Yeovil's Virtual Museum

The Document Chest

Yeovil-related historic documents; leases, wills, etc.

 

General Documents

 

• Feet of Fines, 1255 to 1464

• Survey and Rental of Somerset Chantries, 1548

• Lay Subsidy Rolls, 1581

• 1589 Terrier

• 1633 Description of Ivell by Thomas Gerard of Trent

• Poor Rate Returns, 1664 to 1760

• Window Tax, 1729
  
  

Specific Documents

 

• 1452 - Will of Thomas Kyngesman
  of Yevill (Written 1452, Proved 1452)

• 1520 - Will of Richard Penney
  Tailor (Written 1520, Proved 1521)

• 1531 - Will of Nicholas Rodberd
  Husbandman of Marsh  (Written 1531, Proved 1532)

• 1532 - Will of Thomas Griffith
  Yeoman  (Written 1532, Proved 1532)

• 1551 - Will of William Hayne
  Yeoman of Kyngestone juxta Yevell   (Written 1551, Proved 1557)

• 1558 - Will of William Hayne
  Draper of Yevill  (Written 1558)

• 1558 - Will of John Phelps
  Mercer of Yevill (Written 1558, Proved 1558)

• 1562 - Will of Leonell Harrison
  of Preston Bermesey    (Written 1562, Proved 1562)

• 1562 - Will of Anne Pene aka Penny
  of yvill   (Written 1562, Proved 1566)

• 1567 - Will of Edmonde Shepperd
  Shomaker    (Written 1567, Proved 1568)

• 1568 - Will of John Dennys
  Smith ?  (Written 1568, Proved 1569)

• 1574 - Will of Lyonell Sugge
  of yvell   (Written 1574, Proved 1577)

• 1574 - Will of Edithe Harrison
  Widow of Yevell    (Written 1574, Proved 1574)

• 1575 - Will of Thomas Harrison
  of Preston Barmezey     (Written 1575, Proved 1578)

• 1580 - Will of Gyles Hayne
  Wollen Draper    (Written 1580, Proved 1580)

• 1581 - Will of John Phelps
  of Yeavell    (Written 1581, Proved 1581)

• 1581 - Will of Thomas Gyrdeler
  Tanner of Yevill   (Written 1581, Proved 1582)

• 1583 - Will of William Sugge
  Farmer [?] of Widgon & Huntley (today's Yeovil Marsh)  (undated, Proved 1583)

• 1587 - Will of Richard Clare
  Carrier of Yevell   (Written 1587, Proved 1588)

• 1587 - Will of Alice Clavill
  Knitter    (Written 1587, Proved 1588)

• 1587 - Will of Agnes Bullen
  of Yevell    (Written 1587, Proved 1588)

• 1587 - Will of John Lyde
  of Yevell     (Written 1587, Proved 1588)

• 1589 - Will of Lionell Harrison
  of Preston Plucknett    (Proved 1589)

• 1589 - Will of Thomas Clarke
  Woollen Draper of Grope Lane   (Written 1589, Proved 1591)

• 1591 - Will of William Forde
  of the Angel Inn   (Written 1591, Proved 1591)

• 1592 - Will of John Hacker
  Yeoman   (Written 1592, Proved 1593)

• 1593 - Will of Jerome Turner
  Cutler of Yevell  (Written 1593)

• 1604 - Will of Edward Harris
  of Yeavill    (Proved 1604)

• 1606 - Will of George Harrison
  Yeoman of Yavell   (Written 1606, Proved 1606)

• 1609 - Will of Thomas Marshe
  of Fore Street   (Written 1609, Proved 1609)

• 1611 - Will of Thomazine Phelips
  Widow     (Written 1611, Proved 1612)

• 1612 - Will of Anne Exall
  Widow   (Written 1612, Proved 1614)

• 1613 - Will of Edward Mounckton
  Yeoman of Marsh    (Written 1613, Proved 1614)

• 1615 - Will of Robert Harbin (1)
  Gentleman of Newton Surmaville  (Written 1615, Proved 1621)

• 1619 - Will of Thomas Moleyns
  Yeoman of Kingston juxta Yevell   (Written 1619, Proved 1620)

• 1620 - Will of Richard Penney
  Tailor of Yeovil (Written 1620)

• 1620 - Will of Catherine Clifton
  Widow    (Written 1620. Proved 1626)

• 1622 - Will of John Davy
  of 'the Burrough'  (Written 1622. Proved 1622)

• 1622 - Will of John Colston
  Gentleman of Marsh   (Written 1622. Proved 1623)

• 1623 - Will of John Hartwell
  Tanner (Proved 1623)

• 1624 - Will of William Bragge
  Linen Draper   (Written 1624. Proved 1625)

• 1625 - Will of Peter Clench
  Yeoman    (Written 1625. Proved 1628)

• 1626 - Will of John Hardinge
  Mercer    (Written 1626. Proved 1627)

• 1628 - Will of John Combe
  Mercer   (Written 1628. Proved 1628)

• 1630 - will of John Traske
  Baker   (Written 1633. Proved 1634)

• 1633 - Will of Gyles Jennyngs
  Gentleman  (Written 1633. Proved 1634)

• 1633 - Will of William Winsor
  Yeoman  (Written 1633. Proved 1634)

• 1634 - Will of Thomas Hawker
  Gent of Hawker's Farm, Vagg  (Written 1634. Proved 1634)

• 1635 - Will of Samuell Hardinge
  of Yevell    (Written 1634. Proved 1634)

• 1636 - Will of Thomas Pawley
  Yeoman of Preston Plucknett     (Written 1636. Proved 1637)

• 1636 - Will of Anthony Traske
  Mercer     (Written 1636. Proved 1637)

• 1637 - Will of Robert Palmer
  of Vagge    (Written 1637)

• 1637 - Will of Sarah Hawker
  Widow of Hawker's Farm, Vagg  (Written 1637. Proved 1637)

• 1639 - Will of John French
  Mercer   (Written 1639. Proved 1639)

• 1643 - Will of Thomas Lane
  Tailor of Evill   (Written 1643. Proved 1658)

• 1645 - Will of Christopher Allambridge
  Mercer and Tobacconist of Yeovil  (Written 1645. Proved 1645)

• 1645 - Will of Roger Penny
  of Hinford Penn   (Written 1645. Proved 1646)

• 1646 - Will of Thomas Marshe
  Woolen Draper  (Written 1646. Proved 1646)

• 1650 - Will of Richard Rowe
  Yeoman of Groape Lane   (Written 1650. Proved 1651)

• 1650 - Will of Edmond Jenys
  Yeoman of Vagg   (Written 1650. Proved 1651)

• 1651 - Will of Alice Lane
  Widdowe   (Written 1651. Proved 1655)

• 1652 - Will of Andrew Everdon
  Husbandman     (Written 1652. Proved 1653)

• 1652 - Will of Susan Dennis
  Widow    (Written 1652. Proved 1653)

• 1652 - Will of Morgan King
  Roper    (Written 1652. Proved 1653)

• 1652 - Will of John Hayne
  of the Red Lyon   (Written 1652. Proved 1654)

• 1653 - Will of Susann Robinson
  Widow     (Written 1653. Proved 1654)

• 1653 - Will of Katherine Leeves
  Spinster   (Written 1653. Proved 1658)

• 1654 - Will of Katherine Merchant
  Widow    (Written 1654. Proved 1654)

• 1654 - Will of Mellis Jennings
  Spinster  (Written 1654. Proved 1654)

• 1654 - Will of Francis Pope
  Teecher of Yeaviell   (Written 1654. Proved 1655)

• 1656 - Will of John Bradley
  Butcher  (Written 1646. Proved 1656)

• 1656 - Will of Stephen Dyer
  Gentleman  (Written 1656. Proved 1657)

• 1656 - Will of English Newman alias Short
  Shoemaker

• 1657 - Will of Giles Marsh
  of Yeavell  (Written 1657. Proved 1658)

• 1658 - Will of Giles Hayne
  Yeoman   (Proved 1658)

• 1658 - Will of Morgan Hayne
  Gentleman    (Written 1658. Proved 1658)

• 1659 - Will of Nicholas Day
  Tapster of Yavell  (Written 1659. Proved 1660)

• 1661 - Will of John Clarke
  Gentleman    (Written 1661. Proved 1663)

• 1662 - Will of John Lavor
  Gentleman of Kingston juxta Yeavill    (Written 1662. Proved 1662)

• 1662 - Will of Barnaby Mollins
  Milliner     (Written 1662. Proved 1662)

• 1665 - Will of William Daniel (1)
  Wealthy Glover, Landowner and Grocer (Written 1665, Proved 1667)

• 1665 - Will of Onesiphorus Penny
  Maltster of Yeovil (Written 1665)

• 1665 - Will of Roger Wood
  Glover  (Written 1665, Proved 1665)

• 1665 - Will of Edward Munckton
  Yeoman   (Written 1665, Proved 1675)

• 1667 - Will of Mathew Wills
  Parchment Maker (Written 1667)

• 1669 - Will of Anne Dixon
  Widow    (Written 1669, Proved 1673)

• 1671 - Will of William Swetnam
  Deceased  (Written 1671)

• 1672 - Will of Mathew Wills Jnr
  Parchment Maker (Written 1672)

• 1674 - Will of Edward Boone
  Glover  (Written 1674)

• 1675 - Will of Edward Penney the Younger
  Gentleman     (Written 1675, Proved 1676)

• 1675 - Will of Elizabeth Marshe
  Widow of Thomas Marshe   (Written 1675, Proved 1680)

• 1675 - Will of John Beale
  Phisician, will made prior to sailing for Jamaica  (Written 1675, Proved 1684)

• 1677 - Will of Stukely Westcott
  Of Yeovil, emigrated to New England in 1635   (Written 1677, unsigned and not Proved)

• 1682 - Will of Joseph King
  Gentleman    (Written 1682, Proved 1682)

• 1684 - Will of William Phelps
  Gentleman of Bottoms, Marsh    (Written 1684, Proved 1684)

• 1684 - Will of Edward Pitman
  of the Towne of Yeavall    (Written 1684, Proved 1687)

• 1685 - Will of Henry Lavor
  Imprisoned, fined and excommunicated Quaker (Written 1685)

• 1685 - Will of Robert Hayne
  (Written 1685, Proved 1687)

• 1685 - Will of Samuell Glisson
  (Written 1685, Proved 1690)

• 1689 - Will of John Dish
  Gentleman (Written 1689, Proved 1689)

• 1689 - Will of John Elliott
  Late Vicar of Yeovil   (Written 1689, Proved 1689)

• 1690 - Will of Charles Harbin
  Esquire    (Written 1690, Proved 1691)

• 1692 - Will of Margaret Harding
  Haberdasher   (Written 1692, Proved 1693)

• 1693 - Will of John Game
  Apothecary    (Written 1693, Proved 1694)

• 1694 - Will of John Cary
  Mercer, Landowner & Woborn Almshouse Warden

• 1694 - Will of Jane Beale
  Widow    (Written 1694, Proved 1694)

• 1696 - Will of Henry Spender
  Glover   (Written 1696, Proved 1696)

• 1696 - Will of Thomas Hawker
  Esquire, of Vagg   (Written 1696, Proved 1697)

• 1696 - Will of John Knight
  of Yeovill   (Written 1696, Proved 1697)

• 1697 - Will of Clement Cheeseman
  Glover of Hendford  (Written 1697)

• 1697 - Will of Jane Strong, née Game, formerly Jackson
  First wife of Reverend Martin Strong, Vicar of Yeovil    (Written 1697, Proved 1699)

• 1698 - Will of John King
  Bodice Maker   (Written 1698, Proved 1698)

• 1698 - Will of George Prowse
  Gentleman of Kingston  (Written 1698, Proved 1699)

• 1698 - Will of Hugh Wyndham
  Brigadier, of Newton Surmaville  (Written 1698, Proved 1707)

• 1698 - Will of Thomas Strode
  Cordwainer of Yeovil (Written 1698)

• 1698 - Will of John Apsey
  Glover  (Written 1698, Proved 1698)

• 1701 - Will of Eleazer Johnson
  Gentleman Soldier   (Written 1701, Proved 1702)

• 1706 - Will of John Vivian
  Bodice maker  (Written 1706, Proved 1707)

• 1706 - Will of Mary Daniel
  Widow   (Written 1706, Proved 1707)

• 1706 - Will of John Hodder
  Gentleman   (Written 1706, Proved 1720)

• 1708 - Will of Elizabeth Harbin
  Widow   (Written 1708, Proved 17080)

• 1709 - Will of John Old the Elder
  Gentleman and Mercer (Written 1709, Proved 1710)

• 1711 - Will of Thomas Sherry
  Innkeeper  (Written 1711, Proved 1711)

• 1711 - Will of Frances Cheeseman
  Spinster and Benefactor of the Charity School  (Written 1711, Proved 1719)

• 1712 - Will of William Abbott
  Sadler of Vicarage Street    (Written 1712, Proved 1712)

• 1715 - Will of Jeremiah Hayne
  Linnen Draper    (Written 1715, Proved 1717)

• 1716 - Will of Samuel Goodford the Elder
  Glover of Yeovil (Written 1716, Proved 1717)

• 1718 - Will of William Dampier
  Clothier of Yeovil   (Written 1718, Proved 1918)

• 1720 - Will of Martin Strong
  Vicar of Yeovil  (Written 1720, Proved 1721)

• 1722 - Will of John Prowse
  Gentleman, Lord of the Manor of Kingston   (Written 1722, Proved 1722)

• 1722 - Will of Robert Hayne the Elder
  Linen Draper   (Written 1722, Proved 1724)

• 1723 - Will of Robert Sealy (2)
  Yeoman     (Written 1722/3, Proved 1733)

• 1724 - Will of William Forbes
  Gentleman, owner of the Angel Inn  (Written 1724, Proved 1726)

• 1725 - Will of Edward Boucher (1)
  Tobacconist   (Written 1725)

• 1725 - Will of Edward Barwick
  of Yeovil     (Written 1725)

• 1725 - Will of John Jeanes
  Malster   (Written 1725, Proved 1726)

• 1726 - Will and Schedules of Jane Jeanes
  Widow of John Jeanes above  (Written 1726, Proved 1728)

• 1727 - Will of William Goodford
  Glover and Gentleman (Written 1727, Proved 1728)

• 1727 - Will of James Prowse
  Esquire, of Keyford  (Written 1727, Proved 1728)

• 1727 - Will of Susanna Gillard
  Widow  (Written 1727, Proved 1731)

• 1728 - Will of John Old the Younger
  Gentleman and Mercer (Written 1728, Proved 1733)

• 1728 - Will of John Clarke
  of Yeovill   (Written 1728, Proved 1730)

• 1729 - Will of Samuel Daniel (2) the Younger
  Grocer, Mercer & Linen Draper (Written 1729, Proved 1729)

• 1729 - Will of John Darley
  Glover (Written 1729, Proved 1730)

• 1730 - Will of Thomas Cheesman
  Benefactor of the Charity School and the Poor of Yeovil (Written 1730, Proved 1732)

• 1731 - Will of Samuel Goodford
  Glover    (Written 1731, Proved 1735)

• 1731 - Will of John Beacham
  Glover  (Written 1731)

• 1731 - Will of Mary Darley
  Widow   (Written 1731, Proved 1733)

• 1732 - Will of Thomas Grobham
  Mercer  (Written 1732, Proved 1733)

• 1734 - Will of Dorothy Dorrington
  Wife of William Dorrington   (Written 1734, Proved 1736)

• 1736 - Will of Thomas Beale
  "an Infant of age of nineteen years"  (Written 1736, Proved 1737)

• 1736 - Will of Mary Bullock
  Widow   (Written 1736, Proved 1737)

• 1736 - Will of Jeremiah Hayne
  Linen Draper    (Written 1736, Codicil 1740, Proved 1741)

• 1737 - Will of Mary Stoodly
  Spinster   (Written 1737, Proved 1738)

• 1739 - Will of William Markes
  Glover     (Written 1739, Proved 1742)

• 1739 - Will of Edward Mines

• 1740 - Will of Robert Hayne the Younger
  Glover  (Written 1740, Proved 1741)

• 1740 - Will of John Dyer
  Clothier     (Written 1740, Proved 1743)

• 1740 - Will of John Holloway
  Tobacconist  (Written 1740, Proved 1741)

• 1740 - Will of Elizabeth Mitchell
  Widow   (Written 1740, Proved 1751)

• 1742 - Will of Henry Penny
  Glover, Brick & Tile Maker (Written 1742, Proved 1742)

• 1743 - Will of William Collins
  Butcher   (Written & Proved 1743)

• 1743 - Will of Samuel Cunnock
  Carpenter and owner of five properties  (Written & Proved 1743)

• 1744 - Will of Thomas Knight
  Gentleman   (Written 1744, Proved 1748)

• 1745 - Will of William Lambert White
  Solicitor, Banker and Landowner

• 1745 - Will of William Bowzey
  Innholder  (Written 1745, Proved 1745)

• 1746 - Will of James Chedd
  Cordwainer, Drummer in Regiment of Marines   (Written 1746, Proved 1750)

• 1747 - Will of Sarah Stoodly
  Spinster     (Written 1747, Proved 1750)

• 1747 - Will of James Hooper the Elder
  Gentleman   (Written 1747, Proved 1752)

• 1748 - Will of George Butcher
  Glover    (Written 1748, Proved 1749)

• 1749 - Will of William Wallis
  Apothecary    (Written 1749, Proved 1750)

• 1751 - Will of John Sanders
  Malster    (Written 1751, Affidavit 1751, Proved 1752)

• 1751 - Will of Thomas Shean
  Gentleman    (Written 1751, Proved 1755)

• 1752 - Will of John Francis
  Yeoman of Marsh   (Written 1752, Proved 1757)

• 1753 - Will of Thomas Francis
  Butcher   (Written 1753, Proved 1754)

• 1754 - Will of Anne Markes
  Spinster of Middle Street   (Written 1754, Proved 1758)

• 1755 - Will of Reverend John Tucker
  Clerk  (Written 1755, Proved 1756)

• 1756 - Indenture, Sale of the Sun Inn
  Sale of the Sun Inn - John Priddle, Henry Priddle and John Hopkins to William Knott.

• 1759 - Lease of 1&3 Princes Street
  The first lease concerning what would become 1&3 Princes Street

• 1759 to 1831, Accounts of the Nowes Charity
  Providing education and clothing for poor boys of Alvington, Preston and Yeovil

• 1759 - Will of Mary Pittard
  Widow    (Written 1759, Codicil 1765, Proved 1766)

• 1760 - Will of John Newman
  (Written 1760, Proved 1760)

• 1760 - Will of Samuel Beacham
  Glover   (Written 1760, Proved 1764)

• 1761 - Will of Samuel Garland
  Malster   (Written 1761, Proved 1761)

• 1761 - Will of Robert Glisson
  Linen Draper   (Written 1761, Proved 1767)

• 1761 - Will of Sarah Cheesman
  Widow    (Written 1761, Codicil 1761, Proved 1768)

• 1762 - Will of John Boucher
  Grocer and Mercer (Written 1762, Proved 1764)

• 1762 - Will of George Bullock
  Linman & Draper  (Written 1762, Proved 1774)

• 1762 - Will of Elizabeth Goodford
  Widow   (Written 1762, Proved 1763)

• 1763 - Will of William Daniell (3)
  Glove Manufacturer (Written 1763, Proved 1767)

• 1763 - Will of Hannah Hayne
  Widow  (Written 1763, Proved 1772)

• 1764 - Will of Samuel Sealy (1)
  Glove Manufacturer   (Written 1764, Proved  1768)

• 1765 - Will of Edmund Daw
  Glover  (Written 1765, Proved 1765)

• 1765 - Will of George King
  Cooper and owner of the Jolly Huntsman in Middle Street

• 1767 - Will of Mary Goodford
  Widow   (Written 1767, Proved 1767)

• 1768 - Will of Joshua Stonehouse
  Glover  (Written 1768, Proved 1768)

• 1769 - Will of Christobella Reeks
  Widow    (Written 1769, Proved 1770)

• 1769 - Will of John Martin
  Glover    (Written 1769, Proved 1769)

• 1769 - Will of Edward Forbes
  Gentleman, owner of the Angel Inn   (Written 1769, Proved 1771)

• 1769 - Will of George Gast
  Innholder of the Mermaid Inn   (Written 1769, Proved 1774)

• 1769 - Grope Lane Indenture
  Property transfer (the Sun Inn) to Lionel Farley

• 1770 - Will of Edward Boucher (3) the Younger (later the Elder)
  Gentleman  (Written 1770, Proved 1786)

• 1771 - Will of James Foot Snr
  Rope Maker (Written 1771, Proved 1771)

• 1773 - Will of John Daniell the Elder
  Glover and Banker (Written 1773)

• 1774 - Will of John Holloway
  Glover  (Written 1774, Proved 1775)

• 1775 - Will of Mary Penny
  Widow   (Written 1775, Proved 1776)

• 1775 - Will of Ambrose Seward
  Mercer and Gentleman (Written 1775, Proved 1779)

• 1776 - Will of Swayne Harbin (Unsigned)
  Gentleman of Newton Sur Mavil (Written 1776, Proved 1781)

• 1777 February 14 - Indenture - Lease for a Year
  Lease for Larkhill, French Grass Ground, Thorney Bush, Fir Tree Ground, Marle Close

• 1777 February 15 - Indenture - Sale of Land
  Sale of Larkhill, French Grass Ground, Thorney Bush, Fir Tree Ground, Marle Close

• 1778 - Will of Thomas Slade
  Surgeon    (Written 1778, Proved 1778)

• 1778 - Will of Samuel Dampier
  Gentleman  (Written 1778, Proved 1779)

• 1778 - Will of Nicholas Pernegan or Perningham
  (Written 1778, Codicil 1779, Proved 1783)

• 1779 - Will of Mary Alford
  Spinster  (Written 1779, Proved 1779)

• 1780 - Will of Elias Newman
  Baker   (Written 1780, Proved 1786)

• 1780 - Will of George Sams
  Carpenter and Joiner  (Written 1780, Proved 1783)

• 1782 - Will of James Upton
  Solicitor and Gentleman of Yeovil (Written 1782, Proved 1784)

• 1783 - Will of James Hooper
  Esquire  (Written 1783, Proved 1787)

• 1785 - Will of James Foot Jnr
  Rope Maker (Written 1785, Proved 1787)

• 1786 - Will of Jane Daniell
  Spinster   (Written 1786)

• 1787 - Will of John Old Goodford
  Esquire   (Written 1787, Proved 1787)

• 1787 - Will of Mary Willmington
  Widow  (Written 1787, Proved 1803)

• 1788 - Will of James Arnold
  Cordwainer   (Written 1787, Codicil 1787, Proved 1788)

• 1789 - Will of Henry Whiffen
  of the Pen Mill Inn   (Written 1789, Proved 1790)

• 1789 - Will of John Butler
  Esquire    (Written 1789, Proved 1791 with eight codicils)

• 1789 - Will of John King
  Stationer  (Written 1789, Proved 1802)

• 1790 - Sale of Thompson's Close and Waters of Strife
  Charles Francis to William Row

• 1790 - Indenture - The Chantry
  The original site of the Chantry of the Blessed Virgin Mary 'Without' the Church

• 1790 - Will of Jonathan Hooper
  Esquire, of Hendford Manor   (Written 1790, Proved 1790)

• 1790 - Will of Philip Collins
  Butcher (Written 1790, Proved 1790)

• 1790 - Sale of a Hendford property
  Thomas Winsor to Samuel Daniell and Charles Hutchings

• 1792 - Will of John Gillard
  of Yeovil   (Written 1792, Proved 1790)

• 1793 - Indenture, Sale of the Sun Inn
  Thomas Tompkins and Grace Farley to Sarah Leveridge

• 1793 - Obligation (part-printed form) (A)
  William Lambert White to Edward Boucher

• 1793 - Obligation (part-printed form) (B)
  From William Lambert White to Mary Bright and others

• 1793 - Obligation (hand-written copy) (C)
  From William Lambert White to Mary Bright and others

• 1793 - Bond of Indemnity (D)
  From William Lambert White to Edward Boucher re Mary Bright mortgage

• 1794 - Sale of Thistlemoor
  Wyndham Harbin (2) sells Thistlemoor to William Row

• 1794 - Lease of Property in Quedam Street
  Between the Portreeve & Burgesses and carpenter John Nossiter

• 1794 - Will of Edward Boucher (4) the Younger
  Gentleman of Court Ash House  (Written 1794, Proved 1795)

• 1795 - Will of Charles Francis
  Butcher of South Street   (Written 1795, Proved 1795)

• 1795 - Will of Samuel Daniell (3)
  Banker     (Written 1795, Codicil 1797)

• 1795 - Will of Rev. Francis Crane Parsons
  Vicar of Yeovil     (Written 1795, three Codicil, Proved  1798)

• 1799 - Will of John Newman the younger
  Builder of Barwick House     (Written 1795, Proved 1799)

• 1796 - Will of Onesiphorus Warry
  Gentleman    (Written 1796, Proved 1798)

• 1796 - Will of John Boucher Hodges
  Schoolmaster of Yeovil Charity School   (Written 1796, Proved 1806)

• 1796 - Will of Henry Penny
  Glove Manufacturer  (Written 1796, Proved 1797)

• 1796 - Agreement
  Between William Lambert White and William Dyer

• 1796 - Will of Mary Rodber
  Widow    (Written 1796, Proved 1804)

• 1797 - Will of Charles Hutchings
  Esquire   (Written 1797, Proved 1797)

• 1797 - Will of Thomas Hobbs
  Gentleman   (Written 1797, Proved 1798)

• 1797 - Will of Jane Newman
  Widow    (Written 1797, Proved 1801)

• 1798 - Marriage Settlement
  Between George Ryall Cavey and Mary Barrett

• 1799 - Will of William Brett
  Dowlas and Lin-cloth Manufacturer     (Written 1799, Proved 1799)

• 1800 - £400 Bond (E)
  Between William Lambert White and John Ashby

• 1800 - Will of Francis Boucher
  Gentleman & Glover  (written 1800, Proved 1800)

• 1800 - Will of Elizabeth Orchard
  Spinster   (written 1800, Proved 1800)

• 1801 - Will of William Edwards
  Ironmonger (and duellist) of the Borough   (written 1801, Proved 1802)

• 1803 - Will of Hannah Donn
  Widow    (written 1803, Proved 1804)

• 1803 - Will of Ann Pitt
  Spinster    (written 1803, Proved 1805)

• 1803 - Will of John Hookins
  Banker     (written 1803, Proved 1807)

• 1803 - Will of Mathew Merefield Naish
  Gentleman    (written 1803, Proved 1831)

• 1805 - Will of Charles Hewlett
  Stone Cutter  (Written 1805, Proved 1807)

• 1806 - Will of Reverend Robert Harbin
  Clerk of Newton Surmaville     (Written 1806, Proved 1808)

• 1806 - Indenture, Sale of Land at Nether Adber
  To Samuel Rodber of Brimsmoor Tree

• 1807 - Will of Mary Bright
  Spinster    (Written 1807, Proved 1810)

• 1807 - Indenture, Sale of the Sun Inn
  Mary Nossiter to Edmund Batten and Henry Lillington

• 1807 - Will of William Collins
  Glover (Written 1807)

• 1807 - Will of William Hooper Masters the Elder
  Mercer of South Street    (Written 1807, Proved 1809)

• 1807 - Request to transport manure
  From Peter Daniell to William Lambert White

• 1809 - Lease of Cottages in Preston Plucknett
  Between John Goodford and Emanuel Pester

• 1809 - Will of John Laver
  of Yeovil  (Written 1809, Proved 1814)

• 1809 - Will of Mary Warry
  Spinster   (Written 1809, Proved 1818)

• 1810 - Indenture, Sale of the Sun Inn
  Edmund Batten to Mary Nossiter

• 1810 - Will of Robert Donn
  Gentleman (Written 1810, Codicil 1810, Proved 1810)

• 1810 - Will of Sarah Barrett
  Milliner of Church Lane (Written 1810, Proved 1811)

• 1810 - Will of Elias Bucknell
  Supervisor of Excise (Written 1810, Proved 1827)

• 1812 - Lease of the Chequers alehouse
  Between Joseph, Samuel & Edward Watts and Thomas Bullock & James Glyde

• 1812 - Lease of the Chequers alehouse and 1&3 Princes Street
  Between Joseph, Samuel & Edward Watts and Thomas Bullock & James Glyde

• 1812 - Will of John Daniell the Younger
  Banker (Written 1812, Codicil 1814, Proved 1819)

• 1813 - Will of John Ryall
  Leather Dresser and Glove Manufacturer (Written 1813. Proved 1814)

• 1814 - Will of Thomas Hoare
  Taylor  (Written 1814. Proved 1814)

• 1814 - Lease of a property in Higher Kingston
  Between William Pitman and Sarah Moore

• 1814 - Indemnity in case of fire
  Between William Lambert White and George Rendall, blacksmith

• 1815 - Will of Nathaniel Batten
  Solicitor    (Written 1815, Proved 1820)

• 1815 - Will of Elizabeth Masters
  Widow of William Hooper    (Written 1815, Codicil 1818, Proved 1820)

• 1815 - Will of Anna Hodges
  Widow of John Boucher Hodges [qv 1796 above]    (Written 1815, Proved 1821)

• 1815 - Lease of 1&3 Princes Street
  Between Thomas Bullock, James Glyde & Samuel Watts Jnr and Markes Lambe

• 1816 - Lease of 1&3 Princes Street
  Between Markes Lambe and Thomas Phelps and Robert Fitchett

• 1817 - Will of Richard Taylor
  Glover    (Written 1817, Proved 1817)

• 1817 - Will of Mary Coward
  formerly Strong   (Written 1817, Proved 1818)

• 1818 - Will of Ann Cox
  Widow   (Written 1818, Proved 1819)

• 1819 - Will of Thomas Jesty
  Sadler and Harness Maker    (Written 1819, Proved 1822)

• 1819 - Will of Hannah Perkins
  Spinster    (Written 1819, Proved 1824)

• 1819 - Will of Susanna Daniell
  Widow of John Daniell Jnr    (Written 1819, Proved 1829)

• 1820 - Will of John Isaac
  Yeoman    (Written 1820, Proved 1821)

• 1820 - Will of George Bragge Prowse
  Lord of the Manor of Kingston (Written 1820, Proved 1839)

• 1820 - Will of George Maidment
  Stone supplier and Brickmaker    (Written 1820, Proved 1821)

• 1820 - Will of Jane Parsons
  Widow of the Reverend Francis Crane Parsons    (Written 1820, Proved 1822)

• 1821 - Will of James Walters Hilbourne
  Maltster    (Written 1821, Proved 1822)

• 1821 - Will of George Mayo the elder
  Landed Gentleman and father of Yeovil's first Mayor (Written 1821. Proved 1825)

• 1821 - Will of Mary Pope
  Widow of Yeovil Marsh   (Written 1821. Proved 1826)

• 1821 - Will of Sarah Moore
  Spinster     (Written 1821, Four Codicils, Proved 1826)

• 1821 - Will of Mary Parsons
  Spinster   (Written 1821. Proved 1849)

• 1822 - Will of Thomas Quantrill
  Servant to Colonel Prowse   (Written 1822. Proved 1822)

• 1822 - Will of Lewis Beacham
  Gentleman  (Written 1822, Proved 1824)

• 1823 - Will of John Hooper
  Esquire, of Hendford Manor    (Written 1823, Codicil 1824, Proved 1825)

• 1824 - Will of Edmund Batten
  Attorney, Banker and Landed Gentleman (Written 1824, Codicil 1825. Proved 1836)

• 1825 - Will of George Eason
  Glove Manufacturer   (Written 1825, Proved 1828)

• 1825 - Indenture, 2 plots off Brunswick Street
  One freehold, one leasehold. Peter Daniell and William Saint

• 1825 - Will of Joan Palmer
  Widow  (Written 1825, Proved 1826)

• 1825 - Will of James Clarke
  Breeches Maker    (Written 1825. Proved 1830)

• 1826 - Will of Henry Collins
  Gentleman and Glove Manufacturer of Court Ash House    (Written 1826, Proved 1827)

• 1827 - Will of Thomas Andrews
  Gentleman    (Written 1827. Proved 1830)

• 1828 - Will of Lazarus Baker
  Banker and partner in Yeovil Old Bank (Written 1828, Proved 1829)

• 1828 - Will of Peter Daniell
  The will of a Yeovil Draper who developed much of Yeovil (Written 1828. Proved 1834)

• 1828 - Will of James Cayme the Elder
  Dowlas & Ticking Maker, Landed Gentleman  (Written 1828. Proved 1836)

• 1828 - Will of William Row
  William Row, landed gentleman of Little Lyde House.

• 1829 - Will of Thomas Potter Milles
  Esquire     (Written 1829. Proved 1829)

• 1829 - Will of Susanna Fawcett, née Batten
  Wife of Dissenting Minister, Rev Samuel Fawcett  (Written 1829. Proved 1843)

• 1831 - Will of Hannah March
  Widow   (Written 1831. Proved 1831)

• 1831 - Will of George Brailey
  Cordwainer   (Written 1831. Proved 1832)

• 1831 - Will of Philip Collins
  Gentleman and Glove Manufacturer   (Written 1831. Proved 1835)

• 1832 - Will of Ann Bucknell
  Widow   (Written 1831, but disputed. Proved 1832)

• 1832 - Will of Richard Eva Reynolds
  Marble and Stone Mason of Hendford (Written 1832, Proved 1835)

• 1832 - Will of William Cayme
  Glover and Sail Cloth Maker who lived in Hendford Lodge (Written 1832. Proved 1833)

• 1832 - Will of Susannah Kitson
  Widow   (Written 1832. Proved 1833)

• 1832 - Will of Charlotte Rowles
  Widow of Samuel Rowles    (Written 1832. Proved 1839)

• 1832 - Indenture, Land at Addlewell
  Peter Daniell to John Ball

• 1832 - Indenture, Houses & Land at Addlewell
  Between John Ball and Thomas Warr

• 1833 - Indenture, Lease of Houses & Land  at Addlewell
  Between John Lawrence & Messrs Leach and Newman

• 1833 - Will of Rev Samuel Fawcett
  Dissenting Minister  (Written 1833. Proved 1835)

• 1833 - Will of James May
  Supervisor of Excise   (Written 1833. Proved 1833)

• 1833 - Will of Martha Shepherd
  Widow    (Written 1833. Proved 1841)

• 1833 - Will of Charles Masters
  Tallow Chandler    (Written 1833. Proved 1841)

• 1834 - Will of Maria Masters
  Spinster    (Written 1834. Proved 1844)

• 1835 - Will of Susannah Winsor
  Widow    (Written 1835. Proved 1835)

• 1835 - Will of Samuel Nanjulian Fitze
  Currier    (Written 1835. Proved 1835)

• 1835 - Will of Harriet Burrow
  Spinster   (Written 1835. Proved 1856)

• 1835 - Will of James Duffett
  Cheese Factor   (Written 1835)

• 1835 - Will of Peter Edwards
  Gentleman & Draper    (Written 1835. Codicil 1839, Proved 1842)

• 1835 - Lease of 1&3 Princes Street
  Between Thomas Sydenham, Markes Lambe and Thomas Smith Willmott

• 1836 - Lease - Plot of land at St Peter's Street
  Between James Edwards & John Cox and William Baker

• 1836 - Will of John Wreford
  Yeoman    (Written 1836. Proved 1836)

• 1836 - Will of Thomas Jennings
  Gentleman     (Written 1836. Proved 1836)

• 1836 - Will of Thomas Foot
  Innholder   (Written 1836. Proved 1837)

• 1836 - Will of Elizabeth Hilbourne
  Widow     (Written 1836. Proved 1842)

• 1837 - Will of John Greenham
  Glove Manufacturer (Written 1837, Codicil 1838, Proved 1839)

• 1837 - Will of George Stephens
  Glover  (Written 1837. Proved 1842)

• 1837 - Will of George Bragg Prowse
  Lord of Kingston Manor (Written 1837. Proved 1839)

• 1838 - Will of William Snook
  Glove Manufacturer of Quedam Street (Written 1838. Proved 1838)

• 1838 - Will of Rhoda Harbin
  Widow   (Written 1838. Proved 1847)

• 1839 - Will of John Harris
  Gentleman of Vagg Farm  (Written 1839. Proved 1839)

• 1839 - Will of Sarah Howe
  Widow of South Street   (Written 1839. Proved 1839)

• 1839 - Will of Mary Hayward Barnicott
  Widow   (Written 1839. Proved 1846)

• 1839 - Will of Ann Taylor
  Widow of Robert Taylor    (Written 1839. Codicil 1842, Proved 1844)

• 1839 - Will of Thomas Mitchell
  Gentleman    (Written 1839. Codicil 1846, Proved 1847, Margin Note 1861)

• 1839 - Will of John Bide
  Glove Manufacturer  (Written 1839. Proved 1848)

• 1839 - Will of Henry Collins the Younger
  Gentleman and Glove Manufacturer of Court Ash House  (Written 1839. Proved 1841)

• 1840 - Sale of the Sun Inn
  By Thomas Lemon of Stalbridge and Samuel Dean of Yeovil to William Bide

• 1840 - Will of Elizabeth Henning
  Widow   (Written 1840. Proved 1844)

• 1841 - Will of Samuel Colman
  Romantic Artist of the Bristol School (Written 1841, Proved 1845)

• 1841 - Will of Ann Batten
  Ann née Brine, formerly Chaffey, widow of Edmund Batten   (Written 1841. Proved 1846)

• 1841 - Will of Thomas Sydenham
  Cordwainer and Currier  (Written 1841. Codicil 1841, Proved 1847)

• 1843 - Lease of a property in Rackleford
  Between John Batten and Francis Theophilus Robins

• 1843 - Security for £2,185 7s 7d
  Between John Batten and Francis Theophilus Robins

• 1843 - Will of Henry Whitmash
  Banker, Coach Operator and Gentleman  (Written 1843, Proved 1843)

• 1843 - Will of Joseph Buckrell
  Grocer and Tea Dealer of the Borough (Written 1843, Proved 1844)

• 1843 - Will of Joseph Chapman
  Gentleman  (Written 1843, Proved 1843)

• 1844 - Will of James Male
  Wine & Spirit Merchant of the Wine Vaults  (Written 1844, Proved 1844)

• 1844 - Will of John Neal
  Rope Manufacturer of Reckleford (Written 1844, Proved 1847)

• 1844 - will of Elizabeth Masters née Anstice
  Widow of William Hooper Masters the Elder  (Written 1844, Proved 1849)

• 1844 - Will of George Mayo the younger
  Affluent Yeovil Glove Manufacturer (Written 1844. Proved 1852)

• 1845 - Will of Mary Bradley
  Spinster  (Written 1845. Proved 1847)

• 1846 - Will of Henry Penny
  Glove Manufacturer, Banker & Town Commissioner  (Written 1846, Proved 1855)

• 1846 - Will of William Hurlstone
  Thatcher  (Written 1846, Proved 1847)

• 1846 - Will of Robert Allen
  Miller of Pen Mill  (Written 1846, Proved 1848)

• 1847 - Will of Thomas Ricketts
  Glover  (Written 1847, Proved 1847)

• 1847 - Will of Stephen Beaton Pullman
  Painter of Belmont  (Written 1847, Proved 1849)

• 1847 - Will of Mary Glyde
  Widow of James Glyde  (Written 1847, Proved 1851)

• 1847 - Will of John Hewlett
  Draper of the Borough   (Written 1847, Proved 1852)

• 1848 - Will of William Morling Bethel
  Gentleman of Yeovil  (Written 1848)

• 1848 - Will of Mary Eaton
  Spinster  (Written 1848, Proved 1848)

• 1849 - Will of Joanna Pitman Mills
  Spinster    (Written 1849, Proved 1849)

• 1849 - Will of George Edward Hooper
  Surgeon   (Written 1849, Proved 1851)

• 1849 - Will of Ambrose Garratt
  Woolstapler of Belmont   (Written 1849, Proved 1851)

• 1849 - Will of John Woodman Bowring
  Baker of South Street (Written 1849, Proved 1852)

• 1849 - Will of John Batten Snr
  Solicitor & Banker   (Written 1849, Proved 1854)

• 1851 - Lease of a property in Rackleford
  Between John Batten and George Robins

• 1851 - Will of Thomas Frost
  Yeoman and licensee of the Red House and Pen Mill Inn    (Written 1851, Proved 1851)

• 1852 - Will of Phillis Mitchell
  Widow and Baker   (Written 1852, Proved 1852)

• 1852 - Will of Mary Ann Pickford
  Spinster   (Written 1852, Proved 1853)

• 1852 - Will of Susannah Collins
  Spinster   (Written 1852, Proved 1854)

• 1852 - Will of James Pope
  Tenant Farmer of Larkhill Farm    (Written 1852, Proved 1856)

• 1853 - Will of James Phelps
  Bricklayer     (Written 1853, Proved 1853)

• 1853 - Will of Elizabeth Budge
  Widow    (Written 1853, Proved 1854)

• 1853 - Will of Ebenezer Wilson Hughes
  Commercial Traveller   (Written 1853, Proved 1854)

• 1853 - Articles of Agreement (Joseph Penny)
  A dispute concerning a property in Peter Street

• 1854 - Will of Benjamin Harris
  Yeoman of Brunswick Street  (Written 1854. Proved 1854)

• 1854 - Will of Henry Penny
  Glove Manufacturer, Banker and Town Commissioner (Written 1854. Proved 1856)

• 1854 - Will of Henry Etheredge
  Accountant, Insurance Agent, Auctioneer and Town Surveyor  (Written 1854. Proved 1855)

• 1855 - Will of Mary Newman
  Widow of John Newman the youngest, of Barwick House  (Written 1855, Proved 1855)

• 1855 - Will of Dr William Tomkyns
  Doctor of Magnolia House (Written 1855, Proved 1856)

• 1855 - Will of John Garland
  Mail Coachman (Written 1855, Proved 1856)

• 1856 - Will of Thomas Phelps
  Accountant of Bond Street   (Written 1856, Proved 1857)

• 1856 - Will of Frederick Robert White
  Printer   (Written 1856, Proved 1857)

• 1857 - Will of Thomas Busby
  Glove Manufacturer  (Written Jan 1857. Proved Mar 1857)

• 1863 - Will of Susan Trenchard Chaffey
  Spinster (Written March 1863, Proved December 1863)

• 1867 - Terms of Employment
  Between fellmonger John Barber and Robert Jago

• 1871 - Will of Josiah Hannam
  Ironmonger of the Borough (Written 1871. Proved 1874)

• 1875 - Encroachment Remuneration
  Remuneration by Samuel Cridland, Builder

• 1878 - Presentation of the Advowson of Thorne Coffin
  Between the Rev WH Helyar and WH Mayo

• 1882 - Will of George Bodenham
  Butcher of Silver Street  (Written 1882, Proved 1883)

• 1894 - Indenture (Mortgage Agreement)
  Between William Tucker and Catherine Elizabeth Thorne

• 1894 - Indenture (Re-Conveyance)
  Henning & Sully to Blake (Duke of Clarence Inn ?)

• 1894 - Will of Emily Bodenham
  Widow of George Bodenham of Silver Street  (Written 1894, Proved 1895)

• 1898 - Conveyance of a Park Road property
  From Bird & Pippard to Caroline White via mortgagee John Vincent

• 1908 - Indenture (Mortgage Agreement)
  Between William Tucker's executors and Catherine Elizabeth Thorne

• 1912 - Indenture (Sale of Land)
  Sale of Higher Shen's Ryalls and Lower Shen's Ryalls to the Corporation

• 1914 - Will of Richard Taylor
  Master Butcher of Court Ash (Written 1914, Proved 1914)

• 1919 - Indenture (Sale of Property)
  Sale of Brunswick Villa, Brunswick Street

• 1936 - Will of Dr Charles Marsh
  Physician & Surgeon   (Written 1936, Codicil 1936, Proved 1940)

 

Total documents = 427, including wills = 373