Appendix 1.

Wills and Inventories belonging to the townsmen of Cropredy [Gibson J.S.W. "Index to Wills Proved in the Peculiar Court of Banbury 1542-1858." Oxfordshire Record Society. Vol. 40.1959].The year beginning in January.

Site	Mth & Year	Name	Occupation	Will Reference
	of Probate			MS.Wills Oxon
?	7.1547	John Orledge		179.246
[12]	1.1548	Hew Page	Husb.	179.266
[14]	4.1551	Wm. Lambert	Husb.	180.54
[28]	4.1551	Rycd Howse	Husb.	180.53
[32]	4.1551	Wm.Carter	Husb.	180.92
[14?]	3.1558	Jn.Toms		183.255
[9]	6.1559	Thos Howes	Husb.	183.216
[14]	6.1559	Eliz. Lambert	Husb.	183.249
?	6.1559	Thos.Messelden		183.234
[26]	6.1559.	Richd Robins	Husb.	183.230
[35]	6.1559	Gill Walser	Husb.	183.248
[25]	4.1563	Wm.Gybbs	Husb.	184.76
?	8.1563	Wm.Pullie		184.100
[16]	6.1565	Robt.Hunt	Husb.	184.318
[14]	6.1566	Richd.Lambert	Husb.	184.213

Site	Month &	Name	Occupation	Inv.	Date	Reference
	Yr.of Inv.			£----s---d	Will	MS.Wills Pec.
[?25]	1.1577	Eliz.Gybs	Husb.	47-12-06	1577	39/2/3
[32]	2.1578	Richd.Rede	Husb.	21-18-06	1577	50/1/1
[?41]	4.1578	Wm.Gullyvor		-3-16-00		39/2/2
[47]	4.1578	Ema Bryans		-1-00-00	1578	32/4/3
[8]	5.1578	Ralph Nuberry	Husb.	166-14-2	1578	47/1/1
[9]	5.1578	Eliz.Howes	Husb.	23-13-10	1578	41/1/3
[26]	2.1579	Johan Robins	Husb.	32-12-09	1578	50/1/4
[58]	2.1579	Thos.Brown	Whittawer	13-18-00	1579	32/4/6
[4]	8.1580	John French	Husb.	20-00-00	1580	38/3/4
[24]	4.1580	Avis Gardner	Servant	---14-09	1580	39/2/8
[13]	11.1582	Henry Wallsall	Labr.?	-9-02-00		54/1/6
[4]	4.1587	Joane French	Husb.	14-03-04	1587	38/3/5
[16]	10.1587	John Hunt	Husb.	114-11-10	1587	41/1/9
[34]	11.1592	Rychd.Hanwell	Husb.	30-07-00		41/1/18
[28]	9.1592	Rychd.Howse	Husb.	55-04-02	1592	41/1/16
[31]	11.1592	John Kynd	Husb.	33-10-00	1592	44/3/4
[3]	3.1594	Wd.A.Devotion	Husb.	-6-15-00	1593	36/3/4
[51]	12.1595	Fabian Smythe	Miller	36-16-06		50/5/16
[21]	4.1596	Rand.Holloway	Student	65-10-10	1596	41/1/26
?	6.1596	John Kendall			1596	44/3/5
[52]	4.1597	Wd.Denys Hurst		-6-17-04	1597	41/1/28
[31]	3.1598	Alyce Kynd	Husb.	10-04-05	1598	44/3/6
[23]	3.1599	Wm.Vaghans	Yeoman	31-10-05	1599	53/5/1
[24]	2.1601	Richd.Howse	Husb.	26-07-06	1601	41/1/34
[9]	11.1601	Wm.Howse	Husb.	60+	1601	41/1/35
[1]	10.1601	John Palmer	Miller	54-00-04	1602	48/1/14
[34]	10.1602	Rychd.Watts	Husb.	92-02-00	1602	54/1/20
[4]	9.1602	John French	Husb.	13-00-00	1602	38/3/10
[26]	12.1603	Robt.Robins	Husb.	156-05-00	1604	50/1/11
[?1]	5.1605	Jn.Palmer	Miller	18-14-00		48/1/17
[15]	6.1607	Thos.Toms	Husb.	37-14-02	1607	52/3/14
[15]	1.1609	Joane Toms	Husb.	21-18-10	1609	52/3/18
[21]		Wd.Eliz.Gardner			1609	39/3/10
[32]		Wm.Reade	Husb.		1609	51/1/17
[16]	4.1609	Just.Hunt	Husb.	272-01-10	1609	41/2/4
[28]	5.1609	Alice Howse	Husb.	124-01-08	1609	41/2/3
[24]	9.1609	John Pratt	Husb.	103-00-00	1609	48/1/25
[28]	6.1609	Fremund Denzie	Husb.	15-00-10	1609	36/3/18
[58]	1.1610	Jhon Pare	Collarmaker	11-05-06	1610	48/1/29
[60]	9.1611	Ellen Rose	Husb.	-4-15-02	1611	50/1/20
[51]	12.1613	John Crosse	Miller	74-04-08	1614	34/4/18
[33]	2.1614	John Trusse	Shepherd	25-18-07	1614	52/3/27
[42]	3.1616	Thos.Sutton	Tailor	16-17-00	1616	51/1/14
[27]	3.1616	Wm.Watts	Weaver	51-11-04	1616	54/2/2
[4]	2.1617	Thos.French	Husb.	57+	1617	38/4/2
[35]	2.1617	John Hentlowe		45?-00-00	1617	41/2/32
[49]	6.1617	Thos Coxe	Labr.	11-09-00		34/4/24
[25]		John Gybbs	Husb.		1617	39/3/21
[50]	12.1619	John Sheeler	Shepherd	35-06-01	1620	51/1/28
?	...1621	John Fyfylde		-1-09-08		38/4/6
[27]	4.1622	Ann Watts	Weaver	-9-09-00	1621	54/2/23
[21]		Wd.E.Holloway	Gent.		1623	41/2/48
[29]	8.1623	Wm.Lyllee	Husb.	21-12-04	1623	45/1/23
[34]	4.1624	Wd.Ann Watts	Husb.	-4-05-02	1624	54/2/32
[34]	4.1624	Arthur Watts	Husb.	16-11-00		54/2/33
[56]	9.1624	Wm.Wood	Labr.	11-10-04		54/2/34
[38]	3.1625	Thos.Elderson	Carpenter	18-19-06	1624	37/4/6
[55]	5.1625	Ed.Bokingham	Labr.		1621	32/5/13
[26]	1.1626	Wd.Joane Robins	Husb.	65-03-06	1626	50/2/12
[13]	5.1627	Wd.Ellin Bicke		-5-17-00	1627	33/1/1
[8]	5.1627	Nich.Woodroof	Gent.	181-06-06	1628	54/2/46
[25]	8.1628	Wd.A.Batchelor		27-13-00	1628	33/1/6
[60]	10.1628	John Suffolke	Husb.	c37-14-11		51/2/5
[45]	11.1628	WalterRawlins	Shoemaker	-5-02-07	1628	50/2/14
[25]	5.1629	Thos.Gybbs	Husb.	220-18-06	1629	39/4/7
[18]	12.1630	Thos. Matcham	Tailor	14-09-04	1630	45/2/4
[40]	9.1630	James Ladd	Labr.	-4-00-00		45/1/27
[39]	9.1630	Ed.Tanner	Mercer	96-04-04	1630	52/4/6
[14]	3.1631	Ed.Lumberd	Husb.	c108	1631	45/2/1
[20]	8.1631	Wm.Hill	Baker	-3-14-04		41/3/16
[3]	5.1631	Thos. Devotion	Husb.	27-01-04	1631	36/4/15
[26]	6.1631	Robt. Robins	Yeoman	343-19-04	1631	50/2/17
[59]	10.1631	Thos. Palmer	Labr.	30-05-10	1631	48/2/23
[44]	1.1632	Charles Allen	Husb.	23-13-04		32/1/33
[4]	4.1632	Thos. French	Husb.	87-16-02	1632	38/4/11
[34]	3.1634	Richd. Hall	Yeoman	196-05-00	1634	41/3/31
[33]	2.1634	John Truss	Shepherd	128-05-00	1634	52/4/15
[48]	3.1634	Richd. Norman		-5-19-10	1634	47/2/2
[3]	10.1634	Emm Devotion	Husb.	44-02-02	1634	36/4/16
[59]	6.1634	John Palmer	Labr.	30-01-06	1634	48/2/28
[30]	2.1635	Wm.Cathell	Husb.	45-15-02		35/1/2
[31]	4.1635	Thos.Wyatt	Blacksmith	141-14-00	1635	54/3/29
[14]	10.1635	Ed.Lumberd	Husb.	97-06-10	1635	45/2/8
[43]	10.1636	Thos. Fendrie		20-01-08	1637	38/4/15
[48]	4.1637	Thos. Hudson	Thatcher	-7-17-06		41/3/38
[15]	5.1637	Wm.Toms	Husb.	11-11-10	1637	52/4/22
[29]	...1639	John Hall	Yeoman	26-04-08	1640	41/3/49
[2]	12.1639	John Lucas	Carpenter	22-04-04	1640	45/2/13
[50?]	4.1640	F.Cartwright	Gent.	-4-06-08		35/1/15
[9]	3.1641	Sol. Howse	Shepherd	?112	1641	41/3/50

[An apology: The reference number for inventories without wills had to be put in with the Wills column due to lack of space].

Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) in London [from a list kindly extracted by J.S.W.Gibson]:

Site	Name	Occupation	Year	Reference
[6]	John French	Husb.	1595	PCC 86 Scott 56
[6]	Anthony Hall	Husb.	1599	PCC 94 Kidd 58
[13]	John Russell	Blacksmith	1600	PCC 98 Woodhall 42
[13]	Richd. Terry	Weaver	1603	PCC 105 Haynes 14
[60]	Wm.Rose	Yeoman	1602	PCC 100 Montague 71
?	Wd.Eliz. Arnett		1606	PCC 78 Hudleston
[?31]	Wm.Berry		1608	PCC 38 Windlebank
[28]	Thos.Howse	Husb.	1614	PCC 70
[50]	Arthur Coldwell	Gent.	1617	PCC 135 Sloane 22
[21]	Thos. Holloway	Vicar	1619	PCC 117 Parker
[8]	Robt.Woodrose	Gent.	1625	PCC 147 Clarke 131
[8]	Wd.D.Woodrose		1632	PCC 165 Seager 25
[?50]	Robt.Whettell	Labr.	1639	PCC 180 Harvey 82
[8]	Wd.M.Woodrose		1639	PCC 181 Harvey 157
[?6]	Robt.Cleaver	Yeoman	1639	PCC Harvey 185
[16]	John Hunt	Yeoman	1641	PCC 186 Evelyn 95
	Thos.Lee (Clattercote)	Gent.	1572	PCC Draper 23

The Cropredy Ecclesiastical Court records were edited by Sidney A Peyton {Peyton Sidney A. ed "Oxfordshire Peculiars" Oxfordshire Record Society Vol 10. 1928. Oxon. Archd. papers, Oxon b.52: Cropredy 152-183]. The date for each court was not always clear in the original record. Using the Cropredy registers and Holloway's Easter Oblation lists the following dates have been found to give the approximate year for the following court's (using their Court reference Number):