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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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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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BAXTER COOKE DAUNTON SURMON |
BAXTER, Richard - of Tirley, yeoman, 1 Jun 1686.
Beneficiaries: wife Margaret BAXTER; eldest daughter Mary BAXTER; youngest daughter Ann BAXTER; son John BAXTER; son Richard BAXTER; brother William BAXTER. Witnesses: Jonathon DAUNTON [surname uncertain]; Thomas COOKE(X); John SURMON. Probate Gloucester 1691. GRO Ref: 1691/#177. |
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ALLEN BAXTER CLARK MINIET RICKETS TYLER WINNEY |
BAXTER, Richard - of Tirley, yeoman, 1 Apr 1719.
Beneficiaries: wife Mary BAXTER; John WINNEY; James CLARK; "neffew" John BAXTER; daughter-in-law Elizabeth RICKETS; sister Ann TYLER Witnesses: Richard ALLEN; Thomas MINIET. Probate Gloucester 1722. GRO Ref: 1722/#21. |
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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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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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