Could Will be Proved twice? My 7th great-grandfather Clement Uren appears to have written a Will on 7 Aug 1745 making his wife Elizabeth and daughter Tiberia the beneficiaries. At the Cornwall OPC (Online Parish Clerk) site there are two transcriptions: 1. Record 1362145 in the Wills database: > Forename Clement Surname UREN Date Written 07-Aug Year Written 1745 Parish Illogan Beneficiaries Elizabeth Uren (wife),;Tiberia Uren (dau) Document Notes Proved 17-Jul 1747 Transcriber 2. Record 1362155 in the Wills database: > Forename Clement Surname UREN Date Written 07-Aug Year Written 1745 Parish Illogan Beneficiaries Elizabeth Uren (wife); Tiberia Uren (dau) Document Notes Proved 30-Sep 1754 Transcriber The two transcriptions have different Proved dates of 17 Jul 1747 and 30 Sep 1754 respectively. If not a transcription error, is there any reason why a Will might be Proved twice?

If you go to the Parish page for Illogan:

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and scroll down to the Wills section, you will find both grants of probate have been transcribed.

The first, listed as "Clement UREN", is the grant of 10 July 1747.

The second, listed as "Clement UREN, other copy void", is the grant of probate from 30 Sept 1754.

From a quick read, it seems the original executor died, so the will was proved again.