Wills

Historic wills and codicils connected to Ilmer.

Transcriptions

Wills data

The following wills proved at the Archdeacon’s Court are available in the Bucks Archives, relate to the village of Ilmer. Other wills proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury and now in the National Archives/PRO at Kew are not listed below. None of the wills listed below were proved at the Peculiar Court of Monks Risborough.

Name	Occupation	Will date	Proved	Archive refs
John Goodwyne			1551	D/A/We/154/73
Edmund Dorell			1555	D/A/We/8/97
William Rosell			1555	D/A/Wf/2/250
Elizabeth Darell			1557	D/A/Wf/3/72
James Tryppe			1557	D/A/Wf/3/246
Thomas Tyting	priest		1557	D/A/We/10/32 D/A/Wf/3/241
Thomas Goddyne			1558	D/A/We/12/101 D/A/Wf/4/145
Edmund Godwyne			1558	D/A/We/12/94 D/A/Wf/4/144
Yemmant Godwyne			1558	D/A/We/12/94 D/A/Wf/4/144
John Darell			1559	D/A/We/12/38 D/A/Wf/4/104
William Old			1559	D/A/We/154/219 D/A/Wf/5/160K
Richard Mead	husbandman		1560	D/A/We/13/39 D/A/Wf/5/330
Richard Swaynson	vicar		1568	D/A/We/16/163
James Trippe			1573	D/A/We/17//1
John Tryppe			1573	D/A/Wf/7/221
Thomas Raleghe	gentleman		1576	D/A/Wf/8/156
William Dorrell			1579	D/A/Wf/8/312
Hellimer Darrell			1584	D/A/Wf/10/30
Eleanor Darrell			1584	D/A/Wf/10/30
William Dorrell	husbandman		1593	D/A/Wf/12/173
James Robins	husbandman		1593	D/A/Wf/12/253
William Hester	husbandman		1597	D/A/Wf/13/254
Agnes Robyns			1598	D/A/We/154/268 D/A/Wf/14/108
Mathew Yonge	husbandman		1607	D/A/Wf/17/249
Martin Wright	clerk		1612	D/A/We/24/211 D/A/Wf/19/276
Edmund Dorrell	husbandman		1619	D/A/We/27/238 D/A/Wf/23/83
Christopher Bigge	yeoman		1623	D/A/We/28A/145 D/A/Wf/24/239
Katherine Boudo	widow		1631	D/A/Wf/28/214
William Dorrell	husbandman		1635	D/A/We/30/202 D/A/Wf/30/222K
William Godden			1637	D/A/We/149/16
Edmund Brookes	husbandman		1638	D/A/We/32/139 D/A/Wf/32/129
Anne Walter	widow		1638	D/A/We/32/216 D/A/Wf/32/269
Martin Robins	batchelor		1639	D/A/We/33/164 D/A/Wf/33/195
John Wier		11 Aug 1661	18 Jun 1663	D/A/Wf/42/274
Edmund Gomme	Yeoman	12 Aug 1677	08 Jun 1678	D/A/Wf/49/273
William Gome	Yeoman	30 Dec 1684	23 Feb 1689	D/A/We/40/87 D/A/Wf/54/196
John Bowden	Yeoman	18 Sep 1711	17 Dec 1711	D/A/We/51/226 D/A/Wf/65/107 W/231
Joyce Gomm	Widow	08 Mar 1711	14 May 1715	D/A/We/54/46 D/A/Wf/67/143
Anne Bowden	Widow of John Bowden, yeoman	20 Dec 1711	11 Feb 1716	D/A/We/54/124 D/A/Wf/68/54
Stephen Gomme	Labourer	05 Dec 1720	29 Apr 1721	D/A/We/57/210 D/A/Wf/72/87
Francis Reynolds	Husbandman	02 Jan 1727	23 Mar 1727	D/A/We/63/106 D/A/Wf/75/106
William Bowden	Yeoman	04 Nov 1732	23 Dec 1732	D/A/We/68/127 D/A/Wf/79/127
John Gomm	Basketmaker	11 May 1741	13 May 1742	D/A/We/77/12 D/A/Wf/84/12
Thomas Kingham	Yeoman	02 Aug 1746	20 Oct 1746	D/A/We/81/66 D/A/Wf/86/66
John Kingham	Husbandman	08 Aug 1764	30 Aug 1764	D/A/We/93/68 D/A/Wf/94/168
John Gomme	Grazier	18 Mar 1771	22 May 1771	D/A/We/96/143 D/A/Wf/98/52
Joshua Kingham	Husbandman	22 Feb 1779	06 Jul 1779	D/A/We/103/44 D/A/Wf/102/44
Hannah Kingham	Widow	24 Apr 1778	24 Apr 1790	D/A/We/114/18 D/A/Wf/105/94
Thomas Kingham	Yeoman	12 Sep 1794	16 Apr 1796	D/A/We/120/28 D/A/Wf/107/139
John Kingham	Yeoman	08 Mar 1810	12 Nov 1811	D/A/We/127/144 D/A/Wf/111/203
Elizabeth Kingham	Widow	24 Jun 1813	27 Oct 1821	D/A/We/133/39 D/A/Wf/114/102
Withington	clerk			D/A/We/8/197 D/A/Wf/2/367

Key

Code	Description
DA/WE	Registered copy of a will
DA/WF	Original and File Copies of Wills

Bucks Records Society

Buckinghamshire Probate Index

Date	Name	Occupation	Value	References
1492	Trippe, William			D/A/V/1 fo.5
1551	Goodwyne, John		£41-6-8	D/A/We/154/73
1551	Godwyn, John			ORO 185/117
1555	DORRELL, Dorell, Edmund			D/A/We/8/97
1555	ROSELL, William			D/A/Wf/2/250
1556	WITHINGTON, Wythingto[n], James	(vicar), clerk		D/A/We/8/197 D/A/Wf/2/367
1557	Darell, Elizabeth			D/A/Wf/3/72
1557	Tryppe, James			D/A/Wf/3/246
1557	TYTING, Thomas	(vicar of), priest		D/A/We/10/32 D/A/Wf/3/241
1558	Godwyne, Edmund (Yemmant)			D/A/We/12/94 D/A/Wf/4/144
1558	Goddyne, Thomas			D/A/We/12/101 D/A/Wf/4/145
1559	Darell, John			D/A/We/12/38 D/A/Wf/4/104
1559	OLD, William			D/A/We/154/219 D/A/Wf/5/160
1560	MEAD, Richard	husbandman		D/A/We/13/39 D/A/Wf/5/330
1568	SWAYNSON, Richard	vicar		D/A/We/16/163
1573	Trippe, James		£39-10-8	D/A/We/17/1
1573	Tryppe, John		£11-18-2	D/A/Wf/7/221
1576	RALEGHE, Thomas	gentleman, nuncup		D/A/Wf/8/156
1579	DORRELL, William (younger)			D/A/Wf/8/312
1584	DARRELL, Eleanor			D/A/Wf/10/30
1593	Dorrell, William	husbandman, nuncup		D/A/Wf/12/173
1593	ROBINS, James	husbandman		D/A/Wf/12/253
1597	HESTER, William	husbandman		D/A/Wf/13/254
1598	Robyns, Agnes			D/A/We/154/268 D/A/Wf/14/108
1607	Yonge, Matthew	husbandman		D/A/Wf/17/249
1612	WRIGHT, Martin	clerk		D/A/We/24/211 D/A/Wf/19/276
1619	Younge, John	husbandman		D/A/We/27/6
1619	Dorrell Edmund (elder)	husbandman		D/A/We/27/238 D/A/Wf/23/83
1623	BIGG, Bigge, Christopher	yeoman		D/A/We/28A/145 D/A/Wf/24/239
1631	Boudo[n], Katherine	widow		D/A/Wf/28/214
1635	Dorrell, William	husbandman		D/A/We/30/202 D/A/Wf/30/222
1637	GODDEN, William	admin		D/A/We/149/16
1638	Brookes, Edmund	husbandman		D/A/We/32/139 D/A/Wf/32/129
1639	ROBINS, Martin	batchelor, nuncup		D/A/We/33/164 D/A/Wf/33/195

nuncup or nuncupative means the will was given orally

D/A/V/1 are the Proceedings of visitation courts including copies of wills proved at the visitations Jan 1491/2 - Apr 1495

William Trippe's will was contested. Records of Buckinghamshire, Bucks Archaeological Society Ragg, Rev. F. W., 'Fragments of folio MS of Archdeaconry courts of Buckinghamshire 1491-5' translates the entry as:

Edmund Bolles at the instance of William Trippe in a case of impeding the last will of William Trippe, deceased. The parties appeared and mutually agreed to stand by the award of the rector of Aston and the Vicar of Ilmer, whatever the terms; under penalty of 10s. half of which should go to the parish church and the other half to the office provided that the award was given within the feast of Michaelmas next to come. Agreement and the case dismissed.

Trippe was also mentioned in Part I of the above folio:

William Trippe George Boll Richard Hester William Darell Margery Ilbert (cited) at the instance of the Churchwardens here in a case of withholding the rights of the Church.
The aforesaid William admits a debt of 12s. 6d.
George Boll of 13s. 2d.
Richard Hester of 14s. 4d.
William Darell of 3s. 4d.
Margery Ilbert of 4s.
Condemnation followed and they were enjoined to pay half before the Feast of the Nativity of the Lord and the other half before the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Mary the Virgin, under penalty of excommunication

Prerogative Court of Canterbury

Name	Occupation	Date	Reference
Heabarne, Thomas sen	yeo	1653	358
Young, Younge William	widr	1659	140
Saunders, Thomas		1 Sep 1684	PROB 6/59 f.145

Lincoln Wills & Administrations Index

Name	Date	Reference
Meade, Wm.	1557	i, 94
Browne, Jo.	1563-6 & 9	197
*Coningsbie, Su.	1583	ii, 248
Smarte, St.	1588	i, 32
Tupp, Edm.	1588	i, 29

Testators residing outside Lincolnshire.

Name	Location
Bowden	Ilmer

Additional Wills

Wills transcribed by Rex Kidd which reference property or people in Ilmer.

Name	Burial date	Occupation	Bequeath	Archive Ref
John Myes	ABT 1510		4 measures barley to the church of Ilmer	PROB/11/16 reg. Bennett Quire 37
Richard Greyt	19 Sep 1517		Half a quarter of malt to the church of Ilomare	PROB/11/18
John Tempull	ABT 1539		Witness Wylliam Trype of Ylmer	D/A/We/3/329
Sir Edward Dune, Kt	1551	Knight	Give £6.13s.4d to the poor of Ilmer	PROB/11/35
Charles Bowler	29 Jul 1629	Yeoman	2 acres land in Ilmer	D/A/Wf/27/56
Thomas Bowler	ABT 1679		1 acre called Mugg Pitts in Ilmer
John Kingham	10 Jul 1825	Farmer		D/A/We/135/39 D/A/Wf/115/94