Early wills

Some Early Frome Wills, 1403-1736/7

Names from wills with Frome connections kindly transcribed by Philip Candy from Arthur Humphreys, Somersetshire Parishes: A Handbook of Historical Reference to All Places in the County, (London, 1905: 187 Piccadilly, pp. 323-325).

The Sources referred to are as follows:

Mediaeval Wills: Weaver, F.W. (Ed.), Somerset Mediaeval Wills 1385-1500, London, 1902 [Volume XVI Proceedings of Somerset Record Society]

SDNQ: Norris, H., Mayo, C.H., and Weaver F.W. (Eds), Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset, Vols I-VIII, Sherborne, 1888

Smith Wills: Smith, J.C.J. and Smith S.A., Index of Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury [1383-1604], compiled by J. Chancellor C. Smith [vols 3 and 4 compiled by S.A. Smith], 4 Vols, London, 1893

Som Wills: Crisp, F.A. (Ed.), Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills &c. Copied from the Manuscript Collection of the late Rev F. Brown, 6 Vols, London, 1887

Waters Geneal. Glean: Waters, H.F., Genealogical Gleanings in England, Boston, 1901

Year Books: Matthews, J. and Matthews, G.F. (Eds), Abstracts of Probate Acts in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Vols I-II, London, 1902

Name	Link to Frome	Dated	Proved or dealt with	Source
A'COURT, Susan		15 Oct 1683	12 Jun 1685	Som Wills i, 57
A'COURT, Thomas			22 Feb 1635/6	Som Wills i, 57
A'COURT, William		26 Sep 1656	Feb 1656/7	Som Wills i, 57
ANTRAM, Richard	Froome Selwood		1597	Smith Wills, iv, 10
AVERY, Joan			11 May 1683	SDNQ, v, 277
AYRES, Thome		14 Jan 1638	Commission Issued 20 Mar 1638	Waters Geneal. Glean, i, 77
BERRINGTON, Walter		11 Mar 1600	20 Nov 1600	Som Wills, i, 30
BISSE, John	Frome Selwood	23 Dec 1652	5 Jun 1654	Som Wills, ii, 3
BOYS, Mary			Admon 11 Dec 1637	Som Wills, v, 39
CABLE, John	Fromebraunch	11 Jul 1408	3 Oct 1408	Mediaeval Wills, 33
CHAMPNEY, Anthonye			1535	Smith Wills, i, 114
CHAMPNEYS, Elizabeth			1580	Smith Wills, iii, 62
CHAMPNES, Harry			1506	Smith Wills, i, 114
CHAMPNEYS, Joane			1527	Smith Wills, i, 114
CHAMPENEYS, Thomas			1507	Smith Wills, i, 114
CORSELEY, Robert			1575	Smith Wills, iii, 77
COTTINGTON, Elisabeth	Lands at Frome Selwood	30 Apr 1675	10 Jul 1682	Som Wills, iv, 108
COTTINGTON, John		5 Dec 40 Eliz	1 Jul 1598	Som Wills, vi, 72
CRAAS, Matthew	Froome Braunche		Commission to prove 25 Aug 1403	Mediaeval Wills, 11; Smith Wills, i, 148
CRAAS, Walter		13 Dec 1428	2 Jan 1428/9	Mediaeval Wills, 127; Smith Wills,i, 148
CROSLEY, Thomas		29 Apr 1499	8 Jun 1499	Mediaeval Wills, 377
DUNKERTON, Henry		6 Jul 1419	12 Sep 1419	Mediaeval Wills, 102
EDGILL, Nicholas			1577	Smith Wills, iii, 103
FAREWELL, Elizabeth		24 Apr 1722	7 Aug 1724	Som Wills, iv, 68
GIFFORDE, John		6 Sep 1601	24 Oct 1601	Som Wills, i, 28
HILLARD, Robert			1581	Smith Wills, iii, 157
HOPTON, Lady Dorothy	Witham Friary	13 Jun 1597	23 Aug 1597	Som Wills, vi, 51-52
KIRKE, Hugh		15 Jan 1580	8 Feb 1580/1	Som Wills, iii, 112
LEVERSAGE, Andrew		29 Jan 1605	22 Feb 1605	Som Wills, i, 36
LEVERSEGGE, Edmund		[2 Jul] 1415	23 Oct 1415	Mediaeval Wills, 69
LEVERSEGGE, Margaret		9 Dec 1661	10 Aug 1662	Som Wills, iv, 132
LIVERSEGGE, Ralph		29 Mar 1614	10 May 1615	Som Wills, i, 36
LEVERSEDGE, Roger	Compton Dando; House and Land	12 Mar 1633	20 Sep 1633	Som Wills, iv, 132
LUDWEN, Thomas			1576	Smith Wills, iii, 200
LYNDENYSSCH, John	The Church Windows	20 Jun 1412		Mediaeval Wills, 56
MARCHANT, Elizabeth			18 May 1636	Year Books, ii, 107
METHWYN, Francis			Admon 3 Jun 1646	Som Wills, iii, 44
METHWIN, Jane		14 Jan 1640	7 Dec 1641	Som Wills, iii, 44
MEWE, Jerome			1581	Smith Wills, iii, 213
OBORNE, John			1578	Smith Wills, iii, 228
PAVELEY, Richard		10 Mar 1429	18 May 1430	Mediaeval Wills, 134; Smith Wills, ii, 405
PAVER, Richard			1430	Smith Wills, ii, 405
PENNY, John			Admon 1721	SDNQ, iii, 283
PICKERINGE, Richarde			1589	Smith Wills, iv, 327
PICKERING, Thomas			1600	Smith Wills, iv, 327
POOLE, John	West Harptree; Tenements in Frome	1 Sep 1511	16 Oct 1512	Som Wills, i, 50
ROBARTS, Thomas	Froomeselwood		1590	Smith Wills, iv, 355
ROSE, John			1511	Smith Wills, ii, 455
ROWE, Elizabeth		25 Sep 1736	15 Mar 1736/7	Som Wills, iv, 136
RUSSELL als NICHOLAS, Henry		28 Oct 1423	12 Dec 1423	Mediaeval Wills, 110; Smith Wills, ii, 387, 458
RUSSELL, James			1590	Smith Wills, iv, 362
STEVENS als SHEPHARDE, Edmonde			1585	Smith Wills, iv, 375, 396
STERK, Lucy		14 Jan 1417	19 Jan 1417	Mediaeval Wills, 99; Smith Wills, ii, 500
STARKE, William		17 Apr 1417	13 May 1417	Mediaeval Wills, 79; Smith Wills, ii, 500
STILEMAN, William			1580	Smith Wills, iii, 295
STYLE, Henry			1516	Smith Wills, ii, 510
SUDDON, Richarde	Tuckemarshe, psh of Froomeselwoode		1588	Smith Wills, iv, 403
TUTT, Thomas			1520	Smith Wills, ii, 537
TWYNYHOO, Joan	Repairs to St Nicholas Chapel	2 Dec 1489	26 Nov 1493	Mediaeval Wills, 284
TWYNYHO, Roger		25 May 1497	12 Nov 1497	Mediaeval Wills, 352
TWYNYHO, William		[31] Oct 1412	[30] Dec 1412	Mediaeval Wills,58
VINCENT, Henry	Repair of way by Gore Hedge	18 Jul 1487		Mediaeval Wills, 266
WEST, Richard	St Catherines, Frome Selwood	12 Dec 1579	28 Jan 1579/80	Som Wills, iii, 50
WHITCHURCH, Robert			22 May 1635	Year Books, ii, 69
WHITCHURCH, Samuel		1 Feb 1683	4 Dec 1684	Som Wills, iv, 111
WHITCHURCH, William		3 Feb 1690	4 Apr 1691	Som Wills, iv, 112, 132
WISSE, Lucretia			18 Nov 1631	Year Books, i, 126