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 ABSTRACTS OF GOODNESTONE NEXT WINGHAM WILLS
ranging in date from 1471 to 1558
from Arthur Hussey’s Manuscripts
with index of Names & Places

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Abstracts of  Wills from Arthur Hussey's manuscript notebooks in the K.A.S. Library - typed up by Pat Tritton

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Register & folio

Testator

Date of will

Date of Probate

Will No.

Cons. Vol.26, Fol. 121 Gregory HABRAHAM 12 September 1556 24 October 1556 01
Wingham Fol.4 Alice APYNTON 16 December 1496 No Probate date 02
Wingham, Fol. 199 John APINTON 20 April 1535 24 February 1535-6 03
Wingham, Fol. 80 Joan BAKER 4 June 1484 26 January 1484-5 04
Wingham, Fol. 70 Thomas BOYE 15 February 1479-80 3 March 1479-80 05
Wingham Fol. 40-1 William BOYS 27 July 1507 No Probate date 06
Wingham Fol. 146 Isabell BOYS 26 September 1517 3 February 1517-8 07
Cons. Vol.10, fol. 61 Thomas BOYS 17 August 1508 No Probate 08
Cons. Vol.27, Fol. 251 Vincent BOYS 1 October 1558 November 1558 09
Wingham, Fol. 74 Thomas CARPENTER 14 August 1481 1 October 1481 10
Wingham Fol. 28 James CHESEMAN 23 August 1502 27 September 1502 11
Wingham Fol. 37 Joan CHESMAN 28 February 1504-5 1 April 1506 12
Wingham Fol. 62 John CRYSTYAN 12 May 1473 14 June 1473 13
Wingham Fol. 175 Thomas CRISTIAN 25 June 1520 No probate date 14
Wingham Fol. 187 Henry CRISTIAN 21 March 1525-6 No Probate date 15
Cons. Vol.21, Fol. 86 Henry CHRYSTYAN 9 April 1548 16 June 1548 16
Cons. Vol.1, Fol. 41 John COLSON 6 October 1543 Administration 17
Cons. Vol.1, Fol. 97 Richard COLSON 13 February 1549-50 Administration 18
Wingham Fol. 63 William COURTMAN 18 January 1473-4 9 February 1473-4 19
Wingham Fol 116, 161 John CURTMAN 2 August 1525 29 September 1525 20
Wingham Fol. 66 Joan CUNTREY 12 May 1473 22 December 1475 21
Wingham Fol. 198 Richard A DELE 14 August 1534 15 July 1535 22
Cons. Vol.1, Fol. 96 James DELE 13 February 1549-50 Administration 23
Cons. Vol.22, Fol. 8 Robert ELLES 3 February 1549-50 2 March 1549-50 24
Wingham Fol. 153 Margaret FRENCH 12 December 1518 No Probate date 25
Wingham Fol. 60 Henry FROOD 16 December 1471 13 February 1471-2 26
Wingham Fol. 168 Ingram FRODE 2 April 1530 19 December 1530 27
Wingham Fol. 181 Thomas FRODE 13 February 1530-1 No probate date 28
Wingham Fol. 196 Alice FRODE 5 May 1534 13 April 1535 29
Wingham Fol. 207 John FROODE 16 April 1539 14 July 1539 30
Wingham Fol. 103 Thomas GATE 6 August 1494 No Probate date 31
Wingham Fol. 97 Stephen GERVYSE 19 November 1491 No Probate date 32
Wingham Fol. 36 Agnes GERVES 21 February 1505-6 17 June 1506 33
Wingham Fol. 148 Hewe GERVES 22 July 1518 30 September 1518 34
Wingham Fol. 225 Simon GERVIS 17 December 1545 3 April 1546 35
Cons. Vol.1, Fol. 95 John GODFREY 13 February 1549-50 Administration 36
Cons. Vol.3, Fol. 24 Agnes GODFREY 28 October 1558 Administration 37
Wingham Fol. 165 John GOODFELLOW 15 September 1527 No Probate date 38
Cons. Vol.11, Fol. 33 John GODENESTON 4 October 1511 26 July 1512 39
Wingham Fol. 173 Wm GOODDENSTON 12 March 1523-4 No Probate date 40
Wingham Fol. 203 Thomas HAMOND 19 July 1536 19 October 1536 41
Wingham Fol. 126 Antony HERING 16 March 1513-4 27 September 1514 42
Wingham Fol. 113 Herbert JOINER 8 September 1509 No Probate date 43
Cons. 27, Fol.160 John JONSON 3 November 1558 Testament of 44
Cons. Vol.27, Fol.160 John JANSON 26 Feb 1558-9 3 Novr 1558 (sic) 45
Arch. Act Vol.9, Fol.2 John JONES 9 May 1545 Administration 46
Wingham Fol.32 Christofer MOTE 20 August 1502 No Probate date 47
Wingham Fol.192 John NORTON 10 December 1532 6 May 1533 48
Wingham Fol.31 John OLDEMEDE 14 August 1502 3 November 1502 49
Wingham Fol. 72 Thomas ORROW 15 August 1479 3 March 1479-50 50
Vol.27, Fol. 155 John OVINGTON 22 September 1553 2 November 1558 51
Vol.27, Fol. 157 Margery OVINGTON 24 October 1558 6 November 1558 52
Cons. Vol.10, Fol. 157 John PETT 10 December 1511 No Probate date 53
Cons. Vol.11, Fol. 63 Thomas PETTE 26 February 1512-3 No Probate date 54
Wingham Fol. 98 John PREST 6 March 1491-2 No Probate 55
Wingham Fol. 104 William PREST 16 February 1493-4 No Probate date 56
Wingham Fol. 29 Henry PREST 12 August 1502 Probate 1502 57
Wingham Fol. 180 Thomas PREEST 3 January 1531-2 18 Jun 1532 58
Wingham Fol. 204 Joane PRESTE 19 December 1535 26 October 1536 59
Wingham Fol. 69 William QUYLTER 11 February 1478-9 8 March 1478-9 60
Wingham Fol. 105 Isabella QUYLTER 4 April 1494 No Probate date 61

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Richard QUYLTER 26 March 1498 No Probate date 62
Wingham Fol. 133 Robert QUYLTER 17 June 1516 28 September 1516 63
Wingham Fol. 52 William QUYLTER 12 April 1521 No Probate date 64
Arch. Vol.21, Fol. 195 Simon QUILTER 8 February 1592-3 Administration 65
Wingham Fol. 225 Thomas RICHARD 10 December 1543 3 May 1544 66
Wingham Fol. 220 Thomas ROOSE 18 April 1545 No date. ?1547 67
Wingham Fol. 221 Isabel ROSE No date Probate 5 June 1545 68
Wingham Fol. 171 Richard SAUNDRE 20 May 1523 No Probate date 69
Cons. Vol.2, Fol. 38 John SEEMAN 9 July 1554 Administration 70
Cons. Vol.2, Fol. 45 Agnes SELY 31 March 1555 Administration 71
Wingham Fol. 99 John AT SOLE 8 June 1492 No Probate date 72
Wingham Fol. 190 John SPENCE 22 June 1531 No Probate date 73
Wingham Fol. 87 Thomas STILMAN 19 September 1488 No Probate date 74
Cons. Vol.26, Fol. 79 William TAYLOR 19 September 1555 28 November 1555 75
Cons. Vol.26, Fol. 161 Joan TAILOR 12 November 1556 Probate 24 July 1557 76
Wingham Fol. 82 William THOMLIN 14 January 1472-3 Probate 21 July 1473 77
Wingham Fol. 15 Walter TUK (TOKE) 15 January 1498-9 28 February 1498-9 78
Wingham Fol. 95 John TROPHAM 6 July 1490

?

79
Wingham Fol. 222 Robert TROPPAM 25 September 1545 6 March 1545-6 80
Wingham Fol. 33 William TORNOR 22 December 1501 No Probate date 81
Wingham Fol. 154 William AT WAYE 6 May 1519 Probate 4 July 1519 82
Wingham Fol. 147 Isabell WESTON 18 August 1518 30 September 1518 83

 

Names
A DELE 22
A PETTE 56, 72
ABRAHAM 1, 16
ABYN 5
ADAM 58, 69
ADAMS 59
ALLIN 45
APILTON 48
APINTON 3, 67, 68
APLETON 16
APPINTON 68
APPLETON 67
APPULTON 24, 37
APPYNTON 64
APULTON 48, 73, 6
APYNTON 2, 35, 69
ASH 10
ASHEBURNEHAM 78
ASPNHAM 78
AT SOLE 72
AT WAYE 82
AT WEY 43
AYESDALL 53

BAILIE 24
BAILY 51
BAKER 4, 58, 79
BAKKS 59
BARRETT 30
BATE 62
BAX 58, 66
BERE 83
BEST 22
BEWYFIELD 6
BLAKBERYE 12
BORDEN 9
BOY 5
BOYE 5
BOYES 15, 48
BOYS 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 60
BREGGE 15
BROKE 10
BROWN 48, 66
BRUER 11
BUTT 5

CARPENTER 10
CHESEMAN 11, 31, 32
CHESMAN 12
CHILDE 20
CHILTON 7
CHRISTEN 1
CHRYSTYAN 16
COKK 38
COLLEN 76
COLLYN 76
COLSON 17, 18, 59
CONTRYE 1
COOPER 45
CORALL 6, 8, 39
CORTMAN 20
COURTMAN 19, 20, 38, 72, 74
CRAMBROOKE 16
CRANEBROOKE 16
CRISTIAN 13, 14, 15, 29, 38,
   49, 50, 78, 82
CRISTION 21
CRYSTYAN 13
CUNTREY 21
CURTMAN 20


DANE, LE 21
DAREL 78
DEELE 6
DELE 22, 23, 72
DERLING 25
DETTS 40
DIGGS 6
DOWGLAS 56
DURRANT 76

ELICE 5
ELLES 24
ELLYS 80
FEKIN 40
FENDALL 14
FINEUX 78
FOAD 4
FOODE 10
FORNER 11
FORNOR 31
FRENCH 25
FRENNE 77
FRINDS 52
FRODDE 62
FRODE 27, 28, 29, 34, 39,
    48, 61, 69, 78, 82
FROOD 26
FROODE 13, 29, 30, 31, 42,
   50, 79
FROWDE 59
FYNETT 22

GARVEYS 19
GATE 11, 12, 31, 32, 36, 83
GERVEIS 55, 60
GERVES 2, 5, 19, 26, 33, 34
GERVEYS 79
GERVIS 35
GERVYSE 32
GIBBES 3
GILFORD 78
GODDIN 42
GODEFELOW 56
GODEFELOWE 6, 8
GODENESTON 39
GODFELOW 53, 61
GODFREY 3, 36, 37
GOLDFINCH 54
GOLDSMITH 4
GOLDSMYTH 23
GOODDENSTON 40
GOODFELLOW 12, 14, 31,
   34, 38, 40, 69, 82
GOODFELLOWE 42, 83
GOODFELOW 15, 43, 47,
   57, 63
GOODFELOWE 6, 74
GOODNESTON. 6
GREGORY 66
GRENE 40
GUDFELOWE 39

HABRAHAM 1
HAMON 36, 48, 51
HAMOND 20, 41, 53, 54, 58
HARRIS 80
HARWOODE 13
HENIKER 9
HERING 42, 47
HERRING 12
HERVY 79

HERYNG 62
HETT 20
HILLS 29
HILLS 53
HOCKYN 61
HODGKIN 24
HOLBEME 63
HOLLAND 54
HONNYWOOD 9
HORRYNDEN 21
HUFFAM 65

IDLEY 29
ISAACK 78
ISACK 78
JANSON 44, 45
JODE 65
JOHNSON 16, 27, 29, 46, 76
JOINER 43
JONES 46
JONSON 30, 44, 68
KELERS 48
KEMPE 15, 83
KIRCKE 54

LAD 80
LANGLEY 78
LATAMARE 22
LAURANCE 68
LAURANS 67
LAURENCE 68
LAURENS 35
LAWRENCE 1, 3, 45, 48
LE DANE 21
LORKYN 21
LOTT 53
LOTTE 2

MACKET 80
MACKETT 80
MARSHE 9
MELLAR 13
MET 66
MEYKOT 21
MILLS 59
MOCKET 80
MOTE 47
MOTT 58
NETHERSOLE 1, 19
NORTON 36, 48

OLDEMEDE 49
OLDMEDE 49
ORE 54
ORROW 50
OVINGTON 51, 52

PANTRY 66
PANTRYE 24
PARIS 74
PARIS 77
PARKER 30, 51, 52
PETT 53, 74
PETTE 54, 56, 57, 72
PEWE 71
POTERUM 19
POTTEN 67
POTTON 68
POYSSE 57
PREEST 58
PREST 55, 56, 57
PRESTE 59
PRIOR 24, 70
PRYOR 16


RANYS 13
RICHARD 66
RICHARDS 41
RITON 45
ROGER 16
ROGERS 1, 18, 24, 45, 51, 76
ROOPER 6
ROOS 3
ROOSE 67
ROSE 68

SAFFRYE 51
SAUNDRE 69
SEEMAN 70
SELY 71
SEMAN 71
SHEREWOOD 52
SHERWOOD 9, 51
SNOTHOUSE. 34
SOLE 57, 80, 72
SOMERSALL 27, 28, 73
SOUTHELAND 4
SPENCE 73
SPENNER 38
STILMAN 74
STODOM 32
STOPELL 3, 24, 28, 29
STOPLE 76
STORVRE 74
SUTTON 3, 67, 69

TAILOR 29, 76
TALOR 68
TAYLOR 3, 16
TAYLOR 35, 48, 64, 67, 71, 73, 75
TAYLOUR 40
THOMLIN 77
TOKE 78
TORNER 72
TORNOR 81
TRAPHAM 60
TRAPPHAM 3
TROPHAM 13, 36, 62, 79
TROPPAM 80
TUK 78
TUKE 16
TURNER 12

UPBERYE 66

WALKAR 30
WALKER 1, 58, 70
WATSON 23
WAYE 82
WEBBE 72
WESTON 83
WEY 43
WOLETT 6
WOOD 76
WYMARK 53
WYNTERBORN 10

YALDING 25
YDLEY 17
Place & fieldnames etc
Adisham 6, 57
Asshlee (Ash?) 76
Aysshe (Ash?) 57
Barham 1, 43
  Ham street 43
Berrleys beside Dover 78
Berston 57
Bewysborowe 6
Canterbury, St Margaret’s 23
Canterbury, St Paul’s 21
Chilinden 19
Chillenden 29
Chillinden 12, 36, 41, 48, 57,
   71
Chislet 21
Colred 57
Colrede 6
Deal 22
Dover 66
Dover called Cowgate 78
Dover, St Margaret’s 78
Eastry 20, 51,, 53, 54, 57, 77
Ewell 57
Faversham 4
Folkestone 63
Fordwich 4, 6, 8
Frittenden 9








Godeniston 56
Godenston 4
Godenyston 8
Godneston 8, 10, 20, 39, 78
Godniston 2
Goodeniston 56
Goodeston 54
Goodneston 1, 6, 17-20, 22,
   23, 26-28, 31-34, 36, 37, 39,
   40, 46, 47, 50, 55, 57, 58,
   60, 61, 63, 64, 67, 71, 72, 77
Goodneston 9
Goodnestone 3
Goodnyston 13
Goodwynston 38, 42

Goodnestone local names
   back side 48
   Botstreet 48
   Brook croft 56
   Castlehall 60
   Chalketey 13
   Copthorne 48
   Courtemannys 26
   Crokershard 16
   Crokkesshard 15
   Crokshard 60
   Dane 48
   Dene 13
   Fenglesham 76
   Frith 48
   Gants 48
   Gore 48

Goodnestone local names
   Harmanyspette 13
   Hermanyspette 13
   Huffington 80
   le Bose-sole 62
   le Round 26
   Med End 75
   Medende 13
   Mell 48
   Merefield 60
   Mownton 48
   Nott’s gate 48
   Offyngton 13
   Paub (or Parb) 60
   Porton garden 16
   Pratts 48
   Purton garden 15
   Pyllett Dele 48
   Rey field 13
   Rolling 54, 56, 77
   Rollyng 13, 19
   Rowling 48
   Shortynden 56
   Sprengetestane 10
   Stooke 48
   Tabarnys 41
   Talberdes 66
   Tiknest 74
   Trapham 3
   Tropham 26
   Uffington 3, 33
   Whitland 60

Harbledown 66, 72
Headcorn 9
Knowlton 29, 57
Littlebourne 76
Lymberough 78
Manor at Newsole in Colrede 6
Manor at Shepdiswell 6
Manor of Godneston 78
Manor of Lynakyr and Bewysborowe 6
Natynton 12
Nonington 1, 6, 22, 39, 40, 57
Northbourne 20
Offynton 31
Sandwich 6, 22, 51, 52, 57
Shepdiswell 6
Shepherdswell 22
Smarden 9
St Bartilmewes Place next Dover 78
St Margaret next Dover 78
Staple 41, 43, 57, 66
Stourmouth 65
Thanet 1
Waldershare 6
Walmer 66
Wentherton 8
Westcliffe, aside Dover 78
Wikham 6
Wyckham 67
Wingham 6, 1, 49, 57
Wingham Court land 1
Wingham, Wyntherton 6
Woodnesborough
Rowke land 41
Woodnesborough 57. 66

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