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SURNAME
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FORENAMES
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STATUS
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YEAR
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DATE
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CATALOGUE REF.
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| ABBOTT | Thomas | lace merchant | 1765 | Dec 24 | PROB 11/914 |
| ABRAHAM | George | yeoman | 1655 | Jul 20 | PROB 11/248 |
| ABRAHAM | Ebenezer | watchmaker | 1790 | Nov 19 | PROB 11/1197 |
| ABRAHAM | Edward | gentleman | 1800 | Jun 19 | PROB 11/1343 |
| ABRAHAM | John | gentleman | 1832 | Aug 01 | PROB 11/1803 |
| ABRAHAM | James | watchmaker | 1833 | Jan 29 | PROB 11/1810 |
| ABRAHAM | Ann | spinster | 1818 | Apr 10 | PROB 11/1603 |
| ADAMS | Martha | spinster | 1737 | Dec 20 | PROB 11/686 |
| ANDREWS | Mary | widow | 1795 | Apr 02 | PROB 11/1259 |
| ANDREWS | Edward | shopkeeper | 1788 | Apr 24 | PROB 11/1164 |
| ANDREWS | William | gentleman | 1837 | Mar 21 | PROB 11/1873 |
| ASPRAY | Thomas | hemp dresser | 1760 | Jul 12 | PROB 11/857 |
| ASPRAY | Ebenezer | 1845 | Feb 10 | PROB 11/2011 | |
| ATCHISON | William | lace merchant | 1731 | Jul 07 | PROB 11/645 |
| ATCHISON | John | 1771 | May 14 | PROB 11/967 | |
| AUSTIN | Mary | widow | 1755 | Jul 10 | PROB 11/816 |
| BAIRD | Joseph | gentleman | 1784 | Dec 01 | PROB 11/1124 |
| BARDER | John | gentleman | 1708 | Jun 02 | PROB 11/501 |
| BARNES | Mary | spinster | 1822 | Jun 03 | PROB 11/1657 |
| BARRINGER | John | tanner | 1715 | Apr 27 | PROB 11/545 |
| BERE | Richard | apothecary | 1712 | Oct 23 | PROB 11/529 |
| BERRILL or BERILL | Thomas | ironmonger | 1656 | Oct 31 | PROB 11/258 |
| BITHREY | Edward | innkeeper | 1801 | May 07 | PROB 11/1357 |
| BOWDEN | William | dealer | 1823 | Mar 13 | PROB 11/1667 |
| BRIERLY | James | mercer | 1691 | Apr 20 | PROB 11/404 |
| BRIGHTMAN | Elizabeth | spinster | 1800 | May 27 | PROB 11/1341 |
| BRIGHTMAN | Henry | currier | 1805 | Jun 20 | PROB 11/1426 |
| BRITTON | Raphaell | 1639 | Feb 05 | PROB 11/179 | |
| BROOKES | Ann | widow | 1827 | Feb 21 | PROB 11/1721 |
| BRUNT | John | gentleman | 1626 | Sep 28 | PROB 11/150 |
| BRYAN | John | yeoman | 1757 | Jul 13 | PROB 11/831 |
| BRYAN | Samuel | gentleman | 1761 | Sep 23 | PROB 11/868 |
| BUDD | William | grocer & ironmonger | 1784 | Nov 16 | PROB 11/1123 |
| BURGES | William | shoemaker | 1659 | Jun 13 | PROB 11/292 |
| BURMAN | Thomas | mealman | 1848 | Mar 28 | PROB 11/2070 |
| BUTCHER | John | yeoman | 1787 | Apr 17 | PROB 11/1152 |
| CAREY | George | malster | 1762 | Oct 16 | PROB 11/880 |
| CARNELL | Margarett | widow | 1654 | Sep 21 | PROB 11/242 |
| CASTELL | Incent | gentleman | 1652 | May 12 | PROB 11/221 |
| CASTELL | Anthony | gentleman | 1652 | Mar 31 | PROB 11/221 |
| CASTELL | Elizabeth | widow | 1655 | Nov 08 | PROB 11/251 |
| CHARGE | Hathorn | innkeeper | 1734 | Feb 20 | PROB 11/663 |
| CHARGE | Thomas | 1634 | Apr 14 | PROB 11/165 | |
| CHATER | Elizabeth | widow | 1781 | Jun 28 | PROB 11/1079 |
| COBB | John | builder | 1847 | Jul 22 | PROB 11/2059 |
| COLES | Benjamin | grocer & tallow chandler | 1855 | Oct 11 | PROB 11/2220 |
| COOKE | Joseph | hatter | 1746 | Oct 14 | PROB 11/750 |
| COWLAND | Thomas | yeoman | 1629 | Sep 09 | PROB 11/156 |
| COWPER | William | 1800 | Sep 06 | PROB 11/1347 | |
| CUTHBERTSON | Elizabeth | spinster | 1805 | May 28 | PROB 11/1425 |
| CUTHBERTSON | Benoni | yeoman | 1811 | Jul 26 | PROB 11/1524 |
| DANIEL | Daniel | surgeon | 1732 | Aug 10 | PROB 11/653 |
| DAVIDSON | Samuel | grocer | 1832 | Apr 12 | PROB 11/1798 |
| DAVIDSON | Ann | widow | 1855 | Mar 17 | PROB 11/2208 |
| DOGGETT | John | yeoman | 1578 | May 14 | PROB 11/60 |
| DORMER | John | gentleman | 1584 | Jul 08 | PROB 11/67 |
| DRAKE | John | reverand minister of the Gospel | 1775 | Sep 28 | PROB 11/1011 |
| DUNCOMBE | Mary | widow | 1765 | Jun 26 | PROB 11/909 |
| DUNCOMBE | Peter | gentleman | 1758 | Nov 20 | PROB 11/841 |
| DURNVILLE | Pattee | widow | 1816 | Apr 26 | PROB 11/1579 |
| EATON | Thomas | tanner | 1773 | Mar 24 | PROB 11/986 |
| ESSEX | Elizabeth | spinster | 1808 | Jan 28 | PROB 11/1472 |
| FALLETT | William | gentleman | 1763 | May 06 | PROB 11/887 |
| FISHER | William | surgeon & apothecary | 1755 | Feb 01 | PROB 11/813 |
| FOSKETT | Thomas | yeoman | 1633 | May 22 | PROB 11/163 |
| FOSTER otherwise John FORSTER PALMER |
John | gentleman | 1802 | Feb 09 | PROB 11/1370 |
| FRANNCIS | Thomas | 1614 | Mar 19 | PROB 11/121 | |
| FREEMAN | Moses | bone lace merchant | 1674 | Mar 20 | PROB 11/344 |
| FREEMAN | Philip | lace buyer | 1699 | Aug 14 | PROB 11/452 |
| FREEMAN | Samuel | turner | 1709 | Jun 21 | PROB 11/509 |
| FREEMAN | Moses | bonelace merchant | 1681 | Jun 25 | PROB 4/19127 |
| FULLER | Edward | yeoman | 1656 | Sep 20 | PROB 11/258 |
| GARDNER | Thomas | gentleman | 1800 | Jan 29 | PROB 11/1335 |
| GARRARD | John | gentleman | 1828 | May 05 | PROB 11/1740 |
| GEE | Elizabeth | widow | 1825 | Jun 22 | PROB 11/1700 |
| GEYNES | John | draper | 1705 | Feb 15 | PROB 11/480 |
| GOODMAN | Neville | 1828 | Oct 31 | PROB 11/1746 | |
| GRESHAM | William | gardener | 1780 | Nov 16 | PROB 11/1071 |
| GRINDON | George | gentleman | 1697 | Nov 24 | PROB 11/441 |
| GRINDON | George | surgeon | 1833 | Mar 33 | PROB 11/1813 |
| GRINDON | Maximillian | gentleman | 1718 | May 19 | PROB 11/563 |
| HALE | Alexander | Minister of God’s Word | 1657 | Sep 16 | PROB 11/267 |
| HALLOWELL | Thomas | 1824 | Oct 05 | PROB 11/1691 | |
| HARBERT | James | lace merchant | 1821 | Jun 25 | PROB 11/1644 |
| HARDWICK | James | lace merchant | 1798 | Dec 06 | PROB 11/1316 |
| HARE | John | lace merchant | 1796 | Dec 31 | PROB 11/1283 |
| HARIOT | William | clerk | 1657 | May 08 | PROB 11/263 |
| HARROLD | Richard | miller | 1818 | Dec 30 | PROB 11/1611 |
| HARROLD | Elizabeth | widow | 1828 | Dec 01 | PROB 11/1749 |
| HARROLD | Joseph | gentleman | 1829 | Aug 13 | PROB 11/1759 |
| HARROLD | Richard | banker | 1794 | May 13 | PROB 11/1245 |
| HARROLD otherwise HARRALD | Elizabeth | widow | 1815 | May 05 | PROB 11/1568 |
| HENLEY | Edward | yeoman | 1676 | May 05 | PROB 11/350 |
| HENLEY | John | grocer | 1781 | Dec 01 | PROB 11/1085 |
| HENLEY | Edward | yeoman | 1667 | May 14 | PROB 4/6373 |
| HILL | Robert | yeoman | 1704 | Nov 27 | PROB 11/479 |
| HINDE | Michael | plumber, glazier & painter | 1821 | Dec 22 | PROB 11/1651 |
| HODSON | Anne | widow | 1645 | May 21 | PROB 11/193 |
| HOPKINS | Ann | spinster | 1851 | Jun 27 | PROB 11/2135 |
| HUBBARD | Josiah | victualler | 1822 | Jun 25 | PROB 11/1658 |
| HUBBARD | Elizabeth | widow | 1846 | Feb 05 | PROB 11/2031 |
| HUGHES | Judith | widow | 1810 | Jun 06 | PROB 11/1512 |
| IMMS | Elizabeth | 1838 | Feb 23 | PROB 11/1890 | |
| JAMES | John | yeoman | 1646 | Apr 18 | PROB 11/195 |
| JAMES | John | Baptist Minister | 1840 | Feb 15 | PROB 11/1923 |
| JOHNSON | Woolsey | clerk | 1756 | May 13 | PROB 11/822 |
| JOHNSON | Ann | spinster | 1745 | May 14 | PROB 11/739 |
| JOHNSON | Sarah | spinster | 1819 | May 07 | PROB 11/1616 |
| JOHNSON | Ezekiel | clerk | 1688 | Jun 13 | PROB 11/393 |
| JOHNSON | Ezekiel | clerk | 1688 | Jun 17 | PROB 11/392 |
| JOHNSON | Ezekiel | clerk | 1688 | Oct 17 | PROB 4/2010 |
| JOHNSON | Ezekiel | clerk | 1688 | PROB 5/1033 | |
| JONES | William | innkeeper | 1844 | Oct 08 | PROB 11/2006 |
| JUDGE | Jane | singlewoman | 1820 | May 31 | PROB 11/1629 |
| KENT | Richard | chandler | 1652 | Feb 24 | PROB 11/220 |
| KILLINGWORTH | John | yeoman | 1781 | Oct 17 | PROB 11/1083 |
| KING | Sophia | spinster | 1838 | Jan 26 | PROB 11/1889 |
| KING | Robert | malster | 1808 | Feb 16 | PROB 11/1474 |
| KINGHT | John | yeoman | 1584 | May 12 | PROB 11/67 |
| KITCHINER | Richard | schoolmaster | 1723 | Jul 15 | PROB 11/592 |
| KNIGHT | William | butcher | 1680 | Jun 25 | PROB 11/363 |
| LANDY | Lewis | grocer | 1697 | Feb 22 | PROB 11/436 |
| LAUGHTON | Jonathan | lacebuyer | 1706 | Sep 09 | PROB 11/490 |
| LAUGHTON or LANGTON | Jonathan | gentleman | 1717 | Sep 04 | PROB 11/560 |
| LAWE | Thomas | 1545 | Jun 26 | PROB 11/30 | |
| LITCHFIELD | Thomas | saddler & collar maker | 1825 | Jul 07 | PROB 11/1701 |
| LOVELL | Thomas | postmaster | 1856 | Mar 06 | PROB 11/2229 |
| LUCY | Hugh | grocer & chandler | 1777 | Nov 11 | PROB 11/1036 |
| MALTBY | Elizabeth | wife | 1838 | Nov 12 | PROB 11/1903 |
| MALTBY | Hugh | gentleman | 1847 | Mar 04 | PROB 11/2052 |
| MARRYOT | George | 1613 | Mar 16 | PROB 11/121 | |
| MARSHALL | William | lacedealer & shopkeeper | 1823 | Mar 18 | PROB 11/1668 |
| MARSHALL | Sarah | widow | 1854 | Mar 29 | PROB 11/2188 |
| MASON | Samuel Taylor | watchmaker | 1831 | Sep 07 | PROB 11/1790 |
| MASON | William | gentleman | 1827 | May 15 | PROB 11/1726 |
| MASON | William | yeoman | 1841 | Jun 26 | PROB 11/1947 |
| MORGAN | Thomas | shoemaker | 1652 | Jul 09 | PROB 11/222 |
| MORGAN | John | lace dealer | 1811 | Nov 22 | PROB 11/1527 |
| MORGAN | Barbara | widow | 1818 | May 28 | PROB 11/1604 |
| MORGAN | Margaret | spinster | 1810 | Apr 14 | PROB 11/1510 |
| MULBERRY | Thomas | baker | 1624 | Jul 08 | PROB 11/144 |
| NARMAN | William | yeoman | 1611 | Nov 02 | PROB 11/118 |
| NEWMAN | John | fellmonger | 1656 | Jun 05 | PROB 11/256 |
| NICHOLS | William | draper | 1841 | Mar 03 | PROB 11/1943 |
| NICOLL | Elizabeth | widow | 1673 | Feb 20 | PROB 4/3497 |
| ODELL | John | gentleman | 1683 | Jan 16 | PROB 11/372 |
| OSBORN | Thomas | gentleman | 1818 | Aug 11 | PROB 11/1607 |
| OSBORN | John | baker | 1853 | Sep 07 | PROB 11/2178 |
| OSBORNE | Phillip | yeoman | 1693 | Dec 05 | PROB 11/417 |
| OSBORNE | Thomas | lace merchant | 1706 | Oct 02 | PROB 11/490 |
| OSBORNE | Richard | tanner | 1655 | Jun 20 | PROB 11/248 |
| OSBORNE | Thomas | late merchant | 1763 | Sep 13 | PROB 11/892 |
| PALMER | Thomas | draper | 1769 | Apr 20 | PROB 11/947 |
| PALMER | John | draper | 1763 | Apr 14 | PROB 11/886 |
| PALMER | Joseph | ironmonger & tanner | 1828 | Mar 01 | PROB 11/1738 |
| PARKER | Elizabeth | widow | 1835 | Apr 22 | PROB 11/1846 |
| PARKER | Thomas | victualler | 1832 | Nov 13 | PROB 11/1808 |
| PELL | Edmund | merchant | 1788 | Jun 20 | PROB 11/1167 |
| PERKINS | Peter | lace manufacturer | 1816 | Apr 26 | PROB 11/1579 |
| PERKINS | Ann | widow | 1837 | Jun 19 | PROB 11/1880 |
| PERKINS | John | dealer in lace | 1818 | Mar 28 | PROB 11/1602 |
| PERRY | James | miller | 1783 | Jun 18 | PROB 11/1105 |
| PERSON | Thomas | tanner | 1586 | May 14 | PROB 11/69 |
| PLOWMAN | William | yeoman | 1831 | Jun 24 | PROB 11/1787 |
| POOL | William | baker | 1824 | Sep 23 | PROB 11/1690 |
| PURIER | Martin | gentleman | 1697 | Sep 14 | PROB 11/440 |
| PUTNAM or PUTTENHAM | Richard | plasterer | 1764 | Oct 09 | PROB 11/903 |
| RABAN | William | gentleman | 1840 | May 04 | PROB 11/1928 |
| RAND | Elizabeth | widow | 1647 | Feb 19 | PROB 11/199 |
| RAND | Richard | yeoman | 1646 | Feb 12 | PROB 11/195 |
| REVIS | Thomas | butcher | 1809 | Apr 01 | PROB 11/1496 |
| REVIS | Richard | 1780 | Apr 17 | PROB 11/1064 | |
| RICHARDSON | Samuel | chandler & grocer | 1799 | Jul 01 | PROB 11/1327 |
| RICKETT | Susannah | widow | 1816 | May 13 | PROB 11/1580 |
| RIVET | James | 1819 | Jan 27 | PROB 11/1612 | |
| ROGERS | Eleanor | widow | 1777 | Mar 27 | PROB 11/1029 |
| ROGERS | Jonathan | wine & spirit merchant | 1855 | Dec 15 | PROB 11/2224 |
| RUBAN | George | gentleman | 1847 | Jul 09 | PROB 11/2060 |
| RUDDEY | William | yeoman | 1640 | Jun 11 | PROB 11/183 |
| SAMPEL | William | gentleman | 1831 | Mar 12 | PROB 11/1783 |
| SAMPLE otherwise SAMPEL | Nathan | lace merchant | 1785 | Aug 16 | PROB 11/1133 |
| SCOTT | William | chapman | 1716 | Feb 14 | PROB 11/550 |
| SHARPE | Henry | husbandman | 1640 | Apr 08 | PROB 11/182 |
| SLATER | James | cheesemonger & farmer | 1799 | Sep 14 | PROB 11/1330 |
| SMITH | Hannah | widow | 1816 | Feb 14 | PROB 11/1577 |
| SMITH | Thomas | draper | 1723 | Jun 06 | PROB 11/591 |
| SMITH | William | draper | 1772 | Mar 11 | PROB 11/976 |
| SMITH | Thomas | 1806 | Dec 05 | PROB 11/1453 | |
| SMITH | William | malster | 1811 | Sep 26 | PROB 11/1526 |
| SMITH | Elizabeth | spinster | 1847 | Apr 14 | PROB 11/2055 |
| SMITH | Robert | yeoman | 1655 | Oct 15 | PROB 11/250 |
| SMITH | Mary | spinster | 1857 | Jul 23 | PROB 11/2255 |
| SOUL | Thomas | hemp dresser | 1803 | Dec 07 | PROB 11/1402 |
| STEPHENSON | Christopher | reverend, clerk | 1815 | Feb 17 | PROB 11/1565 |
| SUTCLIFF | John | reverand | 1814 | Dec 01 | PROB 11/1563 |
| TALBOT | Thomas | lace merchant | 1801 | Feb 06 | PROB 11/1354 |
| TALBOT | Mary | spinster | 1829 | May 11 | PROB 11/1756 |
| TALBOT | Thomas | gentleman | 1825 | May 11 | PROB 11/1699 |
| TALBOT | John | 1845 | Feb 01 | PROB 11/2013 | |
| TALBOT | John | gentleman | 1841 | Jun 16 | PROB 11/1948 |
| TAPP | Robert | gentleman | 1661 | Nov 07 | PROB 11/306 |
| TAPP | Robert | 1676 | May 05 | PROB 4/16247 | |
| TAYLOR | William | labourer | 1776 | Dec 12 | PROB 11/1026 |
| THOMPSON | Osborn | gentleman | 1825 | Jul 11 | PROB 11/1702 |
| TRIP or TRIPPE | Thomas | butcher | 1604 | Nov 22 | PROB 11/104 |
| TRIPP | Thomas | gentleman | 1681 | Jun 25 | PROB 11/367 |
| TRIPP | Thomas | 1661 | Nov 08 | PROB 4/17266 | |
| WAGSTAFF | Charles | draper | 1823 | Apr 22 | PROB 11/1670 |
| WALKER | William | gentleman | 1792 | Aug 03 | PROB 11/1222 |
| WALLIS | John | grocer & druggist | 1817 | Apr 24 | PROB 11/1591 |
| WARD | Mary | spinster | 1789 | Sep 03 | PROB 11/1183 |
| WARNER | Robert | yeoman | 1652 | Mar 23 | PROB 11/221 |
| WEBSTER | Mary | widow | 1776 | Feb 27 | PROB 11/1017 |
| WHEELER | Lewis | yeoman | 1669 | Nov 10 | PROB 11/331 |
| WHITE | Thomas | 1654 | Jan 03 | PROB 11/192 | |
| WHITE | Hugh | waggoner, farmer | 1652 | Oct 21 | PROB 11/223 |
| WHITLOCK | James | timber merchant | 1853 | Apr 25 | PROB 11/2171 |
| WILLSON | Thomas | gentleman | 1834 | Mar 15 | PROB 11/1829 |
| WILLSON | Elizabeth | widow | 1844 | Nov 15 | PROB 11/2008 |
| WILSON | William | lace dealer | 1832 | Feb 01 | PROB 11/1796 |
| WINDMILL | John | carrier | 1656 | Sep 17 | PROB 11/258 |
| YORK | Robert | yeoman | 1817 | May 02 | PROB 11/1592 |