There are currently over 100 unclaimed estates in Leicestershire.
Unclaimed estates occur when someone dies without a will or next of kin. Once an estate has been reported to the Crown as unclaimed, heirs to the estate have 12 years to claim their share.
There has been an increase in unclaimed estates, partly due to government cuts which mean that estates are not checked for existing wills before being added to the list.
MD and founder of Finders, Danny Curran, said that valid wills exist for “approximately one in every five cases currently being advertised by the Government as intestacies. Many relatives are being needlessly traced only to find their expectations are dashed.”
Surnames of the unclaimed estates in Leicestershire can be found below. You can also check the Bona Vacantia list for the latest unclaimed estates.
Abbott
Anderson
Bailey
Barker
Barton
Bent-Wilson
Billingham
Bird
Bodor
Bowman
Brereton
Brooks
Brown
Chaplain
Charles
Chilko
Choreglad
Clarke
Coltman
Condon
Connolley
Cooley
Cooper
Dalby
Disley
Doherty
Eaves
Eccles
Eddleston
Emmerson
Erlloy
Fenton
Forsyth
Gamble
Gent
Godhino
Goodison
Granger
Greaves
Griffiths
Hachulski
Hanley
Harris
Harrison
Henderson
Hetherington
Hill
Hings
Holhos
Hussein
Ison
James
Jarmulowicz
Jastrza
Johnson
Jones
Joshi
Kelly
Kociuba
Kolodij
Kopacsi
Kucko
Kusmider
Lambe
Lane
Lawrie
Lickman
Liddell
Long
Magennis
Manning
Master
Maughan
McKusker
McDonald
Meaney
Milan
Moran
Mullahy
Murray
Newman
Nytz
Omnaath
Paeglis
Parczewski
Payne
Pitman-Jones
Ponting
Prinze
Rench
Riley
Ritchie
Ryan
Samarasinghe
Samuels
Sharpe
Shipley
Simpson
Sparkes
Stevenson
Stewart
Tayler
Thompson
Tungas
Turkalo
Vazquez
Von Hehenzollern
Wallen
Ward
Wasylak
Wayman
Wheldale
Whyatt
Winstanley
Wombell
Worrall