You can follow the link on my 'Family History Web Sites' and click on the PRO wills on line site
and check for any wills that your ancestors may have left,
all wills are NOT YET on-line and you would need to visit London or York to search the full range
of Wills for the Will you want. First a few words of explanation of the workings of the English probate system:   

The Borthwick Institute of Historical Research

St Anthony's Hall, Peasholme Green, York. YO1 7PW.

Telephone (01904) 642315
The Borthwick Institute of Historical Research is situated in the medieval guild hall of St Anthony the Hermit
near the centre of York. It takes its name from William Borthwick of Bridlington, under whose will it was endowed.
It was opened in 1953 and ten years later became part of the newly-established University of York
as a research institute specialising in the study of ecclesiastical history,
in particular that of the Province of York. It acts as the diocesan record office for Yorkshire
and is a recognised place of deposit for public records.
 

Wills Before January 1858 a complicated network of probate courts existed to deal with the distribution
of property following a person's death. The majority of business took place in the courts of bishops,
with each bishop enjoying probate jurisdiction within most of his own diocese.
The right to grant probate could, however, be attached to peculiar jurisdictions, or to manorial courts,
presided over by ecclesiastical or lay lords. These jurisdictions sometimes covered only one village,
but could cover wider areas.
There were in addition two higher levels of jurisdiction above each diocesan bishop.
When a testator had goods in more than one diocese of the Northern Province (diocese of Chester, Carlisle, Durham and York),
or in more than one jurisdiction within the Northern Province (eg. goods in both a peculiar of Dean and Chapter
and in the jurisdiction of the archbishop) the Prerogative Court of York had the right to grant probate.
If the testator had goods within both the northern and southern province then the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
had the right to grant probate.
For records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury contact the Family Record Centre
This system was dismantled in 1858, when civil probate registries were established.
Probate records after January 1858 for England and Wales can be seen at the

Probate Search Room,

First Ave House, 42-49 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6NP,

Telephone: (010) 7947 6000.
Copies of probate records can also be ordered from

Probate Searches and Copies Department,

York Probate Sub-Registry, Duncombe Place, York, YO1 7EA.

Copies of the indexes are available at the Public Record Office,
and the Family Record Centre and most County Record Offices have some.

If you are unable, or unwilling to do the searches yourself, then try one of the researches
advertised in ‘Family Tree Magazine’.

In the past I have used, and been satisfied with a good researcher called
Peter J Armstrong of 27, Petergate, Battersea, London SW11 2UE England.
Telephone 020 8870 2522. His charges are: PCC Wills, 3 year search and copy £4.00.
Wills 1858 to present date, 3 year search and copy £7.50. Check his web site at www.peterjarmstrong.co.uk

The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, SY23 3BU, www.llgc.org.uk/

 holds volumes of copy wills from 1858-1940.

Scottish wills are held by the National Archive of Scotland www.nas.gov.uk

The following list of UK Gosling Wills are available, on-line, from the Public Record Office at £3.00 each,
you will need a credit card to acquire them immediately, and you can order up to five at a time.
Most of the wills I have received have been between two and eight pages long,
and it’s best to have your printer ready to print them or save them to disk as they are
only available to you for a twenty four hour period on-line. You will note that the will index has a PRO number,
a date of Probate, an address and sometimes an occupation or relationship is also given.

PROB 11/2136 21 July 1851 Rosamond Gosling, Widow of Kidlington Oxfordshire
PROB 11/2137 14 August 1851 Susannah Gosling, Widow of No 41\2 Park Street Borough Market Surrey
PROB 11/2156 03 July 1852 John Gosling, Victualler of Eyre Arms Tavern Saint Johns Wood Middlesex
PROB 11/2156 21 July 1852 Reverend Edward Gosling, Clerk, Rector of Hoddesdon near Hertford Hertfordshire
PROB 11/2227 14 February 1856 Joseph Gosling, Chemist of Liverpool Lancashire
PROB 11/2227 14 February 1856 Matthew Gosling, Surgeon of Liverpool, Lancashire
PROB 11/2232 03 May 1856 John Boyal Gosling, Baker of Bethnal Green, Middlesex
PROB 11/2236 04 July 1856 George Gosling, Gentleman of Pentonville, Middlesex
PROB 11/2236 10 July 1856 George Gosling, Corndealer and Coal Merchant of Reading, Berkshire
PROB 11/2109 16 March 1850 John Brown, Porter of Messieurs Goslings and Sharpe Bankers of Fleet Street in the City
PROB 11/2240 16 October 1856 Francis Gosling, Banker of Fleet Street, City of London
PROB 11/2260 19 November 1857 Mary Gosling, Widow of Sonning, Berkshire
PROB 11/2165 11 January 1853 Charlotte Gosling, Widow of Cockfield, Suffolk
PROB 11/2208 30 March 1855 Anna Gosling, Spinster of City of Bath, Somerset
PROB 11/2214 23 June 1855 Bennett Gosling, Banker of Fleet Street, City of London
PROB 11/2218 29 August 1855 John Gosling Halsey, Gentleman of Tufnell Park Villa Upper Holloway, Middlesex
PROB 11/1927 08 May 1840 William Gosling, Tailor of Newbury, Berkshire
PROB 11/1947 05 June 1841 Thomas Edwin Gosling, Gentleman of Plymouth, Devon
PROB 11/1966 02 August 1842 Ann Gosling, Spinster of Swindon, Wiltshire
PROB 11/1982 01 July 1843 James Gosling, Gentleman of Sonning, Berkshire
PROB 11/1979 23 May 1843 Mary Ann Gosling Davenport, Widow of 22 Saint Michaels Place Brompton, Middlesex
PROB 11/1937 24 December 1840 Mary Gosling, Spinster of Plympton Saint Mary, Devon
PROB 11/1972 05 December 1842 Elizabeth Gosling, Widow of Judd Place New Road, Middlesex
PROB 11/2015 19 April 1845 John Gosling, Gentleman of Richmond, Surrey
PROB 11/1948 27 July 1841 Matthew Gosling, Gentleman of Mold, Flintshire
PROB 11/2043 10 October 1846 William Gosling, Yeoman of Kidlington, Oxfordshire
PROB 11/1932 14 August 1840 Oliver Gosling, Brewer, Maltster and Farmer of Bocking, Essex
PROB 11/1944 27 April 1841 George Gosling, Captain in the Royal Navy of Bath, Somerset
PROB 11/1972 05 December 1842 Elizabeth Gosling, Widow of Judd Place New Road, Middlesex
PROB 11/2067 11 January 1848 William Gosling,  Secretary of the Victualling Board of Leamington Priors, Warwickshire
PROB 11/2069 28 February 1848 Jane Gosling, Spinster of Hampton, Middlesex
PROB 11/2076 17 June 1848 John Gosling, of Saint Marylebone, Middlesex
PROB 11/2086 06 January 1849 Elizabeth Rosanna Gosling, Spinster of Gloucester Road, Middlesex
PROB 11/2078 10 July 1848 George Robert Gosling of Bellary, E.Indies
PROB 11/2078 27 July 1848 Thomas Gosling of Mortimer, Berkshire
PROB 11/2091 24 April 1849 Mary Ann Booth formerly Gosling, Widow of Lambeth.
PROB 11/2066 04 December 1847 Robert Gosling of Hemstead, Norfolk
PROB 11/1669 29 April 1823 Mary Gosling, Widow of Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire
PROB 11/1706 12 December 1825 William Gosling of Edmonton, Middlesex
PROB 11/1706 22 December 1825 John Gosling of Brunswick Square
PROB 11/1680 16 January 1824 John Gosling of Lucas Place Brunswick Square London.
PROB 11/1657 06 May 1822 Thomas Gosling, Victualler of Saint Albans, Hertfordshire
PROB 11/1735 12 January 1828 John Gosling of Tankersley, Yorkshire
PROB 11/1743 31 July 1828 Mary Gossling otherwise Gosling Edwards, Widow of Netherbury, Dorset
PROB 11/1760 24 September 1829 Thomas Gosling, Carpenter of Saint George Bloomsbury, Middlesex
PROB 11/1524 11 July 1811 Elizabeth Gosling, Widow of Lincolns Inn Fields, Middlesex
PROB 11/1547 30 August 1813 Edward Gosling, Gentleman of Gosport, Hampshire
PROB 11/1610 07 November 1818 Richard Gosling of Saint John Hackney, Middlesex

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