Wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich |
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Many of these wills
may be found in the Norwich Record Office |
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The wills date from
1371 to 1845. There is a gap between 1550 and 1686 |
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1781 |
William |
Adamson |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Clerk (Rector) |
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1454 |
John |
Aleyn/Allen |
Hokewold St. Peter |
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1831 |
Susan |
Allison |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Widow |
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1782 |
Stephen |
August |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Thatcher |
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1793 |
Thomas |
August |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Labourer |
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1704 |
John |
Badgley |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Yeoman |
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1709 |
Thomas |
Barnwood |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Labourer |
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1720 |
John |
Bayley/Baly |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Yeoman |
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1722 |
Arthur |
Best |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Cordwainer** |
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1845 |
Hanslip |
Booty |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Yeoman |
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1777 |
Nathan |
Booty |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Farmer |
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1702 |
Matthew |
Brampton |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Yeoman |
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1512 |
John |
Buckton+ |
Wylton |
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1380 |
Henry atte |
Buttys |
Wylton |
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1735 |
John |
Carter |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Yeoman |
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1715 |
Robert |
Cheston Sen |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Yeoman |
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1372 |
Peter de |
Colveston |
Cap de Hokewold |
?Priest |
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1509 |
Simon |
Couper/Cowper |
Priest of Wilton |
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1512 |
Simon |
Couper/Cowper |
Priest of Wilton++ |
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1507 |
John |
Dikman |
Hokwold |
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1439 |
Robert |
Doraunt/Dorante |
Vicar of Wilton juxta
Hockwold |
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1546 |
John |
Dryver |
Wylton |
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1708 |
Margaret |
Elmer |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Wife of Richard |
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1713 |
John |
Elsden/Elsdon |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Bachelor |
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1502 |
Thomas |
Felton |
Hokkwolde St. Peter |
Yeoman |
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1541 |
Thomas |
Felton |
Wylton |
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1708 |
Mary |
Fenton |
Hockwold
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Spinster |
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1512 |
Robert |
Fletcher/Felton |
Hokwolde |
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1801 |
Henry |
Gore |
Wilton |
Blacksmith |
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1819 |
Robert |
Grimmer (elder) |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Farmer |
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1837 |
Robert |
Grimmer (Younger) |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Farmer |
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1386 |
Roger |
Honyngton |
Rector (sic) of Wilton |
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1729 |
Francis |
Hudson |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Yeoman |
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1742 |
William |
Hudson Snr |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Yeoman |
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1839 |
George |
Jacob |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Farmer |
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1737 |
Henry |
James |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Yeoman |
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1506 |
John |
Keteringham |
Wilton |
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1526 |
Edmund |
Kiper |
Vicar of St. James Wilton |
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1831 |
Daniel |
Lambert |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Carpenter |
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1711 |
John |
Lawrence |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Labourer |
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1421 |
John |
Malyn/Malin |
Hokewold St. Peter |
Capell (Priest?) |
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1481 |
Robert |
Maycok |
Wylton St. James |
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1453 |
Geoffrey |
Moore |
Hokewold St. Peter |
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1776 |
Mary |
Morley |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Widow |
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1742 |
John |
Mould |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Yeoman |
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1456 |
Osbert |
Mundeford |
Hokewold St. Peter |
Armig.* |
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1371 |
Osbert de |
Mundeford |
Mundeford at Hokewold |
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1521 |
William |
Parfaye |
Hockwold |
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1417 |
Richard |
Reede |
Hokewold
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Capellanus (Priest?) |
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1816 |
Samuel |
Roberson |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Gent. |
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1826 |
Thomas |
Roberson |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Farmer |
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1713 |
Andrew |
Rolfe |
Hockwold |
Yeoman |
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1745 |
Anne |
Rolfe |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Widow |
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1771 |
James |
Rudderham |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Yeoman |
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1739 |
James |
Rutterham |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Yeoman |
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1709 |
William |
Seago |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Yeoman |
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1762 |
Henry |
Sheely |
Wilton |
Shepherd |
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1726 |
Samuel |
Smith |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Yeoman |
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1716 |
Thomas |
Spencer |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Yeoman |
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1806 |
Alice |
Spinks |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Widow |
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1716 |
Edward |
Stallon |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Husbandman |
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1832 |
James |
Stark |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Yeoman |
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1744 |
Ann |
Thickpenny |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Widow |
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1811 |
John |
Thickpenny |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Farmer |
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1697 |
Elizabeth |
Thurston |
Hockwold |
Spinster |
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1835 |
Henry |
Tilney |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Clerk |
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1720 |
Lancaster |
Topcliff |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Clerk (Rector) |
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1705 |
Richard |
Towell |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Yeoman |
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1431 |
William |
Tumbrell |
Rector of St. Peter
Hokewold |
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1514 |
Robert |
Walby |
Wilton St. James |
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1481 |
William |
Walpole |
Hokewold |
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1712 |
William |
Ward |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Singleman |
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1465 |
William |
Warde |
Wylton Juxta Hockwold |
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1782 |
John |
West |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Labourer |
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1725 |
Ambrose |
Whiteman |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Yeoman |
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1734 |
Ann |
Wightman |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Widow |
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1709 |
James |
Wing |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Husbandman |
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1798 |
Benjamin |
Wiseman |
Hockwold |
Labourer |
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1732 |
Dorothy |
Wright |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Widow |
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1726 |
John |
Wright |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Farmer |
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1379 |
William |
Wynn/Wynne |
Hokewold |
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1726 |
Ann |
Youngs |
Hockwold cum Wilton |
Spinster |
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* Entitles to bear a coat
of arms |
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** Leatherworker
(from'Cordova' leather working) |
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+ There is a Bucton tomb in
St. James |
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++ Is this a
duplicate, or did he make two wills? |
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It
is not surprising to find wills for several of the clergy. They Are: |
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Rectors
of Hockwold |
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1372 |
Peter de |
Colveston |
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1417 |
Richard |
Reede |
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1421 |
John |
Malyn/Malin |
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1431 |
William |
Tumbrell |
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Vicars
of Wilton |
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1386 |
Roger |
Honyngton |
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1439 |
Robert |
Doraunt/Dorante |
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1509 |
Simon |
Couper/Cowper |
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1526 |
Edmund |
Kiper |
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Rectors
of Hockwold cum Wilton |
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1720 |
Lancaster |
Topcliff |
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1781 |
William |
Adamson |
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1835 |
Henry |
Tilney |
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