GLOUCESTERSHIRE PROBATE RECORDS
Abstracts from
WILLS 1620 - 1660
for Alveston, Elberton, Littleton on Severn & Olveston.
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1620
CLERKE, Anne - Alveston, widow (proved at Canterbury)
DUDDING, George - Olveston, husb
mother Agn D; bro in law Rich Dudding & his childr Wlm & Mary; Wlm
Taint of Comptons Marsh; exec bro in law Rich Dudding; witns Rob Arthington
curate of Alveston
EDMONDS, Thomas - Inst, Olveston, yeo
Thos Haines of Olveston; sons Thos & Wlm; son in law Jn Oldland; svt
Margt Jones; aunt Agn Hort of Tockington; Agn Thurston of Auste; Jn Charland;
Alice Wood; bro Jn E & his childr Jn & Eliz; bro Edward E & his
childr Edward, Frances & Eliz; Jn son of sis Bridget; Kath dtr of sis
Margt; execs son Jn & present wife Eliz; overs bros Jn & Edward E
& Jn Baker of Aust
HALLE, John - Woodhouse, Olveston, husb
bur Almondsbury; dtr Joan; Alice Nichles; wife Joan exec; overs Jn Crossman
& Nichls Millsam; witns Wltr Coules
HAULL, Margaret - Olveston, widow
Agn dtr of Rob Cooke; sis Hill; Margery Hill; Thos Cooke; 2 sons of Jn
Seager; exec Thos Seager; overs Ralph Green vicar; witns goody Brasy, Mary
Simpson & Ellen Valentine
KIBLE, Elizabeth - Olveston, widow
Agn & Mary Boulton; goody Brasy; Faith Fill; widows More, Duddinge,
Stradewe & Heath; Alice Stevens; widow Lines of Anelbly; Agn Mericke; wife
of Jn Thurson; Agn Whippe; Mary, Edith & Agn dtrs of Jn Holbrooke; exec
Jn Holbrook; overs Ralph Greene vicar & Thos Sighman clerk; witns Agn
Thurston
LOVELL, John - Pillnind, Olveston, yeo
childr Agn, Joan, Thos, Jn, Wlm, Rich & Bridget; house at Ercott; wife
Joan exec; overs Wlm Eiton of Bristol & Jn Barrett; witns Wlm Tovye, Rich
Hall, Jn Savadge & Wlm Symes
MERRICK, Agnes - Olveston, widow
sisters Alice Richards & Frances Worthey; sis Eliz Jones & her
childr Jn & Anne Bixson; dtr in law Jane Webster; Jn Tovey senr of
Elberton tayler & his wife Mary & son Jn; sis Fortune Haines & her
childr Margt, Frances & Wlm; exec bro in law Jn Haines of Mangotsfield;
overs Jn Tovey & Jn Smyth of Olveston; witns Thos Haines & Wlm Brewton
PESELY, John - Elberton
son Jn & his son Thos; childr Wlm & Agn; Jn son of Wlm Pesely;
Avese Pesely the younger; dtr Mary Smyth; Wlm son of Wlm Smyth of Elberton;
wife Avice exec; overs Rich Fuller & Wlm Walle of Elberton
SPENCER, Rebecca - Olveston
son Geo Tyson; Margt & Thos Rodman; dtr; exec Ralph Greene vicar; overs
Jn Boulton; witns Rich Boulton
1621
BRIDGES, Richard - Alveston, gent (proved at Canterbury)
HORT, Agnes - Tockington, Olveston, widow
son Wlm H & his dtrs Eliz & Margt; childr Cath & Edward H; 4
childr of Wlm Dymry; 3 childr of Edward Vispole; Alice Dinny; son Rich H exec;
overs Edward Brasy & Wlm Burnell; witns Ralph Greene vicar
PRICE, Frances - Alveston, widow (proved at Canterbury)
SEAGER, Thomas - Elberton
sis Eliz Smithe; father in law Mr Greene; childr; wife exec; overs bros in
law Edward Sampson & Rob Smithe; witns Ralph Greene
VEEL, Nicholas - Alveston, gent
poor of Henbury, Thornbury, Iron Acton & Almondsbury; wife Margt;
childr Margt, Mary, Nichls & Rich; land in Oldbury, Morton, Kyneton,
Cowhill & Thornbury to son Wlm; land in Compton Greenfield & Henbury
to sons Phil & Peter; kinsmen Thos Webb & Geo Veel; Dorothy Dier &
her childr David & Margt; kinswmn Eliz Neale & her sis Margt; son Thos
exec; overs Thos Smith & kinsman Wlm Player gent; witns Wlm Yeamans notary
1622
BUDDIN, William - Olveston
childr Thos, Wlm, Jn, Rich, Edward & Jane; wife Jane exec; overs Jn
Smith, Jn Tovie & Thos Storke of Olveston
BURNELL, Simon - Tockington, Olveston
decsd sons; childr Edward, Wlm, Joan, Mary & Agn; son Rich exec; overs
Wlm Brasye, Wlm Buddinge & Ralph Greene vicar; witns Edward Brasye
FIELD, Thomas - Tockington, Olveston
childr Thos, Joan & Elnr; Jn, Wlm & Morris Dier; wife Faith exec;
overs Jn Tovie of Olveston & Edward Bracie of Tockington; witns Anthony
Field
FRANKHAM, Katherine - Olveston, widow
sons Nichls & Jms Whyte; dtr Jane wife of Thos Pantynge of Wotton; exec
son in law Thos Adey; overs bro Edmund Hues of Wotton & Edward Bracy of
Tockington; witns Jn Vavasour
HANCOCK, William - Elberton, yeo
dtrs Margt; dtr in law Kath Hancock; svt Nichls Pearce; Joan Bradley; dtr
Agn H exec; overs bro Nichls H of Horvill & Henry Dowding of Elberton;
witns Thos Perriman & Wltr Webb
MARTON, John - Elberton, husb
sis Margt M; Thos & Alice Peryman of Elberton; bro Rob M of Henbury,
husb; kinsman Wlm Asten of Elberton, husb; wife Joan exec; overs Henry Smithe
& Henry Dowdinge of Elberton; witns Edmund Champnies
MOORE, Mary - Tockington, Olveston, widow
Margery wife of Wlm Prise of Tockington & their dtrs Faith, Mary &
Sara; Eliz Pearse; Jn son of Thos Haines of Olveston; Thos Synam; Wlm son of
Jn Sanders; Mary dtr of Wlm Horsenton of Tockington & his wife Anne; bro
Thos Jones & his dtr Elnr; Wlm Dyer; exec Wlm Prise of Tockington; overs
Thos Haines of Olveston & Thos Field of Tockington
MORSE, Christian - Tockington, Olveston, widow (proved at Canterbury)
1623
CHAMPNIES, Edmund - Littleton on Severn, yeo
son Jn senr & his 3 childr; son Rich & his 3 childr; sons Wlm, Rob,
Arthur, Henry & Jn jr; dtr Margery Stumpe & her 3 childr; decsd son
Thos & his childr Rob, Thos & Mary; cousin Mary Champnies of Oldbury;
bro Jn C & his dtr; poor of Thornbury, Kington, Oldbury & Elberton;
wife Agn exec; overs Wlm Boyce of Littleton, Rich son of Rich Archard decsd
of Littleton & sons Wlm & Jn C senr
DODDINGE, Richard - Tockington, Olveston
dtrs Margt & Agn; wife Mary exec; witns Edward Bracie & Anthony
Field
GOODMAN, John - Tockington, Olveston
childr; wife Elnr exec; overs Jn Tomes & Thos Synam; witns Anthony
Field, Edward Goodman, Joan Bracie & Faith Field
PARMYTER, Jane - Tockington, Olveston, widow
son Edward P & his sons Henry & Jn; decsd dtr Frances & her
dtrs Kath & Hester Mallett; Sara, Jn & Edward Mallett; Mary Baker;
grandson Henry P & his grandfather Thos Hopkins; execs Sir Edward Morow
knt & bro in law Ralph Greene vicar; overs Jn Ridley & Jn Hort of
Tockington yeo; witns Thos Haines, Anthony Field & Thos Cooke
1624
GOODMAN, Eleanor - Tockington, Olveston, widow
Jane Tomes senr & jr; sons Edward & Jn G; Sara Synam; dtr Winifred
Bartley & her 2 childr; childr of son in law Jn Tomes; childr of son in
law Jn Bartley; son in law Thos Synam; execs dtr Alice G & Jn Tomes; overs
Anthony Field & Thos Sherman
HORT, Edward - Tockington, Olveston
bro Wlm H & his 3 childr; unborn child; exec present wife Margt; witns
Thos Haines, Thos Williams & Rich Hort; overs Edward Bracy & Thos
Shereman of Tockington
MALINGE, Margaret - Alveston, widow (proved at Canterbury)
MARTON, John - Elberton, husb
sis Margt M; Thos & Alice Peryman of Elberton; bro Rob M of Henbury, husb;
kinsman Wlm Asten of Elberton, husb; wife Joan exec; overs Henry Smithe &
Henry Dowdinge of Elberton; witns Edmund Champnies
1625
FOORD, John - Alliston, husb
son Jn; granchildr Jn, Rich, Rob & Bridget Ford; master Thos Veel gent;
exec dtr in law Kath Ford; witns Rob Potter clerk & Wlm Uswell
GROMADGE, Nicholas - Olveston, mason
wife; witns Thos Mansell, Jn Smithe & Rich Segar
GROMEDGE, Eleanor - Olveston, widow
Joan Cullymore; svt Jn Wade; late husb Nichls G; exec kinswmn Joan Webb;
overs Thos Haines of Olveston & Wlm Boulton senr of Hasell; witns Rich
Weyman
HILL, John - Ercott, Alveston, husb
childr Jn & Joan; wife Margt exec; overs father in law Wlm Neale &
bro in law Martin Neale; witns Wlm Browne, Thos Smith & Wlm Hungerford
HOLLESTER, William - Olveston
son Wlm; wife Joan; witns Jn Simes
1626
BARAWAIE, John - Tockington, Olveston
childr Wlm & Eliz; wife Margt exec; overs Wlm Dallie of Sherehampton
& Rob Squier of Compton; witns Anthony Field, Joan Bracie & Anne
Horssington
HEARINGE, Mary - Elberton, widow
dtrs "Yeadisse" & Anne H; sis Faith Fill of Tockington, widow & her
childr Thos, Joan & Elnr Fill; Mary Clutterbock of Oldbury, Thornbury;
Margt Orchard of Oldbury widow; svts Rich Warrant & Matt Chopp; exec son
Thos H; overs bro Jn Tovye & sisters son Jn Dyer both of Olveston; witns
Thos Perriman & Faith Field
RIDLER, John - Lockington, Olveston (proved at Canterbury)
SMITH, John - Olveston
childr Thos, Wlm, Bridget, Mary & Joan; dtrs Eliz Jones & Alice
Hancock & their childr; nephew Maurice Smith; godson Anthony Bulton; svts
Wlm Blackfurd & Margt Godding; wife Isab exec; overs Henry Smith, Jn
Jones, Jn Hancock & son Thos Smith
SYMMES, William - Pillnen, Olveston, husb
present wife Margt; dtr Joan; son Jn exec; overs Mr Thos Walter of Horfield
& Rob Gaune of Hempton; witns Thos Haines & Wlm Wilson; note of
baptism of Joan dtr of Wlm Symmes & Agn on XVI Mar 1605
SYNAM, Thomas - Olveston, shoemaker
childr Matt, Wlm, Sara & Bridget; present wife Margt exec; overs Mr
Ralph Greene vicar & Thos Haines of Olveston; witns Thos Hollester &
Edward Goodman
THURSTON, John, senr - Elberton
wife Joan; bro Hewes; childr Jn, Jms, Anthony, Bridget, Rich, Rob &
Thos; 2 sons named Wlm; son Edward exec; overs Rich Fowler, Henry Smith &
Jn Jones
1627
ALLEN, Richard - Elberton
only dtr Joan wife of Jn Clarke of Westbury; inventory taken by Thos
Champnies, Jn Jones & Edward Hutchins
SIMES, Joan - Pilnend, Olveston, singlewoman (found in
1626)
exec Jn Simes of Pilnend; witns Jn Hort, Thos Trajenell & Wlm Yeamans
SMITH, William - Elberton, yeo
son Wlm; childr of bros & sisters; sisters sons Wlm & Thos Wall;
sisters sons Thos & Wlm Smith; Avice dtr of Jn Peasly; wife Mary exec;
overs Thos Smith of Alveston & Wlm Wall of Olveston; witns Thos Champnies
& Thos (Luntte?)
WILCOKS, Joan - Earthcoate, Alliston, widow
dtr Eliz Seager & her sons Thos, Rob & Jn; grandson Henry Richards;
grandtrs Joan & Agn Champneis; childr of grandson Jn Dymocke; 2 childr of
grandtr Eliz Wither; grandchildr Rob, Thos, Kath & Agn Smith; Jn, Thos
& Agn Frape; kinsman Jn Cullimore & his 4 childr; exec son in law Thos
Smith of Earthcoate; overs Rob Frape & son in law Jn Seager; witns Rob
Potter
1628
COWLES, Walter - Olveston, husb
wife Eliz; bros childr Rich, Jane & Joan C; son Dan C exec; overs
kinsman Wlm Long; witns Wlm Comb, Rob Deane & Giles Long
HARRY, Jenkins - Inst, Olveston, husb
dtr Agn; dtr Eliz Oldland & her legacy from Jn Edmonds jr; wife Kath
exec; overs David William of Iten & Jn Oldland of Hamer; witns Jn Hancock,
Rob Haulder & Rich Stevens
PRICE, Margery - Tockington, Olveston, widow
dtrs Mary, Sara & Faith P & their legacies from Mary More decsd
widow of Tockington; exec Mr Ralph Greene vicar; witns Thos Haines, Jn Barley
& Thos Howell
PRISE, William - Tockington, Olveston, taylor
dtrs Eliz, Margt, Mary, Sara & Faith; wife Margery exec; overs Thos
Haines of Olveston & Henry Polsome of Wodhouse; witns Hugh Thomas
PULLEN, James - Hasell, Olveston, yeo
childr Jms, Jn, Rich & Eliz; sisters Jane Stringer, Margt Sanders &
Mary Spicer; wife Joan exec; overs Jn Seagar & Edward Long; witns Rob
Potter
SMYTH, Margaret - Inst, Olveston, spinster
poor of Elberton; bro Nichls S & his wife Eliz & son Francis; bro
Thos S; bro Joseph S & his wife Bridget & childr Jn, Edward &
Bridget; exec bro Joseph S; overs Thos Alpas & Wlm Wilson; witns Geo Morse
1629
CHAMPNIES, Thomas - Elberton
wife Jane; childr Edward, Rich, Agn & Mary; dtrs in law Jane &
Bridget Champnies; Jn Bayly; Edward West; son in law Toby Champnies; exec son
in law Jn Champnies; overs Thos Smith of Earthcoat, Henry Smith & Jn Jones
COWLES, Daniel - Aulkley, Oulveston, husb
mother in law Eliz Cowles; bro in law Ben Beaker; wife Eliz exec; over Rob
Alesope of West Litleton & Thos Horte of Tockington yeo; witns Wlm Tovy
& Jn Dier
HEWES, John - Elberton, yeo (proved at Canterbury)
HILL, Thomas - Inst, Olveston, gent (proved at Canterbury)
STRINGER, Edmund - Tockington, Olveston
childr Thos, Rob, Edward & Eliz; 2 sons named Jn; godson Edmund Toms;
son Wlm exec; witns Rich Field & Edward Goodman
1630
PEASLYE, William - Elberton
sis Agn P of Elberton; son Jn; wife Kath exec; overs Jn Peaslye senr of
Elberton husb & Wlm Wale; witns Henry Dowdinge, Wlm Smith & Thos
Periman
STRINGER, William - Woodhouse, Olveston
wife Eliz exec; overs son Thos & Anthony Field of Tockington; witns
Giles Wathen
SYMMES, John - the Whom, Olveston, husb
bro in law Rob Boyce & his dtr Agn; Elnr wife of Hull Stevens; Margt
wife of Jn Paine; Rich Toms; Edward Baraway; Margt Jones svt of Rich Wither;
exec bro in law Rob Boyce; overs Wlm Boyce of Littleton on Severn &
Anthony Boulton of Pillnen, Olveston; witns Thos Boyce & Joan wife of Rob
Boyce
1631
BAYLIE, Nicholas - Tockington, Ouldveston, husb
present wife Eliz; dtr Alice; execs dtrs Agn & Eliz; overs Jn Lowle of
Ouldveston gent & Wlm Baylie of Almondsbury yeo
FRANKCOMB, Edward - Elberton, husb
3 childr of Jn Wasfield of Olveston weaver & his wife Kath; 2 childr
of sis Eliz & her husb Rob Hill of Olveston carpenter; Thos Sevell late of
Aust & his dtr Jane at Olveston & his son Jn S at Elberton; bro Rob
F of Woodhouse, Olveston & his childr; Mary & Agn Gwilliams of
Woodhouse dtrs of Thos G late of Redwick, Henbury; 2 childr of sis Mary &
her husb Phil Wither of Aust; 5 dtrs of Wlm Skreen of Aust; Thos, Edith &
Agn Herringe of Elberton; Thos Howell & Thos Adye svts of Thos Herringe;
Edward West of Elberton blacksmith; poor of Olveston & Aust; cousin Joan
Field svt of Thos Herringe; exec bro Nichls F of Aust; overs bro Rob F of
Woodhouse & cousin Thos Herringe of Elberton; witns Thos Periman &
Ralph Hickmans
JOANES, Henry - Woodhouse, Olveston, taylor
Giles Watham & his childr Jms, Anne & Eliz; bro Chris J; Wlm Barly
& his childr Jn, Wlm, Thos & Eliz; Anne dtr of Thos West; dtr Eliz
Berry & her 5 childr; execs Rob Frankham & Thos West; witns Rob Taylor
PEASLYE, Avice - Elberton, widow
son Jn P of Malmesbury, Wiltshire, husb & his wife Alice & dtr
Mary; son Wlm P of Olveston & his wife Kath; Avice Peaslye of Elberton;
son in law Wlm Smithe of Elberton & his son Wlm; exec son in law Wlm
Smithe; overs Henry Dowdinge & Thos Perryman of Elberton; witns Rich
Fowler
POLLSUM, Henry - Woodhouse, Olveston, taylor
wife Jane; sis in law Bridget Yeomans; execs: childr Thos, Rich, Jn, Wlm,
Henry, Agn & Eliz; witns Jn Lowle, Eliz Saunder & Geo Hill
WEBB, Thomas - Elberton
childr Wltr, Thos, Agn, Bridget, Eliz & Joan; wife Joan exec; overs bro
in law Rich Davis & bro Wltr W; witns Jn Jones & Arthur Jorden
1632
HANCOCK, Agnes - Inst, Olveston (found in 1633)
son Edward Dyer; dtr Eliz & her sons Thos & Geo Baker; son Jn H;
dtr Mary & her childr Jn & Eliz Edmonds; son Maurice H & his dtrs
Mary & Grace; Joan Greene; exec son Maurice H; overs 2 bros
THURSTON, Anthony - Elberton
son Jn; unborn child; wife Agn exec; overs Jn & Toby Champnies of
Elberton; witns Jn Jones
TOVYE, Edward - Alklye, Ouldveston, yeo
son Wlm; bro Jn T; Jn Pearce of Tockington taylor & his wife &
childr; bond with Thos Horte of Tockington & Rob Alesupp of Littleton,
yeo; present wife Eliz exec; witns Wlm Fowle, Rich Field & Geo Mills
1633
BOULTON, Richard - Tockington, Olveston
childr Anthony, Andrew, Faith, Joan & Alice; dtr Mary & her dtr Mary;
Joan & Margt dtrs of Anthony Boulton; godtr Faith Price; wife Ann exec;
witns Edward Hollister & Morris Dyer
FEILD, Mary - Tockington, Ouldveston, widow
grandtr Mary wife of Thos Chappell gent & their son Thos; grandson Wlm
son of Jn Williams; dtr Margt Lowle; Margt wife of Edward Beck of Barcklie;
Joan dtr of Eliz White; son Rich F exec; overs Geo Mills gent & Anthony
Feild yeo
PROUT, Samuel - Olveston, husb
sisters Mary, Jane & Eliz; bros in law Jn Griffinge & Thos Gale;
father in law Jn Griffinge exec; overs Edward Longe & Thos Haines
SEAGER, Robert - Olveston, husb
mother in law Jane Hort; Eliz West; Wlm & Jn Blackfurd; Eliz Hort; Eliz
& Jane childr of Thos Jenckings; Wlm Sanders; Dorothy Weetherlie; bro Thos
S; exec (Jn?) Seager; overs Thos Seager
SMYTH, John - Tockington, Olveston, yeo
childr Mary, Isaac & Hannah; Margt dtr of Jn son of Jn Smyth decsd;
cousins Jms Saunders & Wlm Haynes; Mr Palmer of Thornbury; wife Eliz exec;
overs Jn Grove of Berrick & Rich Smyth of Inst
1634
GOUGH, John - Alveston, mason
dtrs Eliz, Matthew & Susanna; wife Jane exec; overs Landras Taylor
& Thos Smith; witns Thos Mansell
HUTCHINS, Katherine - Elberton
son in law Jn Dimry of Alleston & his childr Jn, Edward, Thos, Rob,
David, Kath & Eliz; son Edward H & his son Jn; exec son Edward H;
overs Henry Smith, Jn Jones & son in law Jn Dimery; witns Eliz Jones
WEBB, Walter, senr - Elberton, yeo
wife Agn; sons Geo & Edward; dtrs Margt Briggs of Rockhampton &
Joan Lewton of Almondsbury; grandchildr Bridget Vizard & Henry Webb; dtr
Anne & her son Arthur Vizard; son Wltr exec; overs Edward Bracy of
Thornbury yeo & Jn Tovie of Elberton husb; witns Thos Perriman
1635
EDMONDS, John, senr - Inst, Olveston, yeo
childr Jn & Eliz; son in law Wlm Wade; svts Margt Field & Jn
Smithe; Wlm son of Thos Edmonds; present wife Agn exec; overs Jn Seagr of
Over, Joseph Smithe, Jn Edmonds & bro Edward E
WEST, Katherine - Olveston, widow
childr Thos, Rob & Eliz W; exec Thos Seager; overs Jn Seager of Over,
Almondsbury & Wlm West of Northwicke; witns Wlm Rych, Margt Pamar &
Mary Marrell
1636
DYER, Richard - Tockington, Olveston
childr Jn, Eliz, Thos, Edward & Sara; wife Margt exec; overs Thos
Shearman & Jn Dyer; witns Jn Mortimer
WEBB, Agnes - Elberton, widow
childr Wltr, Margt, Agn & Joan; Bridget Vizard; execs sons Edward &
Geo W; overs Roger Reeve & Wlm Lugg
1637
HOBBS, Martha - Olveston, widow
dtr Cicely wife of Jn Orchard of Almondsbury husb & their dtr Agn; dtr
Mary wife of Adam Orchard & their childr Agn, Wlm, Thos, Eliz, Rich &
Cicely; sis Eliz Wade decsd & her dtr Margt; sis in law Agn Marsh &
her childr Edward, Martha, Mary & Alice; Rich Tomes of Olveston; late
husbs dtr Joan West of Rengery; exec son in law Adam Orchard; overs bro Thos
Haynes of Redwick & Jn Dyer of Northwick
HORT, John - Olveston
dtr Joan; wife Mary; son Thos exec; overs Thos Hort & Wlm Walle; witns
Jn Mortimer & Jn Toveye
HOWELL, Alice - Littleton on Severn, widow
dtrs dtr Eliz Whitfield; son Wlm Walker of Cowhill & his childr Jn,
Rob, Mary, Kath & 2 sons named Rich; dtr Jane Stiphens of Littleton; Jn,
Wlm, Thos & Joan childr of Jn Stiphens of Littleton; Rich & Kath
childr of Rich Wither of Northwick; Edward Wither of Littleton son of Phil W
of Aust; Jane wife of Jn Boyce of Shepdine, Rockhampton; Jane wife of Rich
Vidler of Littleton; Jane dtr of Thos Walker of Cowhill; svt Jn Phillips; exec
Thos Stiphens & Rich son of Wlm Walker; overs son Wlm Walker & Jn
Stiphens; witns Thos Perriman
SEAGER, Thomas - Hasell, Olveston, yeo
poor of Alveston; bros Jn, Jms & Maurice S; wife Eliz; sisters Agn
& Eliz; Wlm Barrawaye; Edith Brooke; exec father Jn S & bro Rich S;
overs Edward Dyer & Thos Smith; witns Kath Smyth
1638
DYMERY, William - Elberton, blacksmith
sons Rich & Henry; Rich Fowler & Thos Smith of Elberton; execs son
Jn & dtr Joan
1639
BURNELL, Edward - Olveston, carpenter
childr Thos, Jn & Mary; wife Agn exec; overs bro Wlm B & Wlm Haines
GOODMAN, Edward - Olveston
son Jn; 6 dtrs; wife Margt exec; overs Mr Jms Heene & Jn Dier; witns
Anthony Ffield, Thos Sharman & Thos Hollester
GREENE, Ralph - Olveston, vicar & clerk
wife Penelope; son in law Edward Sampson & his Mary & sons Jn &
Ralph; relatives Thos, Edward & Tamison Browne; dtr Joan Tovye; dtr
Bridget & her dtrs Agn, Eliz & Mary; svts Agn Smith & Jn Hancock;
library in Bristol; Mr Wlm Kempe & Mr Batt, ministers; grandson Thos
Seager; Thos Haines clerk; exec dtr Bridget Seager; overs Dr Greene, Wlm
Browne & Thos Browne
LONG, John - the Whom, Olveston, husb
childr Rich, Jn, Joan & Mary; grandtr Miriam Long; son Morris exec;
overs Chris Atkins & Jn Boulton senr
RUSSEL, Katherine - Littleton on Severn, widow
sons Thos & Rich of Oldbury, Thornbury, husb; dtr Eliz wife of Rob
Pearce of Sheperdine, Rockhampton; sons Geo & Wlm in Littleton; dtr Joan
R exec; overs Jn Stiphens & Thos Perriman of Littleton; witns Margt &
Agn Crome
SPARROW, Joan - Earthcott, Alveston
Mary wife of Wlm Parker; Wlm, Mary & Ann childr of Wlm Parker; Joan
wife of Rob Smith; 3 childr of Wlm Hungerford; Thos Tovies son; Edith Brooke;
Peter Holder; Eliz wife of Edward Hitchings of Elberton; childr of Chris
Lipyat; exec Rob Smith; overs Thos & Rob Tovie
WEST, Thomas, senr - Woodhouse, Olveston, husb
dtr Christian wife of Edmund Playre; childr Honor, Kath, Thos & Mary;
wife Cicely; dtr Agn W exec; overs uncle Geo Morse & Jn Wade of
Almondsbury Hill; witns Thos Haines, Thos Storke & Rob Frankomb
1640
COLE, George - Alveston, weaver
son Rob at Winterborne; dtr Margt wife of Jn Thorne; childr Patrick, Eliz
& Rebecca; wife Eliz exec; overs Jn Dimery & Rich Seager; witns Wlm
Batt & Thos Ady
EARLE, James - Elberton
dtr Bridget; dtr in law Joan; wife exec; overs Henry Smith & Edward
Trewman; witns Henry Dowdinge & Toby Champnis
FFIELD, Anthony - Tockington, Olveston, yeo
sis Margt Beck of Berkeley; bro Jn F of Over; Margt Parry; present wife Agn
exec; overs Thos Storke of Hawe, Olveston yeo & Thos Haines Olveston
schoolmaster
HILL, Iddise - Coote, Olveston, spinster
mother; bro Rich H; bro Thos H, his wife Kath & dtr Agn; sis Joan Dayre
& her dtr Kath; sis Elnr H; Eliz, Kath & Mary Boyce; Rob Boyce &
his bro Wlm; masters childr Wlm, Agn & Matt Boyce; Agn Orchard; Wlm
Watkins; exec Henry Dayre; overs master Rob Boyce of Coote & Jn Boyce of
Aust
PRITCHARD, Eleanor - Olveston, widow
late husb Tayler, vicar of Elberton; grandson Wlm Sellin; dtr in law Joan
Bouton; Edward, Eliz & Joan Tayler; grandson Thos Tayler; childr of Jn
Grumidge; Alice, Margt & Agn Sharman; Eliz & Margt Berrey; exec Thos
Sharman; witns Rob Berrey & Wlm Horsinton
SEAGER, James - Elberton
poor of Olveston; wife Anne; house in Compton, Henbury; dtr Anne Stones;
childr Rich, Grace, Sarah & Dinah; execs relatives Edward Dyer & Rich
Seager; overs relatives Maurice Hancock & Jn Seager; witns Wlm Grove &
Wlm Avery
SPARROWE, Elizabeth - Alleston
sis Joan Sparrow; Mary Parker & her dtr Mary
1641
ARCHARD, Agnes - Littleton on Severn, widow
sons Thos & Wlm A; dtr Margery wife of Thos Matts; dtr Eliz wife of Wlm
Stones & their childr Wlm, Jn, Arthur, Eliz, Joan, Mary & Agn; sis
Mary Champnies; grandchildr Wlm, Rich, Thos & Agn Archard; grandtrs Joan
& Agn Russell; poor of Morton, Kinton, Oldbury & Thornbury; son Rich
A exec; overs sons in law Thos Matts, Rich Russell & Wlm Stones; witn
Arthur Champnies & Rich Hill
CLARKE, Giles - Elberton, husb
childr Wlm & Mary in London & their grandfather Goffe; house at
Hill to dtr Elnr; dtr Joan in Bristol; childr Anne, Eliz & Jn; house at
Piperes; wife exec; overs bros Jn & Wlm C; witns Morgan Baynham
FOWLER, Richard - Elberton
dtr Agn Mortimer; son in law Jn Mortimer; dtr Joan Marten & her dtrs
Agn, Alice, Joan, Sara & Eliz; son in law Rob Marten; kinsman Jn Fydler;
son in law Wlm Smyth; svts Joan Hobbes & Joseph Reeve; land at Heywoode
to Eliz dtr of Joan Marten; wife Isab exec; overs son in law Jn Mortimer
& Henry Smith
SMITH, Isabel - Olveston, widow
dtr Joan;& Bridget S; dtrs Eliz Jones, Alice Hancock & Mary
Watkins; son Thos S & his wife Kath; sons in law Jn Jones, Jn Hancocke
& Geo Watkins; grandchildr Joan, Rich & Eliz Smith, Mary Watkins, Eliz
& Henry Jones & Agn Hancock; sis Joan Trotman; bro Wlm & Thos
Fisher & their wives; sis in law Joan Storke; Jane Buddinge widow; kinswmn
Eliz Baker; svt Hanna Hooper; grandtr Eliz Smith of Elberton; son Wlm S exec;
overs son Thos S & son in law Henry Smith; Thos Haines writer
SMITH, Joan - Earthcote, Alveston, widow
dtrs Elnr, Anne & Kath; son Rob & his wife Joan; son Thos & his
wife Elnr; Jn Ffrape; grandson Joseph Ffrape; son Rob S exec; overs Thos Smith
of Hasell & Rob Ffrape of Ham; witns Thos Ffilde
SMITH, Joseph - Pilling, Olveston
dtrs Bridget & Joan; son Jn & his son Jn; wife Bridget exec; overs
son Jn S & cousin Edward Edmonds of Northwicke; witns Adam Orchard,
Maurice Smith & Anthony Boulton
1642
ALLYN, John - Tockington, Olveston, husb
sis Agn Harris; sis Joan Chock; Geo Coock of Yate; bros Thos & Abrm A;
present wife Edith exec; overs Thos Sharman & Jn Dyer
BOYCE, William - Littleton on Severn, yeo
Rob Boyce, his dtr Agn & 7 other childr; son Jn B & his 2 childr;
son Thos & his 2 childr; grandchildr Rich & Eliz Russell; Wlm son of
Jn Sevall; sons in law Rich Russell & Jn Sevall; wife Kath exec; overs
sons Rob & Jn B
EDWARDS, Ursula - Alveston, spinster
poor of Thornbury; Jn Somers clerk; uncle Jefferies; aunt Mabberley; mother
in law; sis Mary Clement; aunt Atwells; cousin Jn Atwells, his wife & dtr
Anne; Mrs Palmer & her dtr; Mrs Clifford; Cath Whitfield; Eliz Baker; Joan
Busher; widow Kallowaie; execs father Wlm E & sis Eliz E; witns Jn Dymery
& Jn Gonds
MAY alias COOKE, William - Olveston, yeo
sons Edward & Jn; dtr in law Eliz wife of Jn Cox of Inst; dtr in law
Anne Pendry; wife Kath exec
PERRIMAN, Thomas - Littleton on Severn, yeo
childr Thos, Joan & Jms; sisters childr; Ursula Lacy; kinswmn Mary
Champnies; wife Alice exec; overs bro in law Jn Dier of Tockington &
kinsman Thos Herring of Elberton; witns Thos Smith & Rich Linke
1643
RIDLEY, Richard - Tockington, yeo
childr Eliz, Mary & Rich; bro Thos Smith exec; overs bro Jn Ridler
& Jms Heane; witns Maurice Dyer & Thos Lippet
SEGAR, John, senr - Hasell, Olveston, yeo
poor of Elberton & Alveston; land at Ridgeway, Piperes & Barlease
to son Jn; childr Jms, Rich, Maurice, Agn & Eliz; dtr Alice Edmunds;
bequest from Maurice Baker; son in law Jn Edmunds & his childr Jn,
Maurice, Joan, Agn, Eliz & Hester; Wlm & Eliz Barroway; son Rich &
his dtr Prudence; son Thos & his dtr Eliz; son Rich S exec; overs kinsmen
Maurice Hancock & Thos Smyth of Hasell; witns Wlm Kemp clerk, Morgan Glin,
Edward Baily, Wlm Androwes & Wltr Clement
SMITH, Thomas - Hasell, Olveston, yeo
land in Elberton to dtr Eliz; sons Jn, Thos, Wlm & Arthur; wife Kath
exec; witns Henry Heane minister & Alice Francomb
1644
HAINES, William - Olveston, carpenter
son Jn & his grandmother Elnr Midleton of Olveston decsd; dtr Joan wife
of Thos Symkins & their sons Thos & Wlm; sons Rob, Wlm, Edward &
Thos by present wife; present wife Joan exec; overs bro in law Jn Tovye of
Elberton & kinsman Edward Long of Olveston; witns Joan Long
RIEVE, Roger - Tockington, Olveston, husb
dtr Anne wife of Edward Pontin, son of Thos P; childr Margt, Wlm, Mary
& Roger; son in law Wlm Nash; wife Mary exec; overs uncle Jn Rieve, Rob
Frankam & Thos Mansell; witns Wlm Batt
WEBB, Walter - Elberton, husb
bro Edward & his wife; bro Geo & his wife Joan; bro in law Wlm
Lewton of Almondsbury; Sara Striven; exec bro Geo W of Elberton; overs Jn
Tovey jr & Henry Dymery; witns Thos Smith
1645
HOLDBROOK, John - Olveston, husb
dtr Agn wife of Rich Attwood; dtr Mary exec; overs landlord Rob Cox &
kinsman Chris Holder senr
STEPHENS, John jr - Littleton on Severn, yeo
Edward son of Phil Wither of Aust; bros Thos & Wlm S; sisters Joan
& Jane S; dtr Joan; bond with Theophilus & Eliz Quintin; father Jn S
exec; witns Jn Baker, Jane Phillipps & Alice Manzey
1646
BARNES, Thomas - Alveston, husb
Inventory taken by Jn Dymery, Hugh Barnes & Maurice Seager
HAINES, Thomas - Olveston, schoolmaster
sons Thos & Wlm; present wife Mary exec; overs bro in law Maurice Smith
& kinsman Rich Seager of Hasell; witns Edward Orchard
SEAGER, John - Hasell, Olveston, yeo
bros Rich & Maurice; sis Alice Edmonds; sisters Agn & Eliz; bro
Rich & his dtrs Prudence, Agn & Eliz; kinsmen Rich & Jn Seager;
bro in law Jn Edmonds & his childr Jn, Maurice, Joan, Anne, Kath, Eliz
& Hester; decsd bro Thos & his dtr Eliz; Rob Hungerford; Andre James;
land inherited from Jn Baker to bro Jms; exec bro Jms; overs kinsmen Edward
Dyer & Maurice Hancocke; witns Rob Taylor, Wlm Hancocke & Wltr Clement
1647
GODDARD, Margaret - Alveston, widow
son Thos Veel & his dtrs Susanna, Elnr & Dorothy; son Peter Veel;
dtr Mary wife of son Wlm Attwood; cousin Wlm Veel & his wife Eliz; cousins
Nichls, Thos & Mary Veel; svt Jane Markey; dtr Margt Standfast & her
5 childr; exec cousin Wlm Browne gent; overs Wlm Batt & Thos Mansell senr;
witns Rich Standfast
RUSSELL, Richard - Littleton on Severn, yeo
childr Rich, Joan, Agn & Eliz; Thos son of Thos Boyce; Eliz dtr of Rob
Boyce; wife Agn exec; overs Rich Archard of Berkeley & Jn Boyce of
Almondsbury; witns Thos Crome
1648
HEYNES, Joan - Olveston, widow
late husb Wlm H; sons Wlm, Rob, Edward & Thos; sis Margt Cross; 2 bros
& their dtrs; sisters dtr Eliz Derby; Wlm & Thos sons of Thos Simkyns;
bros son Sam Cross;
LINKE, Richard - Elberton
Matt Phillips of Aust; Wlm Austen; sis Margt L; aunt Joan Martin widow;
witns Thos Herring & Thos Smith
MAYE alias COOKE, Katherine - Inst, Olveston, widow
son Arthur Oldland & his dtrs Eliz, Mary, Martha & Kath; dtr Eliz
wife of Jn Cox of Inst & her childr Jn, Wlm & Mary; dtr in law Agn
Scriven; dtr Agn Pendery exec; overs Jn Jones & Maurice Hancock of Inst
WILLIAMS, Richard, senr - Olveston, husb
childr Mary, Rich, Wlm, Joseph, Edward, Jn & Margt; son in law Arthur
Oldland; grandtr Agn Oldland; grandson Rich Williams; wife Joan exec; overs
bro Jn W & Geo Bradlie; witns Maurice Smith
1650
HITCHINS, Margaret - Elberton, widow
bros & their childr in Somerset; Agn Warren; exec svt Rob Neale; overs
Edward Trewman & Thos Smyth; witns Edward Pritchard, Chas Sanders, Jn
Symons & Ellen Neale
TOVY, John - Tockington, Olveston - Inventory taken by
Thos Hort, Wltr Sommers, Thos Shermon, Wlm Burnell & Wlm Boulten
1657
SEAGER, Thomas - Olveston, yeo
bur at Iron Acton; bro Jn & his childr Jn, Sam, Rich & Eliz;
kinsman Jn Hort of Winterborne; sis in law Agn Seager; exec kinsman Jn Dymery
of Iron Acton yeo; witns Wlm Reede, Geo Hellier & Arthur Walker
1660
DYER, John - Olveston, blacksmith
dtr Mary wife of Jn Baker; dtr Joan wife of Jms Pullen; dtr Eliz wife of
Jn Austen; dtr Alice; land at Cadebrook, Almondsbury; grandson Jn Austen; wife
Alice exec; witns Thos Willson
TOVEY, Robert - Earthcott, Alveston, carpenter
dtrs Mary, Martha & Sarah; father Thos T; son Nathaniel & his son
Thos; mother in law Agn Tovey; wife Margery exec; overs Thos Smith & bros
in law Thos & Jn Hollister; witns Brice Webb & Joseph Shipp
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