This information is courtesy of Karen Turner. Thanks, Karen!
Names in bold are Val’s family members.
Willans wills and admons extracted from the Calendars of Probate (Yorkshire)
Year of probate; Name; Address; Date of death; Probate granted to; Value (Pounds Sterling).
1859; Peter Willans; Formerly of Leeds, late Harrogate; 9/7/1859; John Willans and Peter Russell Willans; £1500.
1859; Elizabeth Oldfield Willans; Carlinghow; 30/6/1859; Husband William King Willans; £450.
1861; William Willans; Hammersmith; 14/6/1858; William Henry McCreight; £100.
1862; Hannah Jane Willans; Greenwich; 16/3/1862; Valentine Willans; originally of Leeds; £300.
1863; Margery Willans; Spinster of Harrogate; 19/4/1863; Brother, John Willans; £300.
1863; Peter Russell Willans; Dissenting Minister of Seaton Carew; Widow, Susan Willans; £800.
1863; Valentine Willans; Southwark, Engineer; 15/1/1863; £600.
1863; William Willans; At Harrogate; 4/9/1863; John Wrigley Willans, William Henry Willans and Elizabeth Willans, widow; £90,000.
1864; Obadiah Willans; originally of Leeds Kensington; 4/1/1863; Henry Rawson, Wool merchant; £200.
1864; Robert Willans, Innkeeper; Hunslet; 2/10/1864; Richard Dobson and John Holmes; £5000.
1867; Hannah Willans; Batley; 13/1/1861; Husband, William King Willans.
1869; Frederick Augustus Willans, land surveyor; 5/2/1869; Widow, Mary Ann Willans; £100.
1869; John Willans, Esq; In France, formerly of Leeds; 18/1/1869; Hannah Aldridge, daughter; £14,000.
1860; Joseph Willans, shopkeeper; Almondbury; 12/5/1860; Lydia Willans, widow; £200.
William Stead Willans; Hipperholme; 3/4/1870; A creditor £600.
Eliza Willans; Hammersmith; 19/12/1870; Montague T. Burgoyne; £4,000.
George Willans; Tonbridge Street, Leeds; 11/1/1871; Pearson Atkinson; £450.
John Willans; Upper Tooting; 12/5/1872; William Willans and John Willans; £3000.
John Willans; Upper Tooting; 25/10/1872; Dinah Willans, widow; £300.
Benjamin Willans; Holbeck, Leeds; 4/12/1875; William Willans and Jemima Willans, widow; £200.
John Willans; New Mills; 8/1/1875; Mary Lawton, daughter; £300.
William King Willans; Carlinghow; 19/11/1874; James Willans £50.
George Willans; Burmantofts, Leeds; 24/9/1875; J & G Pennington; £50.
Betty Willans; Cardiff; 8/6/1871; William Willans; £300.
Frederick Willans; 8 Willow Road, Leeds; 19/12/1878; Jane Elizabeth Willans, daughter; £50.
Thomas Willans; Leeds; 17/7/1879; Martha Pinfield Willans, widow; £200.
John Willans; Kent; 14/2/1880; James Willans, brother; £2,000.
John Willans; Lancs; Mary Ann Willans, widow; £200.
John Willans; Wigan; 7/8/1882; Elizabeth Willans, widow; £71.
James Willans; Batley; 3/6/1883; M Oldroyd and J O Lee, grandson; £1998.
Elizabeth Willans; Huddersfield; 4/4/1884; John Wrigley Willans and James Edward Willans, sons; £1509.
Sarah Willans; Huddersfield; 23/6/1884; John Brooke Greenwood, nephew; £186.
Isabella Willans; Darlington; 17/5/1892; William James Watson; £56.
Martha Pinfield Willans; Leeds; 9/3/1892; William Willans, methodist minister; £96.
Peter William Willans; Pirbright; 23/5/1893; Edith E. Willans, widow; £14,882.
Eliza Willans; Paddington; 21/1/1894; William Henry Willans, Physician; £231.
Elizabeth Willans, wife of Obadiah Willans; Leeds; 29/4/1872; John R. Willans; £245.
William Blackburn Willans; Leeds; 18/11/1893; Mary Willans, widow, Herbert Broadbent Willans, Arthur Joshua Willans, Frederick William Blackburn Willans; £1,746.
John William Willans; Montgomeryshire; 7/3/1895; Mary L. Willans; £23,878.
St. John Willans; Paddington; 6/10/1894; H. Michell; £500.
Mary Willans; Batley; 14/12/1885; William Willans; £769.
Martha Willans; Batley; 4/1/1896; William Willans; £1,060.
Thomas Church Willans; Middlesex; 28/10/1896; Henry Richard Willans, licensed victualler; £4,022.
William Henry Willans; France; 17/3/1896; Catherine Ann Willans; £2,059.
Lavinia Willans; Middlesex; 12/3/1897; Frederick Dixon; £56.
James Willans; Dewsbury; 27/3/1898; Mary Firth Willans and J. Dixon; £12,785.
Joseph Willans; Stockport; 18/6/1878; Mary Willans and Henry Willans; £416.
Mary Willans; Glamorgan; 25/11/1897; S. E. Engelburtt; £212.
Joseph Willans; Leeds; 10/8/1899; Ellen Willans, widow; £485.
1900; Kathleen Willans, spinster; Rose Hill, Huddersfield; 17/6/1898; James Edward Willans, esq., and Gerald Cozens-Hardy Willans, wool merchant and Sydney Cozens-Hardy, gentleman; £4,577.
Jacob Geoghan Willans; Middlesex; 17/11/1884; William Henry Willans, son; Sheffield; £292.
James Willans; Batley; 5/1/1885; William Mellor and John Fothergill; £19,032.
Samuel Willans, surgeon; Sunderland; 14/11/1885; J. C. Fowls; £943.
Benjamin Willans; Batley; 24/2/1886; James Willans; £246.
Martin Willans; West Ardsley; 29/4/1887; Mary Willans, daughter; £1,129. Mary Willans; West Ardsley; 20/8/1887; John Willans, brother; £1,333.
Thomas Joseph Willans; India; 4/7/1886; William Henry Willans, brother, Sheffield; £2,339.
George Willans; Huddersifield; 26/7/1888; J. Crabtree, £250.
John Willans; West Ardsley; 13/5/1888; Emily Willans, widow, £236.
Ada Willans; Canada; 8/2/1887; John Willans, father; £47.
Ann Willans; Birstall; 29/1/1890; Joseph Willans, husband, £1,000.
Sarah Maria Willans; Dublin; 13/5/1891; Elizabeth Morgan, cousin; £1,787.
1903; Edwin Willans (No further details noted).
1903; Mary Firth Willans (No further details noted).
1903; Sarah Willans (No further details noted).
1903; Thomas Benjamin Willans (No further details noted).
1903; William Willans (No further details noted).
1905; Eliza Willans; Northgate, Almondbury, Huddersfield; 31/1/1892.
1907; Joseph Simpson Willans, farmer; Carlinghow, Batley; 1/10/1907; John Willans, farmer and Frances Mary Walker; £2,117.
1913; Helen Margery Willans; Halifax; 15/3/1913; John Russell Willans, wool manufacturer; £3,706.
1919; Guy Russell Willans; John Russell Willans; £210
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