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Wills Index 14th to 18th Century

The index was last updated in June 2003 and has 318 entries.
” * ” by a Will means that the record is Probate only.
Surname | Forename | Year | Probate Only |
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Peye | William chaplain | 1396 | |
Brook | John | 1441 | |
Cooper | John | 1448 | |
Spicer | John | 1450 | |
Poye | Peter | 1452 | * |
Robhood | Robert | 1452 | * |
Wells | Thomas | 1452 | * |
Margery | Robert senior | 1456 | |
Fuller | John | 1458 | * |
Bonde | Simon | 1459 | * |
Robhood | John | 1459 | |
Warde | Robert | 1459 | * |
Smith | Nicholas | 1460 | |
Swift | John | 1465 | |
Robhood | Joan widow | 1468 | |
Fletcher | Thomas | 1469 | |
Fuller | Ellen | 1469 | |
Hawes | William | 1469 | |
Bonde | John | 1471 | |
Sare | Robert | 1471 | |
Turner | William | 1471 | |
Hawes | James | 1472 | |
Frances | John senior | 1473 | |
Pakke | Robert | 1476 | |
Wether | Robert | 1477 | |
Page | Richard | 1478 | |
Judy | Thomas | 1479 | |
Bene | John | 1480 | |
Ebell | Thomas | 1480 | |
Potenger | William chaplain | 1481 | |
Miller alias Hill | John senior | 1483 | |
Norwold | Thomas | 1488 | |
Deye | Richard | 1489 | |
Murrell | Isabel widow | 1495 | |
Potenger | Thomas | 1496 | |
Vincent | John husbandman | 1497 | |
Gosling | Margaret widow | 1500 | |
Judy | Walter | 1500 | |
Vincent | William senior | 1500 | |
Golde | Robert | 1501 | |
Rose | Thomas | 1501 | |
Miller | Thomas | 1502 | |
Hawes | Alice | 1503 | |
Margery | Richard | 1503 | |
Page | Edmund | 1503 | |
Baker | Robert | 1504 | |
Hawes | John senior | 1504 | |
Rainbird | Lawrence | 1504 | |
Rainbird | Margaret widow | 1504 | |
Holme | Alice widow | 1507 | |
Rampley | Richard | 1512 | |
Hawes | Robert | 1517 | |
Tripp | Katherine widow | 1519 | |
Archer | John | 1521 | * |
Wells | Agnes widow | 1521 | |
Terold | Alice | 1524 | |
Saye | Margery widow | 1525 | |
Hawes | John carpenter | 1526 | |
Fletcher | Isabel | 1527 | |
Hawes | John of West Street | 1527 | |
Hawes | Katherine widow | 1528 | |
Wither | John | 1528 | |
Beale | John | 1529 | |
Carman | Elizabeth widow | 1529 | |
Hawes | John tailor | 1529 | |
Lacy | Hugh | 1529 | |
Pakenham | John | 1529 | |
Vincent | William senior | 1529 | |
Townsend | Matilda widow | 1534 | |
Margery | Thomas | 1535 | |
Parker | John | 1536 | |
Blome | William priest | 1537 | |
Hawes | John of Cranmer | 1537 | |
Robhood | John husbandman | 1537 | |
Vincent | Thomas | 1537 | |
Baker | Margaret widow | 1538 | |
Carter | William | 1539 | |
Rainbird | Lawrence single man | 1539 | |
Rainbird | Thomas yeoman | 1539 | |
Carter | Agnes widow | 1540 | |
Frances | Thomas | 1540 | |
Neale | Richard | 1540 | |
Parker | Katherine | 1540 | |
Page | William yeoman | 1542 | |
Jordan | Robert yeoman | 1546 | |
Marhsam | Thomas yeoman | 1546 | |
Freeman | William (of Finningham) | 1547 | |
Deye | John | 1548 | |
Robhood | Anne widow | 1548 | |
Robhood | John | 1548 | |
Hawes | Stephen | 1549 | |
Vincent | Stephen yeoman | 1549 | |
Hawes | Robert yeoman | 1550 | |
Grocer | John husbandman | 1551 | |
Smith | Thomas yeoman | 1551 | |
Spalding | Thomas | 1551 | |
Hawes | Alice widow | 1552 | |
Hawes | William | 1552 | |
Wither | John husbandman | 1552 | |
Carman | John yeoman | 1555 | |
Hawes | John of Cranmer yeoman | 1555 | |
Jordan | Katherine widow | 1555 | |
Martin | Walter | 1555 | |
Baker | William husbandman | 1556 | |
Hawes | Stephen (of Weston) | 1556 | |
Parker | Nicholas | 1556 | |
Waller | Nicholas | 1556 | |
Beaphew | Raynold priest | 1557 | |
Marsham | Joan | 1557 | |
Page | Richard | 1557 | |
Vincent | William senior | 1557 | |
Carter | John | 1558 | |
Page | Marion | 1558 | |
Pope | John | 1558 | |
Rampley | Richard yeoman | 1558 | |
Singleton | Elizabeth widow | 1558 | |
Buller | Alice widow | 1559 | |
Hawes | Richard tailor | 1559 | |
Parker | William husbandman | 1559 | |
Reve | Joan widow | 1559 | |
Skottismore | John | 1559 | |
Smith | John yeoman | 1559 | |
Waller | Richard | 1559 | |
Baker | Christian | 1560 | |
Rise | Thomas shearman | 1560 | |
Dawes | Robert | 1562 | |
Hawes | Robert yeoman | 1562 | |
Spink | Richard husbandman | 1562 | |
Vincent | Katherine widow | 1562 | |
Waller | William | 1562 | |
Buller | John | 1563 | * |
Rainbird | Thomas butcher | 1563 | |
Vincent | Thomas | 1563 | |
Blakey | Anne | 1564 | |
Clerke | Maud widow | 1565 | |
Clerke | William | 1565 | * |
Sparke | John yeoman | 1565 | |
Baker | Richard | 1566 | |
Hawes | Margery | 1566 | |
Martin | Joan widow | 1569 | |
Vincent | William tailor | 1570 | |
Wetherhed | Thomas | 1571 | |
Vincent | John senior, weaver | 1573 | |
Lacy | Thomas senior, gent. | 1574 | |
Carpenter | William husbandman | 1575 | |
Sparke | William yeoman | 1576 | |
Hawes | Thomas yeoman | 1577 | |
Miller | John | 1577 | |
Finbow | Michael shoemaker | 1578 | |
Hawes | John senr, | 1581 | “in the Bushes” |
Hovell alias Smith | Thomas | 1584 | |
Rampley | Richard senior, yeoman | 1584 | |
Rampley | John senior | 1585 | |
Rookwood | Thomasine | 1585 | |
Rampley | Katherine widow | 1587 | |
Margery | John yeoman | 1588 | |
Rampley | Reginald yeoman | 1588 | |
Rushbrook | John shearman | 1588 | |
Carter | John yeoman | 1589 | |
Hawes | William husbandman | 1590 | |
Jessop | John tanner | 1591 | |
Vincent | Steven | 1593 | |
Robhood | John gent. | 1595 | |
Carter | Richard labourer | 1596 | |
Stork | Simon | 1596 | |
Rainbird | John yeoman | 1597 | |
Rainbird | William | 1597 | |
Ludman | Robert husbandman | 1598 | |
Person | Robert labourer | 1598 | |
Russell | Henry yeoman | 1598 | |
Vincent | Augustine woollen | 1598 | weaver |
Vincent | John husbandman | 1598 | |
Hawes | Henry weaver | 1599 | |
Margery | Samuel single man | 1599 | |
Vincent | John yeoman | 1599 | |
Hewke | Agnes | 1603 | |
Smith | Thomas gent. | 1603 | |
Smith | William junior | 1603 | wheelwright |
Hawes | Philip | 1605 | |
Margery | Margaret widow | 1605 | * |
Pecke | Simond | 1605 | |
Page | John senior yeoman | 1606 | |
Lounds | Thomas driver | 1607 | |
Assy | George tailor | 1608 | |
Peck | John senior tailor | 1608 | |
Hawes | Andrew senior yeoman | 1609 | |
Osborne | William yeoman | 1609 | |
Hobson | Christian widow | 1612 | |
Lacy | Thomas gent. | 1613 | |
Rampley | John | 1613 | |
Ryse | William yeoman | 1613 | |
Hovel Alias Smythe | Robert gent. | 1615 | |
Neele | Robert senior labourer | 1615 | |
Cooke | Thomas vintner | 1616 | |
Grocer | Lawrence glover | 1616 | |
Vincent | Julian widow | 1616 | |
Astyne | Thomas labourer | 1617 | |
Dobbie | Susan widow | 1617 | |
Page | Thomas yeoman | 1617 | |
Page | George yeoman | 1618 | |
Seaman | Thomas yeoman | 1618 | |
Tillott | Henry | 1618 | |
Vincent | Austine labourer | 1619 | |
Boulmer | Baruck gent. | 1620 | |
Dawes | Hugh | 1620 | |
Kinge | Abraham barber | 1620 | |
Page | William tailor | 1621 | |
Hargrave | Thomas husbandman | 1624 | |
Baker | Richard husbandman | 1626 | |
Bridges | Benjamin husbandman | 1626 | |
Cooke | Thomas junior yeoman | 1626 | |
Page | Marie | 1626 | |
Page | William senior yeoman | 1627 | |
Raynberd | Richard yeoman | 1627 | |
Grocer | Robert single man | 1629 | |
Parker | Thomas gent. | 1630 | |
Carter | Richard yeoman | 1631 | |
Rainbird | Lawrence senior yeoman | 1631 | |
Wright | Francis shoemaker | 1632 | |
Gleede | Alice | 1633 | |
Flatt | John linen weaver | 1635 | |
Seddon | Mercy widow | 1635 | |
Baxter | Edmund | 1636 | |
Clarke | Richard senior | 1637 | husbandman |
Complin | George senior gent. | 1637 | |
Hill | John gent. | 1637 | |
Holbitch | John yeoman | 1637 | |
Beale | Thomas yeoman | 1638 | |
Fenyng | William husbandman | 1638 | |
Marten | Susan single woman | 1638 | |
Tillott | Alice widow | 1638 | |
Tyler | Thomas yeoman | 1638 | |
Hall | William clerk | 1639 | |
Page | Richard yeoman | 1639 | |
Page | Sibell widow | 1640 | |
Playford | Ann widow | 1641 | |
Curtis | John blacksmith | 1642 | |
Lacy | Thomas | 1647 | * |
Lincolne | Thomas yeoman | 1647 | |
Bardwell | Elizabeth single woman | 1648 | |
Murton | John blacksmith | 1648 | |
Rampley | Thomas senior | 1648 | |
Rainberd | Lawrence single man | 1648 | blacksmith |
Brightway | John | 1649 | |
Hawes | Stephen yeoman | 1651 | |
Clarke | Simon yeoman | 1652 | |
Margery | Ralph Captain | 1653 | |
Page | Thomas linen weaver | 1655 | |
Margery | Theophilus soldier | 1657 | |
Chambers | William yeoman | 1658 | |
Grinwade | John yeoman | 1659 | |
Grocer | Margery spinster | 1659 | |
Withers | Thomas yeoman | 1659 | |
Barrow | John husbandman | 1660 | |
Crispe | Thomasine single woman | 1660 | |
Goddard | Hugh carpenter | 1661 | |
Turner | Richard yeoman | 1661 | |
Curtis | Dorothy widow | 1662 | |
Grome | William carpenter | 1662 | |
Cooke | Thomas yeoman | 1663 | |
Bybie | John | 1665 | * |
Vincent | Stephen | 1665 | |
Baker | Robert yeoman | 1666 | |
Complin | William gent. | 1667 | |
Page | John gent. | 1667 | |
Complin | George yeoman | 1668 | |
Grocer | John gent. | 1668 | |
Howlett | Silvester yeoman | 1668 | |
Nunn | Leonard | 1668 | |
Rainbird | Thomas husbandman | 1668 | |
Rice | Thomas yeoman | 1668 | |
Canham | Samuel | 1669 | * |
Davie | Henry | 1669 | |
Vincent | John yeoman | 1669 | |
Gawsell | Robert wool comber | 1670 | |
Avys | Sarah | 1671 | |
Vincent | Stephen grocer | 1672 | |
Eliot | William yeoman | 1673 | |
Mayer | Thomas yeoman | 1674 | |
Grocer | John linen weaver | 1675 | |
Rainbird | William yeoman | 1675 | |
Howlett | Silvester yeoman | 1676 | |
Poope | Daniel | 1676 | |
Rainberd | John yeoman | 1676 | |
Block | Henry yeoman | 1678 | |
Fisher | Abraham gent. | 1680 | |
Morice | Robert esq. | 1680 | |
Smith | Alice widow | 1680 | |
Turner | Jonathan baker | 1680 | |
Mayor | John | 1684 | |
Canham | Samuel gent. | 1685 | |
Rainbird | Richard yeoman | 1685 | |
Syer | Robert blacksmith | 1685 | |
Warner | Thomas cordwainer | 1685 | |
Davey | Samuel yeoman | 1687 | |
Clarke | Richard yeoman | 1688 | |
Daynes | Simeon yeoman | 1688 | |
Mayer | Mary | 1688 | |
Scase | William yeoman | 1689 | |
Amys | Thomas gent. | 1690 | |
Canham | Samuel gent. | 1690 | |
Ullitt | George | 1690 | |
Roper | Thomas gent. | 1691 | |
Baker | John fellmonger | 1692 | |
Salkeld | John junior | 1695 | |
Salkeld | John clerk | 1698 | |
Roper | Lucy widow | 1699 | |
Stebbin | Margaret widow | 1701 | |
Hammond | Joseph | 1707 | * |
Brooke | Robert | 1713 | * |
Wright | Daniel clerk | 1721 | |
Cooke | Thomas | 1737 | |
Harvey | Abigail Mrs | 1741 | |
Youngman | Thomas | 1749 | |
Tideman | James yeoman | 1759 | |
Pett | Ellis surgeon | 1774 | |
Morley | William | 1791 | * |
Quantrill | Thomas farmer | 1798 |