Scope and Content
1770
Folio 3 - George Francis of Ickwell, Northill, bricklayer.
Folio 3d - William Cox of Wheathampstead, Herts, servant.
Folio 4d - William Cox of Fenlake, Cardington, yeoman.
Folio 5d - Thomas Boughton of Houghton Conquest, husbandman.
Folio 6 - William Hensman of Ridgmont, baker.
Folio 6d - Thomas Boddington of Radwell, Felmersham, carpenter.
Folio 7d - Robert Musgrave of Elstow, yeoman.
Folio 8 - Mary Wright of Ampthill, widow.
Folio 9 - Sarah Pearce of Maulden, spinster.
Folio 11 - John Bishop of Sandy.
Folio 11d - Samuel Wright of Langford, carpenter.
Folio 12d - John Arrowsmith of Hockliffe, dealer in hardware.
Folio 13 - Francis Parish of Maulden, yeoman.
Folio 14 - John Ireland of Woburn, maltster.
Folio 15 - Thomas Taylor of Arlesey, carpenter.
Folio 16d - Benjamin Impey of Pulloxhill, yeoman.
Folio 17 - Joshua Chettle of Yielden, yeoman.
Folio 17d - John King of Cranfield, yeoman.
Folio 18 - John Hipwell of Sharnbrook, yeoman.
Folio 19 - John Brown of Dunton, yeoman.
Folio 20 - Richard Brown of Totternhoe, victualler.
Folio 20d - John Trustram of Henlow, common brewer.
Folio 23 - John Wooding of Thurleigh.
Folio 23d - Robert Wish of Kempston, baker.
Folio 24 - George Priesly of Toddington, bachelor.
Folio 24d - Mary Wiffin of Bedford, widow.
Folio 25d - Joseph Taylor of Warden Street, Old Warden, farmer.
Folio 26 - Elizabeth Sanders of Bromham, widow.
Folio 26d - Elizabeth Ruffhead of Luton, widow.
Folio 27 - James Howard of Bedford.
Folio 27d - Elizabeth Benson of Stagsden, widow.
Folio 28 - Judith Charlton of Felmersham, widow.
Folio 29 - Samuel Neal of Clifton, farmer.
Folio 29d - Thomas Chandler of Roxton, yeoman.
Folio 30d - Joseph Ellis of Houghton Regis, gardener.
Folio 32d - William Rowlatt of Roxton, yeoman.
Folio 33d - Lawrence Cumberland of Odell, farmer.
Folio 34d - James Large of Houghton Regis, wheeler.
Folio 35 - Philippa Parrot of Clifton, spinster.
Folio 35 - Matthew Lacy of Aspley Bury, Shillington, gentleman.
Folio 37 - Mary Aspinall of Bedford, widow.
Folio 38 - Mary Tipping of Aspley Guise, widow.
Folio 39 - Elizabeth Harrison of Pavenham, widow.
Folio 40 - William Forster of Upper Caldecot, Northill, thatcher.
Folio 41 - Mary Evans of Ridgmont.
Folio 41 - Thomas Stringer of Lidlington, tailor and shopkeeper.
Folio 42d - William Perkins of Houghton Regis, victualler.
Folio 43 - Edward Robinson of Arlesey, blacksmith.
Folio 43d - Richard Chamberlain of Bedford, blacksmith.
Folio 44 - Richard Brice of Keysoe, husbandman.
Folio 44d - William Barrett of Bedford St.Mary, labourer.
Folio 45 - Samuel Paine of Greenfield, Flitton, labourer.
Folio 46 - Isaac Elger of Bedford, innholder.
The reference number given to the following will does not correspond with the Index of Wills.
The correct Will Index number has therefore been given in brackets.
Folio 47 - Daniel Line of Bedford St.Mary, yeoman. (abp/w1770/45a)
Folio 47d - Mary Newell of Blunham, widow.
Folio 48 - Henry Franklin of Lidlington, yeoman.
Folio 49 - John Barker of Bedford, mealman.
Folio 50d - Robert Wiltshire of Cardington, farmer.
Folio 51 - Sarah Hine of Upper Gravenhurst, widow.
Folio 52d - Henry Pearson of Eaton Bray, miller.
1771
Folio 56 - John Lawrence of Ampthill, baker.
Folio 56 - Judith Robython/Rubathon of Stagsden, widow.
Folio 57 - Matthew Bennett of Stotfold, yeoman.
Folio 57d - Thomas Field of Tempsford, yeoman.
Folio 58 - Richard Ward of Thurleigh, gentleman.
Folio 59d - Elizabeth Watts of Bedford, widow.
Folio 60 - Richard Walker of Southill.
Folio 60d - Thomas Impey of Wilshamstead.
Folio 61 - John Cook of Cardington, yeoman.
Folio 61d - Edward Robinson of Woburn, patternmaker and lacebuyer.
There is no reference number given to the following entry.
The correct Will Index number has therefore been given in brackets.
Folio 62d - Entry relating to the will of William Wilsher of Bedford St.Mary, yeoman - see folio 65d. (abp/w1771/11)
Folio 63 - Richard Fleckner of Eaton Socon, yeoman.
Folio 64 - Alice Crouch of Cainho, Clophill, widow.
Folio 65 - William Astery of Maulden, gentleman.
Folio 65d - William Wilsher of Bedford St.Mary, yeoman - see folio 62d. (abp/w1771/11)
There is no reference number given to the following entry.
The correct Will Index number has therefore been given in brackets.
Folio 66d - Richard Fleckner of Eaton Socon, yeoman. (abp/w1771/12)
Folio 67 - Thomas Grigrey/Gregory of Felmersham, farmer.
Folio 68 - Edward Sanders of Stotfold, blacksmith.
Folio 68 - William Cooke of Milton Bryan, yeoman.
Folio 69d - William Tatman of Chalton, Blunham, yeoman.
Folio 70d - Job Neale of Stoke Mills, Bletsoe, miller.
Folio 71d - Thomas Crane of Wrestlingworth, carpenter.
Folio 72d - Isaac Dix of Ampthill, carpenter.
Folio 73 - Mary Willison of Herne, Toddington, spinster.
Folio 73d - Elizabeth Bridall of Ampthill, widow.
Folio 74 - Francis Purser of Bedford, carpenter.
Folio 75 - Thomas Masting of Maulden, gardener.
Folio 76 - Elizabeth Goss of Riseley, widow.
Folio 76 - Thomas Deaton of Wymington, shepherd.
Folio 76d - Thomas Wyatt of Thurleigh.
Folio 77 - Anthony Corley of Blunham, farrier.
Folio 77d - Joseph Hall of Knotting, Fox.
Folio 78 - Thomas Edmunds of Melchbourne, yeoman.
Folio 78d - Henry Bonnick of Bidwell, Houghton Regis, husbandman.
Folio 79 - Joseph Cox of Houghton Regis, labourer.
Folio 79d - William Smith of Wilden, yeoman.
Folio 80d - Thomas Webb of Herne, Toddington, yeoman.
Folio 81 - Ebenezer Custerson of Cardington, husbandman.
Folio 81d - Robert Norman of Radwell, Felmersham, shopkeeper, carpenter and victualler.
Folio 82d - Joseph Fox of Toddington, dairyman.
Folio 83d - Francis Lovell of Chalton, Toddington, labourer.
Folio 84 - Matthew George of Tempsford, victualler.
Folio 84d - Mary Faldoe of Bedford St.Mary, widow.
Folio 86 - Thomas Hull of Wootton.
There is no reference number given to the following entry.
The correct Will Index number has therefore been given in brackets.
Folio 86d - Entry relating to the will of Harry Johnson of Milton Bryan, esq. - see folio 90. (abp/w1771/51)
Folio 87d - Martha Scott of Wootton, spinster.
Folio 88 -Richard Whitehand of Stevington, carpenter.
Folio 88d - John Fairy of Carlton, blacksmith.
Folio 89 - Richard Page of Shillington, yeoman.
Folio 89d - Robert Gobbey of Lidlington, carpenter.
Folio 90 - Harry Johnson of Milton Bryan, esq. - see folio 86d (abp/w1771/51)
Folio 91d - Hannah Pateman of Shefford, widow.
Folio 92 - Edward Poulton of Eversholt, cordwainer.
Folio 93 - John Morris of Ampthill, blacksmith.
Folio 94 - Mary Goodman of Lidlington, widow.
Folio 94d - Abraham Purser of Clapham, victualler.
Folio 95 - Samuel Brown of Harrold, cordwainer.
Folio 95d - Thomas Fuller of Harrold, cooper.
Folio 96 - Ambros Godfrey of Kempston, dairyman.
Folio 96d - Benjamin Rogers of Carlton, clerk and rector.
Folio 97d - Samuel Smith of Ickwell, Northill.
Folio 97d - Samuel Braiser of Barton-le-Clay, yeoman.
Folio 98d - Sarah Ward of Eaton Socon, widow.
Folio 99 - John Huckings of Lidlington.
Folio 99d - Nathaniel Harper of Riseley, husbandman.
Folio 100 - Thomas Berry of Wootton, brickmaker.
Folio 100d - Thomas Brewer of Lidlington, yeoman.
Folio 101d - John King of Dunstable, labourer.
Folio 102 - James Angell of Chalton, Blunham.
Folio 102d - John Dunckhom of Tebworth, Chalgrave.
1772
Folio 106 - Elizabeth Larkin of Bedford, widow.
Folio 106d - William Devey of Potton, maltster.
Folio 108 - Thomas Walker of Hockliffe, clerk.
Folio 108d - Francis Hilton of Oakley, yeoman.
Folio 109 - James Ladson of Potton, yeoman.
Folio 110 - James Sykes of Wyboston, Eaton Socon, husbandman.
Folio 111 - Sarah Bodger of Colesden, Roxton, widow.
Folio 112 - Rebecca Cooper of Campton, widow.
Folio 112d - William Mace of Tempsford, butcher.
Folio 113d - Joseph Paine of Husborne Crawley, wheelwright.
Folio 115 - Edward Pilgrim of Wrestlingworth, labourer.
Folio 115d - Martha Norman of Sharnbrook, widow.
Folio 118d - Sarah Harrison of Toddington, widow.
Folio 120 - John Ashby of Milton Bryan, yeoman.
Folio 120d - Henry Robbins of Clophill, blacksmith.
Folio 124 - John Dillingham of Shelton.
Folio 124d - John Old of Wymington, grazier.
Folio 125d - John Houson of Flitwick, yeoman.
Folio 125d - Mary Bruce of Bishop's Hatfield, Herts, midwife and widow.
Folio 127 - John Sperry of Moggerhanger, bricklayer.
Folio 130 - Joseph Field of Langford, farmer.
Folio 131 - John King of Thurleigh.
Folio 131d - Elizabeth Stratton of Renhold, widow.
Folio 132 - John Turney of Ridgmont, yeoman.
Folio 134 - John Snitch of Potton, yeoman.
Folio 135 - Thomas Fage of Stanford, Southill, farmer.
Folio 136 - John Peppercorn of Little Staughton.
Folio 137 - Jemima Beaumont of Silsoe, widow.
Folio 138 - Elizabeth Baker of Ridgmont, widow.
Folio 139 - William Hall of Milton Bryan, yeoman.
1st Folio 140d - John Butterfield of Luton, maltster.
1st Folio 141d - John Stanbridge of Eaton Bray, yeoman.
Folio 143 - Elizabeth Daniel of Eversholt, widow.
Folio 144 - William Hannah of Felmersham, shopkeeper.
Folio 145 - Stephen Harrison of Cranfield, victualler.
Folio 145d - Thomas Hensman of Carlton, yeoman and victualler.
Folio 147 - Jacob Green of Millbrook, shopkeeper.
Folio 147d - Charles Stewart of Clapham, yeoman.
Folio 147d - Thomas Houghton of Bedford, yeoman.
Folio 148d - Benjamin Line of Steppingley, yeoman.
Folio 149 - Abraham Groom of Eaton Bray, wheelwright.
Folio 149d - Robert Barrat of Kempston, late husbandman.
Folio 150 - Christopher Fox of Dean.
Folio 150d - George Hine of Odell, yeoman.
The reference number given to the following will does not correspond with the Index of Wills.
The correct Will Index number has therefore been given in brackets.
Folio 151 - William Tingey of Goodwick, Eaton Socon, farmer. (abp/w1772/36a)
Folio 151d - Joseph Jeffs of Eaton Bray, mealman.
Folio 152 - John Crosley of Kempston, blacksmith.
Folio 154 - Sarah Cunningham of Turvey, widow.
Folio 154 - William Huccle of Cardington, yeoman.
Folio 154d - Thomas Steffe of Stagsden, yeoman.
Folio 155 - John Nightingall of Edworth, yeoman.
Folio 155d - Morris Skinner of Over Dean, yeoman.
Folio 156d - John Wand of Stotfold, farmer.
1773
Folio 158 - John Lilly of Radwell, Felmersham, weaver.
Folio 159d - Ann Willis of Bedford, widow.
Folio 160 - William Coombs of Bedford, limemaker.
Folio 160d - Thomas Blain of Sandy, gardener.
Folio 162 - Samuel Buckle of Elstow.
Folio 162d - Daniel Thomas of Maulden, labourer.
Folio 162d - John Harris of Bedford, gentleman.
Folio 163 - William Richards of Bedford, baker.
Folio 163d - William Lee of Silsoe, bricklayer.
Folio 163d - John Burr of Hockliffe.
Folio 164 - William Tompkins of Eaton Bray, cordwainer.
Folio 165 - Richard Merry of Greenfield, Flitton, yeoman.
Folio 165d - Francis Sharp of Renhold, labourer.
Folio 166 - Thomas Crouch of Maulden, yeoman.
Folio 167 - William Ambridge of Kempston, farmer.
Folio 167d - James Ward of Sharnbrook, yeoman.
Folio 168 - James Allen of Stagsden, yeoman.
Folio 168d - Richard Wyche of Woburn, butcher.
Folio 169 - Mary Hopkins of Barton-le-Clay, widow.
Folio 169d - Henry Inskip of Old Warden, husbandman.
Folio 170 - John Burridge of Flitwick, husbandman.
Folio 170d - Thomas Pressland of Bedford St.Paul.
Folio 171 - Ann Townsend of Shefford, widow.
Folio 171d - John Norman of Sutton, farmer.
Folio 172 - William Hayes of Harrold, labourer.
Folio 172 - Francis Goodrid of Cranfield, yeoman.
Folio 172d - William Whitbread of Eversholt, yeoman.
Folio 174d - William Waldock of Bedford, yeoman.
Folio 175 - John Mayes of Keysoe, gentleman.
Folio 175 - Thomas Smythe of Sharpenhoe, Streatley, gentleman.
Folio 175d - Thomas Woodham of Keysoe, gentleman.
Folio 176 - Mary Smith of Ampthill, spinster.
Folio 177 - Daniel Eames of Houghton Regis, farmer.
Folio 177d - Charles Farnell of Ampthill, grocer.
Folio 178d - Francis Bushby of Millbrook, carpenter.
Folio 178d - Mary Howard of Bedford, widow.
Folio 179 - Thomas Burridge of Ickwell, Northill, labourer.
Folio 179d - James Risley of Elstow, husbandman.
Folio 180 - James Bradley of Bedford, grocer and tallow chandler.
Folio 181 - William Woods of Clophill, yeoman.
Folio 181d - Luke Bland of Battlesden, cook.
Folio,182 - Francis Odell of Lidlington, husbandman.
Folio 182 - Robert Cooke of Sewell, Houghton Regis, yeoman.
Folio 182d - William Abbiss of Lidlington, yeoman.
Folio 183 - William Hill of Bedford St.Mary, innholder.
Folio 183d - Thomas Ravens od Tempsford, farmer.
Folio 184 - Richard Leach of Nether Dean, Dean, gentleman.
Folio 184d - William Paine of Toddington, dairyman.
Folio 185 - Elanor Lee of Dunstable, spinster.
Folio 186 - William Granborough of Husborne Crawley, yeoman.
1774
Folio 188 - Ann Marriott of Felmersham, widow.
Folio 188 - Hannah Cole of Bletsoe, widow.
Folio 188d - James Poulton of Silsoe, gentleman.
Folio 189 - Elizabeth Knight of Bedford, widow.
Folio 189d - Ann Ball of Ampthill, widow.
Folio 190 - John Barnes of Bletsoe, yeoman.
Folio 190d - Samuel Mead of Sundon.
Folio 191 - Mary Whison of Clifton, widow.
Folio 191 - Thomas Knight of Bedford, gentleman.
Folio 191d - Samuel Wright of Ampthill, lacemerchant.
Folio 192 - Anthony Pulley of Bedford, surgeon and apothecary.
Folio 193 - James Greening of Nevills Court, Fetter Lane, London, late of Red Lion Street, Holborn, apothecary.
Folio 193d - George Dennis of Girtford, Sandy, singleman.
Folio 194 - Ann Livett of Potton, widow.
Folio 194d - Thomas Elliott of Riseley, yeoman.
Folio 194d - Henry Burnham of Shelton.
Folio 195 - John Day of Haynes, yeoman.
Folio 195 - Thomas Flint of Chibley, Shillington, yeoman.
Folio 195d - Edward Tomson of Cranfield, yeoman.
Folio 195d - Thomas Smith of Eversholt, carpenter.
The reference number given to the following will does not correspond with the Index of Wills.
The correct Will Index number has therefore been given in brackets.
Folio 196 - John Peter of Lidlington, yeoman. (abp/w1774/20a)
Folio 196d - Benjamin Goode of Toddington, innholder.
Folio 197 - Henry Osborne of Toddington, wheelwright and carpenter.
Folio 198d - George Mayes of Keysoe Grange, Keysoe, yeoman.
Folio 199 - Mary Carter of Pottsgrove, widow.
Folio 200 - John Taylor of Arlesey, farmer.
Folio 200d - Elizabeth Lovett/Lovell of Tempsford, spinster.
Folio 201d - William Smith of Caddington, Herts, wheelwright.
Folio 202 - Jeremiah Squier of Caddington, Herts, blacksmith.
Folio 204 - Thomas Hill of Luton, blacksmith.
Folio 204d - Thomas How of Pound Green, Luton, yeoman.
Folio 207 - Mary Gurney of Westoning, widow.
Folio 207d - Joseph Balls of Tebworth, Chalgrave, farmer.
Folio 208 - Thomas Woolstone of Cople, yeoman.
Folio 208d - Thomas Church of Wymington, farmer.
Folio 209d - Hugh Smyth of Sharpenhoe, Streatley, yeoman.
The reference number given to the following will does not correspond with the Index of Wills.
The correct Will Index number has therefore been given in brackets.
Folio 209d - Francis Stevens of Cardington. (abp/w1774/34a)
Folio 210 - John Monk of Aspley Guise, grazier.
Folio 210d - Ruth Dowling of Potton, widow.
Folio 211 - John Norman of Great Barford, yeoman.
Folio 212 - Jane Raymond of Potton, spinster.
Folio 212d - William Church of Cranfield, yeoman.
Folio 212d - Joseph Usher of Blunham, carpenter.
Folio 213 - Richard Livett of Eaton Socon, grocer.
Folio 213d - Stephen Preston of Woburn, innholder.
Next folio - unnumbered - Mary Garner of Kempston Hardwick, widow.
- John Cooper of Tebworth, Chalgrave, yeoman.
Over the page - Richard Brinklow of Eaton Bray, husbandman.
- Edward Pridmore of Eaton Socon, joiner.
Folio 214d - John Dickerson of Maulden, yeoman.
Folio 215 - John Hicks of Eaton Socon, periwigmaker.
Folio 215 - Richard Everett Nether Stead, Colmworth, yeoman.
Folio 215 - Elizabeth Church of Maulden.
Folio 215d - Thomas Paternoster of Shillington, dairyman.
Folio 215d - Henry Tims of Husborne Crawley, carpenter.
Folio 216 - William Braizer of Toddington, dairyman.
Folio 216 - Thomas Murfin of Little Staughton, Wickey, farmer.
Folio 216d - Elizabeth Dawson of Clifton, widow.
Folio 216d - Phebe Manning of Luton, widow.
Folio 217 - Thomas Hubbins of Toddington.
Folio 217d - William Philips of Salford, husbandman.
Folio 217d - Thomas Cook of Steppingley Park, Steppingley, yeoman.
Folio 218d - Robert Stratfold of Potsgrove, yeoman.
Folio 219 - Elizabeth Farrer of Flitwick, widow.