GLOUCESTERSHIRE PROBATE RECORDS
Abstracts from
WILLS 1541 - 1567
for Rockhampton, Thornbury & Oldbury on Severn.
Contact: Leslie Mahler
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1541
BARROW, Thomas - Oldbury
son Wlm; Agn, Isab & Jn Thorn; bro in law Thos Thorn exec
THOMAS, Margery - Oldbury
Margery Baker; Jone Fowler; son in law Jn Hall; dtr Jone Hall;
son Jn Wod exec
1542
MARTIN, Richard - Thornbury
Edw Holbrook; Jn & Jone Dyer; Margt & Edith Paiche; cousin
Thos Martin; exec Jn Holbrook
SMITH, James - Oldbury
child: Jn, Thos, Edw, Jone & Agn; wife exec
1543
DOWNEY, John - Thornbury
child Henry, Jn & Jone; wife Jone exec; overs: Jn Nyrde & Walt
Mildmay
HARRIS, Robert - parson of Rockhampton
bros son Wlm H; sis Alice; exec Wlm Phelyps; overs: Jn Scrynge
LEST, William - Thornbury
Alice & Jone Williams; Rich Gothe; son Jn exec; overs: Jn
Jonis & Wlm Byggood
WAYTE, William - Thornbury
child: Jn, Henry, Thos, Edw, Jone & one unborn; wife Margt
exec; overs: Jn Jonis
1544
BARTON, John - Thornbury
wife Eliz; Eliz Rowborowe; Wlm Merick; Alice & Thos Raynolds;
Alice Gayner; Jone Monye; Alice Lydyat; Rich Smyth; Jn Gene jr;
Thos Davys; son Jn exec; overs: Jn Sonagyr, Henry Lydyat & Wlm
Tyler
DUNSTER, John - Oldbury
Alice Philips; Margery Thorn; Rich Tyff; Jone Bower; Rich &
Jn Dunster; Wlm Erle; Henry Henyn; sons Phil & Thos; wife Alice
exec; overs: Thos Dunster & Wlm Erle
EDWARDS, John - Thornbury
child Rich, Jn, Thos & Annes; bro Thos Whitfield; wife Margt
exec; overs: Thos Whytfelde, Jn Jonys & Jn Marsh
FOWLE, Richard - Thornbury
kinsman Jn Nele; bro Jn Jenkens; Thos Meryck; Thos Martyn;
wife Isab exec; overs: Wlm Meryck & Rich Kede
KING, William - Thornbury
dtrs Cicely, Agn & Jone; wife Agn exec; overs: Thos Marten &
Rich Hyx
SMITH, William - Oldbury
Steven S & his wife; Thomas Parson of Dudnorth
THURSTON, William - Thornbury
exec wife Margt; overs: father
1545
CULLIMORE, John - Thornbury
bro Walter; Hugh C; sis Agn; Alice Walter; execs: 8 child;
overs: Thos Stynchen & Jn Agnes
FOWLE, Isabel - Thornbury, widow
Thos Pache; Eliz Webb; Cecily & Agn King; execs: Thos Martyn
& Wlm Merecke
JOHNSON, John - Thornbury
child Agn, Joan, Thos, Cicely, & Jn; Wlm Baker; child of Wlm
Breton; exec wife Jone; overs: Wlm Brenton
MIDDLETON, Joan - Thornbury, widow
mother; Anthony & Joan Knight; Agn & Rich Smyth; Eliz Kne;
Margt Tyler; Thos Webbe; Thos Ockborne jr; execs: sons Jn & Wlm;
overs: Jn Sonager & Thos Ockborne
MIDDLETON, Robert - Thornbury
sons Jn & Wlm; Wlm & Joan Knight; Agn Smyth; Margery Cooke;
wife Joan exec
MORE, William - Thornbury
Jn More jr; Rich More & his bro Wlm; wife Joan exec; overs:
Jn More
PICHER, Thomas - Thornbury (given as Pychen in index)
child Rob & Jane; Alice Hyet; wife Alice exec; overs: Jn Jonys
sr & jr
YEARLE, Thomas - Thornbury
Agn & Jn Vydler; Wlm son of Henry Yearle; 2 dtrs of Wlm
Yearle; Agn West; Eliz Edwards; execs: son Wlm Y & other child;
overs: Jn Ady & Rich Russell
1546
ALLEN, Edith - Thornbury
Joan Atthombe; dtr married to Jn Ryche; exec Jn Ryche
SKEY, Thomas - Falfield, Thornbury
wife Margt; son Wlm; overs: Phil Sisam, gent & Henry Eliott,
clothier
1547
AGROVE, John - Thornbury
child Rich, Edith, Alice & Thos; Henry Downey; wife Kath exec;
overs: Jn Brewton & Hugh Colymore
CLEMENT, Thomas - Oldbury, husb
bro Jn C; child Wlm, Jn, Joan & Eliz; wife Joan exec
DUNSTER, Joan - Oldbury
late husb Rob Thurston; child of Jn Hall; son in laws dtr
Alice Dunster; Rich Herbert; execs: dtr in law Kath Dunster &
Kath Jordeyn
HACKER, Richard - Oldbury, labourer
bro Henry H; sis Margt; Thos Adins; Jn Clement; wife Eliz exec
JONES, John - Thornbury
dtrs Kath & Margt; wife Joan exec; overs: sons Wlm & Jn
RUSSELL, Richard - Thornbury
Jn Payne; Jn & Isab Russell; sons Thos & Rich; wife Ellen
exec; overs: Jn Ady & Jn Yere
WHITFIELD, William - Thornbury
sons Jn & Rich; wife Agn exec; overs: Jn Whitfield, Rob
Worlock & Jn Ade
1548
FOWLER, Richard - Thornbury
child Wlm, Jn, Thos & Joan; wife Joan exec; overs: Rob Worlock
1549
ADY, John - Thornbury
dtrs Agn & Isab; wife Agn exec; overs: Rob Worlock
BROWNE, Elizabeth - Thornbury
son Peter; dtr Agn Fowler; Margt Chester; execs: son Wlm & dtr
Ellen; overs: Jn Sanagar, clerk, Henry Lydyat & Wlm Fowler
JONES, Thomas - Oldbury
svts Rob & Margt; Thos Lyncke; Agn & Thos Wesborow; David
Barow; bro Wlm; bro Jns child; Jn Payne; wife Kath exec; overs:
Wlm Jamis & Rich Howell
PYLE, Thomas - Oldbury, clerk
kinsman Jn Walker; Thos Milward; Rich Mose of Hill; Wlm White
& his 2 child; Jms Hawkins; Wlm & Jn Barrow; Jn Payne; Jn Tyler;
Jn Fowler; Margt White; exec Joan Lasis; overs Jn Sanagyr priest
RODBOROWE, Elizabeth - Thornbury
dtr in law Joan Kedy; exec Wlm Yerek; overs: Jn Sanagar,
priest
WETHER, Joan - Oldbury, widow
son Rich; dtr Joan wife of Rich Phelps & their sons Jn & Thos;
son Jn & his child Jn & Agn; son Rob & his son Jn; son in law Jn
Jamys & his child Rob, Thos & Joan; Joan Fowler; Agn Were; Eliz
Whatley; execs: son Rob & dtr Edith
1550
LYNKE, Thomas - Oldbury
sons Thos, Rich & 2 named Jn; grandson Jn; wife Joan exec
1551
ADY, Agnes - Thornbury, widow
Rich Paiche & his child; Isab Barton; dtr Agn Brom; son in law
Jn Barton; son Henry exec; overs: Wlm Ady
BAKER, Robert - Oldbury
child Edw, Jn, Rich, Wlm, Henry, Thos, Joan & Julian; wife
Maud exec
BAROWE, John - Oldbury
sons Jn & Peter; Edw Cokesye; wife Margt exec; overs: Wlm
Adams & Rob Baker
BOSSHER, Thomas - Thornbury
son Wlm; dtr Joan; goddtr Joan Thomas; house to wife of Rich
Thomas; wife Joan exec; overs: Wlm Adams
MYLMAYE, Thomas - Thornbury
child Wlm, Jn, Agn & Joan; son in law Jn Barton; wife Phelys
exec; overs: Jn Jonys, Thos Wylcoke & Jn Howell
PITCHER, Alice - Thornbury, widow
Thos Cocks; Alice Taylor; wife of Thos Selcoks; svt Eliz;
Goldings wife; dtr in law Joan Picher; dtr Joan Hecks; dtr Jane
Gylmyn; Alice dtr of Chris Hecks; son Rob P exec; overs: Nich
Pecher, Chris Hecks & Jn Gylmyn
THORNER, John - Oldbury
dtrs Julian & Margt; dtrs son Jn Clement; Joan Brok; Thos &
Margt Hobbys; Matthew Hobb; Wlm Thorner; wife Agn exec; overs:
Rich Thorn & Thos Wilcox
1552
BOSSHER, Thomas - Thornbury
Jn Williams; Thos Jonis; execs: dtrs Eliz Tylladam, Margt
Jonis & son Jn B
MYLMAYE, Phelis - Thornbury, widow
Jn & Wlm Mylmaye; Jn Barton; execs: son Jn M & dtrs Agn & Joan
M; overs: Thos Wylcoke & Jn Howell
PACHE, Agnes - Thornbury, widow
Agn & Eliz Yene; son Jn Pache; svt Alice Whyt; Margt Chestrow;
Agn & Joan dtrs of Jn Pache; Agn & Edith dtrs of Thos Pache;
Margery Pache; Edw Smyth; Joan dtr of Rich Pache; son Rob Pache
exec; overs: Rich Pache
SNOTTER, Thomas - Oldbury
dtrs Julian, Margt, Joan & Eliz; execs: wife Isab & son Jn
WOOD, Joan - Oldbury
bro Jn Champney; bro Wlm Champney & his sons Jn & Wlm; Rich
Champney; Eliz & Margt Wag; Joan & Margt Herbart; Alice Hall;
Eliz Baker; Joan Smithe; exec Rich Herbartt; overs: Jasper Jonis
& Thos Whitfyld
1553
JAMIS, William - Oldbury
Jn Orchard & his child Jn & Joan; Wlm, Agn, Margery Orchard;
Alice & Joan dtrs of Rob Heynis; Kath & Isab Heynis; Jn Elborowe;
wife Alice exec; overs: Jn Orchard & Rob Elborowe
JENKYNS, William - Oldbury
sons Rich & Thos; dtrs Julian, Agn, Joan & Eliz; Andrew & Jn
Tylar; wife Agn exec
THORNER, Richard - Oldbury
sons Jn, Wlm & Thos; Margt Evans; Walter Thorner; wife Ellen
exec; overs: Jn Baker & Ralph Jamis
WILKOCKS, Thomas - Oldbury
son Jn; dtrs Agn & Alice; wife Isab exec
1554
ADCOKE, William - Oldbury
dtrs Alice, Joan & Eliz; wife Joan exec
DAVYS, John - Oldbury
dtrs Kath & Joan; sons Thos & (Andrew?); wife Margt
HERYNG, Thomas - Oldbury
child Jn, Thos, Alice, Agn, Joan & Eliz; wife Joan exec
HEYNIS, Robert - Oldbury
child Wlm, Alice & Joan; Thos Howeldar; Rob Olbalk; Jn
Orchard; wife Joan exec
MARSE, John - Thornbury, husb
son Jn; dtr Anne; wife Ellen exec
ROODE, John - Oldbury
wife Joan exec
SEGER, Morris - Oldbury
bur at Olveston; dtr Margt; godson at Yrcott; father Jn Seger;
wife Joan exec
THORNER, Philip - Oldbury, husb
child Jn, Kath, Thos, Henry, Isab; execs: sons Wlm & Thos;
overs: Jn West & Morris Hall
1555
ADDAMS, John - Oldbury
dtr Eliz; Margt Welshe; Rich & Eliz Ellarne; Margt Howell; Rob
Elborow; execs: son Rich & dtr Kath
HOWLDAR, Thomas - Oldbury
Rob, David, Margt, Alice & Gillian Atkyns; Jn Howldar; wife
exec; overs Jn -- & Philip Dunstar
1556
BROWTON, John - Thornbury
sons & dtrs; wife Susan exec; overs: Rob Worlocke & Hugh
Culimore
MYLTON, William - Oldbury
wife Joan; Jn Borrow; Wlm Knappe; Joan Lundy; Thos Pytts;
Margt Welshe; exec bro Jn & sis Agn; overs: Jn Flyd & Wlm Symes
PONTER, Robert - Thornbury
child Thos, Joan, Margt & Ellen; wife Alice exec
SNOTTER, Elizabeth - Oldbury
dtrs Julian, Joan & Eliz; son Jn exec
TYLLYN, William - Oldbury
Thos Tyllyn of Almsbury; Eliz Ady & her father; Jn Marshe;
exec Thos Ady
WORLOCKE, Thomas - Moreton, Thornbury
child Rich, Joan & Kath; wifes bros son Thos; wife Susan exec;
overs: bro Rob W & Jn Gylman
1557
ELBOROUGH, Robert - Oldbury, husb
son Jn; dtr Margt; bro Wlm E; kinsman Jn Elborough; marriage
part of Alice Haynes; wife Eliz exec; overs: Jn Hall, Jn
Orcharde, Jn Elborough & Morris Hall
ERLE, William - Kington, Thornbury, husb
son Wlm; dtrs Joan & Ellen; Thos, Wlm & Margt Wasborow; Jn
King; Jn Gaynar; bro Jn & his 2 sons; Rich & Joan Tyladam; Thos
Erle; wife Kath exec; overs: bro Jn E, Jn Colymore & Thos Wyther
HOWELL, Robert - Oldbury, husb
Thos & Wlm Fowler; Joan & Kath Howell; son Jn exec; overs: bro
Jn H & Jn Wyther
LYDYATT, Thomas - Thornbury
bro Henry L & his sons Thos & Henry; Thos & Margt childr of
Peter Harris; Alice, Jms & Peter Harrys; Henry Lycharrys; exec
wife Joan; overs: Henry Lydyatt, Wlm Merycke & Peter Harrys
RUSSELL, Richard - Thornbury
son Wlm; Rich Baker; dtrs Joan & Alice; wife Margt exec;
overs: Jn Marshe & Jn Holbroke
STANBURNE, Edward - Oldbury
Jn, Henry & Joan Baker; execs: son Rich & wife Elnr; overs:
Thos Whytfyld & Jn Flyd
WETHER, Robert - Thornbury
dtrs Edith & Ellen; bros Jn & Rich W; wife Joan exec; overs:
Jn Marshe, Jn Wether & Rich Wether
WYTHER, Thomas - Kington, Thornbury, husb
sons Thos, Nich, Chris & Wlm; wife Joan exec; overs: Jn
Colymore, Wlm Godfrey & Thos Merycke
1558
AMORGAN, John - Thornbury
son Anthony; Kath Brodston; wife Margt exec
JONES, Richard - Thornbury
sons Jn & Wlm; dtr Agn exec; overs Jn Colyng, vicar & bro Thos J
SKEY, William - Thornbury
son Thos; execs wife Philippa & dtr Brigett; overs Jn Elyett
SYMKINS, John - Thornbury, husb
2 sons named Jn; son Wlm; dtr Eliz; wife Margt exec; overs Jn
Marshe & Jn Wyther
TYLLADAM, James - Thornbury
son Rich; Jn Chester; dtr Joan exec; overs Thos & Rich
Tylladam of Hill
WALKER, John - Thornbury
sons Wlm, Thos & Jn; Henry, Edmund & Valentine Walker; Isab
Nashe; dtr Agn Wether; Joan Agrove; Jn son of Henry Walker; Joan
Smythe; wife Margt exec; overs Jn Floyd & Jn Walker
WHYTFILD, John - Kyneton, Thornbury
dtrs Ellen, Eliz & Joan; sons Jn & Humphrey; wife Isab exec;
overs Walter Fulke & Rob Worlocke
WORLOCK, Robert - Thornbury
farm of Holpe; sons Wlm & Rich; exec wife Isab; overs Rob
Paine, Jn Coling, vicar & Rich Byrton
1559
IDOLS, John - Oldbury, husbn (probably Oldbury
on the Hill)
church of Dudinton; wife Agn; childr Chris, Margery & Joan;
exec son Jn
PYCHER, John - Oldbury
childr Thos & Alice; wife Joan exec; overs Jn Flud & Jn Thomas
1560
ADAMS, Thomas - Cowhill, Thornbury
bur Oldbury; son Rich exec; overs Jn Flyde & Morris Smyth
DANIEL, John - Oldbury
childr Thos, Agn, Margt & Joan; wife Alice exec; overs Jn Flyd
ELBUROUGHE, Elizabeth - Oldbury, widow of Robert E
Eliz & Joan Heynes; Margery Orchard; Jn (Crveyan?); Eliz
Herringe; goddtr Eliz Thyrner; Eliz Bainington; Ann Sherley; Eliz
(Gertre?); mother; Thos Lyncke; Jn Orchard; execs son Jn & dtr
Margt; overs Jn Thynner & Jn Herringe
GAYNER, John - Thornbury
son Jn; wife Maryane exec; overs Wlm Merecke & Wlm Bruton
1561
COLLYMORE, William - Thornbury
dtr Frances; wife Joan exec
DOWNEY, William - Thornbury
wife Edy; Jn Parker; Jn & Margt Perse; Henry Downey; execs dtrs
Susan & Alice; overs Wlm Merycke, Wlm Taylor & Wlm Parker
HANCOCKE, John - Thornbury
bros Jn & Thos; Jane Perse; wife Agn exec; overs Wlm Taylor
& bro Wlm H
HERINGE, William - Thornbury
Eliz (Soredew?); Wlm Acoxhull; Ellen Beale; Wlm Orchard; Alice
Smithe; bros childr Thos & Joan H; land in Auste; Eliz Thorner;
Wlm & Jn Barrow; Wlm Warner of Calicot; godson Jn Hering of Aust;
estate of Jn Copton of Bristow; wife Margt exec
JENKENS, Alice - Thornbury, widow
execs childr Thos, Lewis, Margt & Ellen White; overs Jn Barton
& Thos Lusty
MORGAN, Anthony - Thornbury
Rob Pycher; Wlm Merycke; wife Kath exec; overs father in law
Nicholas Baker
TORNER, Robert - Oldbury
dtr Margt; unborn child; svt Wlm Thomas; wife Maud exec; overs
Philip Howell of Hill & Jn Weyte of Sibland, Thornbury
WAYTE, John - Thornbury
childr Jn, Thos, Geo & Margt; dtr in law Joan Baker; wife
Margery exec; overs Jn Mydelton & Philip Howell
WHYTFELDE, John - Thornbury
Thos Reve; Edy West & her childr; Thos Dyer; Jn Wylcoks; Eliz
Whitfeld; Jms Corbatt; Thos Chepe; Wlm Whytfelde of Brystow; Isab
Worlocke; execs aunt Eliz Whytfeld, cousin Jn Barton & Humphrey
Whytfeld; witn Thos Wysshe
WHYTFELDE, Richard - Thornbury
Isab Worlocke & her 2 child; Henry Granger; Geo Lege; Thos
Cheppe; Morris Perse; Margery White; Susan More; Ellen Reve; Jn
Stevens; Agn Baker; bro Jn W exec; overs Thos Martyn, Jn Barton,
Thos Perse & Humphrey Whytfeld
1562
BAKER, Joan - Thornbury
sons Rich & Wlm; dtrs child Cath Vydlar; sons wife Ellen &
their childr Joan, Ralph & Thos; exec son Thos
CROME, Agnes - Thornbury
Agn Colymore; Jn Fowler; Alice Thurner; Ellen Pycher; Wlm
Hobbys; Agn Felde; Margt Mallat; Isab S..; Wlm Naule; Jn Helpe;
Agn Bro..; Jn Granger; exec Wlm Fowler
CROME, Thomas - Thornbury
wife Agn exec; overs Rich Pache & Wlm Fowler
1563
COOKE, John - Thornbury
childr Henry, Thos, Jn & Eliz; wife Eliz exec
JONES, Philip - Oldbury
Henry Pruet; Joan Aly; wife Joan exec; overs Jasper Jones &
Jn Wether
MORGAN, John - Thornbury
bro Michael & his dtr Jane; sis Joan Mericke; bro Thos; Alice
Jaye; svt Agn; Wlm Merycke; exec dtr Alice; overs Wlm Ryppe &
Thos Jones
RUSSELL, Ellen - Thornbury, widow
Thos Colymore & his dtr Margery; Jn son of Rich More; Thos
Weste; execs sons Thos & Rich; overs Jn Marton & Wlm Godfraye
THOMAS, John - Thornbury
childr Ellen, Edward & Thos; execs wife Alice & son Jn; overs
Rich More, Thos Jamys & Jn Vydler
1564
BARNES, Agnes - Oldbury
Joan Tyler; Amy & Thos Jones; childr of Wlm Weste; Thos Weste;
Joan Barnes; bro Thos B; exec bro Rich B
BROKE, Thomas - Oldbury
godson Thos Broke; son Thos; son Wlm & his childr; son in law
Michael Watkyns; Thos son of Wlm Broke; wife Joan exec; overs Wlm
Dante & Nicholas Baker
HOLDER, Alice - Oldbury
Rich Spynner; Rich Bagland; Joan Clyfe; Thos Custre; Alice
Heaven; Humphrey More, his wife Julian & their sons Rich & Thos;
Alice Goode; Rich son of Rob Atkyns; execs Rob Atkyns & Rich
Goode; overs Thos Fowler & Rich Dunster
WESTE, John - Oldbury
Alice & Joan Narynton; Joan Bayle; son Jn exec; overs Phil
Weste & Jn Heryng
1565
COLLYNS, Thomas - Thornbury
sons Jn & Edward; house to Wlm Merycke; wife Margt exec
SPENCER, Humphrey - Thornbury
2 sons named Jn; dtr Cecily; younger son Jn & his dtr
Welthian; relatives in Hawkesbury; Agn & Thos Spencer; wife Joan
exec
TYLLADAM, Richard - Thornbury
son Thos & his son Thos; wife Eliz exec
1566
JONES, Thomas - Thornbury
son Jn exec
LYNKE, John - Oldbury
dtrs Joan, Margery, Agn & Christian; wife Ellen exec; overs
Thos Coker & Henry Heven
MYLLINE, William - Morton, Thornbury
dtr Margt; son Thos; wife Joan exec; overs Wlm Stons & Jn
Barton
WALKER, Margaret - Oldbury
son Rich; Joan Smyth; dtr Joan Grove; Wlm & Jn sons of Rich
Walker; Agn Lom; Wlm & Joan Wylkey; 2 dtrs & their childr; sons
Wlm & Thos execs; overs Jn Erle & Rob Lume
WATKYN, Michael - Oldbury
dtrs Joan & Edy; wife Alice exec; overs Thos Russel & Guy
Pyren
1567
BYRCOM, Thomas - Nupton, Rockhampton
Jn Orcharde of Aleston & his wife; wife Anne; execs childr
Thos, Mary & Joan; overs Jn Warde of Aleston, Edward Bayle & Jn
Wyther of Nupton
CATCHMEAD, John - Oldbury
childr Thos, Henry, Rob, Alice, Eliz & 3 others; wife Margt
exec
HOLBROOKE, Edward - Thornbury
son in law Jn Patche & his dtr Joan; wifes dtrs Joan & Ann
Gyllin; Jn Tyrye; execs wife Susan & childr Eliz, Thos & Kath;
overs Jn Hylpe, Jn Jones & bro Jn H
MOORE, Robert - Thornbury, baker
sons Jn & Geo; dtr Ellen; Jms Corbet, taylor; wife Alice exec;
overs Wlm Rippe & Jn Holbrook of Morton
OLIVERE alias OLDFORD, William - Morton, Thornbury
wife Joan Olivere exec; overs Jn Fowler of Wolford Mill & Jn
Patche of Wilford
PHILLIPPS, William - Thornbury
Margery Davis; Phil Pycke; Thos Arter; wifes sist married to
Thos Dallyes; Jms Mayo; Jn Smithe; Jn Baker; Nicholas Were;
Nicholas Dowswell; svt Margt Pycke; childr Jn & Eliz; wife
Welthian exec; overs Jn Elyates, Jn Stamborne & Jn Marten
WESTE, Alice - Oldbury
Eliz Weste; son Thos; Wlm & Henry Ady; son Jn Ady exec; overs
Thos Pears & Thos Adams
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