Estate Duty Registers

Starting in 1897, the government levied taxes on estates over a specific value. Starting in 1796, a tax or death duty was levied by the government on estates over a certain value. These estate duty or death duty records may add considerable information not found elsewhere. Information found in them includes the following.


 * Name and address of the deceased
 * Date of death
 * Place and date of probate
 * Names, addresses and occupations of the executors
 * Details of estates and related matters
 * Amount of the duty paid

They also included information about the people who received bequests (beneficiaries), or who were the next-of-kin, such as exact relationship to the deceased.

To learn more about these records, read The National Archives (England) online leaflets.


 * How to Interpret Death Duty Registers
 * Death Duty Records, From 1796