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Wills Held at Bedford Record Office
The first four numbers in the reference column are the year the will was proved.
|
| Surname |
Forename |
occupation |
Registered copy |
Will Reference |
| Aspin a James |
Edward |
poulter |
31 f.50 |
ABP/W |
1614/78 |
| Atkins |
Richard |
labourer |
|
ABP/W |
1571/61 |
| Barnardiston |
Margaret |
widow of Jn gent |
|
ABP/W |
1664-5/87 |
| Bass |
Edward |
blacksmith |
|
ABP/A |
1742-3/48 |
| Bear |
John |
husbandman |
26 f.58d |
ABP/W |
1604/32 |
| Bear |
Thomas |
|
30 f.123 |
ABP/W |
1613/211 |
| Beer |
Richard |
|
|
ABP/R |
1532 3,f.63d |
| Beer |
Thomas |
|
|
ABP/R |
1558 14,f.84d |
| Bodger |
Ann |
widow |
|
ABP/W |
1694/59 |
| Bowyer |
Thomas |
husbandman |
|
ABP/W |
1683/41 |
| Brown |
Thomas |
|
|
ABP/W |
1692/38 |
| Brown |
Riley |
dairyman |
|
ABP/A |
1713/38 |
| Bullmer |
William |
weaver |
35 f.425 |
- |
1638-39 |
| Charles |
Benjamin |
farmer & wheelwright |
|
ABP/W |
1820/13 |
| Charles |
William |
carpenter |
|
ABP/W |
1831/12 |
| Chettle |
Joshua |
yeoman |
(reg. Only) |
ABP/W |
1770/17 |
| Claridge |
Mackaness |
|
|
ABP/W |
1803/1 |
| Claridge |
William |
farmer |
|
ABP/W |
1844/19 |
| Clarisge |
William |
yeoman |
|
ABP/A |
1743/6 |
| Cloridge |
Alice |
widow |
|
ABP/W |
1701-2/65 |
| Cloridge |
Hannah |
widow |
|
ABP/W |
1726/35 |
| Cloridge |
Valentine |
husbandman |
|
ABP/A |
1700/20 |
| Cole |
William |
yeoman |
|
ABP/W |
1725/9 |
| Cooper |
Thomas |
butcher |
|
ABP/W |
1760/44 |
| Cooper |
Thomas |
butcher |
|
ABP/A |
1760/23 |
| Corby |
Thomas |
blacksmith |
|
ABP/W |
1799/22 |
| Cuthbert |
Alice |
spinster |
|
AB/AR |
1682 1,f.75 |
| Daniel |
Thomas |
|
|
ABP/W |
1558/72 |
| Daniel |
Richard |
|
29 f.85d |
ABP/W |
1610/133 |
| Dewberry |
John |
weaver |
33 f.34 |
ABP/W |
1618/50 |
| Drable |
Robert |
labourer |
31 f.53d |
ABP/W |
1614/81 |
| Drable |
Richard |
|
31 f.129 |
ABP/W |
1615/187 |
| Drable |
Edward |
|
32 f.92d |
ABP/W |
1616/142 |
| Drable |
Richard |
|
(bn 1665) |
ABP/W |
1666/96 |
| Drable |
William |
labourer |
|
ABP/W |
1708/68 |
| Erle |
Thomas |
|
|
ABP/R |
1501 1,f.26d |
| Fielden |
John |
|
|
ABP/W |
1640/36 |
| Fielding |
Richard |
husbandman |
24 f.48d |
ABP/W |
1600/42 |
| Fowler |
Joan |
|
|
ABP/R |
1544 11,f.45d |
| Gell |
Henry |
|
|
ABP/W |
1555/114 |
| Gell |
Richard |
|
13 f.143d |
ABP/W |
1557/288 |
| Gell |
Thomas |
senior, husbandman |
|
ABP/W |
1593/62 |
| Gell |
Thomas |
|
27 f.52 |
ABP/W |
1606/68 |
| Gell |
Thomas |
|
28 f.77d |
ABP/W |
1609-10/121 |
| Gell |
John |
yeoman |
|
ABP/W |
1634-5/135 |
| Gell |
Thomas |
husbandman |
|
ABP/W |
1652/59 |
| Gell |
John |
senior, labourer |
|
ABP/W |
1669/67 |
| Gell |
John |
yeoman |
|
ABP/W |
1673/62 |
| Gell |
Thomas |
|
|
ABP/W |
1700/91 |
| Gell |
Richard |
maltster |
|
ABP/W |
1731/59 |
| Gell |
John |
|
|
AB/AR |
1688 1,f.81d |
| Gell |
John |
farmer |
|
ABP/A |
1721/57 |
| Gore |
John |
carpenter |
|
ABP/W |
1707/37 |
| Hall |
William |
husbandman |
|
ABP/W |
1575/66 |
| Hall |
Robert |
husbandman |
32 f.20d |
ABP/W |
1616-17/34 |
| Harl |
Edward |
senior, yeoman |
|
ABP/W |
1760/43 |
| Harl |
Edward |
farmer & grazier |
|
ABP/W |
1797/18 |
| Haynes |
William |
innholder |
|
ABP/A |
1733/1 |
| Hewett |
Nicholas |
|
|
ABP/W |
1555/138 |
| Infield |
Thomas |
|
|
AB/AR |
1679-80 1,f.69d |
| James |
Samuel |
shepherd |
|
ABP/W |
1808/11 |
| James a Aspin |
Edward |
poulter |
31 f.50 |
ABP/W |
1614/78 |
| John |
Logsden |
(bn 1563-5) |
17 f.4 |
ABP/W |
1568-9/202 |
| Lowe |
Thomas |
|
|
ABP/W |
1673/61 |
| Lowe |
Thomas |
|
|
AB/AR |
1673 1,f.63d |
| Markham |
Olive |
widow |
|
ABP/W |
1667/56 |
| Marshall |
Joseph |
miller |
|
ABP/W |
1800/11 |
| Marshall |
John |
miller |
|
ABP/W |
1835/46 |
| Maxey |
Thomas |
yeoman |
|
ABP/W |
1767/41 |
| Neale |
Thomas |
|
|
ABP/R |
1532 3,f.68d |
| Neale |
Thomas |
|
|
ABP/R |
1544 11,f.10 |
| Peabody |
Robert |
blacksmith |
|
ABP/A |
1754/21 |
| Pentlow |
Jeremiah |
|
|
ABP/A |
1741-2/32 |
| Pinkridge |
John |
|
|
AB/AR |
1680 1,f.71 |
| Prior |
Nicholas |
blacksmith |
|
- |
1595 |
| Ridley |
George |
clerk, rector |
25 f.117 |
ABP/W |
1693/140 |
| Robinson |
Francis |
farmer |
|
ABP/W |
1842/2 |
| Robinson |
Elizabeth |
spinster |
|
ABP/W |
1853/25 |
| Samworth |
John |
|
|
ABP/A |
1714/10 |
| Smith |
John |
miller |
|
ABP/W |
1679/82 |
| Smith |
Robert |
|
|
ABP/W |
1760/42 |
| Smith |
Susannah |
widow |
|
ABP/W |
1767/24 |
| Smith |
Richard |
carpenter |
|
ABP/A |
1740/10 |
| Smith |
Robert |
labourer |
|
ABP/A |
1760/22 |
| Stanion |
Charles |
|
|
ABP/A |
1727-8/52 |
| Stockwell |
Thomas |
carpenter |
|
ABP/W |
1572/73 |
| Underwood |
Elizabeth |
|
|
ABP/A |
1826/17 |
| Wagstaffe |
Thomas |
publican |
|
ABP/A |
1841/2 |
| White |
Henry |
|
|
ABP/W |
1854/13 |
| Whitney |
Richard |
shepherd |
late of Up Dean |
ABP/W |
1790/28 |
| Whittick |
John |
husbandman |
|
ABP/W |
1666/113 |
| Whitticke |
Thomas |
senior, husbandman |
28 f.22 |
ABP/W |
1608/36 |
| Whitticke |
Thomas |
|
31 f.57 |
ABP/W |
1614/85 |
| Whitticke |
John |
husbandman |
|
ABP/W |
1679/61 |
| Wilde |
William |
senior, yeoman |
32 f.203 |
ABP/W |
1617/238 |
| Wilde |
William |
yeoman (Newton End) |
|
ABP/W |
1661/386 |
| Wilde |
William |
yeoman |
|
ABP/W |
1691-2/121 |
| Wilde |
Henry |
|
|
ABP/W |
1711/54 |
| Wilde |
Matthew |
gent (Newton End) |
|
ABP/W |
1730/69 |
| Wilde |
Thomas |
|
|
ABP/A |
1813/23 |
| Wiles |
William |
|
|
AB/AR |
1680 1,f.71d |
| Williamson |
Thomas |
|
|
ABP/A |
1705/42 |
| York |
William |
farmer |
|
ABP/W |
1794/24 |