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I think everyone who has any connection with the Angell family have heard of the 'Angell family millions', I was told the same story by my father-in-law.
I can't believe there is more than one lot of 'millions' and believe you refer to the Will that was left by John Angell who died in 1784. John lived in Stockwell, London and was buried at Crowhurst in Surrey. He owned land and property in many counties and seems to have been somewhat of an eccentric.
If you look in the London A-Z you will find Angell Town which is in the Stockwell/Brixton area. I visited the area about twenty years ago. Once was enough, it was around the time of the Brixton riots and felt rather threatening. The properties on Angell Park Gardens and Angell Road, S.W.9 had once been elegant town houses but when I saw them they were delapidated tenements. There is also a pub called the 'Angell Arms' but as I was only with my daughter we thought it was wiser to keep going.
John's Will was very complicated, he had drawn it up himself and whilst his writing was quite good, there are parts of it that are hard to read or understand. The Will is dated 21.9.1774 and the original copy is held at the P.R.O - Ref: L.PROB10/2997 1C/409.
There are also a number of 'Bills of Complaint' from various Angells who thought they had a better claim to the Estate than Benedict Browne, who seems to have taken all/some of the property, and was said to be the grandson of Frances Angell and another Benedict Browne. The various 'Bills of Complaint' allege that Benedict who claimed the money was not in fact the grandson of Frances Angell and it talks of an erasure and alteration being made in the church records of St. Mary's, Calne. There is talk of a missing document. I believe this is the page from the church records which I understand was eventually removed from the register.
The Browne family changed their name to Angell and applied to the College of Heralds for permission to use the Angell coat of arms.
Hope this of some help.
Beryl
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