Winslow History | Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC)

Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC)

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Wills of Winslow residents proved and administrations granted after 1858 and not transcribed

Mary Ann Barton of Winslow, spinster. Died 2 July 1857. Letters of administration granted at Oxford 20 Jan 1864 to Alfred Barton of Winslow innholder and Sarah Cole of Grandborough, wife of Samuel Cole, farmer, brother and sister and only next of kin. Effects under £1,500.

Ann Brise of Winslow, widow. Died 5 June 1858, will proved 9 Dec 1858 at Principal Registry by oath of Richard Brise of Little Horwood, farmer, son and sole executor. Effects under £300.

Fanny Bynes otherwise Couché of Winslow, spinster. Died 7 May 1854. Letters of administration granted at Principal Registry 7 May 1854 to Henry Revell Reynolds of Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, esquire. Effects under £450.

Rev. John Clarke of Shirley, Derbys, clerk, bachelor. Died 18 Jan 1861 at Winslow. Letters of administration granted at Derby to Rev. Andrew Brooke Clarke of the Rectory, Collyhurst, Manchester, clerk, brother and one of the next of kin. Effects under £600.

John Valentine Clarke of 119 Holborn-hill, Middx, coffee-house keeper. Died 14 March 1869 at Winslow. Will proved at Principal Registry 8 May 1869 by oath of William Clarke of same address, brother and sole executor. Effects under £450. Admon with will of goods unadministered passed at Principal Registry Oct 1876.

Penelope Dudley of Winslow, widow. Died on or about 20 Feb 1844. Letters of administration granted at Principal Registry 24 Jan 1860 to Edward Dudley of 26 Westbourne-gardens, Middx, draper, one of the children. Effects under £50. Resworn at Principal Registry, April 1861, under £3,000.

Samuel Greaves Dudley of Winslow, gent. Died 12 Oct 1856. Letters of administration granted 8 April 1858 at Principal Registry to Samuel Burnham Dudley of Winslow, auctioneer, only child. Effects under £800.

Robert Evans of Winslow, gardener, bachelor. Died 3 Dec 1864. Letters of administration granted 15 April 1865 at Oxford to Thomas Roads of Winslow carpenter and Joseph Evans of Winslow labourer, nephews and two of the next of kin. Effects under £100.

Edward Fenn of Winslow, grocer. Died 14 March 1867. Letters of administration granted 23 Dec 1867 at Oxford to Annie Fenn the relict. Effects under £800.

Samuel William French of Winslow, tinman and brazier. Died 2 Nov 1865. Letters of administration granted 22 May 1866 at Oxford to Mary French the relict. Effects under £200.

Anne Grinsted, formerly of Hurstpierpoint but late of Winslow, spinster. Died 19 May 1863 at Charles-street, Manchester-square, Middx. Will proved 15 June 1863 at Principal Registry by oath of Henry Grinsted of Hurstpierpoint, medical assistant, executor. Effects under £200.

Jesse Hall of Great Horwood, carpenter, bachelor. Died 15 Aug 1862 at Winslow. Letters of administration granted 9 Oct 1862 at Principal Registry to Elizabeth Lee (wife of Joseph Lee, harness maker) of Winslow and Amelia Archard (wife of David Archard, tailor) of Great Horwood, sisters and two of the next of kin. Effects under £300.

Ann Henman of Latimer, Chesham, widow. Died 17 Nov 1859 at Winslow, will proved 28 Dec 1859 at Principal Registry by oath of Daniel Grace of Winslow, farmer, sole executor. Effects under £450.

William Hitchcock of Hogstone [Hoggestone], farmer. Died 15 Nov 1861 at Winslow. Letters of administration granted 9 Oct 1862 at Principal Registry to Martha Hitchcock the widow. Effects under £1,500.

Hannah Horn of Winslow, widow. Died 3 Feb 1865, will proved 23 Feb 1865 at Oxford by oaths of Obadiah Bowden of Soulbury farmer and William Dover of Toddington, Beds, nephew, executors. Effects under £1,500.

William Hutt of Winslow, grocer. Died 30 Sep 1869 at Chieveley, Berks. Will proved 12 Nov 1869 at Oxford by oaths of Joseph Hutt of Thrupp, Oxon, gent, the brother and Henry Warland of St Giles-road, Oxford, executors. Effects under £1,500.

James Johnston of Winslow, regimental serjeant-major in Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry. Died 7 Dec 1867. Letters of administration granted 22 April 1868 at Oxford to Emma Johnston the relict. Effects under £200.

Jemima King, formerly of Winslow but late of Quainton, spinster. Died at Quainton 27 Jan 1867, will proved 11 Feb 1867 at Oxford by oaths of William King of 2 St James-street, Humberstone Gate, St Margaret Leicester, gent, the brother, and Joseph Curtis King of 25 South-street, Manchester-square, Middx, tea dealer, the nephew, two of the executors. Effects under £800.

Ann Boulter Kirby of Winslow, spinster. Died 7 Jan 1861. Letters of administration granted 31 Jan 1861 at Principal Registry to William Kirby of Winslow, shopkeeper, father.

Eliza Marshall, wife of William Marshall, of Fenny Stratford, grocer and lace dealer. Died at Winslow 2 July 1855. Letters of administration granted 9 Aug 1860 at Oxford to William Marshall. Effects under £300.

William Matthews of Winslow, carpenter and joiner. Died 19 May 1860. Will proved 23 Feb 1861 at Principal Registry by oath of John Matthews of Guilsborough, Northants, carpenter, son and sole executor. Effects under £20.

Mary Ann Minter of Winslow, wife of William Minter, Master of Winslow Union Workhouse. Died 1 May 1868. Letters of administration granted 12 June 1868 at Oxford to William Minter. Effects under £200.

Caroline Mary Munt of Winslow, wife of Frederick Joseph Munt. Died 2 Jan 1858. Letters of administration granted 21 March 1868 at Principal Registry to Frederick Joseph Munt of Buckingham, watchmaker. Effects under £50.

John Smith of Winslow, journeyman grocer. Died 20 April 1869, will proved 5 June 1869 at Oxford by oaths of John Middleton Smith of Winslow draper and Vernon Smith of Maidsmoreton carpenter, sons and executors. Effects under £800. Resworn at Stamp Office Jan 1871: under £1,000.

William Thorpe of Winslow, carman. Died 1 Oct 1865. Letters of administration granted 28 Oct 1865 at Oxford to Rebecca Thorpe the relict. Effects under £200.

John Travell of Birkenhead, gent. Died 4 Feb 1867 at Winslow. Will proved 11 March 1867 at Chester by oath of Robert Travell of Birkenhead, hay and straw dealer, brother, one of the executors. Effects under £600.

Wills / estates where Winslow people were executors / administrators

Sarah Bett of Stone, spinster. Died 22 Sep 1858, will proved 2 March 1859 at Principal Registry by oaths of Joseph Crook of Waddesdon builder and Robert Gurney of Winslow relieving officer, executors. Effects under £450

John Bowden of Swanbourne, farmer. Died 4 Aug 1859, will proved at Principal Registry by oaths of Joseph Mayratt Bowden of Swanbourne yeoman and William Bowden of 2 Rutland-street Pimlico officer of excise, the sons, and Hugh Brise of Shipton in the parish of Winslow farmer, executors. Effects under £800.

Joseph Brise of Kimblewick, Great Kimble, farmer. Died 13 Sep 1864, will proved 17 Nov 1864 at Oxford by oaths of Ann Brise of Kimblewick the relict, Hugh Brise of Shipton in the parish of Winslow farmer the brother and William Rand of Hardwick farmer, executors. Effects under £1,000.

Mary Chapman, formerly of Steeple Claydon, late of Toddington, Beds, widow. Died 25 Nov 1860, will proved 10 Jan 1861 by oath of David Thomas Willis of Winslow gent, surviving executor. Effects under £4,000.

Michael Corkett of Thornborough, farmer. Died 11 May 1859, will proved 4 Oct 1859 at Principal Registry by oaths of John Corkett of Winslow boot manufacturer and Isaac Corkett of "Hethe and Reache" [Heath & Reach] Beds butcher, sons and executors. Effects under £450.

Henry Dixon of Brandon Lodge, Leamington Priors, esquire. Died 21 Jan 1859, will proved 22 Feb 1859 at Principal Registry by oaths of Caroline Dixon the relict, Henley Smith of Warnford-court Throgmorton-street City of London esquire and James King of Winslow land agent, executors. Effects under £12,000.

Lucy Elizabeth Hartman of 31 Devonshire-place St Mary-le-bone, widow. Died 3 April 1858. Letters of administration granted at Principal Registry 23 April 1858 to Josephine Meyrick Hartman of 31 Devonshire-place spinster; Mary Elizabeth Selby Lowndes wife of Edward William Selby Lowndes of Winslow esquire; and Emily Seale wife of Sir Henry Paul Seale of Mount Boone, Dartmouth, baronet; three of the children. Effects under £6,000.

John Hines of Loughton, farmer. Died 27 July 1858, will proved 16 July 1859 at Oxford by oaths of William Neal of Winslow innkeeper and Joseph Gallard of Lathbury farmer, executors. Effects under £800.

Elizabeth Hollis of Swanbourne, spinster. Died 24 Oct 1862. Will proved 27 Nov 1862 at Oxford by oaths of John Hollis of Swanbourne yeoman the brother and John Smith of Winslow grocer, execturos. Effects under £800.

Sarah Horne of Leighton Bussard, spinster. Died 16 Sep 1868. Letters of administration granted 6 Nov 1868 at Northampton to Betsy Chew, wife of William Chew, gent, of Heath and Reach and Elizabeth Anne King, wife of James King, auctioneer, of Winslow, sisters and only next of kin. Effects under £1,500.

John Jones of Marsh Gibbon, farmer, widower. died 4 Sep 1863. Letters of administration granted 30 Sep 1863 at Oxford to William Jones of Winslow, victualler, son. Effects under £450.

Joseph Keen of Great Horwood, miller. Died 3 Dec 1858, will proved 23 Nov 1859 at Principal Registry by oaths of David Thomas Willis of Winslow gent and Grant Harris of Great Horwood farmer, executors. Effects under £300.

John Henry Perkins of Colchester, architect and surveyor. Died 10 June 1858 at St Botolph Colchester, will proved 1 July 1858 at Principal Registry, by oaths of Anne Perkins the relict and Joshua Lewin French of Winslow ironmonger and seedsman, the executors. Effects under £100.

James Short of Nash, farmer. Died 9 May 1868, will proved 7 Aug 1868 at Principal Registry on oaths of Richard Gough of Adstock farmer and Charles Chaplin of Winslow gent, executors. Effects under £800.

Rev. James Dalziel Simpson of Montpellier Mansion, Cheltenham, clerk. Died 17 Oct 1864, will proved at Gloucester by oaths of Frances Jane Simpson the relict; John Derby Allcroft of 55 Porchester-terrace Uxbridge-road Middx and 97 Wood-street Cheapside, esquire; Rev. John William Hanson of Winslow, clerk; the executors. Effects under £50,000.

William Tofield of Stewkley, carpenter. Died 1 July 1860, will proved 25 Oct 1860 at Oxford by oaths of Jeremiah Tofield of Winslow the son and David Bliss of Stewkley, blacksmith, executors. Effects under £100.

Thomas Viccars of Great Horwood, yeoman. Died 3 Feb 1860, will proved 27 March 1860 at Principal Registry by oaths of Thomas Viccars of Great Horwood retailer of beer the nephew and David Thomas Willis of Winslow gent, the executors. Effects under £1,000.

Joseph Webb of Newport Pagnell, gent. Died 7 Jan 1863, will proved at Oxford 2 Feb 1863 by oaths of Joshua Lewin French of Winslow grocer and George Heley of Newport Pagnell grocer, executors. Effects under £3,000.

Stephen White of Warminster, gent. Died 13 Sep 1861, will proved at Salisbury 8 Nov 1861 by oaths of Rev. Stephen Morgan White of Winslow clerk and George Mitchell White of Warminster cheese factor the sons, Stephen Sydney White of same place cheese factor the grandson, and John Feaver of Wellow Somerset yeoman, executors. Effects under £20,000.
William Henry White of Rudge in Beckington, Somerset, farmer, bachelor, left unadministered by Stephen White the father. Letters of administration granted at Wells, 2 Dec 1861, to executors above. Former grant at Wells June 1861. Effects under £50.

Robert Williatt of Newport Pagnell, miller, bachelor. Died 1 March 1823. Estate left unadministered by brothers George Williatt and Edward Williatt, sister Mary Woollhead widow, nephews John Jones and George Jones the elder, executors Charles Willis, John Barge and Francis Barge. Letters of administration granted 16 April 1863 at Principal Registry to Robert Williatt Jones of Winslow farmer and David Thomas Willis of Winslow gent, executors of Elizabeth Jones widow, sole exectrix of George Jones the elder. Former grants at PCC March 1823, Dec 1828 and June 1835.

Elizabeth Sophia Willis of Leighton Bussard, spinster. Died 25 Oct 1867, will proved 18 June 1868 at Northampton by oaths of Thomas Price Willis of Winslow solicitor and Frederic Willis of Leighton Bussard, brothers and executors. Effects under £1,500.

Frederic Willis of Leighton Bussard, attorney and solicitor. died 13 Feb 1866, will proved 11 June 1866 at Northampton by oaths of David Thomas Willis of Winslow attorney the brother and Thomas Price Willis of Winslow attorney the son, executors. Effects under £16,000.