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Shoreham Deanery Medieval & Tudor Wills - Book 4
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A list of wills in Mr Leland L. Duncan's manuscript Notebook K.A.S. library mark 4 which he called Kent Wills at Shoreham Deanery. All these wills were written in Latin unless otherwise stated. Where the individual page numbers are in blue and underlined, this indicates that the transcription has been added, and by 'clicking' on the 'link' the transcription can be viewed.
Examined and noted by Zena Bamping, 9 August 2001

Register	Testator	Date of Will	Date of Probate	Lands in Kent or connection with Kent	Page No.
	Robert REDE [continued]		1518 Jan 24		337
3 Bennett	William CLERK tallow chandler of London	1508 Jul 6	1508	Eynsford church	340a
3 Bennett	John MARCHALL of Carshalton	1508 Jul 26	1508 Aug 8	Ightham	340b
5 Bennett	Walter BEDYLL	1508 Aug 3	1508 Sep 26	buried Sevenoaks church	341a
8 Bennett	Richard BERY	1508 Jul 22	1508 Dec 13	Orpington, Yalding churches of East Peckham, Eltham, Orpington, St Mary Cray, St Paul Cray, Yalding	341b
9 Bennett	Otwell BUTLER esquire, burgess of Calais	1508 Aug 5	1508 Nov 27	Farningham	346
11 Bennett	Thomas GRENE Rector of Wimbledon and Sundridge	1505 Jul 11	1508 Feb 10	---	349
15 Bennett	Stevyn TUDOR of Cliffe	1509 Jul 7	1509 Jul 12	Allhallows, Cliffe	351
20 Bennett	Henry GARDYNER son & heir of John Gardyner gentleman	1509 Apr 19	1509 Oct 19	Sevenoaks church	353
29 Bennett	Thomas BOYDON of Northfleet	1508 Jul 29	1510 Jun 15	Northfleet	355
29 Bennett	Dame Agnes PASTON widow late the wife of Sir John Paston knt	1510 May 31	1510 Jun 19	to be buried in Sundridge church if I dye in Kent	357
29 Bennett	William KEYSER senior of East Peckham	1510 Apr 24	1510 Jun 26	East Peckham, Hadlow, Ryarsh, Tudeley	362
32 Bennett	Peter NEWMAN	1510 Sep 13	1510 Oct 16	buried Sevenoaks churchyard	369
38 Bennett	Clemens BROKE of Sevenoaks, widow	1510 Sep 8	1510 Mar 20	buried Sevenoaks church Friars of Aylesford	370
1 Holder	Isabell CHEYNN	1508 Oct 6	1513 Mar 22	Otford church	372
6 Holder	Thomas PECKHAM of Wrotham	1515 Apr 28	1515 May 15	Otford	375
9 Holder	Maryone PAWLEY of London widow	1515 Jul 3	1515 Sep 26	Shoreham church	376
19 Holder	Robert WARDE of the Isle of Grain	1515 Sep 17	1516 Jul 29	Isle of Grain	379
23 Holder	Walter WALSHE of East Peckham	1515 Oct 22	1516 Oct 10	East Peckham church	381
29 Maynwaring	Thomas GOLDSMITH of Crayford	1525 Jun 8	1526 Dec 7	Boxley, Crayford, Dartford	383
17 Bodfelde	William BONDE gent. household servant & clerk of the Grene cloth to our soveraigne Lord Kyng Henry the VIII	---- Aug 5	1523 Mar 9	Chiddingstone, Cowden	387
31 Bodfelde	Reynolde PEKHAM the Elder Esquire	1523 Jul 12	1524 Mar 27	Ash, Chevening, East Peckham, Ightham, Kemsing, Kingsdown, Otford, Seal, Sevenoaks, Shipbourne, Shoreham, Stansted, Wrotham	389
33 Bodfelde	Henry STOK of London	1524 Sep 3	1525 May 5	Eynsford, Meopham	393
11 Bodfelde	Sir William BANSTRET of Hever in Kent	1523 Jun 18	1523 Jul 24	---	394
25 Porch	John CLERKE of Bexley husbandman	1527 Jul 2	1527 Nov 5	Bexley, East Wickham, Hayes	395
20 Porch	Thomas HAWLE of Upton in Bexley yeoman	1526 Jul 4	1527 Jun 22	Bexley, Upton	397
35 Porch	Edward ISLEY	1525 Dec 18	1528 Jul 15	Braborne and Tymberdens churches of Allhallows, Sundridge, Addington in Sotherey	400
2 Porch	William BROKE LLD vicar of Preston besides Faversham, parson of Harrietsham and Ightham	1525 Sep 7	1525 Feb 9	[see under Preston] (M.282) [will not transcribed]	403a
39 Porch	Robert THECHER of East Peckham	1527 Sep 21	1528 Oct 29	East Peckham church	403b
19 Porch	Robert OWTRED of Crayford yeoman	1527 Mar 26	1527 May 21	Crayford, Dartford churches of Crayford, East Wickham, Plumstead	404
35 Porch	Stevyn SMYTH of Crayford	1528 May 2	1528 Jul 21	Crayford church	411
34 Porch	Nicholas GYBSONNE otherwise TAILLOUR of Eynsford yeoman	1528 Apr 12	1528 Jun 26	Ash, Dartford, Farningham, Kingsdown, Meopham	412
17 Porch	Richard HANCOCK of the Isle of Grain	1526 Mar 15	1526 Mar 22	Allhallows inthe hundred of Howe, Isle of Grain	417
22 Porch	Thomas MICHELL citizen and Iremonger of London	1526 Feb 9	1527 Apr 12	Halling, Meopham	418
19 Porch	William GODFRAY of Gillingham the Elder yeoman	1525 Nov 24	1527 Jun 1	Cliffe, Gillingham	422
28 Jankyn	William MARLER citizen and haberdasher of London	1527 May 1	1527 Jul 17	Crayford, Wilmington	428
1 Jankyn	Thomas POLLEY of Eynsford	1528 Dec 21	1528 Feb 5	Aylesford, Brasted, Chelsfield, Detling, East Malling, Eccles, Eynsford, Knockholt, Orpington, Shoreham, Sundridge	430
20 Jankyn	John KEMSLEY of Gillingham	---	1530 Sep 14	Maidstone churches of Bredhurst and Chatham chapel of Lidsing	435
22 Jankyn	Andrew KEYMSLEY of Ligeginge in Gillingham	1530 Sep 16	1530 Oct 25	Bredhurst, Chatham, Detling, Gillingham, Maidstone churches of Aylesford, Boxley, Bredhurst, Burham, Chatham, Detling, Hartley, Lidsing, Rainham, Rochester, Stockbury, Wouldham	438
20 Thower	Robert MULTON of Otford	1532 Mar 30	1532 Nov 8	Kemsing, Otford, Seal	443
18 Thower	Thomas WIBORN of Shoreham agricola	1532 May 12	1532 Oct 14	Knockholt churches of Knockholt, Shoreham	446

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