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, Dawn Weeks and
lately by Pat Tritton, 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 01-01-2017
Index
of Wills In Name order - select the
first letter of the surname you require below:-
A
B
C D
EF G
H IJK
L M
NO P
R S
T UV
W Y
Index
of Wills In Place order - select the
first letter of the place name you require below:-
A
B C
D E
F G
H IJK
L M
NOPQ R
S T
UV W Y
This
index was compiled by Rev F.W. Bennitt of East Peckham in 1938, presumably
using a 'slip index',
and it not entirely accurate, but is still a very good starting point. It
does not cover the all the wills that
are now on our the website. It is recommended that you also use the technique
described below.
For
suggestions on how to use 'Google' to search all the Wills at once for a
name click here
Books
1 - 6 Shoreham Deanery
Wills - Have survived in the Library, early ones written
in Latin
Books 7 - 10 Rochester Diocese
Book 7 Book
8 Book 9 Book 10 - recently, 2010, rediscovered
Books 11 - 16 South & Mid-Kent Wills -
Book 11
Book
12 Book 13 Book 14
Book 15 -
Book 16 still missing
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 have been 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
Book
70
Lewisham & Lee Wills
Book 71
Upton Family Wills, mostly East Kent
Index of
Wills Proved in the Rochester Consistory Court
Wills 1440 - 1561 by Leland L Duncan
Wills
of 18th Century Chatham Shipwrights transcribed by D.L. Williams
Wills
of 17th Century Chatham Shipwrights transcribed by D.L. Williams
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
Abstracts of Littlebourne Wills
ranging in date from 1468 to 1558 from Arthur
Hussey's
manuscript notebooks
Abstracts of
Austen Family Wills ranging in date from 1468 to 1554 from Arthur
Hussey's manuscript notebooks
Abstracts of St
Lawrence Thanet Wills letters A to J ranging in date from 1463 to
1527 from Arthur
Hussey's notebooks
Abstracts of St
Lawrence Thanet Wills letters J to W ranging in date from 1463 to
1527 from Arthur
Hussey's notebooks
Abstracts of
Stone-next-Faversham Wills ranging in date from 1474 to 1530 from Arthur
Hussey's notebooks
Abstract of Dom Lodewich
LEYGH 1491 Will, buried Selling Church from Arthur Hussey's manuscript
notebook
Abstracts of
Snargate Wills ranging in date from 1464 to 1557 from Arthur
Hussey's manuscript notebooks
Abstracts of
Snave Wills ranging in date from 1442 to 1590 from Arthur
Hussey's manuscript notebooks
Abstracts of St
Mary in the Marsh Wills dating from 1461 to 1527 from Arthur
Hussey's manuscript notebooks
Abstracts of St
Enswith Church, Brenzett Wills dating from 1444 to 1558 from Arthur
Hussey's manuscript notebooks
Abstracts of St
Peter Thanet (Broadstairs) Wills dating from 1469 to 1500 from Arthur
Hussey's manuscript notebooks
Abstracts of
Ebony Wills dating from 1468 to 1557 from Arthur
Hussey's manuscript notebooks
Abstracts of
Alkham Wills dating from 1461 to 1542 from Arthur
Hussey's manuscript notebooks
Abstract of
Betteshanger Will dated 1512 from Arthur
Hussey's manuscript notebooks
Abstracts of
Blackmanstone Wills dated from 1510 to 1541 from Arthur
Hussey's notebooks
Abstracts of
Eastbridge Wills dated from 1522 to 1537 from Arthur
Hussey's manuscript notebooks
Abstracts of
Goodnestone Wills dated from 1471 to 1558 from Arthur
Hussey's manuscript notebooks
Abstracts
of Hythe Wills dated from 1460 to 1558 from Arthur
Hussey's manuscript notebooks
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Updated
01-01-2017 Abstracts
of Hythe Wills dated from 1460 to 1558 from Arthur
Hussey's manuscript notebooks
01-11-2016 Abstracts
of Goodnestone Wills dated from 1471 to 1558 from Arthur
Hussey's manuscript notebooks
21-08-2016 Abstract
of Betteshanger Will dated 1512 from Arthur
Hussey's notebooks
21-08-2016 Abstracts
of Blackmanstone Wills dated from 1510 to 1541 from Arthur
Hussey's notebooks
21-08-2016 Abstracts
of Eastbridge Wills dated from 1522 to 1537 from Arthur
Hussey's notebooks
15-08-2016 Abstracts
of Alkham Wills dating from 1461 to 1542 from Arthur
Hussey's notebooks
03-08-2016 Abstracts
of Ebony Wills dating from 146 to 1557 from Arthur
Hussey's notebooks
25-05-2016 Abstracts
of St Peter Thanet (Broadstairs) Wills dating from 1469 to 1500 from Arthur
Hussey's notebooks
05-05-2016 Abstracts
of St Enswith Church, Brenzett Wills dating from 1444 to 1558 from
Arthur Hussey's notebooks
31-03-2016 Abstracts
of St Mary in the Marsh Wills dating from 1461 to 1527 from Arthur
Hussey's manuscript notebooks
21-03-2016 Abstracts
of Snave Wills ranging in date from 1442 to 1590 from Arthur
Hussey's manuscript notebooks
21-03-2016 Abstracts
of Snargate Wills ranging in date from 1464 to 1557 from Arthur
Hussey's manuscript notebooks
20-02-2016 Abstract of Dom Lodewich
LEYGH 1491 Will, buried Selling Church from Arthur Hussey's notebook
20-02-2016 Abstracts
of Stone-next-Faversham Wills ranging in date from 1474 to 1530 from Arthur
Hussey's notebooks
06-02-2016 Abstracts of St
Lawrence Thanet Wills letters A to J ranging in date from 1463 to
1527 by Arthur Hussey
10-01-2016 Abstracts
of St Lawrence Thanet Wills letters J to W ranging in date from 1463 to
1527 by Arthur Hussey
17-11-2015 Abstracts
of Austen Family Wills ranging in date from 1468 to 1554 from Arthur
Hussey's notebooks
29-10-2015 Abstracts
of Littlebourne Wills ranging in date from 1468 to 1558 from Arthur
Hussey's
manuscript notebooks
25-10-2015 Wills
of 17th Century Chatham Shipwrights transcribed by D.L. Williams
12-04-2015 Wills
of 18th Century Chatham Shipwrights transcribed by D.L. Williams
23-05-2013 Wye
- William FROGNALL 1518 Will – PRC 17/13/284 CCA - kindly
submitted by Ronnie Munday
26-12-2012 Book 71 Upton Family Wills - Pages
117 to 123 added
15-12-2012 Book 71 Upton Family Wills - Pages
109 to 116 added
12-12-2012 Book 71 Upton Family Wills - Pages
100 to 108 added
04-12-2012 Book 71 Upton Family Wills - Pages
89 to 99 added
02-12-2012 Book 71 Upton Family Wills - Pages
81 to 88 added
24-11-2012 Book 71 Upton Family Wills - Pages
69 to 80 added
20-11-2012 Book 71 Upton Family Wills - Pages
51 to 68 added
10-11-2012 Book 71 Upton Family Wills - Pages
38 to 50 added
04-11-2012 Book 71 Upton Family Wills - Pages
16 to 37 added
28-10-2012 Book 70 Lewisham & Lee Wills
- Pages 13 to 25 added
07-10-2012 Book 70 Lewisham & Lee Wills
- Pages 04 to 12 added
18-09-2012 Book 70 Lewisham & Lee Wills
- Pages 01 to 03 added
08-09-2012 Book 15 Rochester Diocese Wills -
South & Mid Kent - Pages 558 to Page 574 last
pages added
03-09-2012 Book 15 Rochester Diocese Wills -
South & Mid Kent - Pages 550 to Page 567 added
27-08-2012 Book 15 Rochester Diocese Wills -
South & Mid Kent - Pages 518 to Page 549 added
04-08-2012 Book 15 Rochester Diocese Wills -
South & Mid Kent - Pages 504 to Page 518 added
30-07-2012 Book 15 Rochester Diocese Wills -
South & Mid Kent - Pages 486 to Page 504 added
21-07-2012 Book 15 Rochester Diocese Wills -
South & Mid Kent - Pages 479 to Page 485 added
16-07-2012 Book 15 Rochester Diocese Wills -
South & Mid Kent - Pages 467 to Page 478 added
14-07-2012 Book 15 Rochester Diocese Wills -
South & Mid Kent - Pages 457 to Page 466 added
14-07-2012 Book 14 Rochester Diocese Wills -
South & Mid Kent - Pages 448 to Page 456 added
30-06-2012 Book 14 Rochester Diocese Wills -
South & Mid Kent - Pages 434 to Page 447 added
20-06-2012 Book 14 Rochester Diocese Wills -
South & Mid Kent - Pages 418 to Page 433 added
12-06-2012 Book 14 Rochester Diocese Wills -
South & Mid Kent - Pages 404 to Page 418 added
15-05-2012 Book 14 Rochester Diocese Wills -
South & Mid Kent - Pages 389 to Page 403 added
09-05-2012 Book 14 Rochester Diocese Wills -
South & Mid Kent - Pages 377 to Page 389 added
03-05-2012 Book 14 Rochester Diocese Wills -
South & Mid Kent - Pages 356 to Page 377 added
26-04-2012 Book 14 Rochester Diocese Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 340 to Page 355
added
19-04-2012 Book 13 Rochester Diocese
Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 334 to Bk 14 Page
339 added
18-04-2012 Book 13 Rochester Diocese
Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 312 to 333 added
06-04-2012 Book 13 Rochester Diocese
Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 305 to 311 added
30-03-2012 Book 13 Rochester Diocese
Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 280 to 304 added
22-03-2012 Book 13 Rochester Diocese
Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 263 to 279
added
16-03-2012 Book 13 Rochester Diocese
Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 251 to 262
added
14-03-2012 Book 13 Rochester Diocese
Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 240 to 250
added
05-03-2012 Book 13 Rochester Diocese
Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 230 to 240
added
25-02-2012 Book 12 Rochester Diocese
Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 222 to Bk 13 Page
228 added
09-02-2012 Book 12 Rochester Diocese
Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 195 to 221
added
29-01-2012 Book 12 Rochester Diocese
Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 178 to 192 added
20-01-2012 Book 12 Rochester Diocese
Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 168 to 177
added
12-01-2012 Book 12 Rochester Diocese
Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 157 to 168
added
07-01-2012 Book 12 Rochester Diocese
Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 137 to 157
added
16-12-2011 Book 12 Rochester Diocese
Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 119 to 137
added
16-12-2011 Book 11 Rochester Diocese
Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 101 to 119
added
06-12-2011 Book 11 Rochester Diocese
Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 99 to 100
added
22-11-2011 Book 11 Rochester Diocese
Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 90 to 98 added
19-11-2011 Book 11 Rochester Diocese
Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 73 to 89 added
06-11-2011 Book 11 Rochester Diocese
Wills - South & Mid Kent - Pages 1 to 72 added
22-09-2011 Book 10 Rochester Diocese
Wills - North West - Pages 404 to 416 added
09-09-2011 Book 10 Rochester Diocese
Wills - North West - Pages 364 to 403 added
05-09-2011 Book 9 Rochester Diocese
Wills - North West - Pages 340 to 363 added
19-08-2011 Abstracts from
Ashford, Kent
Wills - collected
by the late Arthur Ruderman
21-07-2011 Book 9 Rochester Diocese
Wills - North West - Pages 328 to 339 added
14-07-2011 Book 9 Rochester Diocese
Wills - North West - Pages 313 to 327 added
17-06-2011 Book 9 Rochester Diocese
Wills - North West - Pages 291 to 312 added
14-06-2011 Book 9 Rochester Diocese
Wills - North West - Pages 272 to 290 added
27-05-2011 Book 9 Rochester Diocese
Wills - North West - Pages 251 to 271 added
21-04-2011 Book 9 Rochester Diocese
Wills - North West - Pages 243 to 250 added
30-03-2011 Book 8 Rochester Diocese
Wills - North West - Pages 237 to 242b added
27-03-2011 Book 8 Rochester Diocese
Wills - North West - Pages 229 to 236 added
16-03-2011 Book 8 Rochester Diocese
Wills - North West - Pages 125 to 228 added
13-03-2011 Book 7 Rochester Diocese
Wills - North West - Pages 70 to 124 added
12-03-2011 Books 7-10 Rochester Diocese
Wills & Books 11-16 Mid-Kent Wills have been found and are being typed
up
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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