the probate date should be quoted when
ordering a copy from Lichfield
Ron Slack has summaries of the wills and transcriptions of the inventories
Adam, Alice, widow
30 April 1594
18 May 1594
18 May 1594
Adam, William, husbandman
4 January 1633/34
16 January 1633/34
Adsetts, John, husbandman, Hoegrange 18
September 1752
17 October 1752
Allsop, Anne, spinster
14 August 1689
17 August 1689
Alsop, Dorothy, widow
20 July 1786
12 April 1788
Alsop, George, yeoman
23 December 1730 2
January 1730/31 19
October 1731
Allsop, George, husbandman
4 December 172
15 October 1776
Alsopp, Henry, blacksmith
5 July 1672
12 July 1672
10 March 1672/73
Alsop, Joanna, widow
1 June 1739
nd
6 May 1740
Alsop, John, husbandman
4 November 1728
11 December 1728 22
April 1729
Alsop, John, baker
27 May 1730
23 April 1731
Alsoppe, Laurence, husbandman
13 June 1609
16 May 1610
22 June 1610
Alsop, Margaret, widow
5 April 1727
Alsop, Mary
10 January 1739
13 October 1741
Alsop, Mary, widow
16 January 178
19 October 1779
Alsopp, Robert, yeoman
nd
4 November 1675
9 December 1675
Alsop, Robert, husbandman
19 April 1742
19 April 1743
Alsop, Robert, husbandman
9 June 1742
19 October 1744
Alsop, Roland, yeoman
21 November 1635
26 March 1636
Alsopp, Rowland, miner
6 November 1682
20 September 1683
Alsoppe, Thomas
20 December 1572
5 February 1572/73
Alsop, Thomas, husbandman
27 February 1635/36 16 April 1636
9 May 1636
Allsopp, Thomas, yeoman
17 January 1716/17 4
February 1716/17 26
April 1717
Allsop, Thomas, butcher
10 November 1730
19 November 1747
Alsop, Thomas, butcher
10 January 1771
27 April 1773
Alsopp, William
30 January 1711/12 11
April 1712
Allsop, William
8 January 1716/17
26 April 1717
Alsop, William, butcher
30 October 1730
23 April 1731
Alsop, William, husbandman
13 June 1772
27 April 1773
Allsop, William, butcher
23 May 1781
19 October 1781
Allsop, William , yeoman
28 October 1784
17 October 1785
Alsenbrook, Anthony, yeoman
4 December 1754
Ashton, Edward, barmaster
7 January 1792
24 April 1792
Bacon, Samuel
16 November 1729 13
April 1730
13 October 1730
Bagshaw, Daniel, ironmonger
1 April 1699
nd
14 November 1701
Bagshaw, Daniel, yeoman
21 September 1745 8
November 1745
15 April 1746
Banks, John, yeoman
26 August 1758
4 May 1759
Banckes [sic], Stephen, husbandman
23 August 1707
19 June 1712
2 October 1712
Barton, Samuel, yeoman
20 April 1729
25 April 1729
14 October 1729
Barton, Stephen, miner
17 June 1696
16 October 1696
Barton, William
7 May 1710
17 November 1710
Belfield, Henry, miner
21 October 1713
29 October 1713
26 December 1713
Bennit, Richard, husbandman
24 August 1715
6 January 1715/16
6 April 1716
Beresford, George, minister
19 February 1691/92 27 February
1692/93 13 June 1693
Berresford, Richard
nd
2 April 1714
Berisford, William, miner
28 January 1737
17 October 1738
Bridden, Anthony. yeoman
8 May 1731
15 May 1731
19 October 1731
Briddon, Francis [Frances], widow
nd
13 April 1691
17 April 1691
Bridden, John, miner
5 April 1705
11 April 1705
13 April 1705
Bridon, John
5 March 1729
17 October 1752
Bridden, Mark, miner
14 March 1732/33 22
March 1732/33 3
May 1733
Briddon, Robert, miner
nd
29 December 1715 6
April 1716
Briddon, Robert, miner
6 October 1762
Briddon, William, miner
29 December 1771 5
January 1772
27 April 1773
Buckley, Thomas, miner
nd
26 December 1695 17
April 1696
Buxton, Anna
19 February 1632/33
29 March 1633
Buxton, Anne, spinster
nd
15 January 1674/75 8
February 1674/75
Buxton, German
17 January 1615/16 nd
19 June 1616
Buxton, German, yeoman
14 July 1620
5 April 1621
4 June 1621
Buxton, German, yeoman
19 February 1652/53 2 March 1652/3
17 September 1661
Buxton, German
5 November 1684
18 January 1685/86 15
January 1685/86
Buxton, Humphrey
10 January 1594/95 25
March 1595
27 April 1595
Buxton, John
15 March 1571/72 13
October 1573
23 April 1574
Buxton, John, gentleman
21 September 1641 24
September 1641
Buxton, John
25 October 1650
Buxton, John, gentleman
22 June 1699
6 April 1703
19 October 1699
*Buxton, Richard, gentleman
11 February 1630/31
7 April 1632
Buxton, Richard, gentleman
13 March 1722/23
26 December 1724
Bucstone, William
11 November 1540 nd
2 July 1541
Chapman, Martha, widow
5 August 1721
6 September 1721
5 October 1721
Charlton, Alice, widow
12 September 1719
7 May 1725
Charlton, Anne
4 January 1635/36
nd
26 March 1636
Charlton, John
25 May 1558
nd
9 September 1558
Charlton, John, labourer
9 January 1639/40
13 March 1639/40
Charlton, Ralph
28 February 1625/26 nd
23 March 1625/26
Charlton, Richard, husbandman
6 October 1703
8 October 1703
Charlton, Richard, yeoman
17 April 1768
4 May 1770
Charlton, Robert
5 October 1742
Charlton, Thomas
17 April 1535 24 April 1535
1 July 1535
Charlton, William, yeoman
2 August 1711
23 August 1712
2 October 1712
Charlton, William, of Clipshead
28 May 1795
13 October 1795
Coates, Anthony, husbandman
1 September 1670
6 October 1670
11 October 1670
Crycllowe, Hugh
30 June 1582
nd
16 July 1582
Cryclow, John
nd
28 July 1541
Dods, Ann
30 April 1716
19 October 1716
Doddes, Grace, widow
11 May 1754
16 May 1754
15 April 1755
Dods, William, yeoman
23 August 1695
1 October 1695
4 October 1695
Dods, William, husbandman
18 October 1747
nd
26 April 1748
Fearn, Thomas, miner
2 December 1799
17 October 1800
Finney, Jane, widow
23 February 1730/31 23 February
1730/31
Fitzherbert, Martha, widow
nd
8 October 1703
Flint, Edward, tailor
28 January 1772
26 April 1776
Frost, Elizabeth, widow
30 March 1782
14 October 1783
Frost, Ralph, yeoman
29 July 1723
5 February 1723/24 2
October 1724
Gibben, John, weaver
28 December 1728 22
April 1729
Gidman, William, miner
29 May 1719
10 June 1719
29 March 1720
Godbear, Charles
nd
12 April 1706
Goodwin, John, Griffe, husbandman
26 November 1634 21
February 1638/39 1 March 1638/39
Goodwyn, Joan, widow
5 February 1685/86 15
October 1686
10 November 1686
Goodwyn, Richard
nd
13 November 1678
Gratton, Dorothy, widow
1 September 1602
nd
29 January 1604/05
Gratton, Richard, miner
29 May 1676
15 June 1676
Gratton, Robert
nd
4 October 1647
Gratton, Robert
19 January 1670/71 16
February 1670/71
*Gretrax, William, yeoman
14 November 1644
30 December 1645
Gretton, Richard, husbandman
4 September 1620
6 September 1620
Gretton, Richard, husbandman
1 November 1624
6 November 1624
20 January 1624/25
Gretton, Richard
13 April 1705
Hardy, John, schoolmaster
19 July 1758
17 October 1758
Harrison, George
nd
nd
5 December 1614
Hawley, Mary, widow
9 March 1724/25
7 May 1725
Hill, Jonathan, baker
28 August 1689
6 September 1689
28 September 1689
Hodgkinson, John, husbandman
18 April 1789
22 April 1789
Hodskinson, William, husbandman
11 January 1764
4 May 1770
Hughes, Robert, miner
18 May 1742
5 October 1742
Ivins, Ralph, yeoman
16 May 1677
18 May 1677
Jackson, Richard, husbandman
8 June 1637
14 June 1637
19 October 1637
Jackson, Roger, miner
2 December 1613
nd
1 February 1613/14
Johnson, Isaac
26 April 1781
Johnson, Ralph, miner
22 July 1742
14 April 1747
Johnson, Ralph, miner
31 December 1754 11
June 1755
17 October 1755
Kempe, Anthony, mercer
29 October 1612
9 February 1612/13
Kempe, Francis [sic], widow
23 January 1616/17 14
May 1617
3 June 1617
Kempe, William, husbandman
27 December 1630 6
January 1630/31 17
March 1630/31
Kempe, William, husbandman
nd
13 July 1641
28 July 1641
Kirk, Elizabeth, widow
13 November 1777
5 May 1778
Kirk, William, yeoman
13 December 1763
Knowles, Edward, yeoman
5 July 1628
29 July 1628
31 July 1628
Knowles, George, husbandman
1 June 1640
26 September 1640 8
June 1641
Knowles, Joan, spinster
2 May 1689
15 June 1689
6 September 1689
Knollis, Ralph
nd
22 March 1535/36
Knowles, Richard, yeoman
3 November 1665 4
January 1672/73 21
March 1672/73
Knowles, Thomas, husbandman
nd
20 December 1648 12
October 1649
Lane, Andrew, husbandman
10 February 1717/18 26 February
1717/18 28 March 1718
Lane, Anne, widow
20 March 1673/74 nd
11 September 1674
Lane, Anthony, yeoman
21 March 1645/46 nd
12 October 1649
Lane, Edward, yeoman
3 May 1662
29 June 1666
13 August 1666
Lane, John, yeoman
27 June 1591
nd
10 September 1591
Lane, John, the elder
20 January 1596/97 nd
21 July 1597
Lane, John, husbandman
11 March 1635/36 nd
26 March 1636
Lane, John, yeoman
16 April 1652
22 April 1652
18 October 1652
[ will in PRO,
inventory at Lichfield]
Lane, John
1 August 1701
8 August 1701
26 September 1701
Lane, John, yeoman
9 April 1715
11 April 1715
8 October 1715
Lane, Joseph, husbandman
26 April 1729
15 April 1729
14 October 1729
Lane, William, husbandman
nd
2 September 1663
4 September 1663
Lane, William, husbandman
28 September 1721 10
April 1721
Lawne, Thomas
31 January 1544/45
8 May 1545
Lawne, Katherine, late wife
of Thomas Lawne
22 May 1553
nd
5 April 1554
Lawne, Thomas
1 February 1562/63 6
February 1562
22 April 1563
Lea, George
6 October 1731
Lea, George,
the elder, yeoman
22 February 1683/84
30 November 173
Lea, George
12 August 1757
21 October 1757
Lea, John, the elder, husbandman
2 May 1741
17 October 1752
Lea, John, husbandman
11 December 1769
25 October 1774
Lea, Richard, miner
19 June 1714
5 October 1714
Lees, William, labourer
18 December 1713 14
April 1724
Lummas, John
14 December 1701 nd
24 April 1702
Madder, John, miner
12 September
1 November 1673
12 December 1673
Marple, Job, innholder
5 August 1755
nd
5 October 1755
Marple, Ralph, yeoman
21 August 1695
15 October 1695
17 April 1696
Marple, Thomas, yeoman
nd
25 February 1732/33
Mellor, John, husbandman
17 February 1699/1700 nd
5 April 1700
Mellor, John, yeoman
27 April 1760
27 April 1762
Mellor, Robert, husbandman
25 February 1770
19 October
Moseley, Francis, husbandman
20 September 1674 28
September 1674 2
October 1674
Oldfeild [sic], Joshua, husbandman
8 June 1742
18 December 1745 14
October 1746
Oldfield, John, yeoman
22 August 1713
16 October 1713
Pinder, Sarah, spinster
8 October 1771
13 October 1772
Redfern, Richard, blacksmith
16 July 1720
22 March 1721/22 6
April 1722
Repon, John, yeoman
14 December 1716
26 April 1717
Roome, Edward
5 May 1701
14 November 1701
Roome, John, farmer
23 October 1775
14 October 1777
Rowbotham, Sarah, widow
22 January 1772
27 April 1773
Rowbotham, Thomas, miner
30 April 1759
Scattergood, William, miner
9 June 1700
11 June 1700
4 October 1700
Slack, Thomas, the elder, miner
18 June 1800
17 October 1800
*Spencer, Anthony, blacksmith
14 April 1657
28 February 1659/60
Spencer, Henry, blacksmith
12 July 1632
nd
15 January 1632/33
Spencer, Henry, blacksmith
4 November 1708
nd
14 April 1710
Spencer, James, miner
23 October 1713
2 November 1713
2 April 1714
Spencer, Thomas, miner
14 December 1711 21
January 11/12
11 April 1712
Spencer, William, miner
13 February 1732/33 18 May 1733
Stadon, John, miner
14 May 1704
16 June 1704
6 October 1704
Steple, George, miner
10 March 1668/69 21
September 1685 28
September 1685
Tarr, William, yeoman 14 January 1730/31