Re: Primogeniture and entailments
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Primogeniture and entailments
Winnie Webb 6/04/11
Read the Statute of Wills, enacted in 1540 during the reign of King Henry VIII.Primogeniture was the rule of intestacy -- when there was NO will.True, there were some limits to what a will could do, just as there are today (you can't disinherit a spouse completely, at least without his or her consent).
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Re: Primogeniture and entailments
Winnie Webb 6/05/11