GLOUCESTERSHIRE PROBATE RECORDS
Abstracts from
WILLS 1577 - 1599
for Rockhampton, Thornbury & Oldbury on Severn.
[NB: transcription of the Rockhampton series ends in 1590]
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1577
BARTON, John - Thornbury
childr Wlm, Jn, Agn & Julian; unborn child; dtrs in law Martha, Jane
& Eliz Gayner; Thos, Susanna, Agn & Elnr Thurston; present wife
Susanna exec; overs Jms Segar & Jn Longand
BROOKE, Alice - Oldbury
bro in law Jn Fowler; Jn Hall senr; Thos, Alice & Agn Hall; Margt
Wekes; Agn Fowler; Rich Warington & his wife; son in law Thos Broke jr;
Eliz & Thos Coxe; Jn Addams; Joan Warryngton; Thos Knappe; Wlm Hoell; Joan
Barrowe; execs Thos Hall & Thos Warryngton
CATCHMEAD, Robert - Oldbury
bro Jn; sis Eliz; Thos Adams; Cherati Catchmead; land in North Hame; mother
Margt Catchmead exec
CLEMENT, Joan - Thornbury
son Jn; legacy of Jn Thurston of Kyneton; dtr Joan exec; overs Jn Pach
& Wlm Polyn
JONES, William - Morton, Thornbury, husb
childr Jn, Edward & Kath; land at Rangeworthy; Joan dtr of Jn Whytfyld;
Thos son of Simon Pope; bro in law Wlm Pope; wife Joan exec; overs bro Jn J
of Thornbury & Jms Laurence of Over Morton
STAMBORNE, John - Falfield, Thornbury
Jms, Thos & Joan Mors; Joan Typper; dtr Margt; Thos Nicholas; David
Estone; Jn Martymar jr; wife Joan exec; overs Jn Martymar & Thos Mors
WADE, Nicholas - Morton, Thornbury, husb
bur at Rockhampton; bros Wlm & Rich; childr of bros & sisters; Rob
Skegge; bro Wlm Smith; Jn Browne; David Eston; bro Jn & his son Wlm; execs
4 bros; overs Jn Edwards of Morton & Thos Hancock of Yust
1578
DEANE, William - Oldbury
childr Thos, Leonard & Agn; wife Dorothy exec; overs Chris Idolles
FIDLER, Thomas - Thornbury, weaver
dtr Alice; execs dtr Jane & wife Joan
FLOYD, John - Oldbury on Severn
childr Rich, Cath, Alice, Margt & Joan; father Jn F; wife Joan exec;
overs Jn Erle & Guy Pyrton
HUNTE, Saunder - Hope, Thornbury, weaver
childr Thos & Margt; wife Alice exec
PEARSE, Edward - Cowhill, Oldbury
sons Jn & Thos; nephew Rob Peers; wife Margt exec; overs Rich Addams
& Jn Earle
1579
BROWNE, William - Thornbury, gardener
Thos Cotes, husb; bro in law Jn Willyams, butcher; Alice Gyllyams; Jn
Broune; sis Ellen Edwardes & her childr Wlm, Jn, Rob & Sythe(?);
sisters dtrs Kath & Joan Fowler; Joan Oubury; Margt Howell; Jn Phillips;
Margt Mallet; wife & childr; execs father in law Wlm Willyams & Thos
White; overs Jn Willyams & Thos Tuckar
CULLIMORE, John - Kynton, Thornbury, husb
son Thos & his dtrs Margt & Kath; kinsman Wlm Kullimore; son Rich
& his dtrs Maud & Joan; wife Isab exec; overs Wlm Williames & Wlm
Marten of Kinetune
HOWLEBROOKE, Thomas - Thornbury, butcher
childr Thos, Alice & Ellen; bro / bro in law Nicholas Mowletune;
Humphrey More & his childr Rich, Thos & Ann; Cath Filde; Eliz
Howlebroke; childr of Rich Saunders; sisters Kath & Eliz; Jn son of Thos
Stephans; Margt Mouletune; childr of bro in law Jn Pache; Francis Poynes,
gent; wife Margery exec; overs Thos Stephans, innholder, Jn Jones jr, Jn Pache
& Nicholas Mowletune
MALLETT, Thomas - Kineton, Thornbury, husb
uncles Wlm Jenkins of Tortorie & Phil West of Littleton on Severn; dtr
Mary; bros Nicholas & Rich M; goodwife Jemie, now wife of Thos Ockford;
wife Agn exec; overs uncles Jn & Thos West
READE, James - Rockhampton, husb (first name given as John
in index)
dtr Eliz Davis alias Reade, unmarried; exec wife Sibell
SYMONS, Joan - Oldbury, Thornbury (given as John in index)
son Thos Oswald & his wife Kath; Nicholas, Alice & Jn Oswald; late
son Thos Maile & his childr Anthony & Letis; dtrs Agn & Alice
Wither; son in law Thos Wither exec; overs Thos Koxe & Thos Russell
1580
COTES, Thomas - Thornbury
son Thos; unborn child; orchard from Wlm Browne; wifes bro Thos Poole of
Tresam; wife Elnr exec
DODISWELL alias
WHEELER, Seth - Thornbury
childr Margt, Abel & Jn; dtr Ann Gotheridge; Henry son of Jn Dodswell;
Edward son of Jn Gotheridge; wife exec; overs Thos Hilpe & Wlm Dutton
DUNSTER, John - Oldbury, Thornbury
childr Thos, Wlm, Alice, Joan & Eliz; wife Agn exec; overs Thos Peerse
of Berkeley & Wlm A Burge of Sodburye
DUNSTER, Philip - Oldbury on Severn, husb
dtr Maud; son Rich & his sons Arthur & Phil; Rich Johnes & his
childr Edward, Rich & Eliz; son Jn exec; overs Wlm Erle & Henry Heaven
FOWLER, Edward - Thornbury
Jn Jones; wife Margt exec
PACHE, John - Ulands, Thornbury, husb
2 sons named Jn; cousin Jn Pache of Sibland; kinswmn Eliz Wickes; wife
Alice exec; overs sons Wlm & Edmund P
PEYSLEY, Robert - Thornbury
childr Ambrose, Eliz & Jane; bro Thos; sis at Berkeley; wife Alice exec
WALKER, Richard - Shepherdine, Rockhampton
sons Jn, Wlm & Thos; wife Kath exec; overs Jn Wether & Wlm Colley
1581
ADDAMS, Alice - Shipardine, Rockhampton
bro Rich; sis Agn; Agn dtr of Peter Yearothe; Thos Walker; Jn & Wlm
Patche; Alice Thyrston; Kath Seage; exec father in law Peter Yerothe
BAKER, William - Nether Morton, Thornbury
sis Kath Preyler; bro Jn senr & his 3 childr; bro Jn jr & his 2
childr; godson Wlm Ady; wife Agn exec; overs Thos Pache & Wlm Wade of
Morton
BOWER, William - Rockhampton
Rob Skege; childr Jn, Joan & Rich; Ralph Willcock, clerk & Wlm
Warde; wife Anne exec
PYRSE, Richard - Thornbury
son Wlm; son Thos & his son Jn; wife Alice exec; overs Thos Wisshe, esq
& Jn Jonsse senr
THOMAS alias
TAYLER, Thomas - Thornbury
childr Rob & Margt; wife Eliz
TYSONE, Elizabeth - Oldbury, widow (given as Tysoe in
index)
Wlm, Henry, Edward, Kath & Joan Erle; Rich, Thos & Agn Jones; Wlm
& Agn Tysone; Agn Clarke; Wlm, Nicholas & Jn Hancoke; Agn Perse; dtr
Edith Horte; Kath Hancoke, Edith Horte & Alice Erle; son Jn Erle exec;
overs bro Edward Thurstone
1582
BAKER, Agnes - Moreton, Thornbury
Margt Pyearte; godson Thos Pache; execs bros in law Jn Baker senr & jr;
overs Wlm Whittingham, minister & Jn Pyrse
BRADLEY, Thomas - Rockhampton, husb
childr Joan & Ralph; Rob Skegge; execs wife Alice & son Jn; overs
Ralph Willcocks, clerk, Thos Russell, Jn Smethe & Jn Yerle
CULLYMORE, Thomas - Kignton, Thornbury, husb
dtr Kath; wife Joan exec
DODISWELL alias
WHEELER, Agnes -
Thornbury
bro in law Jn Willis; sisters Eliz, Elnr & Alice; dtr Margt; Wlm Pyrse;
Kath Whittingham; Mr Whittinghams maid Cicely; Mary Lewse; Perses wife; Wlm
Hawle; Jn Couche; exec Jn Willis; overs Mr Whittingham & Jn Lewse
EDWARDS alias
NOTE, Henry - Nether
Morton, Thornbury
wife Margt; 2 sons named Jn; dtrs Alice & Joan; son Henry exec; overs
Jn Selcocke & Thos Gylman
FOWLER, John - Lower Morton, Thornbury, husb
svt Eliz Alpas; son in law Rich Whyte; kinsman Rob Patche; execs childr Jn
& Agn; overs Edmund Patche
LINCKE, Alice - Hope, Thornbury
aunt Worlocke of Hope; Alice & Agn dtrs of Jn Baker; bros Jn & Rich
L; godtrs Eliz Worlocke, Joan Cole & Edy Clarcke; Margt & Edy
Worlocke; exec sis Kath wife of Jn Baker; overs aunt Worlocke, bro in law Jn
Baker & Thos Brownynge
RYCHEMAN, John - Oldbury (probably Oldbury on the Hill)
childr Jn & Joan; son Thos & his childr; Isab Robins; son Wlm exec;
witns Wlm Liegh, Jn Idolles & Jn Jackman
SMITH, Christopher - Nether Morton, Thornbury, husb
2 dtrs; son Jn; execs 5 youngest childr; overs neighbs Jms Segar, Rich
Pache, Wlm Waulecar, Edmund Pache, Thos Howlebroke & Jn Edwards, all of
Morton
VOWLER, John - Thornbury
childr Agn, Margt & Thos; wife Margt exec; overs Edmund Patch &
Thos Wood
WAULECAR, Joan - Thornbury, widow (given as Walker in
index)
Wlm Milmey; Jms Pache; dtr Margt Atwood & her childr Margt, Mary &
1 other; Joan dtr of Thos Milmey; Joan Eastone; wife & childr of Hugh
Simkins; svt Jn Waulecar; son of Jn Milmey; Jn Longden; Margt Priste; Joan
Hentley; Jn Wayte; Jn, Chris, Thos, Alice & Joan Clement; Jn Simkins;
Ellen Wayte; Jn Whithar; Rob Pyers; Rich Berkeley; bros wife Eliz Clement;
execs bro Wlm Clement & son in law Leonard Atwood; overs Hugh Simkins
& Rob Stones
WAULECAR, William - Moreton, Thornbury, husb
kinsmn Wlm Wilcoke; Wlm son Rich Waulecar; Henry, Alice & Jn Whithar
of Sheppardyn; Rich son of Henry Waulecar; godson Wlm Simkins; svts Jn
Waulecar & Jms Pache; Eliz Waulecar of Cowhill & her sis Kath; Eliz
& Jn Waulecar of Sibland; Wlm Atwood of Berkeley; godtr Margt Waulecar of
Hill; Wlm Millmey; childr of Leonard Atwoode of Berkeley; Margt Pyerte; Joan
Longdon in the forest; Joan Willcocke of Oldbury; bro Thos W; wife Joan exec;
overs Jn Edwards & Hugh Simkins of Moreton
1583
ATKINS, Joan - Oldbury, widow
bros dtr Joanna Nelme; sisters dtr Agn Lewlen; exec bro Wlm Nelmes
ATKINS, William - Oldbury, Thornbury, husb
wife Jane exec; witns Edward Thurston & Jn Bakar of Oldbury, husb
BADMANTON, Anthony - Thornbury
childr Anthony, Agn, Jn & Margery; dtrs child Margery; wife Eliz exec;
overs Jn Jonse jr, mayor & Wlm Yerle
JONES, Joan - Oldbury, Thornbury
bro Thos Jonse; Edward son of Jn Jonse; bro Edward Stamborne; late bro Thos
Stamborne; Rich son of Edward Stamborne; Joan dtr of Henry Webe; Alice Baker;
mother Kath Heynes; bro Jn Jones of Oldbury exec
MOORE, Thomas - Thornbury
childr Thos, Rich & Cicely; land in Oldbury; son Wlm exec; overs Ralph
Lawrence & Wlm Nawle
STEVENS, Thomas - Thornbury, innkeeper
son Jn; wife Margt exec; overs Jn Jonse of the parsonage & bro in law
Nicholas Mouleton
WETHER, Richard - Rockhampton, husb
execs wife Elnr & son Edmund; overs son in law Roger Pope & son Jn
1584
ATTKYNS, Robert - Oldbury, Thornbury, husb
Agn widow of Rob Skegge of Rockhampton; goodwife More of Skottsdoleine,
Hill; sis Juliane More of Thornbury; Margt wife of Thos Seger; son Rich exec;
overs neighbs Jn Curteys & Rich Dunster
COELL, James - Thornbury
son Rich; house at Brokhurst to 5 childr; execs Jn Coelle of North Nibley
& Jn Bruton of Thornbury
HORNE, John - Oldbury, Thornbury
childr Morris, Rich, Wlm, Agn, Edith & Margt; wife Agn exec
HOWELL, William - Rockhampton, husb
childr Thos, Jn, Alice & Joan; land in Winswell, Hill to son Jms; son
in law Rich Foordes; svt Agn Tought; wife Joan; son Wlm exec; overs Thos Hurne
& Jn Smithe senr of Hame
JONES, Katherine - Thornbury, spinster
bro in law Jn Whitfild & his dtrs Joan & Joyce; execs bros Jn &
Edward Jones
LINKE, Thomas - Rockhampton, husb
unborn child; son Wlm; Rob Stringer; landlord Thos Pearse; wife Joan exec;
overs Jn Willcocks, Wlm Wade & Rob Tilladam
MOWLETON, Nicholas - Thornbury, yeo
childr Wlm & Joan; Mary & Ellen Sauneders; uncle Rob Auleda; unborn
child; sis Sauneders & her dtr Margt; bro Thos M; wife Jellin exec; overs
Rob Barton & Phil Whithars
THURNER, Thomas - Oldbury
son Thos; sis Agn Thurner; wife Kath exec; overs Edward Thurston & Thos
Thurner
VOWLER, John - Cowhill, Oldbury
childr Jn & Agn; execs Jn, Wlm & Agn childr of son in law Rich
Vedler; overs Rich Woode & Thos Herynge
WASBOROW, Thomas - Thornbury (listed as missing/ locality
not given in index/ given as WASHBOURN in index)
bro Geo Wasborow; wife exec; overs Jn Yerle & Jn Bruton
WELSTEDE, Thomas - Oldbury
Henry Prewett; Rich Warrington; wife Ursula exec; overs bro Wlm W
WETHER, Ellen - Rockhampton, widow
son Edmund; late husb Rich W; 2 childr of Edmund Skegge; execs sons Edmund
Skegge, Jn Wether, Edmund Wether & son in law Roger Pope; overs Jn Russell
& Jn Ward
WETHER, John - Shepherdine, Rockhampton, husb
dtr Alice; Edith wife of Jn Atwood of Berkeley; Margt, Joan & Agn
Atwood; Wlm Willcockx; Eliz Skegge widow; execs wife Agn & son Henry;
overs Jn Smithe of Hill, Hugh Puell of Hill, Jn Smith of Nupton & Henry
Heaven of Oldbury
WHITFILD, Isabel - Thornbury, widow
Jn Barton senr & his wife & their son Thos; Wlm Barton; son Jn W
& his wife & their dtr Isab; Isab White; exec Jn Barton senr
WILLCOCKES, Ralph - Rockhampton, parson
church of Pomsbury, Shropshire; church of Littleton; Rob Skege; Rob
Stringer; Jn Walker; Agn Stone; wife Joan; dtr Alice Priste & her dtr
Alice; son in law Thos Priste; son Jn exec; overs Jn Sanage & Wlm Ward
1585
BAKER, John - Oldbury
wife Joan; house in Thornbury; dtr Joan; execs sons Wlm & Thos; overs
Thos Baker of Auste & Edward Baker of Torkentone
DENINGE, William - Oldbury
bro Thos D; execs dtrs Eliz & Edith; overs bros Jn D & Rob Rickards
DUNSTER, John - Oldbury, husb
son Rich; wifes father Wlm Mathewe; Wlm & Jn Mathew & their sis
Joan Jones; wife Ellen exec; overs Henry Heaven & Thos Wether
DUNSTER, Richard - Oldbury, Thornbury, husb
sons Phil & Arthur; wife Cath exec; overs Rich Johnes & Rich
Attkyns
JAMES, Joan - Rockhampton, widow
dtr Margt Waed; Rich son of Jn Waed; dtr Joan Lyppett; son in law Jn Waed;
dtr Bridget James exec; overs Thos Russell & Jn Russell jr
JONES, John - the parsonage, Thornbury, yeo
son Jn; bro Phil J; son in law Chas Griffen; Jn Howlebroke; wife Joyce
exec; overs Jn Hilp, gent & father Jn Jones
LYNE, Robert - Cowhill, Oldbury, husb
bro Rich L; kinsman Jn Lyne; bro Jn L, taylor; Jn Lynche, late parson of
Littleton on Severn; wife Alice exec; overs neighbs Jn Erle & Thos Walker
SNOTTER, John - Oldbury, Thornbury, husb
wife Alice; childr Thos, Alice, Isab & Joan; Rich Warrington; son Rob
exec; overs Henry Heaven & Hugh Pagnell
WAED, William - Rockhampton, husb
sons Wlm, Jn & Thos; Rob Stringer; bro Jn W & his son Thos; svt Wlm
Housman; wife Edy exec; overs bros Jn & Thos W
WALKER, Valentine - Cowhill, Oldbury
wife Joan exec; overs Rich Orchard & Jn Earle
1586
ABRYDGE, John - Falfelde, Thornbury (tucker?)
sons Thos, Bartholomew & Edmund; wife Joan exec
ADYE, Henry - Kyneton, Thornbury, husb
mother in law Agn Adye; sons Henry, Edward, Wlm & Jn; wife Eliz exec;
overs Humphrey Whitfild & Wlm Crondale
BRADLEY, Alice - Rockhampton (given as Badley in index)
sis Joan; Margt Smithe; son Ralph B exec; overs son in law Jn Bradley
PATCHE, Robert - Thornbury (weaver?)
childr Agn, Joan, Thos, Jn, Margery, Eliz & Margt; wife Margt exec
PRUETT, Henry - Oldbury
childr Jn & Eliz; wife (Jane?) exec
1587
AGWILLAM, Alice - Thornbury, widow
Jn son of Wlm Agwillam; Alice & Amy, dtrs of Jn Darney & his wife
Ellen; son Jn A; son Jms Darny & his wife Maud; childr of Jn Yeomer; Alice
Brown; Joan White; Henry Lydyat exec; overs Thos White & Rich Hill
CHECHMEAD, Margaret - Thornbury
son Thos; dtr in law Ellen Chechmeade; Charity Chechmeade; Alice Yearowthe
& her childr Jn, Rich, Agn & Kath; godchildr Edward Thurstone &
Margt Vowler; execs childr Jn & Eliz C; overs Thos Russell & Thos
Jonnes
CHIPP, Thomas, jr - Thornbury, weaver
bros son Wlm Chipp; wife Joan exec; overs Phil Jones & Henry Harris
HOMES, John - Thornbury
execs wife & dtr Kath; overs Edward Smyth & Thos Clement
LYDIATT, Alberow - Thornbury, widow
sons Thos & Wlm; Cicely, Mary & Margt Lydiat; son Henry L exec;
overs Rich Hopper & Wlm Wygmore
PACHE, Thomas - Morton, Thornbury
childr Wlm, Thos & Margt; wife Joan exec; overs son Jn P & Wlm
Howell
RUSSELL, Thomas - Rockhampton, husb
son Jn & his dtr Ann R; 4 childr of Jn Gayner; son Wlm; exec Ralph
Russell; overs Humphrey Scodart, clerk
WALKER, Richard - Sibland, Thornbury
bros Jn & Thos Waight; sis Eliz; sis Joan Wauker; sis Margt Stamborne;
Wlm Wauker; Wlm Dallie; Agn Hobbes; Eliz Baylie; Thos Durban; Wlm Wilcokes;
exec father (?); overs Jn Middleton & Jn Pach
WETHER, John - Morton, Thornbury, carpenter
sons Rich, Henry & Thos; wife Joan; overs Jn Edwardes of Morton &
Jn Wether of Thornbury
WHYTFILDE, Thomas - Oldbury, Thornbury, husb
childr Wlm, Joan & Kath; sisters dtr Margt Weste; wife Maud exec; overs
Wlm Lynke & Rich Lawrance
1588
BELSHERE, Thomas - Thornbury, tucker
bro Wlm B; execs bros Thos & Alex B & sis Maud Jervise; overs Jn
Pirryman
BURTON, Robert - Thornbury, butcher
dtrs Agn & Eliz; bros Wlm & Jn B; dtr in law Alice; wife exec;
overs Jn & Wlm Burton
KYNGESCOTE, William - Oldbury (apparently Oldbury on the
Hill)
childr Jn, Wlm, Eliz, Joan & Alice; 4 bros & sisters; wife Margt
exec; overs Jn & Chris Idolls
MORGAN, Margaret - Thornbury, widow
dtrs childr Rob, Mary, Eliz, Margt, Joan & Ann Bredston; dtr Kath exec
POOLE, John - Thornbury, taylor
childr Jms & Alice; wife Margt exec; overs Edward Sim & Wlm Willims
jr
SELCOX, John - Thornbury, husb
son Guy; Jn Edwards; wife Isab exec; overs Myles Gibbs & Jn Selcox
WAFFAN alias
MATHEW, William -
Shapardyne, Rockhampton
sons Rich & Jn; wife Joan exec
1589
AGROVE, Richard - Buckover, Thornbury, husb
son Hugh; son in law Nicholas Jenkins & his son Jn; execs childr Rich,
Susan & Mary; witns Jn & Joan Edwards, Rich Toms, Elnr Downye &
Joan Bonde
BAKER, Thomas - Oldbury
childr Thos, Rich & Joan; wife Margt; overs Rich Atkynes & Wlm
Barrowe
BARROWE, John - Oldbury, Thornbury
godson Morris son of Jn Pearse; Kath Hawkyns; Agn Waker; exec Peter
Barrowe; overs Jn Earle & Thos Thurner
CHIPPE, Thomas - Thornbury
Joan wife of Jn Tyler; execs sons son Wlm C & his wife Joan; overs Wlm
Bruton & Jn Middleton of Sibland
COTTEN, Joan - Oldbury
bro Jn Persons jr
CULLYMORE, Mary - Rockhampton
Anne Walker; Joan Yereth; bro Wlm Collymore exec; witns Jn & Rebecca
Wilcocks, Wlm Stringer & Anne Walker
DANNSEY, William - Falfylde, Thornbury, yeo
childr Jn, Edward, Margt & Welthian; wife Philipa exec; overs Thos Skey
& Wlm Smyth
DAWLY, William - Siblande , Thornbury
childr Wlm, Kath & Joan; wife; overs Jn Middelton, Thos Ockborne &
Rob Seacell
LUSTEY, Thomas - Rockhampton, weaver
bur at Thornbury; childr Mary, Jn & Jane; wife Sibell exec; overs Jn
Wade & Jn Willcocks
SPENSER, John - Thornbury, labourer
dtr Agn; 2 sons named Jn; bro Jn S; wife Alice exec; overs Jn Hobbs &
Thos Lydiat
WAYTE, Thomas - Nether Morton, Thornbury, labourer
sis Margt Stamborne, widow; witns Edmund Skegge & his wife Joan, &
Ellen wife of Wlm Pope
1590
BAKER, Joan - Thornbury, widow
bro Thos Clemente; Clemente Corke, widow; Rose wife of Wlm Cullymore of
Kynetone; dtr in law Jane Fidlar, dtr of previous husb; Wlm son of Abel
Wheeler; exec Abel Wheeler; overs Henry Searche & Jn Comeleye
BAROWE, Peter - Oldbury (torn)
childr Margt, Thos & Jn; wife Joan exec; overs Jn Tiladam & Jn
Osborne
BARROWE, William - Oldbury
childr of Rob Lyne; sisters son Rob Baker; dtr in law Agn Cowley; godson
Wlm Thurner; 2 sons in law; sis Eliz Barrow; sis Rob Lynes (?); sis Margt
Baker & her son Thos B; wife exec; overs Edward Thurston & Jn Oldland
DENNINGE, John - Falfield, Thornbury, husb (given as
Domminge in index)
son Henry; bros dtr Edith Denninge; wife Cath exec; overs Thos Skeye &
Henry Jones
GANDERTON, Gilbert - Sheperden, Rockhampton, weaver
bro Wlm G & his dtr Joan; wife Alice exec; overs Wlm Colye & Rich
Ganderton
GETES, Robert - Thornbury, husb
godson Thos Oven; bro in law Wlm Thorene; Rob Panner; Agn Simkers; Francis
Gettes; wife Kath exec; overs Jn Pache & Wlm Thorne
IDOLLES, John, senr - Oldbury (apparently Oldbury on the
Hill)
childr Agn, Joan & Phil; son Thos exec; overs Jn, Thos & Chris
Idolles
LAWRANCE, Richard - Oldbury, Thornbury
childr Wlm & Rebecca; godson Thos Herynge; Agn Tyler; wife Agn exec;
overs Jn Tiladam & Thos Herynge
NOTE, John - Cowhill, Oldbury
Rich Noote jr; Agn dtr of Rich Noote; son Rich N; Wlm Arther; Thos
Warington
PHILL, Walter - Oldbury, Thornbury (torn)
Rich Dunster; Joan Brodley; son Jn; wife Christian exec; overs Jn &
Thos Wether
WETHER, John - Morton, Thornbury, husb
4 childr of Roger Poepe; godtr Alice Skegg; Edmund, Wlm & Joan Skegg;
dtr of Jn (Oules?); Jn Edmands; Wlm Balle; Bridget Perse; Maud Roberts; Joan
Bishoppe; Agn Gabb; Edy Belcher; kinsman Thos Wether; Thos Barton; Henry &
Jms Patche; Henry Mellodin; exec Edmund Wether; overs Wlm Diar & Rob Stone
YEAROTHE, Peter - Shepardyne, Rockhampton
childr Rich & Agn; wife Alice exec; overs Wlm Cowlay & Thos
Catchmade; Rich Wickes; wife Joan exec; overs Roger Caple & Thos Russell
1591
CHAMPNEYS, Alice - Thornbury
Wlm, Edward & Mariam Smyth; Thos Clement; Eliz Brutton; Thos Edmonds
& his wife; Joyce & Jms Mayow; Joan Barnnes; Agn Harris; Henry
Champnis & his wife; Dorothy & Alice dtrs of Joan Lewse; svts of Henry
Harris; Thos Ocborn; Rob son of Rob Smith; Mrs Wyther; Mary dtr of Thos
Champnis of Littleton; Margt & Eliz dtrs of Thos Throgmorton, knt; exec
Thos son of kinswmn Margery wife of Thos Dymry; overs Jn Stafford of Worlwod,
esq & Wlm Watson of Thornbury
HARBATT, Robert - Thornbury, weaver
Simon Harbatt of Hilsley; wife Eliz exec; overs Wlm Horrod & Thos
Fowler; witns Jn Parker
HOLBROOKE, John - Morton, Thornbury, husb
Margt Holbrooke; Kath & Wlm Wylliams; execs son Thos & dtr Joans
husb Wlm Wylliams; overs Rob Stoanes & Arthur Stonnes
RUSSELL, John - Mortton, Thornbury, husb
Joan, Avis & Martha Ady; sis Joan Allen; wife Kath exec; overs Thos
Holbrooke & Wlm Diar
SERTCHE, Henry - Morton, Thornbury, yeo
Jn Barton & his wife & childr Rich & Agn; childr Joan, Agn,
Joyce & Jn; bro Rich S; son Wlm exec; overs Wlm Watson, gent & Jn
Patche of Sibland
STONES, Margaret - Morton, Thornbury, spinster
sis Edye wife of Jn Godfrey & their 2 childr; Joan Arther; bros childr
Joan, Jn & Wlm Stones; Eliz dtr of Jn Whitfild; dtr of Joan (Manney?);
exec bro Rob S; overs Jn Edwards & Arthur Stones
TYLER, Henry - Kynckton, Thornbury, yeo
childr Henry, Jn, Mary, Eliz & Margt; wife Eliz exec; overs Jn Tiler
& Jn Smithe
WORLOCKE, Richard - Mortton, Thornbury, husb
childr Jn, Margt, Joan & Thos; Kath Perse of Chipton, Berkeley; Margt
Perse widow of Mortton; wife Eliz exec; overs Jn Brodley & Thos Bayliffe
1592
EVANS, Giles - Mortton, Thornbury, yeo
Rich Taber; Owen Leversuth; mother Mary Evans; Chris & Margt Petty;
aunt Hoper & her dtrs Margt, Eliz & Agn; 3 childr of wifes dtr by Thos
Wood; Thos Harrold, clerk; cousin Jn Hoper; execs Edmund Patch, Jn Edwards
& Rob Stonnes; overs Jn Marsh & Arthur Stones
GROVE, Richard - Oldbury
sis Ellen Agrove; childr of Wlm Willinton; childr of bros Jn & Rich
Agrove; childr of 2 sisters; exec Rich Agrove; witns Wlm Bruton & Joan
Willinson
MALIN, Thomas, jr - Mortton, Thornbury, husb
son Jn; bro Thos M of Estwood & his childr Jn, Jms & Susan; sisters
dtr Joan Mabbat; godtr Eliz Peglar; Agn Sumpkins; sisters son Rich
Chamberlayn; wife Kath exec; overs Thos Malin, Rob Stonnes & Jn Marsh
MILMAY, John - Oldbury
Jn Baker & his sis Eliz; sis Eliz Heynes; bro Wlm Dimmerye; Joan
Ballande; Thos Thurner; Cath & Wlm childr of Wlm Purlin; Mr Stafford; Wlm
Syssam; exec Eliz Baker; overs Roger Caple & Thos Russell jr
NASHE, Thomas - Oldbury
son Thos; late bro Wlm Wylcocks; wife Margt exec; overs Rich Wood & Jn
Oldland
PATCH, Margaret - Thornbury, widow
childr Eliz & Jn; dtr Joan P exec; overs Rich Wylcox & Peter Patch
PATCH, Richard - Kington, Thornbury
Henry Ady; Rich Patch of the Heath; Agn Stones; Jane & Joyce White; Agn
Yelcockx; Joan Patch; son Peter exec; overs Thos White & Thos Fowler
SLIMBRIDGE, William - Thornbury, weaver
wife Joan; son Jn; Wlm supposed son of Thos Slimbridge, deceased; tenants
Mary Smyth, Margt Currier & Margt Crosse; Margt dtr of Thos Slimbridge;
widow Dreycot; Thos Brookeman; Elnr dtr of Jn Slymbridge; exec Margt dtr of
Wlm Slimbridge; overs Thos Newton, clerk & Thos Harrowld
SMITH, Edmund - Kineton, Thornbury, labourer
land in Wormelod & Treado, Hereford to Rich son of Henry Peters;
sisters dtr Eliz Lewes; bros son; neighb Thos Prine; exec Henry Peters; overs
Jn Phillipps alias Comley & Walt Hathway
TYLLADAM, John - Oldbury
poor of Thornbury; godsons Edward Lynke, Jn Barrow & Thos Longdon; 3
sons of Thos Tylladam; 4 childr of Rich Tylladam; Kath Mychell; Mary Yewen;
Alice Tyler; Christian Snutter; Eliz Webb; wife Alice exec; overs Thos Herring
& Jn Yewen of Hill
1593
CURTISSE, John - Oldbury
son Griffith; wife Alice exec; overs neighbs Jn Joones & Rich Lynke
HANCOCKE, John - Oldbury
sons Wlm & Jn; bro Wlm H; son Rich exec; overs Rich Atkyns, Jn Jones,
Wlm Howell & Jn Lawrence
LYNCKE, William - Oldbury, husb
childr Edward, Henry, Wlm, Elnr & Margt; Rich Whitfeild; Thos &
Rich Warrington; Eliz Baker; Agn Heaven; Jane Lyne; Jn & Thos Lynck; wife
Margery exec; overs Rich Wood & Giles Lynnet of Hill
READE, William - Morton, Thornbury, husb
dtr Anne; Thos Weste; Jms Robarts of Stone; wife Constance exec; overs Wlm
Dier & Rob Stones, husb
SEAGER, James - Moorton, Thornbury, husb
son in law Geo Thurston & his dtrs Eliz & Alice; svt Jn Fyll; Jms
Poope & his sis Joan; execs dtr Alice Thurstone & son in law Geo
Thurston; overs Howell Fostar & Thos Holbrooke
1594
BREWTON, John - Theaven Hope, Thornbury, husb
sons Thos & Jn; 5 dtrs; wife Kath exec; overs Thos Weakes & Rich
Agrove
GROVE, Mary - Bockover, Thornbury
bro Henry Agrove; sis Susan Jenkyns; bro in law Nichls Jenkyns; Kath dtr
of Rich Cole; Ellen Mayo; Kath Farr; Mary Millard; exec bro Rich Grove; witns
Rich Grove, Rich Cole, Wlm Farr & Dan Watts
HEAVEN, Agnes - Oldbury, widow
dtr Elnr; execs sons Jn & Wlm H; overs bro Jn Marshe
WAYT, John - Thornbury, husb
childr Jn & Joan; exec present wife Frances; overs Wlm Barton & Jn
Turny
WILKINES, Thomas - Thornbury, tyler
bro Wlm Whit.. & his childr; sis Agn & Margt Wilkines; Thos Boms;
exec father Alex W, tyler; overs Jn Hobbes & Jn Doeger
1595
BRIAN, John - Thornbury, joyner
dtr in law Margt Sevell; bros dtr Margt Brian; wife Eliz exec; witns Ruth
James & Margt Sevell
COX, Thomas - Oldbury, Thornbury, husb
dtrs Agn & Joan; sis Eliz Lynck; 2 sons of Jn Lynck; sis Gylyan; godtr
Alice Sannsams; wife Joan exec; overs Jn Wether & Rich Wood
CULLIMORE, Thomas - Thornbury, baker
godson Thos Howell; kinsmn Jn Howborowe; neighb Maurice Hert; svt Eliz
Pert; dtr Kath Lydiat; kinswmn Susan Cullimor; sons Thos & Jn; wife
Margery exec; overs Jn Hobbes & Anthony Ogborn
DEANE, Dorothy - Oldbury, widow (Oldbury on the Hill)
sons Thos & Leonard; exec son in law Wlm Chappell; overs son Thos D;
witns Wlm Leygh, parson & Jn Idolls
DYRRAM alias
SMITH, William - Falfield,
Thornbury, husb
son Francis; mother in law Philippa Dannesey; execs wife Bridget & son
Thos; overs Jn Phillipps & Thos Skey
EARLE, Edith - Oldbury, singlewoman
Maurice Power; mother; witns Jane Fowler
IDOLLS, Christopher - Oldbury, husb (Oldbury on the Hill)
childr Jn & Joan; dtr Grace Wallys; wife Alice exec; witns Wlm Lyegh,
parson & Jn Idolls
LINKE, Thomas - Oldbury, husb
dtr Joan; bro Jn L; wife Agn exec; witns Rich Wether & Edward Whytt
MARSHE, John - Thornbury, husb
poor of Moorton; Ellen Heaven; wifes son Thos Adie; childr Thos, Henry, Wlm
& Joan; wife Mary exec; overs Edmund Patch, Thos Holbrooke & Thos
Dannsey of Uley; codicil: dtr Agn
1596
BAYLY, Thomas - Faulfelde, Thornbury
wife Joan; Jms Bayly of Swanley & his childr Mary Freman & Edith,
Thos, Jms & Joan Bayly; 11 godsons: Thos Curnocke of Wick, Thos son of
Rich Bayly decsd, Thos son of Rob Dryn of Berkeley, Thos son of Jn Hartlebery
of Woodford, a son of Phil Nyclas of Woodford decsd, a son of Rob Harrolde of
Bath, a son of Wlm Genyng of Wickwar, Thos Watkens, a son of Thos Skey of
Falfield, a son of Hugh Lewes of Eastwood & Thos son of Thos Sanders late
of Eastwood; godtr Bridget Goodrich; land in Newport, Berkeley to Thos &
Joan childr of Jms Bayly; late father Thos B; son Jms B of Swanley exec; overs
Thos Goodrich & Thos Smyth of Mylstrete
MARTIN, Thomas - Oldbury, husb (born in Cromhall)
wife Agn; unborn child; sis Ellen wife of Jn Pache & their childr; sis
Eliz Lene & her childr; kinswmn Susan Barne; bro Rob M; Julian Hobbes; dtr
in law Agn Thorner; Alice & Julian Cox; Thos son of Jn Linke; sisters son
Thos Bruton; Thos Thorner of the Brige End; exec Rob Martin; overs Thos
Hearinge & Thos Thurston
OLEY, John - Thornbury, yeo
bur at Rockhampton; cousin Eliz Herden; Margt dtr of Wlm Oley; cousin Wlm
Oley; wife Margt exec; overs bro Jn O & Thos Mallyn
PERSE, John - Cowhill, Oldbury
childr Edward, Wlm, Jn, Morris & Mary; wife Joan ; overs Rich Floyd
& cousin Thos Pearce
PRUET, Henry - Thornbury, husb (first name given as
"Thomas" in index / residence given as Wapley in index)
childr Henry, Edith, Alice, Eliz, Jane & Thos; wife Eliz exec; prsnt
Thos Pruet of Wapley & Jms Drap of Thornbury, daylabourer
RUSSELL, Thomas - Olbury on Severn
bro Jn R & his son Jn; Thos & Joan childr of Thos Jhones; Alice
& Margt dtrs of bro Rich R; Mary, Thos & Jn dtrs of Thos Dunster;
godson Thos Thurner jr of Bridgende; svt Jn Wyllis; exec cousin Thos Russell;
overs Roger Caple & Jn Fowler
1597
JACKMAN, John - Oldbury (Oldbury on the Hill)
sons Rich, Chris & Walt; dtr Margt Thorne; godtr Agn Jackman; son Phil
exec; witns Wlm Leygh, Jn Idolls senr & Rob Styffe
PEGLAR, John - Thornbury, weaver
poor of Moorton; sis Eliz Harwie, widow; sons Jn & Thos; wife Margt
exec; overs Thos Holbrooke & Rob Longe of Moorton, yeo
STEVEN, Robert - Faulfede, Thornbury, husb
childr Joan, Margt & Thos; wife Eliz exec; overs Wlm Howler & Hugh
Lewes
1598
CLEARKE, John - Estwood Pke, Thornbury, husb (document is
exceedingly faded)
dtrs Joan, Anne & Kath; wife exec
DYMERYE, Richard - Oldbury on Severn, husb
Edmund & Joan Pache; Rich, Jn & Ursula Tayer; Roger Russell; exec
cousin Thos Pache; overs Thos Champnes & Thos Moyer
FINCH, Henry - Oldbury, husb
childr Rich & Joan; wife exec; overs Rich Atkinks & Wlm Adams
KENT, Richard - Thornbury, husb
apparently from Hartbury; bro Thos K of Estwall under Malvernshill; exec
Alice late wife of Ralph Laurenne of Thornbury, currier; overs Thos Jelfe
& Wlm Walcockes
LAURENNE, Ralph - Thornbury, "curyer" (given as
"Lacrowe" in index)
childr Ralph, Eliz & Thos; dtr Joan Joanes; wife Alice; overs Wlm Lynke
& Jn (Eane?)
RUSSELL, William, senr - Oldbury (probably Oldbury on the
Hill)
Roger & Francis sons of Thos Boye; Rob & Wlm sons of Wlm Russell
jr; Isab & Wlm Russell; son Rob; Agn Caase; Margt dtr of Rob Russell; wife
Agn exec; overs Jn Idolls senr & Rich Jackman
SNOTTER, Alice - Oldbury on Severn
dtrs Joan & Eliz; son Thos exec; witns Henry Tanssend & Margery
Link
1599
ATKINGS, Richard - Oldbury, Thornbury
Thos & Peter Warrington; Jn Prevat; Rich Privatt; Chris & Wlm sons
of Arnold Atkings of Filton; land in Hill to Thos son of Arnold Atkings; Wlm
& Joan Walker; Thos & Wlm Orchard & their sisters; Thos, Jn &
Wlm Jones; Thos son of Thos Jones of Westbury; Alice & Jn Cloterbooke;
Alice Howell of Littleton; Rob Barnett; Thos Gifford; wife exec; overs Chris
Atkings, Rich Orchard, Rich Jones & Wlm Walker
CRONOCKE, Robert - Oldbury, husb
sons Thos, Wlm & Rob; wife Frances exec; overs Thos Homme & Jn
Fowler
HATHWAYE, William - Morton, Thornbury, labourer
sis Maud H; wife Jane exec; overs Edmund Patche & Rob Stones
PURLYN, William - Oldbury, husb
childr Wlm & Kath; wife Eliz exec; overs Henry Goffe & Thos Mowar
SANES, Richard - Oldbury
dtr Susan; Eliz Baker, widow; wife Agn exec; overs Rob Marten of Cowhill
& Jn Fowler of Oldbury
WEBB, John - Thornbury
sons Thos, Walter & Rich; "wife unmarried" (mentioned twice);
execs childr Alice & Anthony; overs bros Geo (Bell?) & Thos Webb
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