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Wills

Editorial history

29/11/11, CSG: Will directory contains 112 transcribed wills
28/12/11, CSG: Will directory contains 238 transcribed wills

Overview

This page lists Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills and non-inventory probate papers of merchants, lawyers and family members involved commercially or socially with the Oxenden family

Wills to consider adding

B

Caleb Bankes (father of Sir John Banks, a correspondent of Sir George Oxenden)^[1]
Sir John Banks (Sir George Oxenden correspondent)^[2]
William Blake (Sir George Oxenden correspondent)^[3]
- Low probability of a match
Leonard Bushell (ship's captain mentioned in Sir George Oxenden correspondence)^[4]

C

Charles Conyers^[5]
Thomas Crowther (Mentioned by Sir George Oxenden correspondent: ?brother of Sir William Ryder brother-in-law)^[6]

D

Sir John Dethick^[7]

F

William Finch (Sir George Oxenden correspondent)^[8]
Ralph Flyer (Sir George Oxenden correspondent; ?Brother of Edward Flyer, deceased at Gombroone)^[9]
Sir John Fountain (Serjeant-at-law, mentioned in Sir George Oxenden correspondence as providing counsel to William Love et al.)^[10]
Thomas Fox (Sir George Oxenden correspondent)^[11]

G

Nathaniel Goodlad (?Mr. Goodlad, mentioned by a Sir George Oxenden correspondent)^[12]
Richard Goodlad (Mariner, ?kinsman of Lawrence Moyer)^[13]
William Goodlad (uncle of Gervaise Maplesden, who is mentioned by a Sir George Oxenden correspondent)^[14]

H

Samuel Heron (Sir George Oxenden correspondent)^[15]
- Not clear this is the correct will
Anna Hurleston (Widow of Sir George Oxenden correspondent, Captain Nicholas Hurleston)^[16]
Nicholas Hurleston (Second son of Sir George Oxenden correspondent, Captain Nicholas Hurleston)^[17]

J

Sir John Jacob (Sir George Oxenden corresondent)^[18]

L

Sir John Lewis (Sir George Oxenden correspondent)^[19]

M

Edward Maplesden (Captain Maplesden, deceased, mentioned by a Sir George Oxenden correspondent ^[20]
- Possible father of Jervis Maplesden
Jarvis Maplesden (Mentioned by two of Sir George Oxenden correspondents)^[21]
Sir William Morton (Sir George Oxenden correspondent)^[22]

N

Sussana Nurse^[23]
Thomas Nurse^[24]

P

Edmund Porter (?Father of Sir George Oxenden correspondent)^[25]

S

Phillip Scarth (part-owner of Thomas & William with Sir William Ryder, 1650s)^[26]
Nicholas Scrivener^[27]
Sir Abraham Shipman (Sir George Oxenden correspondent)^[28]
Charles Smeaton (?father of Charles Smeaton junior, factor in East Indies; Sir George Oxenden correspondent))[[FootNote(PROB 11/309 Laud 108–162 Will of Charles Smeaton, Mercer of London 09 August 1662; ["29th September 1663, Lewis Gwin, Robert Barbor and Charles Smeaton to Sir GO, Angdeeva"]]]
Thomas Sprigg^[29]
Captain Thomas Stanton (Sir George Oxenden correspondent)^[30]

T

John Tinker (?Captain Tinker, mentioned by a correspondent of Sir George Oxenden)^[31]
Thomas Tomlins (Sir George Oxenden correspondent)^[32]

Inventories & probate papers to consider adding

Susannah Nurse^[33]
Thomas Nurse^[34]

Merchant subscribers

Lawyers

Sir John Churchill will
William Dallison Justice of Common Pleas will
Sir Edmond (Edmund) Hoskins will
John Houghton will
Edward Kelke (junior) will
Dr Edward Master will
James Master will
Francis Raworth will
Robert Raworth will
John Vincent will
Sir Ralph Whitfield will

Family

Tobell Aylmer will
Christopher Boone will
Sir Thomas Chambrelan will
Sir Maximilian Dallison will
Dame Mary Dallison will
Maximillian Dallison will
Elizabeth Dalyson will
William Dalyson of Halling will
Sir Basil Dixwell will
Michael Godfrey will
Mary Hoddesdon will
Dr Edward Master will
James Master will
Sir George Oxenden will
Sir Henry Oxenden will
Sir James Oxenden (senior) will
Sir James Oxenden (junior) will
Richard Oxinden (senior) will
Richard Oxenden (junior) will
Thomas Papillon will

Friends

Sir William Ryder will
Sir George Smith will

Others

Possible secondary sources

Ram, James, A treatise on the exposition of wills of landed property (London, 1827)^[35]

↑ PROB 11/331 Coke 103-166 Will of Caleb Bankes, Gentleman of Maidstone, Kent 09 November 1669
↑ PROB 11/452 Pott 129-167 Will of Sir John Banks of Aylesford, Kent 11 December 1699; 1st April 1663, Letter from John Bankes to Sir GO, London
↑ PROB 11/373 Drax 52-101 Will of William Blake of Lambeth, Surrey 19 July 1683
↑ PROB 11/306 May 158-210 Will of Leonard Bushell, Mariner of Limehouse, Middlesex 10 December 1661
↑ PROB 11/323 Carr 1–58 Will of Charles Conyers, Merchant of City of London 24 April 1667; Sir William Ryder mentioned his death in a letter to Sir George Oxenden dated April 16th, 1667: "M:r Cha:s Conyers died about 10 dies past God fitt us all for o:e end" (16th April 1667, Letter from William Rider to Sir GO, London
↑ PROB 11/308 Laud 53-107 Will of Thomas Crowder or Crowther, Mariner of Stepney, Middlesex 03 June 1662; 22nd August 1667, Letter from William Ryder to Sir GO, Bethnal Green
↑ PROB 11/335 Duke 1-53 Will of Sir John Dethick, Mercer of Tottenham High Cross, Middlesex 06 April 1671
↑ PROB 11/339 Eure 55-107 Will of William Finch, Merchant of London 08 July 1672
↑ PROB 11/379 Cann 1-51 Will of Ralph Flyer, Doctor in Physic of Kings College University of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire 11 February 1685; 20th March 1662/63, Letter from Ralph Flyer to Sir GO, London
↑ PROB 11/336 Duke 54-101 Will of John Fountayne, Serjeant at Law 20 June 1671
↑ PROB 11/339 Eure 55–107 Will of Thomas Fox, Merchant of Camberwell, Surrey 31 July 1672; see 10th April 1667, Letter from Thomas Fox to Sir GO, London
↑ PROB 11/279 Wootton 363-416 Will of Nathaniell Goodlad of Rotherhithe, Surrey 22 July 1658; 25th March 1663, Letter from Nicholas Hurlestone to Sir GO, Redriss
↑ PROB 11/388 Foot 90-132 Will of Richard Goodlad, Commander of the good Ship Adventure 22 October 1687
↑ PROB 11/182 Coventry 1-53 Will of William Goodlad, Mariner of Leigh, Essex 13 March 1640 ; 25th March 1663, Letter from Nicholas Hurlestone to Sir GO, Redriss; 'Chief Commander of the Greenland Fleet' for twenty years, who was also Master of the Trinity House, and who died in 1639 and was buried in Leigh' (?source?)
↑ PROB 11/452 Pott 129-167 Will of Samuell Heron of Saint Margarets Westminster, Middlesex 06 October 1699; 25th March 1663, Letter from Samuel Heron to Sir GO, London
↑ PROB 11/332 Penn Quire Numbers: 1 - 66 Will of Anna Hurleston, Widow of Rotherhithe, Surrey 21 January 1670; see 25th March 1663, Letter from Nicholas Hurlestone to Sir GO, Redriss
↑ PROB 11/333 Penn 67-128 Will of Nicholas Hurleston, Merchant of Rotherhithe, Surrey 15 September 1670; see 25th March 1663, Letter from Nicholas Hurlestone to Sir GO, Redriss
↑ PROB 11/320 Mico 47-91 Will of Sir John Jacob of Bromley, Middlesex 02 April 1666; Customs farmer, corresponded with Sir George Oxenden (1st March 1662/63, Letter from John Jacobs to Sir GO, London)
↑ PROB 11/337 Duke 102-158 Will of Sir John Lewys 01 December 1671; see for example 20th December 1666, Letter from John Lewis to Sir GO, London
↑ PROB 11/163 Russell 1-57 Will of Edward Maplesden, Mariner of Rotherhithe, Surrey 31 May 1633; 26th March 1663, Letter from Thomas Thomlins to Sir GO, St. Leonards Bromley
↑ PROB 11/314 Bruce 49-96 Will of Jarvis Maplesden, Mariner of Rotherhithe, Surrey 13 August 1664, 26th March 1663, Letter from Thomas Thomlins to Sir GO, St. Leonards Bromley; 25th March 1663, Letter from Nicholas Hurlestone to Sir GO, Redriss
↑ PROB 11/342 Pye 53–118 Will of Sir William Morton or Moreton, Justice of Our Sovereign Lord the King 03 March 1674; 25th February 1662/63, Letter from William Morton to Sir GO, Temple, London
↑ PROB 11/361 King 125-176 Will of Susanna Nurse, Widow 02 December 1679
↑ PROB 11/324 Carr 59-116 Will of Thomas Nurse 25 June 1667
↑ PROB 11/334 Penn 129-184 Will of Edmund Porter, Doctor of Divinity and Prebendary of the Cathedral Church of Norwich 14 November 1670
↑ PROB 11/293 Pell 350-399 Will of Phillip Scarth, Merchant Tailor of London 03 June 1659; XXXX
↑ PROB 11/326 Hone 1-57 Will of Nicholas Scrivener or Scrivenor, Merchant of India 03 March 1668; XXXX
↑ PROB 11/317 Hyde 57-107 Will of Sir Abraham Shipman 18 July 1665; see for example 26th December 1662, Letter from Abraham Shipman et al to Sir GO, the Leopard, Angedeiva
↑ PROB 11/359 King 1-65 Will of Thomas Sprigg, Merchant of London 14 January 1679
↑ PROB 11/405 Vere 93-139 Will of Thomas Stanton, Gentleman of Bungay, Suffolk 10 June 1691; 4th October 1667, Letter from Thomas Stanton to Sir GO, London
↑ PROB 11/356 Reeve 1-55 Will of John Tinker of Deptford, Kent 27 April 1678 ; 26th March 1663, Letter from William Rider to Sir GO, London
↑ PROB 11/354 Hale 44-95 Will of Thomas Tomlins of Saint Leonards Bromley, Middlesex 01 May 1677; 26th March 1663, Letter from Thomas Thomlins to Sir GO, St. Leonards Bromley
↑ PROB 20/1927 Nurse, Susanna: 1678; PROB 36/3 Name of deceased: Nurse Susannah St Dunstan in the East, London Case title and other data: Nurse con Nurse 1679
↑ PROB 4/13844 Nurse, Thomas, of St. Andrew, Holborne, London, and the Borough of Leicester Doctor in Phisick 1668 1 Sept. (1667)
↑ James Ram, A treatise on the exposition of wills of landed property (London, 1827)

[1] PROB 11/331 Coke 103-166 Will of Caleb Bankes, Gentleman of Maidstone, Kent 09 November 1669

[2] PROB 11/452 Pott 129-167 Will of Sir John Banks of Aylesford, Kent 11 December 1699; 1st April 1663, Letter from John Bankes to Sir GO, London

[3] PROB 11/373 Drax 52-101 Will of William Blake of Lambeth, Surrey 19 July 1683

[4] PROB 11/306 May 158-210 Will of Leonard Bushell, Mariner of Limehouse, Middlesex 10 December 1661

[5] PROB 11/323 Carr 1–58 Will of Charles Conyers, Merchant of City of London 24 April 1667; Sir William Ryder mentioned his death in a letter to Sir George Oxenden dated April 16th, 1667: "M:r Cha:s Conyers died about 10 dies past God fitt us all for o:e end" (16th April 1667, Letter from William Rider to Sir GO, London

[6] PROB 11/308 Laud 53-107 Will of Thomas Crowder or Crowther, Mariner of Stepney, Middlesex 03 June 1662; 22nd August 1667, Letter from William Ryder to Sir GO, Bethnal Green

[7] PROB 11/335 Duke 1-53 Will of Sir John Dethick, Mercer of Tottenham High Cross, Middlesex 06 April 1671

[8] PROB 11/339 Eure 55-107 Will of William Finch, Merchant of London 08 July 1672

[9] PROB 11/379 Cann 1-51 Will of Ralph Flyer, Doctor in Physic of Kings College University of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire 11 February 1685; 20th March 1662/63, Letter from Ralph Flyer to Sir GO, London

[10] PROB 11/336 Duke 54-101 Will of John Fountayne, Serjeant at Law 20 June 1671

[11] PROB 11/339 Eure 55–107 Will of Thomas Fox, Merchant of Camberwell, Surrey 31 July 1672; see 10th April 1667, Letter from Thomas Fox to Sir GO, London

[12] PROB 11/279 Wootton 363-416 Will of Nathaniell Goodlad of Rotherhithe, Surrey 22 July 1658; 25th March 1663, Letter from Nicholas Hurlestone to Sir GO, Redriss

[13] PROB 11/388 Foot 90-132 Will of Richard Goodlad, Commander of the good Ship Adventure 22 October 1687

[14] PROB 11/182 Coventry 1-53 Will of William Goodlad, Mariner of Leigh, Essex 13 March 1640 ; 25th March 1663, Letter from Nicholas Hurlestone to Sir GO, Redriss; 'Chief Commander of the Greenland Fleet' for twenty years, who was also Master of the Trinity House, and who died in 1639 and was buried in Leigh' (?source?)

[15] PROB 11/452 Pott 129-167 Will of Samuell Heron of Saint Margarets Westminster, Middlesex 06 October 1699; 25th March 1663, Letter from Samuel Heron to Sir GO, London

[16] PROB 11/332 Penn Quire Numbers: 1 - 66 Will of Anna Hurleston, Widow of Rotherhithe, Surrey 21 January 1670; see 25th March 1663, Letter from Nicholas Hurlestone to Sir GO, Redriss

[17] PROB 11/333 Penn 67-128 Will of Nicholas Hurleston, Merchant of Rotherhithe, Surrey 15 September 1670; see 25th March 1663, Letter from Nicholas Hurlestone to Sir GO, Redriss

[18] PROB 11/320 Mico 47-91 Will of Sir John Jacob of Bromley, Middlesex 02 April 1666; Customs farmer, corresponded with Sir George Oxenden (1st March 1662/63, Letter from John Jacobs to Sir GO, London)

[19] PROB 11/337 Duke 102-158 Will of Sir John Lewys 01 December 1671; see for example 20th December 1666, Letter from John Lewis to Sir GO, London

[20] PROB 11/163 Russell 1-57 Will of Edward Maplesden, Mariner of Rotherhithe, Surrey 31 May 1633; 26th March 1663, Letter from Thomas Thomlins to Sir GO, St. Leonards Bromley

[21] PROB 11/314 Bruce 49-96 Will of Jarvis Maplesden, Mariner of Rotherhithe, Surrey 13 August 1664, 26th March 1663, Letter from Thomas Thomlins to Sir GO, St. Leonards Bromley; 25th March 1663, Letter from Nicholas Hurlestone to Sir GO, Redriss

[22] PROB 11/342 Pye 53–118 Will of Sir William Morton or Moreton, Justice of Our Sovereign Lord the King 03 March 1674; 25th February 1662/63, Letter from William Morton to Sir GO, Temple, London

[23] PROB 11/361 King 125-176 Will of Susanna Nurse, Widow 02 December 1679

[24] PROB 11/324 Carr 59-116 Will of Thomas Nurse 25 June 1667

[25] PROB 11/334 Penn 129-184 Will of Edmund Porter, Doctor of Divinity and Prebendary of the Cathedral Church of Norwich 14 November 1670

[26] PROB 11/293 Pell 350-399 Will of Phillip Scarth, Merchant Tailor of London 03 June 1659; XXXX

[27] PROB 11/326 Hone 1-57 Will of Nicholas Scrivener or Scrivenor, Merchant of India 03 March 1668; XXXX

[28] PROB 11/317 Hyde 57-107 Will of Sir Abraham Shipman 18 July 1665; see for example 26th December 1662, Letter from Abraham Shipman et al to Sir GO, the Leopard, Angedeiva

[29] PROB 11/359 King 1-65 Will of Thomas Sprigg, Merchant of London 14 January 1679

[30] PROB 11/405 Vere 93-139 Will of Thomas Stanton, Gentleman of Bungay, Suffolk 10 June 1691; 4th October 1667, Letter from Thomas Stanton to Sir GO, London

[31] PROB 11/356 Reeve 1-55 Will of John Tinker of Deptford, Kent 27 April 1678 ; 26th March 1663, Letter from William Rider to Sir GO, London

[32] PROB 11/354 Hale 44-95 Will of Thomas Tomlins of Saint Leonards Bromley, Middlesex 01 May 1677; 26th March 1663, Letter from Thomas Thomlins to Sir GO, St. Leonards Bromley

[33] PROB 20/1927 Nurse, Susanna: 1678; PROB 36/3 Name of deceased: Nurse Susannah St Dunstan in the East, London Case title and other data: Nurse con Nurse 1679

[34] PROB 4/13844 Nurse, Thomas, of St. Andrew, Holborne, London, and the Borough of Leicester Doctor in Phisick 1668 1 Sept. (1667)

[35] James Ram, A treatise on the exposition of wills of landed property (London, 1827)

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+Edmund Porter (?Father of Sir George Oxenden correspondent)<ref>PROB 11/334 Penn 129-184 Will of Edmund Porter, Doctor of Divinity and Prebendary of the Cathedral Church of Norwich 14 November 1670</ref>
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