Will Index

19th century Horse and Cattle Trough on the main street of Hyebridge, Essex, now used as a planter box. Image on Learning Page to suggest the trough and learning are a source of water.

Livestock Trough, Heybridge (27 March 2014)

This Index of Wills includes the Wood families of Essex, plus the families related to them by marriage.  It will take time to curate and upload all of the Wills in the index.  Both the index and the number of uploaded Willis is constantly growing.

SurnameFirst NameDateOccupationParishCountyArchiveReference
AdamsonRobert1856ShopkeeperLofthouseYorkshireBorthwick v239 f2 MF 1135
AllenEdward1687BlacksmithRoxwellEssexEROD/APwW 1/101
AllyotHenry1648Nuncupative WillMaldonEssexEROD/Apb W1/109
AshbyWilliam1854ButcherBrightsideSheffieldBorthwick MF 1184
AtteridgeAnn1762Widow of JohnSouth WealdEssexEROD/AEW 37/10/4
AtteridgeJohn1741ButcherSouth WealdEssexEROD/AEW 35/8/8
AtteridgeMary1799Wife of ThomasFryerningEssexEROD/ABW 114/2/40
AylettElizabeth1670Not MentionedFyfieldEssexEROD/AEW 24/280
AylettRobert1595YeomanFyfieldEssexEROD/AEW 11/3
AylettThomas1667YeomanFyfieldEssexEROD/AEW 24/96
AylettWilliam1601HusbandmanHorndon on the HillEssexEROD/AEW 12/3
AylettWilliam1714YeomanDuntonEssexEROD/AEW 32/53
AyleyJohn1803FarmerStanwayEssexN.A.PROB 11/139/324
BakerAnn1737Wife of BenjaminMountnesingEssexEROD/AEW 38/4/8
BakerDaniel1761Son of JohnBlackmoreEssexEROD/AEW 37/9/8
BeadleHenry1814YeomanMaldonEssexEROD/DCf F155
BoytonThomas1772Coal MercerMaldonEssexN.A.PROB 11/980/310
BridgeThomas1790GentlemanGreat DunmowEssexEROA13864 Box 5
BulmanJohn1857FarmerFylingdalesYorkshireBorthwick v243 f369 MF 1138
BurcellDaniel1834Shop and BusinessMundonEssexEROA/AEW 43/2/7
BurchellCronwell1759Harts FarmTerlingEssexEROD/Dra T68
BurchellMary1857Widow of JohnStow MariesEssexEROD/ABW 142/1/4
BurchellBenjamin1835Farm Woodham WalterEssexEROD/ABW 131/2/77
BurchellCiprian1685YeomanTerlingEssexEROD/Dra T68
BurchellJohn1789MaltsterChelmsfordEssexEROD/DU 719/13
BurchellJohn1797Owner of land and housesStow MariesEssexEROD/AEW 40/4/17
BurchellJohn1826FarmerStow MariesEssexEROD/AEW 42/7/2
BurchellJohn1853Owner of Butcher ShopMaldonEssexEROD/ABW 140/3/72
ChaneyCharles1846Not MentionedGoswell RoadLondonBorthwick PROB 11/2043/121
ChaneyWilliam1848YeomanGoldhangerEssexEROD/DCF F314
ChewElizabeth1815Wife of MichaelYorkYorkshireBorthwick MF 1178
CockerellEsther1803Widow with propertyRobinhood BayYorkshireBorthwick v147 f237 MF 1053
CockerellThomas1815MarinerScarboroughYorkshireBorthwick v159 f71 MF 1065
CockerillThomas1743YeomanFylingdalesYorkshireBorthwick v88 f55 MF 1007
CockrillThomas1819Not MentionedScalbyYorkshireBorthwick v163 f98 MF 1069
CookJohn1770Not MentionedBridlingtonYorkshireBorthwick MF 1178
CookJohn1794MaltsterScarboroughYorkshireBorthwick v138 f295
CoulthirstWilliam1770DyerGuisboroughYorkshireBorthwick 1770
Coulthirst Ann1799WidowWhitbyYorkshireBorthwick 1779
Coulthirst Ann1834WidowWhitbyYorkshireN.A.PROB 11/1839/306
Coulthirst Christopher1824Husband of AnnWhitbyYorkshireBorthwick 1824
Coulthirst Edmund1603Bill of ComplaintManor of GrymstonYorkshireN.A.C 2/Eliz/C18/23
Coulthirst Edward1702Related to Craven InnRiponYorkshireBorthwick 1702
Coulthirst Edward1849Large SumsDarowenMontgomeryBorthwick 1849
Coulthirst Elizabeth1847Related to a FarmFylingdalesYorkshireBorthwick v217 f141 MF 1112
Coulthirst George1693Oath related to Thomas HodgsonDanbyYorkshireBorthwick 1693
Coulthirst Giles1742YeomanMittonLancashireBorthwick 1742
Coulthirst Henry1706GentlemanGargraveYorkshireBorthwick 1706
Coulthirst Jacob1712Involves PropertyUnclearYorkshireBorthwick 1712
Coulthirst John1757Letter of MarqueGravesendKentN.A.HCA 26/6/178
Coulthirst Mary1697InnkeeperGargraveYorkshireBorthwick 1697
Coulthirst Robert1703Admin of JohannisRiponYorkshireBorthwick 1703
Coulthirst Sarah1825Widow of Reverend Henry CoulthirstHalifaxYorkshireBorthwick 1825
Coulthirst Simon1701Son of Johannis CoulthirstWhitbyYorkshireBorthwick 1701
Coulthirst Thomas1712Related to FarmRosedaleYorkshireBorthwick 1712
Coulthirst Thomas1753HusbandmanFylingdalesYorkshireBorthwick 1753
Coulthirst Thomas1790Ann Coulthirst, WidowFylingdalesYorkshireBorthwick 1790
Coulthirst William1709Admin granted to Mary, his motherWhitbyYorkshireBorthwick 1709
Coulthirst Isabella1693SpinsterFarndaleYorkshireBorthwick 1693
CoverdaleRichard1740FishermanRobinhood's BayYorkshireBorthwick v86 f325
CoverdaleJohn1811FarmerWhitbyYorkshireBorthwick v155 f70 MF 1060
CowlandLucy1802widow of WiffenChelmsfordEssexEROD/ABW 115/2/27
DennisSusanna1818WidowLatchingdonEssexEROD/ABW 122/1/24
EdridgeJohn1726GrocerStansted and Mount FitchettEssexEROD/DMd 205
FinchJames1753InnholderBrentwoodEssexEROD/AEW 37/3/23
GeppThomas1832Large EstateChelmsfordEssexN.A.PROB 11/1799/387
GigneyWilliam1807Back pay given to Susan, his motherHMS LedaEnglandN.A.ADM 27/8/282
GigneyThomas1721Church WardenChrishallEssexN.A.C11 845 25
GigneyWilliam1786Settlement CertificateCambridgeCambridgeshireN.A.p27/13/12/1
GigneyJohn1718YeomanBraughingHertfordshireEROD/AMW 12/140
GigneyJohn1781YeomanBraughingHertfordshireN.A.PROB 11/1085/135
GigneyJohn1760(Yeoman)BraughingHertfordshireEROD/AMW 16/8/3
GigneyJoyce1849Property in HertfordshireHackneyLondonN.A.PROB 11/2092/393
GigneySamuel1780Mary Gigney, his wife, ExecutrixHackneyLondonLMA1780
GigneyWilliam1687ShipwrightWoodbridgeSuffolkN.A.PROB 11/391/244
GigneyWilliam1788Baker, lease documentHackneyLondonHackneyM774
GigneyWilliam1794Related to Kings Hold (property)HackneyLondonHackneyM4550
GigneyWilliam1808Failure to pay rentSt Mary WoolworthLondonLMA1808
GigneyWilliam1824YeomanBraughingHertfordshireN.A.PROB 11/1690/19
GignorEdward1672WeaverCottenhamCambridgeshireSuffolk P27/13/12/2
GignorEdward1695Related to his houseHistonCambridgeshireSuffolk P27/13/12/2
GignorElizabeth1722WidowHistonCambridgeshireSuffolk P27/13/12/3
GignorJohn1727William, his brotherHistonCambridgeshireSuffolk P27/13/12/2
GignorJohn1728YeomanHistonCambridgeshireSuffolk P27/13/12/3
GignorMargaret1609Left property to Clerk CurateCottenhamCambridgeshireSuffolk P27/13/12/2
GignorMathias1690Inventory of PropertyHistonCambridgeshireSuffolk P27/13/12/2
GignorRobert1702Related to money given to childrenHistonCambridgeshireSuffolk P27/13/12/2
GlasscockJonathan1750YeomanFyfieldEssexEROD/AEW 37/7/15
GottHenry Thomas1808Sir Henry Thomas Gott NewlandBuckinghamshireLMABook 6 No 132
GottJohn1802Gott and WrightMaryleboneLondonLMABook 2 No 454
GottHenry Thomas1804Sir Henry, Dame Ann & MasonNewlandBuckinghamshireLMABook 6 No 276
GottsMark1837FarmerBulphanEssexN.A.PROB 11/1886/255
GottsJames1814VictuallerRomfordEssexN.A.PROB 11/1552/157
GottsMark1848FarmerBulphanEssexN.A.11/2225/231
Gotts John1850GentlemanWaltham AbbeyEssexN.A.PROB 11/2120/280
GrangerWilliam1799Appointed Ship's CaptainWestminsterLondonN.A.ADM 1/1846/79
GroveJoseph1736VictuallerMaldonEssexEROD/ABW 92/1/5
GroveSamuel1806FarmerDengieEssexEROD/ABW 117/1/31
GroveThomas1768YeomanDengieEssexEROD/ABW 103/1/58
GroveThomas1791FarmerSouthminsterEssexEROD/ABW 111/2/58
GroveWilliam1791FarmerSouthminsterEssexEROD/ABW 111/2/34
HarveyEdward1852VictuallerHeybridgeEssexN.A.PROB 11/2151/101
HarveyWilliam1809BlacksmithHatfield PeverelEssexEROD/ACW 38/5/14
HillDickerson1798YeomanFylingdalesYorkshireBorthwick v142 f193 MF1049
HoggSarah1834wife of Wm WoodFryerning/ShenfieldEssexEROD/Dzu 35
JanesAnn1787Wife of WilliamKelvedonEssexN.A.PROB 11/1149/188
JanesWilliam1776Not MentionedKelvedonEssexN.A.PROB 11/1023/223
JegneyThomas1727Settlement LetterElmdonEssexEROD/B 2/PAR4/65
JigneyWilliam1686Settlement of ImpressNavyEnglandN.A.ADM 106/380/412
JignyWilliam1677Selling Oak Plank to LondonWoodbridgeSuffolkN.A.ADM 106/324/431
LennyWilliam1818InnholderBrentwoodEssexEROD/ABW 122/1/83
LorrimanJohn1811LabourerFileyYorkshireEast RidingDDHU/0/233
LorrimanRichard1842Grocer and Spirit DealerFileyYorkshireBorthwick v205 f158 MF 1102
MasonJonathan1781FarmerGreat BraxtedEssexEROD/ACW 34/4/25
MasonThomas1779VictuallerFyfieldEssexEROD/AEW 39/4/12
MayJames1782YeomanBurnhamEssexEROD/AEW 39/7/6
MoodyJohn1777YeomanDanburyEssexEROD/ABW 106/1/80
MurrellWilliam1768FarmerIngraveEssexEROD/ABW 103/1/4
MyallJoseph1793MerchantCastle HedinghamEssexN.A.11/1239/366
PayneJohn1783GentlemanMaldonEssexN.A.PROB 11/1110/224
PayneJohn1787MerchantMaldonEssexEROD/DCf T128/8
PayneSarah1799Baptist BurialSouthminsterEssexEROD/ABW 114/2/53
PeacockJames1791Not MentionedFylingdalesYorkshireBorthwick Cleveland 1791
PitchfordJoseph1726WeaverStepneyLondonHackney
RobesonJohn1755Wife is SarahMountnesingEssexEROD/AEW 37/7/15
RobesonMargaret1779UnmarriedSt George Hanover SquareLondonN.A.PROB 11/1053/236
RobesonNewman1810GentlemanGreat BursteadEssexN.A.PROB 11/1510/320
RobinsonJohn1804TailorSt George Hanover SquareLondonN.A.PROB 11/1480/16
RobinsonJohn1826Robin Hood's BayFylingdalesYorkshireBorthwick 1826
RobinsonRalph1803FarmerOrsettEssexN.A.11/1399/14
RobsonAnn1738Ann, daughter of late JohnFylingdalesYorkshireBorthwick MF 1168
RobsonDorothy1738William Tennison, son-in-lawGemblingYorkshireBorthwick v74 f72 MF 993
RobsonLancelot1710Fisherman Robinhood's BayYorkshireBorthwick v66 f369 MF 988
RobsonOliver1726FishermanRobinhood's BayYorkshireBorthwick v78 f330 MF 998
RobsonPickering1809EsquireRiponYorkshireBorthwick v 153 f84 MF 1058
RobsonRichard1719HusbandmanUpminsterEssexEROD/AEW 33/1/39
RobsonRobert1750Mathew Storm, grandsonRobinhood's BayYorkshireBorthwick v 93 f184 MF 1011
RobsonThomas1857Hunlyside of Far PastureNinebanksNorthumberlandBorthwick 1857
RobsonWilliam1763YeomanFylingdalesYorkshireBorthwick v107 f32 MF 1019
RumseyJoseph1826Tenement in Broadstairs GreenMaldonEssexEROD/ABW 126/1/78
SpurgeonJohn1840ThiefChelmsfordEssexEROQ/SBb 539/80
SummerJohn1769YeomanRamsden CraysEssexEROD/ABW 103/2/69
SummerSamuel1788Not MentionedGreat BursteadEssexEROD/ABW 110/2/32
SummersJoseph1728YeomanGreat BaddowEssexEROD/ABW 87/1/132
SworderJoseph1748ButcherBurnhamEssexEROD/AEW 36/6/11
SworderJoseph1717YeomanBurnhamEssexEROD/AEW 32/151
SworderJoseph 1717YeomanSouthminsterEssexEROD/AEW 32/142
SworderMary1714Widow of PeterBurnhamEssexEROD/AEW 32/43
SworderMary1750Shop OwnerBurnhamEssexEROD/AEW 36/8/25
SworderNicholas1665HusbandmanAlthorneEssexEROD/ABW 63/74
SworderPeter1705ButcherBurnhamEssexEROD/AEW 30/97
SworderThomas1687Not MentionedBurnhamEssexEROD/AEW 27/230
ThoroughgoodSamuel1831WheelwrightBrentwoodEssexEROA13864 Box 5
TindallRichard1782Not MentionedRobinhood's BayYorkshireBorthwick MF 1168
TrussJohn1791FarmerSteepleEssexEROD/ABW 111/2/52
TrussJudith1780Wife of JohnSteepleEssexEROD/ABW 107/1/79
TylerGeorge1761FishermanBockingEssexN.A.PROB 11/869/57
TylerJeremiah1750YeomanSible HedinghamEssexEROD/ABW 96/3/29
TylerJohn1733YeomanGreat MaplesteadEssexEROD/AMW 14/6/8
TylerJohn1778CoachmakerBishop StortfordHertfordshireEROD/ABW 106/2/53
TylerSamuel1735YeomanGosfieldEssexEROD/AMW 14/7/22
TylerSarah1767WidowLittle BaddowEssexEROD/ABW 102/2/39
TylerThomas1773HusbandmanFeeringEssexEROD/ABW 104/3/70
TylerThomas1774FishermanBarkingEssexN.A.PROB 11/997/170
TylerThomas1787VictuallerLatchingdonEssexEROD/Apb W4/13
WagerJames1808YeomanWickham BishopsEssexEROD/ABW 117/3/96
WagerWilliam1785VictuallerSaint Mary le StrandLondonN.A.PROB 11/1126/5
WelbournWilliam1812TannerFileyYorkshireEast Riding DDX 331/22
WhffineGeorge1592YeomanShalfordEssexEROD/ABW 40/138
WhiffenAlexander1831Owns property in KentGreat Portland StLondonN.A.11/1783/365
WhiffenHannah1831Charlotte Hill, daughterSt LukesLondonN.A.11/1786/47
WhiffenAlexander1832John Aste granted leaseGreat Portland StLondonLMABook 1 No 96
WhiffenJoseph1754InnholderHackneyLondonN.A.PROB 11/812/379
WhiffinDavid1627HusbandmanSturmerEssexEROD/AMW 2/285
WhiffinAlexander1831Beneficiary John GoverGreat Portland StLondonLMABook 5 No 161
WhiffinCrotchrode1797BrewerQueen St RatcliffMiddlesexLMABook 2 No 478
WhiffinCrotchrode1824History of propertyQueen St RatcliffMiddlesexLMABook 8 No 458
WhiffinGeorge1808Wire WorkerQuaker St, SpitalfieldsLondonLMABook 2 no 728 and 731
WhiffinGeorge1833WheelerQuaker St, SpitalfieldsLondonLMABook 3 No 213
WhiffinHenry1765FarmerNavestockEssexN.A.PROB 11/911/157
WhiffinPhillippa1638Wife of Henry WhyffyneWethersfieldEssexEROD/AMW 2/5
WhiffinWilliam1710Whiffin v WellsHolbornLondonN.A.C 8/488/51
Whiffing Ann1819Margaret Sanders, sisterSt George Hanover SquareLondonN.A.PROB 11/1613/286
Whiffing Crotchrode1825Distribution of residueQueen St RatcliffMiddlesexLMABook 1 No145
Whiffing Crotchrode1800Mayor of LondonQueen St RatcliffMiddlesexLMABook 5 No 219
WhiffynHenry1663YeomanWethersfieldEssexEROD/AMW 6/145
WhifynMary1623widowWethersfieldEssexEROD/AMW 1/33
WhyffenJohn1672Whyffen v WilliamsonRidelyKentN.A.C 9/81/82
WhyffynSimon1603Whyffen v Stoukwell et alBrinkleyCambridgeshireN.A.C 8/35/572
WiffenThomas1740Will of Ann HockleyThaxtedEssexEROD/DC 23/623
WiffenJohannah1760widow of Joseph WiffenSt Leonard ShoreditchLondonN.A.11/852/455
WiffenJoseph1804VictualllerLatchingdonEssexEROD/ABW 116/2/64
WiffenJoseph1833son of J Wiffen of LatchingdonBishopgateLondonN.A.PROB 11/1816/365
WiffenElizabeth1711SpinsterRishanglesSuffolkSuffolk IC 800/1/165
WiffenGeorge1842AuctioneerChelmsfordEssexEROD/ABW 135/2/51
WiffenHenry1828Boot and ShoemakerChelmsfordEssexEROD/ABW 130/2/16
WiffenJoseph1828PerfumerChelmsfordEssexEROD/ABW 127/104
WiffenSarah1834Servant to Wecomb familyLangfordEssexEROD/ABW 130/2/53
WiffenThomas1712YeomanGislinghamEssexSuffolk IC 500/1/166
WiffenWilliam1804FarmerStistedEssexEROD/APbW 4/73
WiffinBenjamin1828VictuallerMile End New TownLondonLMABook 2 No 656
WiffinBenjamin1831VictuallerMile End New TownLondonLMABook 8 No 534
WiffinCrotchrode1807BrewerQueen St RatcliffMiddlesexLMABook 7 No 807
WiffinRichard1660Wiffin v BrownriggWaldenEssexN.A.C 3/468/6
WiffinThomas1797GentlemanWestminsterLondonLMABook 2 No 107
WiffinThomas1801GentlemanWestminsterLondonLMABook 4 No 323
WiffinCatherine1807widow of ThomasHammersmithLondonLMAMemorial
WiffinCatherine1807widow of ThomasHammersmithLondonLMABook 6 No 12
WoodThomas1747Petre Custody DisputeStanford RiversEssexEROc 11/821/26
WoodSusannah1811Niece of Mary AyleyGreensteadEssexN.A.PROB 11/1524/10
WoodJohn Owen1831GentlemanBridgetown DevonDevonN.A.NA: PROB-11-1781-31
WoodThomas1795VictuallerPilgrim Hatch EssexEROD/DCh T19
WoodThomas1694WheelwrightWest HanningfieldEssexEROD/DP T 190
WoodAbraham1748Yeoman and MillerUpminsterEssexEROD/AEW 36/6/12
WoodAgnus1629WidowSouth WealdEssexEROD/AEW 19/10
WoodAnn1768WidowSouth WealdEssexEROPROB 11/939/343
WoodDominic1798WidowerEast HorndonEssexEROD/AEW 39/14/14
WoodGrace1799WidowFryerningEssexEROD/AEW 114/2/32
WoodJacob1715MillerGreat BursteadEssexEROD/DSx 266
WoodJohn 1641Yeoman Stanford RiversEssexEROD/AEW 21/57
WoodJohn1803BricklayerFyfieldEssexEROD/AEW 40/10/2
WoodJohn1722YeomanAbbess RodingEssexEROD/DC 23/561 & 23/559
WoodJoseph1730YeomanHorndon on the HillEssexEROD/AEW 34/3/33
WoodJoseph1855MarinerHeybridge EssexERONA: PROB/11/2218/324
WoodMary1687WidowFyfieldEssexEROD/AEW 27/267
WoodMary1825WidowHavering WellEssexEROD/DB T775/1, 2, 3
WoodNathaniel1771VictuallerSouth WealdEssexERONA: PROB 11/973/316
WoodNathaniel1732InnholderBillericayEssexEROD/DHt T99/1
WoodRichard1659Customary TenantWaltham Holy CrossEssexEROD/DC 41/399
WoodSamuel1838Concerning a GardenSt Mary, MaldonEssexEROD/DCf T117
WoodThomas1779FarmerFryerningEssexEROD/ABW 106/3/87
WoodThomas1814GentlemanSouth Weald/ ShenfieldEssexEROPROB 11/1560/108
WoodTyberius1624Barber SurgeonHorndon on the HillEssexEROD/AEW 17/221
WoodWilliam1664YeomanSandonEssexEROD/DU 161/280
WoodWilliam1652YeomanSandonEssexEROD/Du 161/285
WoodWilliam1830VictuallerDengieEssexEROPROB 11/1769/428
WoodWilliam1802GentlemanHeybridge EssexEROPROB 11/1383/866
WoodsWilliam1762CoachmanIngatestoneEssexEROD/ABW 100/3/41