Medieval
& Tudor Kent P.C.C. & C.C.C. Wills
Transcriptions by L. L. Duncan
Leland
Lewis Duncan (1862-1923) On his death many of his
notebooks were deposited with the Kent Archaeological Society, of which he was a
life-time member. What has been typed up below is all that seems to have
survived.
See Leland
L. Duncan for fuller details of his work (click on the 'Back' button
to return to this page).
Duncan's
transcriptions were in a series of 'exercise books' and bound quarto books,
numbered from 1 to 61. In 1934 Rev Bennitt, the Vicar of East Peckham, compiled an index by parish of all the transcriptions in Duncan's books no's 1
to 46 . This index, of over 1,622 entries, plus a further 566 entries from
Books 47 to 61 has been typed up by Margaret Broomfield and Dawn Weeks and amended in places by Zena Bamping using Duncan's original books
where they survive. Below you will find two Indexes, the first by the name of
the Testator, second the Place, as detailed by Duncan. This is followed by links to the individual Duncan books in
number order, where those Will transcriptions that have survived are being typed
up and added to this website. 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.
Updated 24-11-2006
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Index
of Wills In Name order - select the
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Index
of Wills In Place order - select the
first letter of the place name you require below:-
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Books
1 - 6 Shoreham Deanery
Wills - Have survived in the Library, written
in Latin
Books 7 - 10 Rochester Diocese - Have not survived in the
Library (order re-constructed from Bennitt's Index).
Books 11 - 16 Mid-Kent Wills - Have not survived in the
Library (order re-constructed from Bennitt's Index).
Books 17 - 20 Rochester Diocese - Have not survived in the
Library (order re-constructed from Bennitt's Index).
Books 21 - 27
Kent Wills at Lambeth - Only Books 21 to 24 have survived, plus some of 25, 26 & 27
reconstructed
Books 28 - 31 East Kent Wills - Have not survived in the
Library (order re-constructed from Bennitt's Index).
Books 32 - 35 Mid-Kent Wills (Maidstone Area)
- Have not survived in the Library
(order re-constructed from Bennitt's Index).
Books 36 - 42 South-East Kent (Cranbrook
Area) - Have not survived in the Library
(order re-constructed from Bennitt's Index).
Books 43 - 46 North-East Kent (Thanet etc) - Have not survived in the
Library (order re-constructed from Bennitt's Index).
Books 47 - 61
- Have survived in the Library and are being typed
up by Margaret Broomfield and Dawn Weeks
Book 47 & 48 Maidstone
Book 49 &
50 Cranbrook
Book 51
Charing, Little Chart, Detling, Eastwell, Egerton, Godmersham, Harrietsham,
Headcorn,
Hollingbourne, Kennington, Langley, Leeds
Book
52 Ashford,
Boxley, Bearsted, Boughton Malherb, Boughton Monchelsea, Challock
Book
53 High Halden, Woodchurch,
Ebony, Appledore, Warehorne, Wittersham, Stone-in-Oxney,
Kingsnorth, Great Chart, Shadoxhurst, Smarden,
Frittenden
Book
54 Goudhurst
Book
55 Biddenden
Book
56 Marden, Staplehurst
Book
57 Romney
Marsh, including New Romney, Old Romney, Brookland, Ivychurch,
Newchurch,
Blackmauston
(Blackmanstone), Snave,
Lydd, Midley, Brenzett
Book
58 Lydd
(240KB)
Book
59 Tenterden,
Rolvenden, Sandhurst,
Book
60 Hawkhurst, Newenden,
Benenden
Book
61 Bilsington,
Bishopsbourne
Index of
Wills Proved in the Rochester Consistory Court
Wills 1440 - 1561 by Leland L Duncan
Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 44
1932 Pages
79-102 Milton Wills (Next Sittingbourne).—I. By Arthur
Hussey
Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 45 1933 Pages
13-30 Milton Wills (Next Sittingbourne).—II. By Arthur
Hussey
Archaeologia
Cantiana Vol. 28 1909 Pages
83-114 Herne Wills: Abstracts.— I. By Arthur Hussey
Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 30 1914 Pages
94-126 Herne Wills: Abstracts.— II. By Arthur Hussey
Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 32
1917 Pages
77-141 Reculver & Hoath Wills: Abstract. By Arthur Hussey
Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 34 1920 Pages
47-62 Ash next Sandwich Wills - Part 1 By Arthur
Hussey
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24-11-2006 Archaeologia Cantiana Vol.
34 Pages
47-62 Ash next Sandwich Wills - Part 1 By Arthur
Hussey
15-12-2005 Abstracts by Geoffrey Copus of 119
Wills from Chelsfield proved in the Prerogative of Canterbury 1388 -
1858
30-05-2005 Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 32
1917 Pages
77-141 Reculver & Hoath Wills: Abstract. By Arthur Hussey
28-03-2005 Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 30
1914 Pages
94-126 Herne Wills: Abstracts.— II. By Arthur Hussey
16-01-2005 Archaeologia
Cantiana Vol. 28 1909 Pages
83-114 Herne Wills: Abstracts.— I. By Arthur Hussey
11-01-2005 Archaeologia
Cantiana Vol. 44 1932 Pages
79-102 Milton Wills (Next Sittingbourne).—I. By Arthur Hussey
23-12-2004 Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 45
1933 Pages
13-30 Milton Wills (Next Sittingbourne).—II. By Arthur Hussey
19-12-2004 Index of
Wills Proved in the Rochester Consistory Court
Wills 1440 - 1561 by Leland L Duncan
22-11-2004 244 Lydd Wills Book
58 added. Mostly very short, but containing fascinating detail.
19-07-2004 Thirty Lambeth Wills:- Book
21 John POYNES 1446, Philip DENE 1448, William BALLE 1450, William
CAVE
1413, William BAKERE 1416, Book 22
Henry WELDE 1420, Henry TREWYN 1421, William BASSET 1428,
John SEYNTLEGER 1437, Book 23 Andrew
YONGE 1408, Richard SHELLEY 1413, John SEYNTLEGER
1441, John WELLES 1442, Thomas de HOLAND 1397, Richard HORSHAM 1399,
Geoffrey NEWENTON
1400, James de PEKHAM 1400, Raplh MELCHBORN 1404, Reginald de PEKHAM
1407, Book 24 Alicia
de PEKHAM 1407, Robert CLERK 1380, John BURGEYS 1376, John STENE 1375, Book
25 Robert
atte BROME 1372, Book 26 John METCALF
1560, William WHYNTERTON 1560, Agnes GYLYT 1587
Book 27 John GODFREY 1589, Edward
READE 1589, Brian DARTHNOLL 1608.
09-04-2004 Three Shoreham
Deanery Wills - Book 1 William LYE 1391, Nicholas STONE 1393 &
Richard BAMME 1452.
17-03-2004 Twenty-six Will
Transcriptions added for Book 59,
Tenterden, Rolvenden and Sandhurst.
01-03-2004 Two Will Transcriptions
added for Book 61 Bislington and
Bisopsbourne
29-02-2004 Twenty-seven Will
Transcriptions added for Book 60
Hawkhurst, Newenden and Benenden
21-02-2004 Thirty Will Transcriptions added for Book
57 Romney
Marsh, including New Romney, Old Romney, Brookland,
Ivychurch,
Newchurch, Blackmauston, Snave,
Lydd, Midley, Brenzett
14-09-2003 Will
Transcriptions added Books 1 - 6 Shoreham Deanery
Wills SUDRESSCH, John 1425 Book 1 Page
046,
DONETT, John 1465 Book 1 Page
064, CLERKE, John 1480
Book 1 Page 110, WAILETT, John 1487 Book 2
Page 131, ISELE, John 1493 Book 2 Page
179, ISSLEY, Thomas 1518 Book 3 Page 317, PEKHAM,
Thomas 1515 Book 4 Page
375, PEKHAM, Reynold 1523 Book 4 Page
389, PEKHAM, James 1532 Book 5
Page 449, GYBSON alias TAILLOR 1528 Book 4 Page 412
07-01-2003 Will
Transcriptions added ANNESLEY Brian Book 5 page 584 Shoreham Deanery
Wills,
and William COK Book 58 Page 53 Lydd
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