INDEX OF FARINGDON PECULIAR PROBATE RECORDS Introduction This index to probate records for the Peculiar Court of Faringdon spans 1547-1853. The Peculiar Court came under the jurisdiction of the Prebend of Salisbury, and only covered the Berkshire parishes of Faringdon and Little Coxwell. The index provides basic biographical details extracted from the filed probate documents held at Berkshire Record Office, together with information about what legal documents survive for each case. The documents themselves can be consulted at the Berkshire Record Office. Abbreviations used als alias/otherwise known as inv inventory of possessions nunc nuncupative (spoken by the deceased) renunc renunciation © Berkshire Record Office. Reproduced by permission INDEX OF FARINGDON PECULIAR PROBATE RECORDS Surname Forenames Year Place Occupation Document types Reference no. (D/A3/ ) ADAMS GEORGE 1825 FARINGDON YEOMAN Will 5/31 ADAMS JANE 1756 FARINGDON WIDOW Will 2/19 ADAMS JANE 1760 FARINGDON SPINSTER Will 2/20 ADAMS JOHN 1691 FARINGDON MALTSTER Bond, inv 2/8 ADAMS MARK 1724 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON LABOURER Bond, inv, declaration 2/12 ADAMS NICHOLAS 1748 FARINGDON MALSTER Will 2/18 the elder ADDAMS MARK see ADAMS ADDIMS JOHN see ADAMS ALEXANDER JOSEPH 1683 LITTLEWORTH YEOMAN Bond, inv 2/7 ALFORD JOHN 1631 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON - Inv. 2/2 ALNUTT BENJAMIN 1697 FARINGDON YEOMAN Will, inv 2/10 AMBORSE JANE 1730 LITTLEWORTH WIDOW Will 2/16 AMBROSE NATHANIEL 1715 LITTLEWORTH GENTLEMAN Bond, inv 2/11 ANDREWES JOHN 1645 LITTLE COXWELL - Inv. 2/3 ANDREWES WILLIAM 1645 FARINGDON - Inv, accounts 2/4 ANNES als JULIAN 1724 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON LABOURER'S WIFE Bond, inv 2/13 GREEN ANNES RICHARD see ANS ANS RICHARD 1726 WESTBROOK YEOMAN Will, inv 2/14 ARCHARD WILLIAM 1693 LITTLE COXWELL - Will, inv, bond, assignation 2/9 ARCHER EDWARD 1650- WICKENSOME, YEOMAN Will, inv 2/5 1651 FARINGDON formerly SHELLINGFORD ARDEN ROBERT 1670 LITTLE COXWELL - Will 2/6 ARNOLD CATHERINE 1742 FARINGDON WIDOW Bond 2/17 ARNOLD THOMAS 1729 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON YEOMAN Will, inv 2/15 ARNOLD THOMAS 1835 SHELLINGFORD CARPENTER Bond, affidavit 2/52 AWGAR JOHN 1557 FARINGDON - Inv 2/1 BABNOLL HENRY 1629 LITTLEWORTH YEOMAN Inv 2/29a BADNALL JOHN 1615 LITTLEWORTH HUSBANDMAN Will, inv 2/27 BADNALL THOMAS 1629 LITTLEWORTH YEOMAN Inv 2/29b BADNOLD WILLIAM 1612 LITTLEWORTH YEOMAN Will, inv 2/25 © Berkshire Record Office. 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(D/A3/ ) BADNOLL see BABNOLL, BADNALL, BADNOLD BADNULL see BADNOLD BADSEY MARY 1711 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON WIDOW Will, inv BADSEY THOMAS see BADSIE BADSIE THOMAS 1700 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON BLACKSMITH Will, inv BAGGS WILLIAM 1744 FARINGDON TAILOR Will BAKER MARY 1696 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON WIDOW Will, inv BALL MOSES 1763 FARINGDON GARDENER Will 2/72 BANKS FRANCES 1699 FARINGDON SPINSTER Will, inv 2/42 BARBAR JOHN 1637 FARINGDON BUTCHER Will 2/32 BARBAR als WILLIAM 1558 FARINGDON YEOMAN Will, inv 2/22 BOCHER BARBER als see BARBAR als BOCHER BUCCHER BAREFOOT als THOMAS 1669 LITTLE COXWELL - Will 2/36 CARPENTER BARFORD ELIZABETH 1637 LITTLE COXWELL WIDOW Will 2/30 BARR WILLIAM 1714 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON JOINER Bond, inv, oath 2/52 BARRATT JOHN 1602 FARINGDON - Inv 2/24 BARRETT JOHN 1666 FARINGDON TALLOW CHANDLER Will 2/34 BASSET see BASSETT BASSETT JAMES 1720 FARINGDON LABOURER Bond, inv 2/55 BATCHELOR ELIZABETH 1698 FARINGDON WIDOW Will, inv 2/46 BAYLEY JOHN 1681 FARINGDON YEOMAN Will, bond, inv 2/38 BAYLEY MARY 1729 FARINGDON WIDOW Will 2/63 BAYLEY THOMAS 1718 FARINGDON INNHOLDER Will, bond, inv, withdrawal of 2/54 caveat BAYLEY WILLIAM 1667 FARINGDON YEOMAN Bond, inv 2/35 BAYLISS RICHARD 1814 FARINGDON GLAZIER Will 5/14 BEACHAM JANE 1621 FARINGDON - Inv 2/28 BEACHAM THOMAS 1621 FARINGDON SHOEMAKER Inv 2/28 BEAVIS JOSEPH 1756 FARINGDON INNHOLDER Will 2/70 BEAVIS MARY 1766 FARINGDON SPINSTER Will 2/73 BEAVIS PETER 1716 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON YEOMAN Will, inv 2/53 © Berkshire Record Office. 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(D/A3/ ) BECK WILLIAM 1767 LITTLEWORTH YEOMAN Will 2/74 BECKLEY JOHN 1760 FARINGDON MERCER Will 2/71 BEECH JOHN 1708 FARINGDON TINMAN Bond, affidavit 2/49 BELCHER WILLIAM 1730 FARINGDON CARPENTER Will 2/66 BELLINGER HENRY 1730 THRUPP, FARINGDON YEOMAN Will 2/65 BETTERIDGE see BETTRIDGE BETTRIDGE RICHARD 1720 FARINGDON HARNESSMAKER Will, inv. 2/56 BIRT see BYRTE BISHOP JOHN 1726 FARINGDON - Bond 2/61 BLAGROVE WILLIAM 1552 FARINGDON - Will 2/21 BOCHER WILLIAM see BARBAR als BOCHER BOND WILLIAM 1846 LITTLE COXWELL YEOMAN Will 5/79 BOSBURY WILLIAM 1727 FARINGDON CORDWAINER Will, inv. 2/62 BOUCHER JOHN 1679 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON TAILOR Will, bond, inv, 2/37 renunciation BOUCHER THOMAS 1796 FARINGDON YEOMAN Will 2/79 BOWCHER JOHN see BOUCHER BOWER RICHARD 1662 FARINGDON BARBER Will 2/33 BOWERS JOSEPH 1686 FARINGDON BARBER Bond, inv. 2/41 BOYCE KATHARINE 1708 LITTLE COXWELL WIDOW Will 2/50 BOYCE RICHARD the 1694 LITTLE COXWELL YEOMAN Will, inv, renunciation 2/43 elder BOYCE RICHARD 1730 LITTLE COXWELL CARPENTER Will, inv. 2/67 BOYCE SARAH 1780 LITTLE COXWELL WIDOW Will 2/77 BOYCE THOMAS 1773 LITTLE COXWELL CARPENTER Will 2/76 BRANSTONE JOHN 1804 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON GARDENER Will 5/3 BRIDGEMAN THOMAS 1825 BUCKLAND LABOURER Bond 5/44 BRITTAIN JOHN 1729 FARINGDON BRAZIER Bond, inv. 2/64 BRITTEN ROBERT 1632 FARINGDON HUSBANDMAN Will, inv. 2/31 BRITTON see BRITTAIN BROAD THOMAS 1791- LITTLEWORTH YEOMAN Will, Archbishop's decree 2/78 1794 BROWNE WILLIAM 1614 FARINGDON INNHOLDER Will, inv. 2/26 © Berkshire Record Office. 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(D/A3/ ) BUCCHER see BARBAR als BOCHER BURCH JOHN 1685 THRUPP, FARINGDON YEOMAN Bond, inv 2/40 BURDEN HENRY the elder 1706 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON CARPENTER Will, inv 2/48 BUTCHER JANE 1725 FARINGDON SPINSTER Bond 2/60 BUTLER BENJAMIN 1721 FARINGDON CORDWAINER Will, inv 2/57 BUTLER JONAS the elder 1681 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON YEOMAN Will, inv, oath 2/39 BUTLER JONAS 1820 FARINGDON LABOURER Will, oath 5/25 BUTLER MARY 1696 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON WIDOW Bond, inv 2/45 BUTLER MARY 1724 FARINGDON WIDOW Will, inv 2/59 BUTLER SARAH 1823 - WIDOW Bond 5/41 BUTLER THOMAS the 1721 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON YEOMAN Will, oath 2/58 elder BUTLER THOMAS 1750 FARINGDON SHOEMAKER Will 2/69 BUTLER WILLIAM 1771 THRUPP, FARINGDON YEOMAN Will 2/75 BYRTE THOMAS 1589 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON YEOMAN Will, inv 2/23 CADLES MARGERY 1731 FARINGDON WIDOW Will, inv 2/119 CADLES THOMAS 1693 FARINGDON CARPENTER Bond, inv 2/100 CARPENTER see BAREFOOT CARTER ANN 1626 FARINGDON WIDOW Will, inv 2/87 CARTER ANNE 1702 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON WIDOW Bond, inv 2/105 CARTER CATHERINE see SPOAKS CARTER EDMUND 1707 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON YEOMAN Bond 2/108 CARTER JOHN 1681 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON YEOMAN Will, bond 2/98 CARTER JOHN 1707 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON YEOMAN Bond 2/109 CARTER THOMAS 1700 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON PLASTERER Bond, inv 2/102 CARTER THOMAS 1724 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON LABOURER Nunc. will, inv 2/116 CATER ELIZABETH 1712 FARINGDON WIDOW Bond 2/110 CATER JOHN 1712 FARINGDON YEOMAN Bond 2/111 CHAMPNES GILES 1595 FARINGDON HUSBANDMAN or YEOMAN Will, inv 2/80 CHAPMAN THOMAS 1620 FARINGDON - Inv 2/85 CHECKER ELEANOR 1632 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON WIDOW Will 2/89 CHURCH JOHN 1723 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON BODICEMAKER Will, bond, inv, oath 2/115 CLARE WILLIAM 1689 THRUPP, FARINGDON HUSBANDMAN Will, inv 2/99 CLARK JAMES 1839 FARINGDON MALTSTER Will 5/71 © Berkshire Record Office. 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(D/A3/ ) CLARK JOHN see WILLIAMS CLARK MABELL 1834 LITTLE COXWELL WIFE Will 5/39 CLARK THOMAS 1787 FARINGDON SLATER & PLASTERER Will 2/124 CLARKE ROBERT 1739 FARINGDON VICTUALLER Bond 2/120 COKE see COOKE COLES EDWARD 1633 FARINGDON YEOMAN Will 2/90 COLES EDWARD 1777 FARINGDON GENTLEMAN Will 2/123 COLLENS als CHARLES 1681 FARINGDON GLAZIER Will, inv 2/97 WARD COLLENS WILLIAM 1631 FARINGDON LABOURER or YEOMAN Will, inv 2/88 COLLETT ANTHONY 1805 FARINGDON GARDENER Will 5/4 COLLETT JOHN 1807 FARINGDON GARDENER Will 5/7 COLLETT JOHN 1837 FARINGDON YEOMAN Will 5/80 COLLETT MARY 1836 FARINGDON WIDOW Will, bond, renunciation 5/33, 66, 67 COLLETT SOPHIA 1835 FARINGDON SPINSTER Will 5/65 COLLETT WILLIAM senior 1818 FARINGDON GARDENER Will 5/19 COLLIER PHILIP 1666- FARINGDON BLACKSMITH Bond, inv 2/95 1671 COLLINGS JOANNA see WARD COLLINS see also COLLENS, WARD COLLINS als AVICE 1766 LITTLE COXWELL SPINSTER Will 2/121 WARD COLLINS als JOHN 1717 FARINGDON GLAZIER Bond, inv 2/113 WARD COLLINS WILLIAM 1700 FARINGDON BACHELOR Bond 2/103 COLLYER see also COLLIER COLLYER ROBERT 1706 FARINGDON GENTLEMAN Will 2/106 COLLYER THOMAS 1599 FARINGDON SMITH Nunc. will, inv 2/81 COMBE PHILIP 1666 FARINGDON BACHELOR Bond, renunciation 2/94 COMBER see COOMBER COOK WILLIAM 1838 LITTLE COXWELL CHEESE & BUTTER Will 5/70 FACTOR AND FARMER COOKE THOMAS 1606 FARINGDON - Will, inv 2/82 © Berkshire Record Office. Reproduced by permission INDEX OF FARINGDON PECULIAR PROBATE RECORDS Surname Forenames Year Place Occupation Document types Reference no. (D/A3/ ) COOMBE BERNARD 1664 FARINGDON - Bond 2/93 COOMBER PHILIP 1715 FARINGDON CORDWAINER Will, inv 2/112 COOPER EDWARD 1772 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON GARDENER Will 2/122 CORNISH MARY 1725 WESTBROOK, FARINGDON WIDOW Bond 2/117 COULES EDWARD the 1641 THRUPP,