Takeley Wills

The wills are in the process of being transcribed. Those that are available can be found by using the alphabetical links below. We will be adding new summaries of the wills as they become available. The contents of the wills have been made available here with the permission of the Essex Record Office.

1558      Clerke, John , husbandman.
1558      Phyllyppes, alias Saunders, Thomas, paleman.
1559      Bearman, Hugh.
1560      Cavell, William, husbandman.
1563/4   Myller, Thomas, husbandman.
1564      Harvey, Richard, husbandman.
1565      Myller, Thomas, yeoman.
1567      Cawbecke, Edward, husbandman.
1567/7    Pake, William the younger, husbandman.
1567/8    Snowe, Elizabeth, widow.
1568       Freshwater, William, husbandman.
1568       Pake,William, husbandman.
1568       Pane, John, yeoman.
1568/9    Howe, Robert, shoemaker.
1568/9    Whyte, James
1571/2    Clerke, John, husbandman.
1580/1    Brewer, Thomas, husbandman.
1582      Batyford, Robert, shoemaker.
1583      Deane, Thomas, husbandman.
1583      Laver, John the elder.
1586/7    King, Thomas.
1588      Marden, John the elder.
1589      Crecke, Florence, widow.
1590      Burlynge, Michael the elder.
1591      Seale, John.
1601      Pamphlyn, John.
1602      Clarke, John, husbandman.
1620       Barnarde, John.
1620       Morrell, Thomas, fletcher.
1622      Bush, Margaret, widow.
1624      Cawbeck, Michael, yeoman.
1624      Norton, Thomas, palemaker.
1625      Clarke, John, senior, husbandman.
1625      Haddesly, Edwin, single man.
1625      Stanes, Jane, widow.
1626      Wryt, Elizabeth, widow.
1627      Elliet, Robert, husbandman.
1629      Brewer, Robert, weaver.
1631      Clake, Thomas, yeoman.
1631      Meller, George, yeoman.
1632      Laver, George, yeoman.
1633      Brown, Elizabeth, widow.
1633      Norton, John, palemaker.
1633      White, Thomas, victualler.
1634      Brown, John, senior, husbandman.
1634      Flood, Flude, Joan, widow.
1635      Thurgood, William, husbandman.
1637      Gainsford, Gaynsford, Samuel, gent.
1637      Laver, John, senior, husbandman.
1639      Campion, John, carrier.
1640      Phillipes, John,senior, husbandman.
1644      Parsly, William, yeoman.
1645      Lukin, Edwin.
1645     White, Joan, widow.
1648     Judd, Agnes, widow.
1650     Cawbeck, John, yeoman.
1656     Lane, Richard, tailor.
1661     Burling, Robert.
1661     Stanes, Elizabeth, widow.
1662     Lukin, Robert, yeoman.
1662     Mountford, John.
1666     Prestland, Henry, fanwright.
1667     Mead, William, yeoman.
1668     Collyn, William, gent.
1671     Laver, John, senior, yeoman.
1672     Campe, John, miller.
1672     Parsley, William, innholder.
1675     Grene, George, carpenter.
1675     Morris, Rebecca.
1677     Gardiner, William, yeoman.
1677     Lukin, John, yeoman.
1680     Brewer, Philip, yeoman.
1680     Poole, John, husbandman.
1681     Banks, Thomas, yeoman.
1681     Gobbons, John, butcher.
1681     Smith, John, yeoman.
1681     Stracey, Daniel, husbandman.
1684     Stanes, John, yeoman.
1687     Bickner, John, yeoman.
1688     Cramphorn, John, carpenter.
1692     Bull, James.
1692     Bull, Thomas.
1692     Taylor, Samuel, grocer.
1692     Brown, Mary, widow.
1694     White, Simon, husbandman.
1695     White, Thomas, yeoman.
1700     Campe, Mary.
1695     White, John, yeoman.
1702     Russell, Mary, widow.
1707     Brewer, Philip, yeoman.
1711     Brown, Thomas, yeoman.
1712     Banks, Mary,spinster.
1716     English, John, clerk.
1719     Judd, Luke, yeoman
1719     Judd, Philip,senior.
1720     Bull, James, malster.
1723     Bad, Robert, yeoman.
1723     Beard, Jerhemiah.
1723     Brown, Thomas, butcher.
1723     Lammas, John, blacksmith.
1728     Eve, Adam, farmer.
1729     Baysey, William, yeoman.
1730     Clark, Rebecca, widow.
1730     Ives, Elizabeth, widow.
1734     White, Anne, widow.
1738     Humphr(e)y, Nathaniel, yeoman.
1740     Gibbons, John, butcher.
1740     Lambert, Thomas, tailor.
1740     Tumbridge, John, blacksmith.
1742     Sach, William, husbandman
1746     Mountford, (?Mumford) Philip, shopkeeper.
1750     Eve, James, yeoman, late Takeley, now Tilty.
1750     Pool(e), Jeffery, single man.
1750     Tucker, John, carpenter.
1752     Parsons, John, senior, collarmaker.
1756     Rayner, Elizabeth, widow.
1757     King, John, miller, late Romford, now Takeley.
1757     Skingle, Baldwin, yeoman.
1761     Pigram, Joshua, turnpike gatekeeper.
1763     Stock, Thomas, yeoman.
1766     Hardcastle, William, carpenter.
1766     Pool(e), Jeffery, butcher.
1767     Marshall, John, yeoman.
1767     White, John, yeoman.
1770     Brown, Mary, widow.
1770     Judd, Philip, yeoman.
1773     Coote, Robson, farmer.
1775     Nichol(l)s,John, yeoman.
1775     Nicholson, Mary, wife of William Nicholson, clerk.
1777     Sa(u)nders, John, yeoman.
1778     Parson, Nash.
1781     Gibbons, Mary, widow.
1785     Pigram, Richard, yeoman.
1786     Green, John, carpenter.
1790     Eve, John, farmer
1792     Speller, Robert, victualler.
1797     Coote, Thomas, yeoman, Colchester Hall.
1798     Stock, John, labourer.
1799     Sar., widow.
1800     Heard, Daniel.
1801     Nicol(l)s, Ann, widow.
1802     Garrett, Robert, farmer.
1803     Clark, Henry, senior, gent.
1803     Marshal(l), Daniel.
1804     Barker, John, farmer.
1804     Sa(u)nders, Dorothy, widow.
1813     Marshal(l), Daniel, farmer.
1814     Ramsey, jos,., cordwainer, Takeley Street.
1824     Salmon, Edmund, senior, yeoman.
1827     Hampton, Henry, farmer, Takeley Grange.
1830     White, James, yeoman.
1831     Knight, John, farmer, Bambers Green.
1832     Speller, John, shoemaker.
1834     Clark, Susannah, spinster.
1834     Mumford, John, gent., Waltham Hall.
1840     Savil(l)e, George, labourer, Gorefield House.
1847     Hall, Clement, yeoman.
1847     Hall, Benjamin, batchelor.
1848     Lin(d)sell, Elizabeth, widow.
1848     Staines, farmer and publican, Morrel Green.
1849     Garrett, Robert, yeoman.
1850     Patmore,Nicholas, farmer.
1850     Rous, John, gent.