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Canterbury Wills 1620 Part1

The Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, had jurisdiction practically throughout the Kingdom, although limited by the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York in the Northern Counties, and it nominally embraced all testators within the Province of Canterbury who left bona notabilia exceeding £5 in value in more than one Diocese of the Province, and all estates…

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Canterbury Wills 1620 Part 2

The Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, had jurisdiction practically throughout the Kingdom, although limited by the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York in the Northern Counties, and it nominally embraced all testators within the Province of Canterbury who left bona notabilia exceeding £5 in value in more than one Diocese of the Province, and all estates…

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Canterbury Wills 1558 – 1583 Vol 3

The present volume contains a continuation of the Index of the Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury commenced by Mr. J. Challenor C. Smith, and covers the period 1558 to 1583, that is to say, the first twenty-five years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and the archiepiscopates of Matthew Parker and Edmund Grindal.

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Abstracts of Wootton Wills 1658 Vol. 2

The Will of Daniel Dalton (No. 498) is a very human document and reminds one of the story of the man, much respected in his village, who died and whose son was interviewed next day by the clergyman of the parish who said to him ' Your father was a good man. I should like to say something about him in my sermon. What were his last words ? ' Well Sir,' replied the boy, ' He didn't…

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Abstracts of Wootton Wills 1658 Vol. 4

The Will of Daniel Dalton (No. 498) is a very human document and reminds one of the story of the man, much respected in his village, who died and whose son was interviewed next day by the clergyman of the parish who said to him ' Your father was a good man. I should like to say something about him in my sermon. What were his last words ? ' Well Sir,' replied the boy, ' He didn't…

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Parry Family Wills down to 1810 (1911)

The making of these abstracts has been my interesting occupation for several years past. Begun at first with a view to tracing my own pedigree, in course of time it became evident that they would be of great use to others, even to many not bearing the name of Parry. I therefore decided to continue till all the Wills and Administrations, down to the latest date permitted by the rules, should be finished.…

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Dew Family Wills (1921)

THE experienced genealogist knows the value of any work which, however short, exhausts its subject. He spends his leisure in forging a chain which will never be complete, but each link may be strengthened. (" Forging " is rather an unhappy word in this connection, but " Honi soit qui mal y pense")

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Wayman Family Wills 1383-1821

The name of Wayman in the Teutonic form Wigmund occurs in England as early as ad. 725, in which year a prelate of that name was Abbot of Worcester; half-a-century later another Wigmund filled the See of York, and from 895—910 another was Bishop of Lichfield. The name is cocrnate ' with Wigmaer, Wymarc or Wihomare, one of whom was Abbot of Westminster in the year 969.

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