| The Wolley Manuscripts, Derbyshire |
| A Major Collection of pre 1828 Pedigrees, Charters, Documents, Deeds & Wills |
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 Wills : Surnames A - K |
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| SURNAME - Christian name / Abode / Year / Volume / folio(s) / More information |
| ASHTON |
Robert
of Stoney Middleton, 1683 6668 ff.69-71
He left £200 to be invested for the poor of Stoney Middleton,
the income to be distributed on St. Thomas' day. |
| BABINGTON |
Anthony, - 6689 ff.146-163
lnquisitio post mortem of, held 18th of January, 29 Elizabeth |
| BABINGTON |
Thomas
of Dethick, 1558 6668 ff.47-53
pp.146-7 [long entry but mentions sons Sir Francis (priest)
and his son Roger, Edward, Marmaduke and Thomas and daughter
Margaret, his son Henry (his heir), Sir Mylles Whitworthe (preste)] |
| BABINGTON |
Thomas
of Dethick, 1558 6668 ff.55-64
[his inventory, appraisers German POLE, gent., John WYGLEY,
Henry HOPKYNSON and Wyllm MADE Yomen] |
| BABINGTON |
Thomas
of Dethick, 1558 6681 f.21-22
"Extracts from old wills relating to boles for smelting lead",
See reference in Wolley,
Matlock Vol 6681-6 |
| BABINGTON |
Thomas
Esq. of Dethick, n.d. 6681 f.22
Inventory of goods of, made after his death after 1558 (uc/chlsl) |
| BAGSHAW |
Charles
of Gainsborough, 1731 6672 ff.203-204
He bequeathed to his brother Robert his Derbyshire property
at Priestcliffe. |
| BAGSHAW |
John of Great Hucklow, 1704 6689 ff.55-72
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| BAGSHAW |
Thomas
of Ridge Hall, 1721 6672 ff.199-202
will and codicils, "my body I comit to ye earth to be decently
buried without noise, crowd or multitude of people." Eleven
friends had guineas wherewith to buy mourning rings. |
| BAGSHAWE |
William,
the elder of Derby, - 6672 f.218
butcher. He bequeaths to Robert WATSON, his son in law, "my
shoppe called the Large Shoppe," with his appurtenances, subject
to a rental of 15/-, payable to his son William. |
| BANKS |
Sir Joseph, - 6673 ff.50-53
printed abstract of will of |
| BASSETT |
Sir William, - 6695 ff.16-38
lnquisitio post mortem, 5 Elizabeth, on |
| BEARD |
of
Stancliffe Hall 6702 -
This MS. seems formerly to have been the commonplace book of
Roger Columbell, of Darley Hall, in the county of Derby, esquire,
who died anno. 1605; it was given to me by Mr. Herbert Greensmith
BEARD, of Stancliffe Hall, anno. 1792.
" Adam Wolley, junr." |
| BERISFORD |
William
of Parwich, 1696 6689 ff.300-303
To be buried in the north quire of the church of Parwich. After
reciting that he had released to Anthony Berisford, of Cold
Eaton, Anthony Berisford, of Parwich, and five others divers
specified lands in trust for several uses therein expressed,
he continues:
But particularly after my Decease to be imployed to the Maintenance
of a Minister, the relief of the Poor, & the Education of poor
Children to be taught to read English, for that I always intended
there shall be clear for the Minister Ten Pounds a year, & to
be dealt to the poor four times Ten Pounds a year, & Three Pounds
a year for the education of poor Children, which several sums
I find (for the taxes are great) will not he raised out of the
aforesaid land, I do therefore, by this my last will and testament,
give and bequeath to the aforesaid seven trustees the sum of
Sixty Pounds, to be by them either put forth to interest or
bestowed upon land when they shall find opportunity so to, &
the Profits , thereof to be by them Imployed to make out the
several sums aforesaid.
He also provided that all poor persons attending his funeral
were to have 3d. apiece. |
| BLACKWALL |
Mary
of Denby, - 6666 f.21
6 James I. Reference to will of, with will of Thomas Blakewall |
| BLACKWALL |
Richard of Calke, 1567 6666 f.21
Reference to will of, with will of Thomas Blakewall |
| BLAKEWALL |
Thomas
of Wirksworth, 1524 6666 f.21
Gives £10 to a priest to say Mass for three years for his soul,
and those of his parents and brother Henry, at the altars of
Our Lady and St. Edmund in Wirksworth church, on alternate weeks.
Gifts to chapels of Cromford and Alderwasley, and to churches
of Bonsall and Matlock; also towards the building of the north
aisle of Wirksworth church. He willed that Henry de SACHEVERALL
should have the governance of Henry BOTHE, the testator's ward,
not then 14 years of age, whom he had married to his daughter,
Elizabeth. |
| BOOTHBY |
Sir
Henry, 1710 6675 ff.75-113
will amongst abstract of documents relative to Bradley Ash,
and the family of BOOTHBY |
| BROWNE |
Rupert
of Old Hall, Hungry Bentley, 1733 6688 ff.73-75
bequeaths an annuity of £100 to his wife Eleanor and £2,000
to each of his children |
| BURDETT |
Robert
of Foremark, n.d. 6688 ff.323-327
his grandson and heir, Francis BURDETT, sole exector |
| BURROW |
William of Northwingfield, 1757 6688 ff.332-335
Rector. |
| BUXTON |
Henry of Bradborne, 1666 6673 ff.115-116
"Body to be decently interred in the parish church of Bradborne
amongst my ancestors". Goods to be divided between Anne, his
loving wife, and his brother German. Considerable bequests to
his cousin mary SHELMERDINE. To cousin TRICKET 20/- to preach
at his death and 20/- to buy him a gold ring. To his wife he
left "all her close & apparell whatsoever, also two cowes &
my bay nagg & one hackney saddle, one pack saddle, girthes and
one bridle". |
| CALVERT |
John of Beeley, 1709 6694 ff.261, 262
will of |
| CHAMBERLAYNE |
John, 1648 6688 f.233
Case concerning the will of |
| COKE |
Elizabeth
of Duffield, 1730 6673 ff.269-270
widow of Richard |
| COLUMBELL |
John, 1569 6687 f.154
9 Feb. Appoints his brother Thomas COLUMBELL and Henry KNIVETON
executors and provides for education and maintenance of his
children. |
| COLUMBELL |
Katherine, - 6687 ff.150-153
See reference in Wolley,
Matlock Vol 6687-6690 |
| COLUMBELL |
Peter
of -, - 6691 ff.227-243
Inquisitio post mortem on, 26th September, 15 James I. |
| COLUMBELL |
Roger
of Darley, - 6670 f.102-108
Inquisito post mortem, 4 James II |
| CROFTES |
Antony
of Brampton, 1665 6692 f.52
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| CURZON |
Sir George of Croxall, 1623 6694 ff.85-91
Will of. Body to be buried in place where he might die. He prayed
his executors and friends to have no solemnities at the time
of funeral, or afterwards, "but onely a blacke Cotton Clothe
to cover my Coffen, nor that anie Coates, Gownes, Cloaks, nor
anie such thinges be given to any person whosoever to that use.' |
| EYRE |
Henry of Rowtor, 1763 6669 f.50b
Bequests to Anthony Eyre, only son of Charles E of Doncaster,
and to his nephew Anthony E, of Grove, co. Nottingham, but makes
his daughter "the right honble Ann countess dowager Massareene
in the kingdom of Ireland," his heir |
| EYRE |
Thomas of Rowtor, 1717 6669 ff.47-50
Body to be buried "in my chappell lately by me erected near
my mansion house at Rowtor" He makes Henry Eyre, second son
of Gervase Eyre, late of Rampton, his chief heir, and enjoins
him and his successors' to constantly live, reside and be at
my said house at Rowtor, and shall maintain and keep an house
of good hospitality and an orthodox minister as a chaplain resident
there or near thereunto for the continual service of "my said
chappell, who shall read or use the service of Common Prayer
by law established in the Church of England in my said chappell
twice every day and administer the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper
every Sunday or Lord's day in the year. " The chaplain to receive £20
a year out of the estate. Should Henry Eyre not maintain good
hospitality or absent himself from Rowtor "' by the space of
three months together," the legacy to be void. He bequeathed
£20 a year to Revd. John Allsopp, minister of Winster, and to
his successors, to instruct twenty poor children of Winster
until they could read a chapter in the Bible.
A transcript of the Will of Thomas Eyre of
Rowtor, 1717 is elsewhere on this site. |
| FEARN |
Agnes
of Wirksworth, 1574 6667 ff.259-60
Body to be buried in Wirksworth church near her husband, "at
what tyme soever there shall happen to be anye free schole within
the towne of Workesworth, and that there be given to the same
by any person or persons £6 13s 8d, or above that, then ... 5
marks a year to be paid yearly out of my lands to the said free
school." Also 40s. a year "to the use and reliefe of certaine
poore folks in a beade house at Workesworth for ever." Also
26s 8d yearly for ever "of clothe for the clothinge and apparellinge
of the most poor people of Workesworthe." |
| FINNEY |
Richard of Ashford, 1756 6673 ff.86-87
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| FITZHERBERT |
Sir Anthony, - 6671 ff.334-336
Inquisito post mortem of his lands in Derbyshire, 33
Henry VIII |
| FOLJAMBE |
Avena, - 6675 ff.385-386
Inquisito post mortem, 6 Richard II., on death of Avena
FOLJAMBE; she died on Saturday next after the Nativity of the
Blessed Virgin. Avena, in addition to life interest in Manor
of Ockbrook and moiety of Darley, held lands in Chaddesden,
Spondon, Chelmorton, Wardlow, Hartlow, Newbold, and manor of
Hassop, in addition to other lands in counties of Nottingham
and Stafford. Avena, second wife of Godfrey F., was daughter
and heiress of Sir Thomas IRELAND, of Hartshorne, by Avena,
daughter and heiress of Sir Payn de VILERS, of Kinoulton |
| FOLJAMBE |
Godfrey
of Walton, 1594 6673 ff.127-134
"My body I appoint to be buried in the parish church of Chesterfield
as near the place where my father was buried as convenient funerals
and in such decent sort as my calling requireth and in as good
manner having regard to my estate and degree as my fathers funeralls
after his death were done and performed". He bequethed £40 a
year to a preacher at Chesterfield church with elaborate provisions
for his orthodoxy; also £13 6s 8d. for providing a Chesterfield
schoolmaster. A very long and inordinately worded document. |
| FOLJAMBE |
Godfrey, - 6675 ff.385-386
Inquisito post mortem, 50 Edward III., on death of Godrey
FOLJAMBE, Godfrey and wife Avena jointly held manor of Ockbrook
and moiety of Darley. Godfrey died on Ascension Day; Godfey,
his grandson and heir, is aged 9 |
| GARLICKE |
Nicholas
of Thornsett, 1584 6668 ff.65-7
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| GELL |
Daniel
of the Great Sanctuary, 1762 6671 ff.163-173
and codicil, 1763. To be buried by his wife in the east cloister.
House in Wirksworth, inhabited by his brother Thomas, to his
grandson Daniel G., or in the case of his death to his brother
Charles, and if he be dead to his nephew Benjamin G. To his
friend, kinsman and executor, Thomas G., rector of Edlaston,
all his copyhold, freehold and other property in Derbyshire,
except his shares in lead mines, which were to go to his surviving
brothers. Among a great variety of other bequests in this long
will, £100 was left to the poor, and certain sums to his cousin
Thomas G., Attorney-at-Law, and to his cousin and clerk Anthony
G. |
| GILBERT |
William
of Dublin, 1649 6674 f.92
surveyor of Crown plantations in Ireland (born Spondon), bequeathed
£1,000 to the poor of Spondon, to be distributed to ten of the
most honest and necessitous poor of the parish, five to be nominated
by his executors and heirs, and five by the parish. They were
given two shillings apiece every Sunday after service. |
| GREAVES |
Charles
of Woodhouse, Youlgreave, 1729 6669 f.152
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| GREEN |
Francis
of Wigwall, 1780 6696 ff.185-190
case relative to the property of, according to will |
| GREENSMITH |
Robert
of Chesterfield, 1734 6695 ff.225-228
copies of will, also of Robert GREENSMITH, of Bonsall, 1753. |
| GREENSMITH |
Robert
of Bonsall, 1753 6695 ff.225-228
copies of will, also of Robert GREENSMITH, of Chesterfield,
1734 |
| HALLOWES |
Thomas
of Glapwell, 1739 6688 f.342
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| HARRIS |
William
of Oakerthorpe, 1631 6670 f.115
left the annual sum of twenty nobles out of lands in Alfreton
towards maintenance of a free school in the parish of Bakewell
for poor people's children. He also left £50 towards erecting
a school in Ashford. Sir John COKE gave the land in Ashford
for the said school. |
| HERTHULL,
de |
Adam, - 6670 f.182
Inquisito post mortem, II Edward III |
| HOLLIS |
Sir William 6666 ff.1-5
Inquisition Post Mortem at Chesterfield, 34 Hen. VIII
Extracts from Gervase Holles's M.S. collections intitled Trusbut,
but now (1804) in the possession of Sir Joseph BANKS |
| HODGKINSON |
Obadiah
of Little Chester, 1725 6674 ff.222-227
Bequests to only brother Thomas MEYNELL Prebend of Baswitch
and Whittington in the county of Stafford & rector of
Kirk and Meynell Langley in the county of Derby; to TM's
wife [unnamed]; nephew Godfrey MEYNELL son of TM; nieces
Dorothy and Katherine MEYNELL daurs of TM, niece and goddaughter
Susanna MEYNELL daur of TM [she bore his late wife's christian
name]; nephew Francis MEYNELL son of late brother William
MEYNELL and his son Richard MEYNELL his godson; nephew William
MEYNELL second son of late brother William; niece Dorothy
KINASTON eldest daughter of late brother William; nephew John
MEYNELL fourth son of late brother William MEYNELL; niece
Sarah MEYNELL second daur of late brother William; nephew
Godfrey MEYNELL third son of late brother William; niece Sarah
LARGE widow and relict of Robert LARGE; niece Patience GRACE
widow and her daughter [unnamed]; niece Dorothy WATTS;
niece Prudence CLARKE widow; nephew William ULLOCK a minister;
nephew George ULLOCK; nephew Francis ULLOCK; godson John MEYNELL
sonne of brother alderman MEYNELL deceased; Elizabeth MEYNELL
daughter of late brother Isaac MEYNELL deceased; nephew Godfrey
MEYNELL esq. and his wife Margaret, Francis and Richard MEYNELL
son of deceased brother Alderman MEYNELL; cozen Jane THORNELEY
widow of Stephen THORNELEY esq., and her two sons Stephen
and Isaac; William MEYNELL of Anslow; Francis MEYNELL of Anslow;
Gerrard MEYNELL of London. |
| HODGKINSON |
Obadiah, 1737 6668 ff167-8
Case of Will |
| HOPKINSON |
Henry
of Bonsall, 1632 6667 ff.240d-243
See reference in Wolley,
Matlock Vols 6666-7 |
| HOPKINSON |
William
of Bonsall, - 6667 ff.240d-243
See reference in Wolley
Manuscripts, Matlock Vols 6666-7 |
| JOHNS |
Edmund
of Matlock, 1663 6672 ff.266-267
See reference in Wolley
Manuscripts, Matlock Vols 6670-5 |
| KENDALL |
William, - 6673 f.295
Inquisito post mortem as to moiety of manor of Darley,
29 Edward III. |
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