv,Ilford 1941
1941 Alice Foskett 110 Charlton Lane, Charlton 1941 Walton-on-Ths
1941 Hilda Lillian Foskett 1 Little Heath, Charlton Spinster 1941
1941 William Fountain Foskett 6 Somali Rd, W Hampstead 1941
1941 Sanuel Fred Adolphus Foskett 82 Loverton St, Kentish Town 1940
1941 Samuel Foskett 71 Neale St, Camberwell 1941 Barnet
1941 Charles George Foskett Library Hse, S Lambeth Rd 1941
1941 Arthur James Green Foskett 91 Howson Rd, SE4 1941
1942 Martha Emma Forscutt Foskett 91 Russell Rise, Luton spinster 1941
1942 Rene Olive Foskett 47 Tudor Ave, Watford spinster 1942
1942 Edward George Foskett 116 Eastcombe Ave, Charlton 1942
1942 Harry Foskett 115 Minster Rd, Sheerness 1940 Eastry,Kent
1942 George Henry Charles Foskett 17 Huddlestone Rd, Cricklewood 1942
1942 William George Foskett 113 Hosp Bridge Rd, Twickenham 1942 On war service
1942 Ellen Foskett Beaufort Arms, Bristol widow 1940
1943 Walter Foskett Beauport, Hussell Lane, Medstead 1943
1943 Ellen Louisa Foskett 1 Holiday St, Berkhampstead 1943
1943 Annie Elizabeth Foskett 6 Somali Rd, Hampstead widow 1943
1943 William Foskett 47 Chesham Rd, Kingston on T 1942
1943 Bertram Foskett 25 Garfield St, Pudsey,Leeds 1943
1944 Sarah Jane Foskett Green End Grandborough 1944
1944 Alice Emma Priscilla Foskett 27 Crossoak Rd,Berkhampstead 1944
1944 Mary Julia Foskett Ridgeway, Westerham, kent 1944 Guildford
1944 Joseph William Foskett 1 Laburnham Cott, Harrow Wield 1944
1944 John Bartholomew K Foskett Kewstoke, Weston Super Mare 1943 On war service
1944 Ann Mary Foskett Ravenscar, South Croydon 1943
1946 Frank Foskett 25 High St, Clapham,Beds 1946 Harrold
1946 Florence Elsie Foskett 62 Kings Av, Woodford Gr, Ex widow 1946
1946 Ernest Foskett 43 Highfield Rd, Berkhampstead 1944 Onwar service
1946 Fanny Louise Foskett 42 Southgate Rd, Potter Bar widow 1946 Enfield
1946 George Foskett 38 High St, Tring 1946
1946 Ian Charles Foskett Royal Oak, Sevenoaks 1944 On war service
1946 Fanny Matilda Foskett 72 Silver Lane, West Wickham widow 1946
1946 Stephen Foskett 92 Chestnut Grove, London SW12 1946
1946 Frances Edith Foskett Kingsbury Manor, Kinsbury, Mx spinster 1946 Edgeware
1946 Kate Foskett Foskett 64 Dove Rd, Shoreditch spin 1946
1946 Fanny Foskett 73 The Avenue, N Southgate widow 1946
1946 Louisa Ellen Foskett 14 Culmstock Rd, Clapham Comm widow 1946
1946 Caroline Jane Foskett 27 Poulters Lane, Worthing 1946
1947 Emily Foskett Ramblers, Burley, Ringwood widow 1947
1947 George Foskett 37 Windmill St, Bushey 1947 Watford
1947 Robert Frederick John Foskett 5 Fernbank Rd, Bristol 1946
1948 Henry Foskett 2 Oak Ave, Ickenham, Mdx 1948 Hillingdon
1948 Thomas Foskett 32 Jesmond Park W, Newcastle 1947
1948 Charles Wm Foskett 194 Pudmanstearne, Streatham 1948 Mundesley, Nfk
1949 Frederick Charles Foskett 7 Beaconsfield St, Bedford 1949
1949 Harry Foskett 118 West Hide, Luton Hoo, Beds 1947
1949 Ernest Francis Foskett 26 Coventry Rd, Ilford 1948
1949 Thomas Foskett 27 Cuth bert Rd, Walthamstow 1949 St Albans
1949 Charles Frederick Foskett Carnaby, Kimbolton, Hunts 1949
1949 Louisa Annie Foskett Carnaby, Kimbolton, Hunts spinster 1949
1949 Harriet Foskett 129 The Brent, Dartford, Kent 1948
1949 Ada Foskett 34 Tunstead Rd, Stocksteads,Lancs widow 1948
1949 Walter Stuart Percival Foskett 75 Customs Ave, Greenford, Mx 1949
1949 George Francis Charles Foskett 5 Hollyhill, Hampstead 1948
1949 Annie Foskett 21 Wardle St, Hommerton, London 1948
1949 Samuel Foskett 7 Finedon Rd, Irthlingborough, Nhants 1949
1949 Denis Foskett 135 Coast Road, Newcastle 1949
1949 George Ernest Foskett 68 Fighthill Lane, Edinburgh 1949
1949 George Foskett 22 Paradise St, Tunstall, Stoke T 1949
1949 James Foskett 65 Tunstall Rd Croydon 1949
1949 Harry Foskett 27 Poulters Lane, Worthing 1949
1949 John Henry Foskett 101 Nansen Rd, Alum Rock, Birmingham 1949
1950 George William Foskett Channel View, Helston Cornwall 1950
1950 George Henry Foskett 49 Denbigh Rd, East Ham 1950
1950 Matilda Elizabeth Foskett Brook Farm, Daws Heath, Thundersley spinster 1949
1950 Joseph Foskett Chellowdene, Bournemouth 1924 Former gr 1925
1950 Ernest George Foskett 1 Elmgrove, Berkhampstead 1949
1950 Elizabeth Catherine Foskett 69 Eardley Cres, Earls Court, London spinster 1949
1950 Alice Louise Foskett 10 North Drive, London Rd, Hounslow widow 1950
1950 Eliza Foskett 21 Windermere Ave, Muswell Hill,Mx spinster 1950
1950 Walter Foskett Karamea in NZ 1947 Corlyvale NZ
1951 William Foskett 26 Grosvenor St, Bedford 1951
1951 Samuel Foskett Lime Villa, Summer Grove, Elstree 1951
1951 Gladys Lydia Foskett 13 Lower Park Rd, Belvedere, Kent spinster 1951 Lambeth
1951 Elizabeth Foskett St James Hospital, Graves End spinster 1951
1951 Alexander William Foskett 9 Brackenbury Rd, East Finchley 1950 Derby
1951 Lilian Eliza Foskett Annandale, Wolstanton, Staffs widow 1950
1951 Albert Stephen Foskett 48 Stenhouse St, Clapham 1951
1951 REginald Charles Foskett 14 Palmeira Ct, Hove 1951
1952 Arthur Henry Foskett 13 Green End, Grandborough 1952
1952 Arthur John Foskett 3 Lulworth Gdns, Hamworthy, Poole 1952
1952 Elizabeth Hannah Foskett Northview, Almada Ave,Laindon,Ex 1952
1952 Florence Jane Foskett 73 School Lane, Bushey widow 1949
1952 Edgar Richard Foskett 42 Soutgate Rd, Potters Bar 1950
1952 Mary Gibbs Foskett 47 Western Rd, Tring widow 1952
1952 Thomas William Foskett 21 Wardle St, Homerton, London 1952
1952 Leonard Herbert Foskett 37 Tisbury Rd, Hove 1951
1952 Elizabeth Foskett 1 Hinchcliffe St, Bradford widow 1952 Morecambe
1953 Walter Henry Foskett 1 The Bank, Theddingworth, Leics 1953 Husbands Bosworth
1953 Eliza Foskett 36 North Bar, Banbury, Oxford spinster 1953
1953 Herbert Foskett 40 Windsor St, Hanley, Stoke T 1953
1953 Henry Daniel Foskett 14 Birbetts Rd, Eltham 1953
1953 Susan Katherine Foskett 7 George St, Edgebaston, Birmingham spinster 1953
1953 Edwin Ernest Foskett 12 Emmanuel Rd, Sutton Coldfield 1952

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