Can a niece of my wife be an executrix and also beneficiary of a will?
Men frequently appointed their wives as executrices and left them bequests of land.
It cannot be assumed that all widows wished to be appointed as executrix.
The widow was appointed sole executrix in 63 per cent of cases ; it is not specified whether they had supervisors.
He sealed his love, approval, and trust in his wife's abilities to meet this request by nominating her his sole executrix.
Many such cases, particularly in the vice-chancellor's court, involved the administration of a late husband's estate by the numerous widows named as executrices.
The low rate at which widows were appointed sole executrix in the fifteenth century may be a result of the higher proportion of wealthy will-makers in this period.
A female executor is called an "executrix"; so why is a female director not called a "directorix"?
That being so, he had left a will leaving everything to his wife who was the sole executrix.
