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Unless otherwise stated, original copies of Wills dated prior to 1858 are usually found in the appropriate Diocesan Record Office for the court where the Will was proved - for Gloucestershire, this is the Gloucester Record Office. Wills which were proved at Bristol Episcopal Consistory Court may be found at the Bristol Record Office. Copies of Wills for which Probate was granted at the PCC (Prerogative Court of Canterbury) may be obtained via the DocumentsOnline website.
Registered copies of Wills dated after 1858 may be found at the Probate Department of The Principal Registry Family Division (Probate Search Room, First Avenue House, 42-49 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6NP), at local Registries, and sometimes on microfilm at County Record Offices. Further information on post-1858 Wills, and forms for obtaining copies by post may be found on the Government's "Court Service" Wills & Probate pages.
Abbreviations which may be used on this page are:-
The following may also be of use in the study of Wills generally:-
(Ad) "Admon", or Letters of Administration. (I) Inventory (a list of the deceased's goods, and their value) (N) A Nuncupative Will is one declared by a legal representative, as being indicative
of the deceased's wishes, and will often refer to the Testator in the third person.(#) Indicates the Will is a 'duplicate' - that is, more than one person has submitted an
abstract from the same original Will.* An asterisk against a surname indicates the Executor(s) of the Will, or, in the case
of Administration (Ad), the Administrator(s)i/t/p "in the parish (of)". CELF Chapel en le Frith (Derbyshire) ECC Episcopal Consistory Court (Lichfield) HCC Hereford Consistory Court n.p. Notary Public R&R Rest and Residue (a common expression in Wills)
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JOBBYNS LAWRENCE PURNELL |
JOBBYNS, John - of North Nibley, Gloucs, yeoman, 11 Dec 1596. Bequests: To my four children, Thomas, William, Katharine, and Johane; to the poor of North Nibley. Executrix: wife Margarethe Overseers: my father Adrian JOBBYNS, father-in-law Tho[mas] LAWRENCE, my cousin Tho[mas] PURNELL. List of debts not copied. Probate date not copied. GRO Ref: 1596/#49. |
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FREND HAINES JOACHAM JOACHIM PARKER ROGERS ROUCHE WOLLY |
JOACHAM, John - of Westerleigh, Gloucs., yeoman, 23 Jul 1617. To be buried in the church of Westerleigh; to the poor of Westerleigh - 10s; ; to Edmond WOLLY and his wife - 10s.; to Edmond WOLLY his five children - 10s. equally divided; to Alice ROUCHE - 2s.; to her seven children - 2s. apiece; to Joane ROGERS and her two children - 10s. apiece; to my son John JOACHIM his two sons - 5s. apiece; to Henry PARKER that doth now dwell with me - £5; to my daughter Margaret - £30. Sole Executor: my son Richard JOACHAM - he to have the rest. Overseers: Edward HAINES and John FREND. Testator signs by mark. Witnesses: John FREND, Thomas (X) JOACHAM, Edward HAINES. Proved at Gloucester 7 Sep 1618. GRO Ref: 1618/#92. |
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BLOTTEN JONES PIER |
JONES, John - of the City of Bristol, gent., 19 May 1619. Bequests to Church: To be buried at St. Stephens, Bristol. To the poor of St. Stephen's and St. Michael's in Bristol - 40s. each. To the minister of St. Stephen's - a piece of gold of 11s. for preaching my funeral sermon. Property: All my lands in County of Monmouth; All my mills, lands, etc., in North Nibley, Gloucs. and tenement and appurtenances in St. Nicholas Churchyard in Bristol; my 6 tenements in St. Michael and my close called the Graunge lying on Stonye Hill near to Brandon Hill (both) within the suburbs of Bristol - To go to my wife Jane for life, then to my son (John) and heirs, failing which to my daughter Jane and heirs, remainder to my daughter Johane and heirs, the default of which to my daughter Elizabeth. Executrix: wife Jane - also to have other property. Overseers: friends William PIER{?} draper, and Edward BLOTTEN, gent. Proved 19 Jun 1619 at London (PCC) by Johanna JONES, relict of the deceased. PRO Ref: PROB 11/133. |
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BRITTAINE COSEN GREECK GREENE JARRETT LEETH NORTHERN PARRAT RICHARDS STERLING WHEATLY WILLIAMS |
JARRETT, Richard - of ship Lion, trading East India. house in Clearwell [Newland] co. Gloucester to bro Thos JARRETT; Jn WILLIAMS tailor in Cock Lane, Bristol [co. Gloucester]; wife; Rich LEETH; Rob COSEN; Abrm PARRAT; Jn GREENE; Edmund STERLING; Ellis NORTHERN; Ben GREECK; Francis BRITTAINE; Leonard RICHARDS; Henry WHEATLY purser; bro Phil JARRETT*. Proved in the Commissary Court of London Jul 1621-Dec 1625: Vol 24, f260. |
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JONES MURSLEY WICKHAM |
JONES, William - of Pucklechurch, Gloucs., husbandman, 30 Nov 1623. All to my wife Esabeth. Witnesses: Rowland MURSLEY, Anthony WICKHAM. Proved at Gloucester 6 Jul 1624. GRO Ref: 1624/#170. |
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AVERY HEADLEY JURY ROSWELL SMITH WESTWOOD |
JURY, Robert - of ship London. John JURY of Marshfield; Thomas ROSWELL of Harrow Alley by Algate; Thomas SMITH surgeons mate; William WESTWOOD; John AVERY; East India Co. Executor: brother Thomas JURY of Marshfield co. Gloucester. Witness: John HEADLEY surgeon. Proved 1627 - PCC (121; Skynner) |
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JOACHAM SIFFORD SLONERINGE STOCK TOVIE WHITE WICKHAM |
JOACHAM, William - of Rodford, parish of Westerleigh, Gloucs.,
husbandman [too dark to read date] To be buried in the churchyard of Westerleigh; to my godson Abraham [not clear] JOACHAM - my great crock; to my [son] Thomas - my best brass pan and my best brass candlesticks, other brassware; to [unclear] my coffer; to my son [name too dark to read] - coffer which now stands in the said chamber; to my daughter Elinor my second brass pan after the decease of my wife Agnes which is now living; to my daughter Agnis STOCK - 5s., to my daughter Mary - 1s. Joint Executors: my wife Agnes and my son Thomas - they to have the rest. Overseers: Thomas TOVIE and Robert WHITE. Debts: 20s. to Thomas SLONERINGE of Nettleton, which of the £5 which my son-in-law William SIFFORD had of him. Testator signs by mark. Witnesses: Robert TOVIE, Thomas (X) TOVIE, William (X) WICKHAM. Proved 22 Feb 1629. GRO Ref: 1629/#166. |
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HOWE JONES ORGAN OSBOURNE PARSONS PONTING POULING TYLIE WEYNOLL WEYNOR WHITE |
JONES, John - of Rodford i/t/p Westerleigh, Gloucs, husbandman, 30 Aug 1635. To be buried in the churchyard of Westerleigh. To my sister Welthian HOWE - 40s.; to my sisters Margaret JONES and Magdalen JONES - (each) 10s.; to my brother Roger JONES - all my wearing apparel except my cloak; to my mother Joane JONES - my cloak; to John POULING - 6s.8d.; to my daughter-in-law Elnor TYLIE - two kyne (also) a great kettle provided that her mother shall have the use of it; to John WEYNOLL - a black heifer; to my goddaughter Margaret PONTING - 5s.; to my landlord Robert WHITE - a bay colt; to the poor of Westerleigh - 5s.8d. Sole Executrix: my wife Elizabeth JONES - she to have the rest. Overseers: Robert WHITE and John WEYNOR. Due by John WEYNOLL - £6. Witnesses: Walter OSBOURNE, John ORGAN, John PARSONS. Testator signs by mark. Proved at Gloucester 18 Sep 1635. |
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BEEALLOCK BULLOCK BULLOUCK DORNEY JONES SORDRED |
JONES, John - of ......, Gloucs, husbandman, 3 Jun 1657. daughter Jane BULLOCK, her two children John BEEALLOCK and James BULLOUCK (Junior); son Mathew JONES; daughter Mary JONES at 21; to my son John JONES his four children (John JONES, Joseph JONES, Judith JONES, and Jane JONES); my four children John JONES, Mary BULLOCK, Mathew JONES, and Mary JONES; Executor: my wife Anne JONES. Overseers: William SORDRED and Joseph DORNEY. Witnesses: William SORDRED, Joseph DORNEY. John JONES signs by mark. Proved at London (PCC) Aug 1657. PRO Ref: PROB 11/267. Note: Copy is very dark, so not very legible. |
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ALLORD HARRIS HILL JELFE SURMAN |
JELFE, Margaret - of Ashleworth, widow, 1676.
Beneficiaries: daughter Sara HILL; grandchildren Mary HILL, Sara HILL, & Guy HILL; son Nathaniel ALLORD. Witnesses: William SURMAN; Jeremiah HARRIS. Probate Gloucester 1680. GRO Ref: 1680/#114. |
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ALLIN GRIFFIN HORWOOD JOBBINS MARLLOWE PIRCE |
JOBBINS, Mary - widow, o/t/p Cromhall co. Gloucester, 5 Jan 1687/8. to my sonne John JOBBINS - "the tabell board in the kitshing and the bed stool in the chamber over the kitshing and my little brass boiler and on peire of pewter marked with IIM"; to the first child that my daughter Mary shall have - I give a gold ringg; to Meriam the wife of Henry ALLIN and to Mary the wife of Joseph PIRCE (each) one shilling. Sole Executrix: my daughter Mary the wife of Thomas HORWOOD. Overseers: Robert GRIFFIN and Daniell MARLLOWE of Cromhall and "I give unto them on shilling". Witnesses: Henry A ALLIN, Daniell MARLLOWE, John I PIRCE. Probate 25 Jan 1687. GRO Ref: 1687/#16. |
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JELFE MERRY SALCOMB |
JELFE, Thomas - of Sandhurst, 3 Apr 1687.
Beneficiaries: eldest son William, second son Thomas, & youngest son John; also Judith the wife of eldest son William, & grand-daughter Elizabeth (eldest daughter of William and Judith). Witnesses: Edmond SALCOMB; William MERRY(X). Probate Gloucester 1687. GRO Ref: 1687/#268. Note: It is believed Thomas was the father of William JELFE, Vicar of Tirley, 1681-1707. |
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BAKER BARKSTER BUTT HALLE JELF JELFE NICCOLLS |
JELF, Walter - of Sandhurst, co. Gloucester, Fisherman, 4 Sep 1693. Beneficiaries: sister-in-law Mary JELFE, nephew Mary HALLE, sister-in-law Joan C____, Deborah BUTT, nephew Richard BARKSTER, son-in-law Richard BAKER, nephews John JELFE and Elizabeth JELFE (also executors) Witnesses: Robert NICCOLLS, Richard BAKER. Probate 1693. GRO Ref: 1693/#222. Note: A full transcription of this, and other related Wills is available at www.familyrootsonline.co.uk. There's also a comment on the use of 'nephew' (rather than - as we'd expect - 'niece') |
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BARKER BEALE BIDDLE JELFE TAYLOR |
JELFE, William - of Tirley, Clerk, 1706.
wife Judith; son William, daughters Elizabeth & Judith; son John. Witnesses: William BIDDLE; John BIDDLE; George TAYLOR; John BEALE; Nicholas BARKER. Probate Gloucester 1708. GRO Ref: 1708/#192. Note: William was Vicar of Tirley 1681-1707; he mar Judith BIDDLE. |
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HUMPHREYS HUMPHRYS JONES LORD SHAKLETHROPE TARRANT TUCKER |
JONES, William - of Stratton St. Margaret, Wilts, malster, 14 Feb 1750/1. Date of death/burial: u/k. wife Ann. Beneficiaries: sons Robert (the eldest), William; grandchild [unnamed] eldest daughter of Robert. Mentioned: William SHAKLETHROPE als. TUCKER. Guardians of will: bro. in law William HUMPHRYS, son Robert JONES. Witnesses: Edwards TARRANT, Samuel TARRANT, Jno. LORD. Probate 17 Jun 1752; Wiltshire Will. Note: William JONES mar Ann HUMPHREYS in 1725 at Swindon, Wilts, when William is from Hatherop, Glos. |
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JOTCHAM SMITH |
JOTCHAM, John - of Cromhall, yeoman. (Ad)
Administrators: Elizabeth JOTCHAM of Cromhall, widow; Richard JOTCHAM of Cromhall, yeoman; William SMITH of Gloucester, haymaker. Admon. 15 Dec 1801, Gloucester. |
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CHAPEAU HUGHES HUMPHREYS JOHNSON NORMAN PHYTHIAN THORNET |
JOHNSON, Benjamin - of Shipton Oliffe, gentleman, 10 Sep 1815. Beneficiaries: sons Thomas JOHNSON and Benjamin (also joint executors); daughters Ann THORNET and Rebecca HUMPHREYS. Witnesses: John PHYTHIAN, Robert HUGHES. Others mentioned: John THORNET, farmer of 'Cropton'[1], Worcestershire; son-in-law Richard HUMPHREYS, carpenter of Shipton Oliffe; son-in-law William Posthumous CHAPEAU[2], from whom Benjamin JOHNSON rented his farm at Shipton Oliffe; John NORMAN, from whom Benjamin purchased the lifehold house which he gives to his daughter Rebecca. Amongst the bequests: "...All my live and dead Stock Household Goods and Furniture and Implements of husbandry now being in the Dwellinghouse and Outhouses and upon the Farm and Lands situate at Shipton Oliffe..." (suggesting he was a farmer) Probate Gloucester 5 Apr 1816. GRO Ref: 1816/#41. Notes: [1] Possibly 'Cropthorne'. [2] This really was his name. Among the parish records of Shipton Oliffe at the GRO is a copy of his will. Ref. P290 IN 3/2. Other information: Benjamin was the father of Benjamin JOHNSON of Cold Aston, q.v. his Will dated 14 May 1857. |
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BUCHANAN HENRY JENNER MARTIN WOODWARD |
JENNER, Nathaniel - late of Standish, Farmer. Elizabeth JENNER of Standish co. Gloucester widow, Samuel MARTIN of Haresfield in the same County, and William Cox BUCHANAN of Bisley in the same County Gentleman - held and firmly bound unto James HENRY Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol in the sum of Sixteen Hundred Pounds... Signed: Thos. WOODWARD Registry Gloucester, Elizabeth JENNER, Samul. MARTIN, Wm Cox BUCHANAN. Admin. 12 Apr 1850. GRO Ref: 1850/#94. |
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ACOCK JOHNSON KENDALL MINCHIN WILKINS |
JOHNSON, Benjamin - of Cold Aston, farmer, 22 Apr 1848. Beneficiary: son Benjamin JOHNSON (also sole executor) Witnesses: J N WILKINS, W KENDALL (Solicitors of Bourton on the Water, Gloucestershire) Other information: No other persons are mentioned, although the testator had two daughters, Sarah Ann James JOHNSON, and Mary JOHNSON, who were both married by the time the will was written. Sarah married Joseph ACOCK (son of Thomas ACOCK of Cold Aston) 4 Feb 1843. Mary married Joseph MINCHIN 1 Mar 1848. Probate Gloucester 14 May 1857. GRO Ref: 1857/#122. Testator died 14 Mar 1857. He was the son of Benjamin JOHNSON of Shipton Oliffe, q.v. his Will dated 5 Apr 1816. |
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