I am trying to find a copy of the will of a man who I believe might be the father of my great-great-grandfather. I'm hoping the will might mention him. I have baptism records from 1854 that show my GGG's mother as a spinster. She stayed in the village all her life, never married, and its always been well known in my family so no apparent shame. Family legend was that a cottage was provided for the mother in the village.
Sadly the father later killed himself and in the newspaper report of the inquest a servant says that he had two sons and a daughter, when he only had one legitimate son (I have had a good search to confirm this). So maybe the second son is my GGG? I need to see that will as I can't think of any other way to get more clues but I can only find the index listing on ancestry (proved 6th Jan 1872), not the full will. I've tried searching National Archives but no luck there. Any ideas?