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DEVON NAMES - PCC WILLS 1650-52

Extracted by Jean E. Harris from:

Year Books of Probates (ed. John & Geo. Matthews), Vols 5 and 6, LDS MFilm 0410185

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SURNAME	FORENAME		PLACE	FOLIO

MATTHEWS Vol 5 1650-1651
1650 PEMBROKE

ABRAHAM	Benjamin		Harberton	166
ACKLAND	Jane	widow	St Martin, Exeter	128
ADAM	Roger		Linston (Lynton)	140
ADAMS	Nicholas	the elder	Malborough	20
ALLYN	Jerome		Great Torrington	140
			Admon w. will
ASHFORD	Henry	Esq	Ashford	211
ATTKEY	Thomas	gent	Ilford Combe	87
			Admon w. will
BAKER	Nicholas	the elder	Thorncombe	107
BALL	William		Frithelstock (to be buried	142
			Newton St Petrock)
BARON	William	gent	Exeter	153
BARONS	Henry		Uffculme	141
BAWDEN	Catherine	widow	Okehampton	210
			Admon w. will
BEAMONT	Glydd	clerk	Gitttisham	20
			Admon w. will
BLATCHFORD	Robert		Newton St Petrock	194
BOGAN	Richard	merchant	of London	49
			Born at Totnes
BOGAN	Hester	widow	of London widow of Richard	49
BORDER	Richard		East Ogwell	59
			Admon w. will
BRAND	John	the elder	Black Torrington	36
BRANFIELD	Hercules		Culm Davey, p. Hemyock	87
BROOKE see	BUTSON
BROOKE	John		of Southampton	36
			"of Devon" - Calendar
BROOKING	Thomas		Dartington	169
BROWNE	William		Ottery St Mary	no folio #
			Admon d.b.n.
			Vide Anno 1646
BROWNE	Robert		Stockland	153
BUCKHAM	John	merchant	Plymouth	194
BUCKINGHAM	Agnes	widow	East Buckland	169
BUCKNOLE	William		Colyton	59
BULLIED	John		Romansleigh	169
BURGESS	John		Upcott, North Molton	59
BURROUGH	Philip		Exeter	169
			Admon w. will
BUTSON	Alice	widow	Aller, Kentisbeare	105
als BROOKE
CHAPPELL	Ambrose	mariner	of Ratcliff	174
		but born at	Alphington
CHIVERTON	Richard		"of Devon" - Calendar	16 and 21
			in service of Parliament
			at Plymouth
CLARKE	Ellis		Branscombe	165
CLARKE	William		Axminster	129
CLIFFE	William		Goveton p. Charleton	127
			Admon w. will
COLE	Susan	widow	Barnstaple	21
COLMAN	Francis	gent	Tiverton	143
COLLAMORE	Henry	merchant	of Aliconte in Valentia	201
			Decd abroad; Legacy to poor
			of Bishop's Tawton
COLRIDGE	Nicholas		Dunsford	64
COMBE	John	the elder	Membury	4
COOKE	William	the elder	Woodbury	127
COYSH	Hunphry		Chudleigh	63
CROYDON	Alice	widow	Burlescombe	58
			Admon w. will
CUNDY	Juliana		of Devon	no folio #
			Calendar - Grant 1650
CUTTINGE	John		Great Torrington	21
			Admon w. will
DASHPER	Thomas		Coombe, p. Ipplepen	64
DAYMAN	Richard		King's Kerswell	165
			Admon w. will
DAYMOND	John		Cotleigh	64
DIGHT	Thomas		Sampford Peverell	22
DRAKE	Thomas		Colyford, Colyton	21
DRAKE	William	gent	Harpford	90
			Admon w. will
DRAKE	William		decd abroad	143
			Admon w. will Sept 13 to
			sister Eliz. D. of Plymouth
DREWE	William		Buckland Brewer	144
DUNNING	John		Walkhampton	132
DUTTON	George		?Topsham	144
			pvd by rel.Rebecca of
			Topsham
DYNHAM	Margaret		born in Petrockstowe	16
			legacy to poor of Lifton
EDWARDS	Joseph		Coombe in Teignhead	38
			Admon w. will
ELLIS	Walter		Honiton	133
			Admon w. will
EXTER	George	mariner	Plymouth	5
FACYE	Mark	the elder	Bridgerule	17
FERRIS	Richard	merchant	Barnstaple	5
FLUTE	William	merchant	Plymouth	?39 & 111
FORT see	WILLIAMS
FORTESCUE	Francis	esq	Wood, Woodleigh	21
FORTESCUE	John		Fallopitt, East Allington	91
FORTESCUE	Hugh	gent	Lamerton	176
FURSE	Robert	gent	Dean Prior	156
			Admon w. will
GERRY	John	gent	Tavistock	111
GLANVILL	John		Newton Abbot, p. Wolborough	177
GOURNEY	Thomas	merchant	Dartmouth	133
GREENWOOD	Robert		Great Torrington	145
			Admon Feb 12 1650/1 to
			Ric. HUNKEN
HERDER	Sarah		South Molton	7
HEYWARD	Alice	widow	Coombe in Teignhead	114
HOBBS	Margaret	widow	South Molton	52
HOLE	Barnard		Marldon	179
			Admon w. will
HORSUM	John		Tavistock	114
HUTCHENS	Humfrey		Up Ottery	154
JENNENS	Abram	merchant	Plymouth	58
JOHNS	Abraham	merchant	Bideford	73
			Admon w. will
JOPE	Henry	bachelor	Whitchurch	95
JURDAINE	Elizabeth	widow	Exeter	42
KEENE	Clement		South Molton	125
KEEPER	Francis		Uffculme	42
als PARKER
KENICOTT	John	the elder	merchant of London	156
			Admon 28 Nov 1673
			Lands in Totnes
LAKE	Thomasine	spinster	Tawstock	53
LEAPER	Ellen	widow	Plymouth	58
LEIGH	William	clerk	Swimbridge	96
LEMING	Edward		Exeter	24
LEWES	Jane	spinster	Crediton	157
LOCKE	Nicholas		Hatherleigh	116
LOVEIS	Leonard		Sheepwash	157
			Admon w. will
LUMBARD	Tristram		Thorncombe	74
?LUMBERT or	LUMBERT
LUTTERELL	Eleanor	spinster	Hartland	180
LUTTERELL	Nicholas	gent	Hartland	135
LUXE	Humfry	mariner	Plymouth	96
MAN	Phillipp		Newton Abbot, p. Wolborough	26
MANELY	Robert		Halberton	147
MAN(W)ELL	Robert		p. Custooke (Culmstock)	97
MARTINE	John		Chumleigh	43
MARTYN	Margaret	widow	Plymouth	26
MATHEW	Christopher		Ottery St Mary	204
MATHEW	Robert	merchant	Dartmouth	26
MATHEWE	John	clerk	Nymet Tracey als Bow	75
MEARE	Thomas		Burlescombe	26
MILES	Katherine	widow	"of Devon" Calendar	75
			Lands in Tiverton;
			Legacy to poor Silverton
MOORE	Katherine	widow	Huntshaw	98
MOORE	William		Halberton	75
MORE	Frances	spinster	Alwington	58
MORGAN	Elizabeth	widow	Halberton	57
MORRICE	John		Exeter	181
NICHOLSON	John		Plymouth	57
NOSWORTHY	John		Nymet tracey als Bow	184
OSBORNE	Alexander		"of Devon" Calendar	no folio #
			Grant May 1650
OWTON	Richard		Halberton	136
PARKER see	KEEPER
PARRE	John	merchant	Exeter	43
PARRET	Elizabeth	widow	of St Ives, Hunts	118
			"of Exeter" Calendar
PAYNE	Emlin	widow	Exeter	119
PEARD	Mary		"of Devon" - Calendar	no folio #
			Grant Jan. 1649/50
PEARSE	Edward		Northleigh	78
PERRY	Richard	merchant	of London	9
		tailor	Legacies to poor St Petrock
			& St Edmond Exeter
			Admon 23 Oct 1657
PHILLIPS	Halse		Rattery	78
PIKE	Thomas		Tavistock	148
PIKE/PYKE	Thomasine		"of Devon" - Calendar	no folio #
			Grant Apr. 1650
PLUMINGE	John		Plymouth	78
POTTER	John	clerk	Newton St Petrock	44
PRATT	Mary	widow	Awliscombe	205
PROUZ	Richard	gent	Exeter	118
PROUZE	Frances	widow	Exeter	186
PUNCHARD	William		South Molton	9
PYNN	Edward	clerk	Branscombe	148
QUICKE	William		Clayhidon	119
REEDE	John	the elder	Colyton	80
ROBERTS	Christopher		Lifton	29
ROBBINS	John		Westleigh	44
ROBINS	William		of Venice but son of	80
			John of Exeter
ROCHE	Richard	gent	Welcombe	9
ROOPE	Mathew	gent	Whitlocksworthy	120
			p. South Milton
SALTERON	Phillip		Woodleigh	81
SARE	Margaret	widow	South Milton	122
SAVERY	Phillipp	?spinster	Slade, Cornwood	140
			Admon w. will; dau of
			Robert SAVERY of same
			buried at Rattery
SEARLE	Sibell	widow	Honiton	161
SHARLAND	Arthur	gent	of St Dunstan in West,London	81
			Lands in South Molton &
			North Molton
SMALECOMBE	Henry		Lifton	99
?SWALECOMBE
SMITH	George	gent	Exeter	58
			Admon w. will
SMITH	John		Bishops Nympton	81
SMITH	Richard		Great Torrington	58
SPURLE	George		Filleigh	189
STEPHYNS	William	mariner	Plymouth	81
STONING	George		Honiton	188
			Admon w. will
STO(O)NE	William		Clayhanger	207
SUGAR	Thomazine	widow	Highweek	122
THOMAS	Henry		Widworthy	101
			Admon w. will
			(Admon t.i.a. of 16 June 1648
			to Richard ALFORD revoked)
			1648 revoked)
THOMAS	Richard		Holcombe Rogus	191
THOMAS	Thomas		Burlescombe	192
THORNE	William		Eastdowne	192
TIRRELL	William	merchant	Pinhoe	209
TOMLYN	Charles		Marwood	58
			Admon w. will
TOOPE	Roger		East Stonehouse	161
			Admon w. will
TOOSE	John	the elder	Cullompton	46
TRIGG(S)	Paul		St Mary Arches, Exeter	no folio #
			Grant d.b.n. Jan. (Calendar)
			Will 61 Byrde (pvd son Thomas)
			Admon 26 Jan 1640/41 to
			Richard son of Thomas
TURNER	William		Chardstock, Dor.	123
VENMAN	George		Bampton	123
VENNARD	William		now in All Hallows, Barking	162
			will pvd by mother Anne V.
			of Kenton
VYE	Simon		Colyton	123
VICKERAY	Edward		Knowstone	161
			Admon w. will
WALKER	Alexander	Esq	Bampton	125
WALKENDEN	Elizabeth	widow	Chardstock, Dor.	84
WALROND	Henry	Esq	Bradfield, Uffculme	124
WELSHE	John	gent	Barnstaple	83
WHEATON	Nicholas		Branscombe	125
WHITWAY	Edward		in service of E.I.C.	162
			bro lives in King's Kerswell
WILLESFORD	Richard	gent	Tavistock	102
WILLIAMS	Thomas	Esq	Stowford, p.Harford	209
WILLIAMS	William		Stockland, Dor.	125
als FORT
WOOLCOTT	Walter		Crediton	34
YOUNG	Walter	Esq	Colyton	29

MATTHEWS Vol 5 1650-1651
1651 GREY

ALLYN	Gedion	yeoman	Hollacombe	232
ALLYN	John	husbandman	Clawton	105
ALLYN	John		Tavy St Mary	202
			Admon w. will
ANDROE	Honor	widow	Great Torrington	107
ASHELLFORD	Joan	widow	Uffculme	232
AVENANT	John	yeoman	Stoke in Teignhead	168
BADCOCKE	Augustine	cordwainer	South Molton	138
BADCOCKE	Hugh	weaver	South Molton	137
BACKER	William	yeoman	Stockland, Dor.	15
BAKER	Robert	husbandman	Shirwell	16
BALKWILL	George		Nymet Rowland	1
			Admon w. will
BALL	John	tanner	Ashwater	15
BALL	Nicholas	gent	Bishops Teignton	202
BAYLEY	Joan	widow	Crawlewey, Chardstock, Dor.	202
	(OR ?John	the elder)
BEARNE	Robert	clothier	Newton Abbot.	168
			p. Wolborough
BEARNES	Joan	widow	Northam	168
			Admon w. will
BENNETT	James	yeoman	Chagford	1
BERRY	Raphe		Eastleigh, to be buried in	109
			Horwood Church
BICKELL	Susanna		Dartmouth	168
BLACKALLER	Henry	the elder	Bridgetowne	139
			p. Berry Pomeroy
			Admon w. will
BOX	Thomasine		Lifton	77
BRANTON	Degory		Welcombe	202
BRAY	Charles		North Molton	77
BROAD	John	woolendraper	South Molton	15
BROOKES	John	merchant	Plymouth	156
			Admon w. will
BROOKING	John	merchant	Totnes	168
			Admon w. will
BULLWORTHY	William	gent	Barnstaple	235
BURGES	Edward		Northam	1
			Admon w. will
BURLEY	Gerard	mariner	Plymouth	44
BUTLAND	Thomas		Paignton	235
CABLE	George	mariner	Withycombe Raleigh	64
als CAPELL
CALLAMORE	John	mariner	Northam	6
			Admon w. will
CHAMBERLAINE	Elizabeth	widow	Bampton	206
CHARLES	William	blacksmith	Sandford	207
			Admon w. will
CHASE	Elizabeth	widow	of Stone in Kent	81
			Lands in Bucks & Devon
			Admon w. will
CHUBB	Richard		Whitchurch	206
CHUBB	Roger		Tavistock	47
COFFIN	Elizabeth	widow	Portledge p. Alwington	140
COKER	Jane	widow	Kingsbridge	157
COLCOTT	George	yeoman	East Ogwell	140
COLLENDER	Robert	mariner	Plymouth	no folio #
			Admon w. will (not regd)
			June 20 to dau. - wife of
			Zachary PEYNTER
COLLIN	William	yeoman	East Paul (?Prawle)	no folio #
			p. Chivelstone
			Admon w. will (not regd)
			June 19 to grandson
			Nicholas COLLIN
COMPYN	Agnes		Berry Pomeroy	no folio #
			Admon June 10 to
			Lewis & John FULL etc
			Vide Anno 1646
CONDITT	Nicholas		"of Axsome", Devon	4
			decd abroad unmarried
COOKE	John	the elder	Maudlin, p. Thorncombe	18
CORNISH	Alice	spinster	Broadwood Widger	207
CRANCH	Edward	yeoman	South Huish	no folio #
			Admon w will (not regd)
			April 25 to John FOLLETT etc
COWSE	Robert		Stoke in Teignhead	113
CRUSE	George	the elder,gent	Ashton	18
DASSELL	Barnard	the elder	Colyton	208
DARRACOTT	William	chirurgeon	Great Torrington	19
DAVY	Richard		Stockland, Dor.	19
als WHEELER
DOWNING	James		Wolborough	238
			Admon w.will
DRAKE	Acton		of Shorthampton Lodge,	83
			p. Charlebury, co Oxon
			bro of Thomas of Wiscombe,
			p. Southleigh
DREW	John	yeoman	Bradbury, p. Chittlehampton	65
DREW	Thomas		Walkhampton	238
EBDON	Katherine	widow	Ottery St Mary	84
EDGECOMBE	John	gent	Tavistock	6
EEDES	John	clerk	Honiton	158
EFFORD	Walter		Moreleigh	239
EVANS	John	yeoman	Cullompton	142
FAIRCHILD	John	clothier	Pilton	20
FERRIS	John	merchant	Barnstaple	20
FORD	Charles		Plymtree	21
FOSSE	Thomas		Ilfracombe	210
FROST	John		Barnstaple	142
			Admon w. will
GARLAND	Joan	widow	Northam	48
GAY	William		Hedd, p. Chittlehampton	186
GILBERT	Joan	spinster	Longbrook, p. West Alvington	66
als WEBBER			Admon w. will
GILL	Grace	widow	Bridestow	86
GLADMAN	Amy	widow	Plymouth	143
GLANVILL	Roger		Heavitree	6
GOTHAM	Susan	widow	Whiddon. p. Abbotskerswell	105
GYNNING	Thomas	husbandman	High Bickington	86
HALL	Gidion	husbandman	Colyton	7
			Admon w. will
HALSWELL	John		Tiverton	187
			Admon w. will
HALSWELL	Richard	shipwright	Dartmouth	118
HARRIS	Priscilla	spinster	Northam	173
HEALE	Haniball	yeoman	King's Ash( als Ashreigney)	118
HEALE	Robert	yeoman	Kings Nympton	88
HEARD	Thomas		Heckworthy, p. Hartland	24
HEARDING	Julian	widow	Combe Martin	213
HEXT	Daniel		Kingsbridge	242
HILL	Beaton	widow	Plymouth	242
			Admon w. will
HILL	John		Hittesleigh	24
HILL	John	merchant	Plymouth	242
			Admon w. will
HILLERSDON	Richard	Esq	Membland, p. Holbeton	118
HINGSTON	Edmund		East Allington	23
HOCKIN	Benjamin	gent	Great Torrington	213
HOLE	John	yeoman	South Taunton (Tawton)	173
			Admon w. will
HOOPER	Arthur	yeoman	Heanton Punchardon	179
HORSWELL	Edmond	butcher	Dartmouth	187
JAMES	James		Highampton	25
JEWELL	John	tailor	Exeter	50
JONES	John		South Brent	121
JONES	John		Honiton	243
JOPE	John		Whitchurch	26
			Admon w. will
KELLAND	Richard		Coombe in Teignhead	244
KELLOND	William	yeoman	Haccombe	106
KELLY	William	mariner	Exminster decd at London -	50
			St Bartholomew's Hospital
KEMPE	Pascho		Stoke Damarel	244
			Admon w. will
KIFT	Margaret	widow	Exeter	161
KNIGHT	John		Kentisbeare	26
KNIGHT	Thomas		Thornbury	160
KNOWLINGE	Peter		Halberton	90
LAKE	John		Littleham	218
LANGDON	Thomas		Holcombe Rogus	218
LANT	Elizabeth		of London	218
			(of Exeter May 6 1650)
LEA	Michael		Broadclyst	26
LEIGH	Joan	widow	Sowton	50
LEWES	John	husbandman	Churston Ferrers	146
LINES	Anstis	widow	of Bishopstainton, Somerset	161
			(?Bishop's Teignton, Devon)
MARCHE	Thomas	gent	Rewe	218
MARWOOD	(no forename)		Colyton (als Culliton)	8
			Admon w. will
MATHEW	Charity	spinster	Yarcombe	220
MAYNARD	Thomas		Kelly	245
MAYNE	Elizabeth	widow	Exeter	125
MENWINICKE	Anne	widow	East Stonehouse	218
MERDON	Nicholas	yeoman	Manaton	125
MILLER	Robert	yeoman	Totnes	123
MOLTON	Robert	mariner	Instow	191
MORGAN	Thomas	weaver	Cullompton	92
MORTIMER	Thomas	yeoman	Silverton	125
MURCH	John	yeoman	Bradninch	125
NEWTON	John	gent	Clabaton	193
			Tenements in Modbury
NORMAN	William	mariner	Northam	245
			Goods in Barbados
NORRIS	Henry	gent	Totnes	93
NOSWORTHIE	Bartholomew		Lustleigh	9
			Broadwood Wigger
PALFREY	John	the younger	Huntsham	94
		tanner	(son of Richard)
PALMER	Nicholas	husbandman	Broadwood Widger	221
PARMITER	Thomas		Combe Martin	36
PAYNE	Jane	widow	Exe Island, St Edmund, Exeter	128
PEARCE	John	mariner	Abbotsham	72
PEPPER	John	yeoman	North Lew	195
PHILLIPS	Margaret	widow	Bagton, West Alvington	33
PILES	Walter	butcher	Plymouth	246
PINNEY	Richard	yeoman	Tytherleigh, Chardstock, Dor.	95
PLUMLEIGH	Edmond	mariner	Dartmouth	52
PRIDEAUX	George	gent	Sutcombe	71
PRUST	Hugh	gent	Gorvin, Hartland	72
			Admon w. will
PUGSLEY	Alice	spinster	Swimbridge	71
PYNE	Barbara	widow	Exeter	127
QUICKE	George	innholder	Up Ottery	129
RABIOYNT	Roger		Honiton	34
READE	Peter		Shobrooke	247
RIALL	Robert	husbandman	Germansweek	35
			Little Hempston
			Highbray
			Lifton
			Plymstock
RINGWOOD	Thomas		Halberton	196
ROSE	Richard		Exmister	72
ROST	Walter	yeoman	Axmouth	223
ROWLAND	John	joiner	Uffculme	223
SALTER	Melior	spinster	Plymtree	53
			Admon w. will
SAUNDERS	Edward	the elder	Awliscombe	249
		yeoman
SAUNDERS	Margaret	widow	Farway	226
SEARLE	George		Topsham	54
			Admon w. will
SHEARES	Ralph	haberdasher	St George, Exeter	177
SHERMAN	Richard	merchant	Bideford	248
SILLY	Raymond	yeoman	Rackenford	131
			Admon w. will
			(Will pvd in the Inferior Court
			Will dated 21 Jan 1625/6)
SHORT	John	cordwainer	Totnes	151
SLADE	Margery	widow	Axminster	38
SLADER	John	husbandman	Rowansleigh	38
SLANNING	Jane	widow	Lee, p. Plympton St Mary	227
SMALL	Anthony		Bitheford (Bideford)	131
SMERDON	Laurence	husbandman	Hewicke (Huish)	248
SMITH	George	the elder	Kilmington	226
			Admon w. will
SNELL	John	yeoman	Chaveleigh (Chawleigh)	177
SNELLING	Joan	spinster	Chaddlewood	98
SNOW	Thomas	weaver	Milford, p. Hartland	226
SOUTHMEADE	John	gent	Moreton Hampstead	151
SOMERY	Robert		Halberton	131
SOWTON	Jane	widow	Tavy St Mary	249
SPENCER	John	husbandman	Stockleigh Pomeroy	177
			Admon w. will
STOODLIGHT	Anne	widow	Newton Abbot, p.Wolborough	248
TETHERELY	William	mariner	Northam	240
THORNE	Joan	spinster	South Molton	131
THORNE	John		North Molton	178
			Okehampton
TOZER	Henry	clerk	of Rotterdam, Holland	11
			as "of Devon"
TRIGGS	Rebecca	widow	Okehampton	249
TUCKER	Richard	yeoman	Dartington	74
TUCKER	William		Thornbury	228
			(will - "of p. Thorncombe, Devon"
UPRIGHT	Lewis		Bridgerule, Cornwall (& Devon)	74
			Admon w. will
UPTON	Thomas	gent	Ipplepen	106
VALLANCE	David	the elder	North Lew	12
			Admon w. will
VINE	Peter	yeoman	Hartland	133
VOYSEY	John		Great Torrington	133
WASHINGTON	William	gent	Topsham	154
WEBBER	Richard		Cullompton	228
WEBBER see	GILBERT
WELCH	Hunfrey	weaver	Uffculme	200
WESTCOTT	Joan	spinster	Sidbury	134
WHEELER see	DAVY
WHITE	John	yeoman	Kilmington	179
WHITEFEILD	Roger	victualler	Tiverton	228
WHITROWE	John	the elder	Exeter	41
WHITLOCKE	John	gent	Warkleigh	228
WILCOX	John		decd abroad unmarried	167
			(his parents live at Honiton)
			Admon w. will
WILLIAMS	Adam	gent	Ivybridge; p. Ermington;	133
			pp Cornwood, Harford, Ugborough
WILLIAMS	William		Totnes	no folio #
			Will not regd -pvd 25 Aug by
			John WILLIAMS
WOODMAN	John	the elder	Milton Abbot	57
			Admon w. will
			Will pvd 12 Feb 1639/40 by dau
			Phillipp ROWE
WOTTON	William	Esq	Englebourne, p. Halberton	200
WRAYFORD	Pentecost	widow	? (no place name here)	135
			Legacies to poor Bickleigh &
			Silverton
WYATT (WYOTT)	John	gent	Exeter	200

MATTHEWS Vol 6 1652-1653
1652 BOWYER

ALLEN	Richard		Braunton	108
A(I)SH	Roger	the elder	Virginstowe	200
AVERY	John		Jacobstowe	?134
			Admon w. will
			Will dated 2 Dec 5 Chas I 1629
AXE	Richard	the younger	St Mary Steps, Exeter	19
BALL	George		Paignton	no folio #
			not regd - pr 13 July by daus
			Eleanor B & Joan B
BARTER	Joan	widow	King's Kerswell	53
BASSETT	Thomas	husbandman	Northend, p. Ashwater	109
BEARE	Joan	widow	Huntsham	69
BEARE	Roger		Shobrooke	201
BE(E)DELL	John		Tiverton	22
BENNETT	Joan	widow	Plymouth	68
BENNETT	William	farmer	Northam	1
			(of same, mariner, in 1641)
			Admon w.will
BIDGOOD	William	the elder	South Molton	?169
B(L)ACKALLER	Henry		Honiton	21
BLACKALLER	Sarah	spinster	Exeter	187
			Admon w. will
BOWDEN	Anthony		Grove Town, p. Werrington	21
BRAGGE	John	clerk	Goathurst, Somerser	97
			John BRAGGE of Exeter one of
			his nephews who pvd will
BRAYE	William		North Molton	198
BREMELCOMBE	John	haberdasher	Okehampton	174
BRENT	William		Thornbury	22
BRITTON	John		Parkham	22
BROADRIDGE	Christopher	merchant	Exeter	22
BROOKING	John		Wilberton, p. Yealmpton	109
BROWNE	Tristram		Plymouth	97
BUCKNELL	Richard	husbandman	Farway	53
BUNSTON	Hugh		Musbury	53
BUTSON	Richard		East Budleigh	109
CADE	Robert	mariner	Stoke in Teignhead	218
CALLARD	Thomas		Buckfastleigh	241
			Admon w. will
CHAFE	John	merchant	Exeter	no folio #
			Admon d.b.n. in February -
			Calendar
			Will @ 74 Parker pvd 1619
CHANON	James	yeoman	Halberton	130
CHANNON	John		St David, Exeter	71
CHICHESTER	Christian	widow	Swimbridge	101
COATES	Agnes		West Down	24
COLE	James		decd abroad; pr. July 10 by	203
			father William of Hartland
COLLIN	William		East Paul (?Prawle)	194
			p. Chivelstone Admon w will
		Matthews note:	this will belongs to 1651 & is in
		the Act Book of	that year but in the Register for
		1652. "Original	in the Register at Exeter" - vide	anno 1651
COPLESTONE	John	gent	Upton Pyne	24
COWDE	John	the elder	East Budleigh	218
		yeoman
COXWORTHY	Nicholas	yeoman	Powderham	218
CRANCH	Edward		South Huish	104
			Admon w. will
		Matthews note:	this will belongs to 1651 & is in
		the Act Book of	that year but in the Register for
		1652	vide Anno 1651
CRASCOMBE	James	mariner	Braunton	71
CREED	Alice	widow	Stoke Fleming	54
CREESE	Helen	widow	Littleham	101
CREESE	John	the elder	Shaug (Prior)	198
CRISPIN	John		Newton Ferrers	191
			Admon w. will
CRISPIN	Thomas		Newton Ferrers	191
CROCKER	Stephen		Huntshaw	203
CROSSE	Robert		Washfield	55
CRUDGE	Robert	fuller	Tiverton	193
CRUSE	William	yeoman	Ashwater	100
CULME	Alicw	widow	Cove, Tiverton	23
DARKE	Jacob		Honiton	131
DAVIES	Anthony	mariner	Bideford	26
DELVE	Richard	the elder	Sandford, p.Crediton	104
DINNINGE	Richard	yeoman	South Tawton	156
DOBLE	John	husbandman	Studley (Stoodleigh)	208
DOTTIN	Nicholas	gent	Thurlestone	56
DOWNE	Richard		South Tawton	27
DOWNING	Margaert	widow	Dartmouth	170
DREW	Emanuel		Yealmpton	131
EASTON	Joan	widow	Berry Pomeroy	186
EASTMOND	George		Marwood	28
EARLE	John		St Thomas Apostle, Exeter	72
			born in Launcells, Cornwall
EDWARDS	Gregory		Broadhempston	210
EVELEIGH	Edward	yeoman	Silverton	209
EVERY	James		Totnes	28
EXTER	Eleanor	widow	Plymouth	202
			Admon w. will
FLAY	Agnes	widow	Peyhembury	111
			Admon w. will
FOXWELL	John		Coombe Raleigh	204
GEE	Nicholas	yeoman	Newton Ferrers	133
GIDLEIGH	William	gent	North Lew	112
GILES	Richard	Esq	Bowden (?p. Totnes) to be buried	212
			"in my isle" Totnes church
GOULD	Richard		Okehampton	212
GOULD	Thomas	merchant	of Lisbon, Portugal (born Rattery)	31
			Admon w will
			Admon 23 Aug 1655 to nephew
			New grant 10 Feb 1656/7
GREADY	Nicholas	Vicar of	Coleridge	133
			Admon w will
GREENE	John		Ilfordcombe	193
GREENSLADE	John	yeoman	Witheridge	134
GRIGG	Dorothy	(?spinster)	Salcombe	31
GRIGG	George	mason	Hartland	241
GRIGG	John		Salcombe	31
HAMLIN	Alice	widow	Stockland	135
HARRIS	Joan	widow	Holcombe Rogus	58
HARVEY	Abraham		Slapton	205
HAYDON	Tristram		Sidbury	135
HEARD	Nicholas		Hartland	34
HITCHCOCKE	Elizabeth	widow	Thorncombe	205
HOCKADAY	William		Narracott, p. Milton Abbot	241
HODY	Gilbert	Esq	Nethway, p. Brixham	34
HOLCOMBE	John	butcher	Bradninch	166
HOOPER see	SHEPHEARD
HUNT	Awdrey	widow	Braunton	6
HUNT	John	B.D.	Loxhore	34
HUTCHINGS	Henry	gent	Axminster	135
HUTCHINS	Humphrey	yeoman	Farway	58
HUXTABLE	Katherine	widow	Swimbridge	6
JACKMAN	John		Milton Abbot	214
JEALES	Susan	widow	Meavy	35
JEFFERY	Barnard		Cadbury	150
JEFFERY	Robert	yeoman	Stoke Rivers	222
JEFFERY	Stephen	yeoman	Exeter	8
JOCE	John	yeoman	Bradstone	214
JONES	John	the elder, gent	Uplyme	184
KERSLAKE	Mary	widow	Tiverton	130
KNIGHT	Edward	yeoman	Loxhore	227
als HUGH
LANE	Elizabeth	widow	Sandford, p. Crediton	151
LANGDON	Thomas		Milton Damerel	166
LANGDON	Thomas		Tawstock	36
LANG(E)	Richard	mariner	Northam	36
			Admon 15 Aug 1660 to sister
			Elizabeth LANGE
LANGWORTHY	Richard		Sigford, p. Ilsington	151
LEACH	Magdalen	spinster	Exeter	9
			to be buried in p. Cadeleigh nr
			father & gndfather OR
			St Kerrian, Exeter nr sister
LEE	Nathaniel		High Bray	60
			Admon w. will
LEWIS	Edward		Tiverton	36
			Admon w will
LITHEAT	William		Roborough	166
LOCKE	John	yeoman	Haberton	118
			Admon w. will
LOSSE	Richard	yeoman	Awliscombe	185
LUGGER	John	bachelor	Buckland Monachorum	185
MADDOCKE	Samuel	the elder tailor	Buckfastleigh	153
MARSHALL	Mary	spinster	Winkleigh	78
			Admon w. will
MARTYN	William	merchant	Exeter	78
MATTHEW	Robert	brewer	Exeter NOTE: This will belongs	195
		Matthews note:	This will belongs to 1655
			but is in Register for 1652
MAUNDER	Mary	widow	Clawton	61
			Admon w will
MAYNARD	Beaton	widow	Marystow	38
MEDIATT	Alice	widow	Paignton	78
METTER	Roger		Lamerton	61
MILLER	Nicholas		Adstone (?Alston) p. Holbeton	202
			Admon w. will
MODYFORD	Margery		of Kensington, Middx (dau of	138
			John MODYFORD late
			alderman of Exeter decd)
MOREMAN	Mary	widow	North Molton	186
			Admon w will
MORGAN	Mary	widow	Plymouth	37
MOYSEY	Humphrey		Cullompton	138
MUNGOIS	Richard	husbandman	Belstone	228
NORCOTT	Ellis	yeoman	Ottery St Mary	166
NORMAN	John	gent	Yealmpton	153
NORRIS	John		Kilmington	78
PACKER	John	husbandman	Chawleigh	13
PARSONS	Thomas		Colyton	62
PAWLE	John		Great Hele, South Molton	88
PEARSE	John	gent	Court, p. Bigbury	223
PEARSE	John		Northleigh	140
PEARSE	Nicholas	gent	Baccamore p. Plympton St Mary	186
PEARSE	Nicholas		Thurlestone	243
PEEKE	Henry	mariner	South Town of Dartmouth	140
PEEKE	Hugh	Rector of	Wembworthy	243
als PIKE			Admon w will
PENNY	John		Exeter	14
PERIAM	Richard	gent	Widworthy	140
PERRY	James		Culmstock	243
PIDSLEY	John		Bishops Teignton	41
POLE	Dorothy	widow	Talaton	41
POMEROY	Elizabeth	widow	Newton Abbot, p. Wolborough	41
POPE	Stephen	yeoman	Alphington	14
POTTER	Emanuel		Ottery St Mary	186
POTTER	Thomas		Broadhembury	140
POYNTER	Nicholas	haberdasher	Exeter	88
			pvd 20 May Petronell POYNTER
			of Tavistock (widow)
PUDDICOMBE	John		Ford, p. Drewsteognton	87
PULMAN	John		Northcott, Honington (Honiton)	141
PYNN	Anne	widow	Plymouth	78
RACKLIFFE	William		Newton Abbot, p. Wolborough	64
REWE	Robert	the elder	Tiverton	no folio #
			Admon 21 July to dau Margery
			wife of John WHITE
			(vide anno 1630 or ?1639)
REYNARDSON	Thomas	merchant	St Martin, Outwich, London	181
			(formerly of Plymouth)
REYNELL	Dame Lucie	widow	Ford, p. Wolborough	90
RISDON	Richard		Germans Week	229
			Admon with will
ROGERMAN	John		Clownelly (?Clovelly)	11
ROLLE	William	gent	Petrockstowe	142
RODD	Fridiswide	widow	Rodd, p. Presteign, co Hereford	181
			Legacies to poor Totnes in Devon
ROWE	John		Exeter	91
			Admon w will
SALTER	Anthony		Tiverton	162
SALMON	Stephen	mariner	Plymouth; decd at sea unmarried	187
			Admon w. will
SALTER	Laurence		Feniton (N.E. - no executor)	no folio #
			Admon w.will (not regd)
			13 Mar 1651/2 to relict Clemens
SALTERNE	Thomas	Parson of	Bradford	186
			Lands in Cookbury & Thornbury
SANDER	Edward		North Huish	44
SANDER	John	the younger	Bishops Nympton	194 & 195
SAUNDERS	John	husbandman	Clyst St Lawrence	202
SHAKERLEY	Richard		Topsham	80
			Admon w. will
SHAPLAND	Elizabeth		North Molton	116
SHAPLAND	Richard		North Molton	116
			Admon wi. Will
SHAPTON	Bartholomew	yeoman	Northam	80
SHEBBER	Thomas	mariner	Bideford	80
SHEPHEARD	Richard		West Down	116
als HOOPER
SHERRIFFE	George		Aveton Gifford	116
SHUTE	William		Drewsteignton	45
SHUTT	Robert		Honiton	45
SHUTT	William		Beaford	116
SLEE	William		Sandford, p. Crediton	143
SMART	Henry	merchant	Plymouth	143
SOPER	Nicholas	yeoman	Woodland	15
SPURLE	George	yeoman	Filleigh	166
SQUIRE	Samuel		Mariansleigh	195
STEPHENS	Julian	widow	Plymouth	no folio #
			Admon w. will (not regd)
STEVENS	Josias	miller	Stickleigh, p. Sampford Courtenay	237
STOATE	John	yeoman	Stoke Rivers	202
STONE	Edith	widow	Hockworthy	44
STONE	John		Buckfastleigh	44
STOWELL	William	gent	Herebeare, Devon	119
			Land in Dorsetshire
SUMPTER	Margaret		Folke, Devon	143
SWEET	John	brewer	Barnstaple	170
SYMONS	William		South Brent	44
SYMONS	Frances	widow	Sherwell (Shirwell)	226
TANNER	Joshua		Sidbury	46
TAPPER	Oliver	merchant	Exeter	156
TAYLOR	Robert	gent	Bradninch	174
THORNE	Mary	widow &	Sheepwash	46
		gentlewoman
THORNE	William	yeoman	Marwood	no folio #
			Will(not regd) pvd 8 Mar 1651/2
			by relict Mary
THURMAN	John	gent	of Heddington, Wilts Will	15
			Will pvd 22 Jan 1651/2-son in law
			Thomas ERBERRY, Honeychurch
TICKELL	Mary	widow	Exeter	166
TOWILL	John		Kenton	45
TUCKER	Andrew		Borrington (Burrington)	92
TUCKER	Richard		St George, Exeter	144
VEALE	William	haberdasher	Tavistock	46
VINICOMBE	Frances	yeoman	Alphington	202
VOSCOMBE	Edward	yeoman	Merton	202
VOYSEY	Thomas	mercer	Newton Abbot, p. Wolborough	82
WADLAND	James		Blackawton	146
			Admon w. will
WALTHAM	George	Esq	Kenn	59
WARD	Agnes	widow	Countisbury	51
WARREN	Edward		Holy Trinity, Exeter	59
WEBBER	Gregory		Coombe in Teignhead	193
WEBBER	John	clerk	Broadwood Kelly	94
WEBBER	Joshua		Tavistock	51
WEEKES	John	bachelor	Chittlehampton	186
WELSH	James	Esq	Alverdiscott	59
WESTCOMBE	Clement	M.D.	Exeter	123
WESTROWE	Thomasine		Halberton	95
WHITE	Elizabeth		Shirwell	59
WIDDECOMBE	William		Hartland	146
WILLIAMS	William	gent	Eggesford	186
WILLS	John	mariner	Abbotsham	16
WITHERIDGE	John	the elder	Instow	195
WOLSTONE	Arthur		Blackaller (Blackler) p. Staverton	187
WOOD	Mary		Georgeham	83
WOODWARD	Thomas	innholder	Exeter	95
WOOLCOTT	John	mariner	Stoke in Teignhead	67
WYOT	John		Bicombridge, Devon	193
YEABB	Richard	yeoman	Aveton Gifford	195
YEABSLEY	Stephen	mariner	South Huish	195

MATTHEWS Vol 6 1652-1653
1653 Brent
see Vol 54 Index Library, BRS

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DEVON NAMES - PCC WILLS 1650-52

Extracted by Jean E. Harris from:

Year Books of Probates (ed. John & Geo. Matthews), Vols 5 and 6, LDS MFilm 0410185

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