1909 English Probate & Last Will Engrossment

Staffordshire – High Court of Justice

A complete probate engrossment issued by the Principal Probate Registry of His Majesty’s High Court of Justice, concerning the estate of Joseph Tideswell Jackson Hughes of Pasture Fields, Hixon, Staffordshire, who died 1 March 1909.

The packet includes:

• Full printed probate wrapper

• Engrossed and witnessed Last Will and Testament

• Official probate certification dated 6 May 1909

• Red embossed wax seal of the Principal Probate Registry

• Inland Revenue affidavit certification

• Estate duty notations

• Period banking and registration stamps

The estate valuation is recorded at £7,634–19–0 — indicating a substantial Edwardian rural estate holding including farmland and property interests.

The will appoints executors and trustees, including family members, and references Windycroft Farm in the parish of Caverswall, Staffordshire, along with commercial properties in Longton.

An excellent example of early 20th-century English probate documentation, combining manuscript legal drafting with official registry printing and embossed seal.

• Folded as issued

• Age toning and edge wear

• Minor creasing and light surface handling marks

• Wax seal intact and strong

• Original wrapper present