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DEVON NAMES - PCC WILLS 1676-1685

Extracted by Jean E. Harris from:

Vol 71 Index Library, British Record Society

For advice on obtaining a copy of a will see the Explanatory Note

1676 Register BENCE	1677 Register HALE	1678 Register REEVE	1679 Register KING
1680 Register BATH	1681 Register NORTH	1682 Register COTTLE	1683 Register DRAX
	1684 Register HARE	1685 Register CANN

NAME	FORENAME	OCCPN/STATUS	PLACE	TYPE/NOTE	YEAR	FOLIO
ABELL	Hugh	grocer	city of Exeter		1680	139
ALLEN	William	mercer	Plymouth		1681	157
AMERY	John		Burlescombe		1678	73
ANDREWS	Elias	shipwright	Stoke Fleming		1681	157
			(d. overseas)
ARUNDELL	Benjamin	merchant	city of Exeter		1681	20
ARUNDELL	George	Esq	Spreycombe		1682	80
ASHFORD	Roger		Plymouth		1680	p 115
				will registered 96 Bruce (1664)
AXE	Edward		Collompton	Sentence	1680	179
AYSHFORD	Edward	draper	city of Exeter		1678	120
BABINGTON	Richard	clerk	Sydbury		1683	12
BADCOCK	George	mercer	South Molton		1676	127
BAKER	Clement	clothier	Hawkchurch, Dorset		1676	10
BAKER	Henry,	gent	Culmestocke		1677	82
BAKER	John,	gent	Peyhembury		1681	179
			(d. St Martin-in-Fields, Mdx)
BALE	Paul	fuller	city of Exeter		1678	61
BARNES	Gabriel	merchant	Honiton		1680	71 & 88
				Sentence	1680	181
BARNES	Gabriel		Inner Temple (d. Colliton)		1685	131
				(admon/will d.b.n. 11 Mar 1698)
BARNES	Joshua	mar	Dartmouth		1681	104
BARTLETT	Susanna,	wid.	city of Exeter		1679	14
BARTLETT	Thomas	husb.	Membury		1677	13
				Sentence	1679	99
BASS	George	shipwright	city of Exeter		1683	136
			(d. overseas)
BASTARD	Otho	grocer	city of Exeter		1684	37

BAWDON	Daniel [signs BOWDON]	son of Thomas BAWDON			1677	113
			late of Whitestone, Devon
BEARD	Philip	merchant	city of Exeter		1684	98
				(admon/will d.b.n. Feb 1684/5)	1685	p 22
BENDALL	Lewis,	bach., marriner	Washfield		1682	2
			(d. in ship "Hampshire" at sea)
BENDING	Richard	yeo	Plymtree		1682	145
BENNETT	John	blacksmith	Plymouth		1677	13
BENNETT	John the elder,	gent	Alesbeare		1680	104
BIRDALL	Thomas,	gent	St Thomas the Apostle		1683	12
			[St Thomas the Apostle, Exeter]
BISHOP	Elizabeth,	spr	Uffculme		1677	112
BLACKALLER	John		St Mary Ottery	Sentence	1679	97
BLACKALLER	Thomas		Churston Ferris		1681	no p.
				will registered 108 Ruthen (1657)
			[Churston Ferrers]
BLAGDON	Edward,	gent	Washfield		1676	12
BLAMPINE	Anne,	spr	Gittesham		1683	102
BODLEY	William	merchant	city of Exeter		1679	44
BOGAN	Walter the elder		Gatcomb, Little Hempston		1677	13
BOGAN	William	Esq	Gatcombe		1681	16
				Sentence	1681	155
				(admon. expired & will prd 4 Oct 1688)
			[Little Hempston]
BONNY see BUNNEY
BOONE	John	Esq	Mount Boone		1683	147
			[Dartmouth]	Sentence	1684	173
BOONE	Thomas	Esq	Mount Boone, Townstall		1680	71
			[Dartmouth]	Sentence	1680	180
BORDMAN	John	chapman	Manchester, Lancs		1684	141
			(d. city of Exeter; 2nd grant Dec 1684)
BOUND	William,	gent	Uphemston		1681	162
			(St Sepulchre, Lond;
			d. in city of Tangier)
			[?Little Hempston]
BOVETT	Alexander	clothworker	city of Lond.		1682	31
			(St John the Evangelist; d. in Tiverton, Devon)
				admon/will	1681/2	Mar
				further grant	1683	p. 37
BOWDITCH	Bernard	yeo	Thorncomb		1677	124
BOWDITCH	Joane,	relict of Robert BOWDITCH,	Axminster, Wilts		1680	55
			[recorded @ index as Wilts BUT shld be Devon
			- see Robert BOWDITCH PCC will 1680 Fol 2]
BOWDITCH	John	yeo	Westhay, Hawkchurch, Dor.		1683	92
BOWDITCH	Robert		Beere-hall, Axminster		1680	2
BRADLEY	Thomas		Exeter		1683	31
			(d. at sea)
				probate revoked & pvd July following
BRAGG	Joane,	wid	Thorncombe		1685	3
BRAGGE	Michaell	white clothier	Thorncombe		1684	2
BRAGGE	William		Vicar of Thorncombe		1680	90
BRAIN	John,	gent	Yarcomb		1683	81
				Sentence	1683	151
BRISTOLL	----,	bach., mariner	Tinmouth		1680	16
			(d. in ship "Dover", at sea)
			[Teignmouth]
BROAD	Edward	woolen draper	South Moulton		1685	31
BROCAS	Abisha	bookseller	city of Exon (Exeter)		1678	73
BROOKE	George,	gent	Bampton		1685	147
BROOKING	Alice,	wid.	city of Exon		1681	158
			[Exeter]
BROOKING	Ann,	wid.	Totnes		1677	p 23
				will registered 43 Eure (1672
BROOKING	Thomas the elder	merchant	Totnes		1677	29
BRUEN	William, junr.	merchant	(Taunton-Deane Lane)		1676	149
			[city of Exeter, merchant]
BRUEN	William,	senr	city of Exeter		1676 p169
				will proved May 1675
BRYNE als GROVE	John		Axminster (Wilts)		1680	146
BRYNE	Walter		Brendone		1685	31
BUCKNALL	William,	bach, mariner	Berre		1680	44
			(d. overseas)
			[?Seaton & Beer]
BUDGELL	Eustace (junr)	Esq	Inner Temple, Lond.		1681	104
			(d. St Thomas Apostle, Devon)
			[St Thomas the Apostle, Exeter]
BUDGELL	Eustace (senr)	gent	St Thomas Apostle		1681	105
			[St Thomas the Apostle, Exeter]
BULLEY	John	mariner	Dartmouth		1680	35
			(d. overseas)
BUNNY als BONNY	Samuel,	bach, serge maker	Plymouth		1685	130
			(d. at sea)
BUNSTON	Thomas,	gent	Colyton		1681	18
				Sentence	1681	153
BURY	Arthur	esq	Coleton	Sentence	1676	76
			[Colyton]
BURY	Samuel,	gent	Plympton Morris		1678	92
			[Plympton Maurice]
BYNES	Edward	clerk	Pyworthy		1683	67

CABELL	Richard		Brooke	will registered 7 Eure (1672)	1678	p 31
CALMADGE	Josiah (Josias)	Esq	Langdon, Wenbury		1683	148
				Sentence	1684	180
CARPENTER Edward		yeo	Cramer, Broadhembury		1676	100
CARTHEW	John	clothier	Washfield		1683	68
CARY	George	priest, Dean of	Exeter, D.D.		1681	161
CARY	Sir George,	kt	Clovelly		1685	18
CARY	Sir Robert,	kt	Clovelly		1676	109
CASTELL	William		Reading, Berks		1679	157
				Sentence	1670	101
			(d. Barnstaple, Devon)
CEELY	George	merchant	Plymouth		1684	70
CEELY	John	merchant	Plymouth		1683	102
CHAMPEROWNE	Alice,	wid.	Dartington		1682	68
CHAMPNEYS	John	Esq	Yearnescombe		1682	31
			[Yarnescombe]
CHAPPLE	Jeremiah	taylor	Dalwood, Dorset		1685	55
CHARD	Thomas		Anliscombe		1676	120
			[Awliscombe]
CHATTEY	Priscilla,	wid.	Tiverton		1680	92
				Sentence	1680	182
CHATTEY	Robert, junr.	mercer	Tiverton		1679	15
				(admon/will d.b.n. Nov 1687))
CHATTEY	Robert	mercer	Tyverton		1679	82
CHEEKE	John		Holy Trinity, Exeter	Sentence	1679	101
CHEEKE	John	merchant	city & county of Exeter		1679	157
				(?registered again fo 175)
CHICHESTER	Sir John,	bart	Roulston, Devon		1680	114
			(d. Seale, Kent)
CHUBB	Nicholas,	junryeo	Alfonn, Chardstock, Dorset		1679	157
CHURLEY	Nicholas	clothier	Culmestock [Cullumstocke]		1681	88
CLARKE	Christopher	merchant	city of Exeter		1679	15
CLARKE	Edward	yeo	Cotleigh		1683	122
CLARKE	Faith,	wid.	Halberton		1684	13
CLARKE	Grace,	wid	Cotleigh		1683	122
CLARKE	Thomas	esq	Halberton		1685	118
CLODE	Thomas	yeo	Hemyock		1676	128
CLOTTERBROOKE	John		Will, Idford		1679	157
CLUTTERBUCK	James	woolmerchant	city of Exeter		1684	70
				(admon/will Sept 1685 d.b.n.
				P.A.B. 1685 p142)
COATES	Elizabeth,	spr	Lynton		1681	42
COCKE	Roger	clothier	Tiverton		1679	105

CODNOR	John		Kingskerswell		1683	p. 81
				will registered 44 Hele (1626)
CODNOR	Michael		Tiverton		1684	70
COGAN	John,	gent	Tiverton		1680	92
COGAN	John	yeo	Chardstock, Dorset		1683	111
COLEMAN	William		Plymouth		1682	32
			(d. at sea, overseas)
COLLIER	Mary,	spr	Revellstocke		1679	55
COLMAN	George	miller	Membury		1680	3
COOKE	Nicholas		Barnstaple		1677	p 44
				will registered 90 Carr (1667)
COOKENEY	Thomas	taylor	Haychurch, Dorset		1678	94
			[Hawkchurch]
CORNISH	Joseph	mariner	Plymouth		1678	94
CORY	Sibilla,	wid.	Holsworthy		1681	22
CORYTON	Sir John,	bart	(West Newton Ferrers, Corn. bur)
					1680	161
			[Newton Ferrers, Devon]
COTTON	Edward,	senr.	Archdeacon of Totnes		1683	p22
				will registered 2 Essex (1648)
COURTENEY	James,	Esq	Tavistock		1678	139
CRAMPORNE see TROUTE
CROKER	Hugh,	gent	Plymouth		1679	145
CROSSING	John	clothier	Ipplepen		1681	105
CROSSING	Richard	Esq	city of Exeter		1683	82
CUPPER	John		Barley		1681	p 98
			will registered 300 Wootton (1652)
			[Barley House, nr Exeter]
DARE	Richard	butcher	Dollwood, Dorset		1682	96
			[Dalwood]
DARE	Thomas		Dallwood, Dorset		1683	p. 120
				("vacat quia non sigillat")
DARKE	John	thetcher	Stockland, Dorset		1681	42
DARKE	John	yeo	Coliton		1685	84
			[Colyton]
DAVID als DAVY	Jenkin		East Lincomb, Som	Sentence	1678	150
			(later of Snal, Som.; d. Clehanger, Devon)
				Nuncupative & Sentence	1679	100
DAVID als DAVY	Jenkin,	bach	Blackford, Som.		1681	90
			(d. Clehanger, Som. (sic))
			[Clayhanger, Devon]
DAVIE	Sir John,	bart	Creedy		1678	109
			[Sandford]
DAVY als WHEELER	Richard	yeo	Widworthy		1680	43
DAVY	William		Stockland, Dorset		1677	38
DEERING	Priscilla,	wid.	Plymouth		1679	56
DENE		Richard	Frithel Stoake		1681	p. 82
			[Frithelstoke]
				will registered 139 Coke (1669)
DENHAM	John,	gent	Tiverton		1684	145
DENHAM als DUNHAM als DUNING	Thomas		Topsham		1681	42
DENNIS	Gertrude,	wid.	late of Orleigh		1683	82
			(d. at Taploe, Bucks)
			[Orleigh nr Bideford]
DENNIS	Thomas,	gent	Ilfare Combe		1684	88
			[Ilfracombe]	Sentence	1684	176
DERBY	William	apothecary	Honyton		1682	117
DEVONISH	William	yeo	Buckerell		1681	140
DONKYEN see DUNKING
DOWDNEY	Henry	yeo	Upculme		1681	105
			[Uffculme]
DOWNE	Hannah,	wid	Eaton [Exeter]		1681	89
DOWNE	Mark	clerk	city of Exeter		1680	138
				(admon/will d.b.n. Sept 1682;
				P.A.B. p127)
DOWSE	William,	bach	St Giles in the Fields, Mdx		1677	90
				and	1678	3
				Sentence	1677	111
			(d. in ship "President" at sea
			(or at Bampton))
				revoked & new grant	1677/8	Jan
DRAKE	Helen,	wid.	Wiscombe		1678	31
			[Wiscombe Place (nr Colyton)]
				Sentence	1681	149
DREWE	Francis	esq	Broadhembury		1676	3
DROPE see ROOPE
DUNKING als DONKYEN	Thomas	seaman	Plymouth		1681	106, 180
				Sentence	1681	156
			(d. in ship "Johanna" overseas, bach)
DUNHAM see DENHAM
DUNING see DENHAM
DURANT	Thomas	merchant	Plymouth		1679	58
DYER	George	beer brewer	Plymouth		1681	57
EASTCOTT	Thomas	mariner	Tinmouth		1680	18
			[Teignmouth]
EASTMOND	James,	bach	Lymston		1676	p. 96
			(d. in ship "Armes of Holland" Jamaica)
			will registered 46 May (1661), vide Cal.

EDY(E)	John,	gent	St Thomas the Apostle		1684	89
			[St Thomas the Apostle, Exeter]
ELFORD	Samuel	woollen-draper	Lond.		1679	3
			(d. Plymouth, Devon)
ETHERIDGE	John,	gent	city of Exeter	(by decree)	1685	4
EVANS	Thomas	schoolmaster	Eastogwell		1680	78
EVENS	Morgan		Clehanger, Diocese of Exon		1676	3
			[Clayhanger]
FARRAND	Richard	minister	Musbury		1681	106
FARTHINGE	John	merchant	Stoke Damerell		1679	69
			near Plymouth, Devon
FELL		John	Plymouth	Sentence	1677	107
FLAY	Thomas,	gent	Chaldon, Collumpton		1679	58
FORARD	Richard		Tawstock		1685	57
FORD		Sir Henry, kt	Nutwell		1685	85
			[Woodbury]
FORD	John	clerk	Dartington		1679	31
FORTESCUE	Sir Edmund		Fallapitt Magna		1683	p 81
				will registered 18 Hene (1668)
			[East Allington]
FORTESCUE	Robert,	Esq	Filleigh		1676	112
				Sentence	1676	84
FORTESCUE	William	esq	Buckland Filleigh		1680	116
FORTISCU	Sir Sandis,	bart	Fallapitt		1684	15
				(admon/will d.b.n. Oct 1709)
			[East Allington]
FOWELL	Dame Elizabeth,	wid.	Fowlescomb		1678	3
			(bur. Ugborough, Devon)
			[Fowlescombe House, Ugborough]
FOWELL	Sir John,	bart	Fowlescombe		1677	136
				(double probate Jan 1677/8
				P.A.B. 1678 p8)
				Sentence	1677	109
				Codicil & Sentence	1678	155
				Codicil & Sentence	1679	100
				Codicils	1681	128
			[Fowlescombe House, Ugborough]
FOWLER	Ralph	clothier	Cullumpton		1676	152
FOWNES	John,	senr	Whitley		1682	p. 89
				will registered 112 Duke (1671)
FOWNES	Richard,	gent	Ugborough		1680	163
				(will registered again)	1683	83
				new grant July 1683;
				admon d.b.n. Oct 1683

FOXWELL	Phipip		city of Exeter		1678	p. 81
				will registered 523 Ruthen (1657)
FREKE	Richard	grocer	city of Exeter		1682	56
FRENCH	Walter the elder,	baker	Plymouth		1683	19
GARRETT	Samuel,	gent	Totnes		1679	160
				admon/will d.b.n.	1686	Dec
GAYLARD	Peter	barber chirugion	Totnes		1683	5
GEY		Richard, bach	Slapton		1680	46
			(bound to sea; d. overseas)
GIBBS	Joh	grocer	city of Exeter		1678	13
GILBERD	John,	gent	Grays Inn, Mdx		1679	171
			(d. Gabriel, Devon)
				Sentence	1679	97
			Stoke Gabriel
GILLARD	John	clothier	Stokenham		1679	107
GLANVILL	John		Plymouth		1685	85
			(d. St Botolph, Aldergate, Lond.)
GLASS	John	esq	Oburrow [Bowcom]		1685	72
			(d. St Clement Danes, Mdx)
GORGES	Thomas	esq	Cockington		1676	p. 88
				will registered 45 Duke (1671)
GOSWILL	---	clothier	city of Exeter		1679	116
GRILLS	William		Tavestocke		1676	p88
				will registered 126 Ruthen (1657)
GROVE see BRYNE
GUBBS	John,	Esq	Cleeve		1678	56
				Sentence	1678	153
			[Cleve (House) nr Exeter]
GULLY	Samuel,	gent	Leigh, High-Bickington		1681	26
HAINE	John	merchant	Dartmouth		1684	75
				admon/will d.b.n.	1708/9
HALL	Elizabeth,	wid.	Withecombe Rawleigh		1685	120
HALS	Edmund	doctor of physick	Plymouth		1680	79
HALSEY	James	mariner	Plymouth		1676	50
			(d. at sea)
HARNOR als TURNER	John	yeo	Yarcombe		1685	78
HARVEY	Joseph	turner	Rokey, Membury		1684	163
HARWARD	Richard	yeo	Plymtree		1685	106
HAWKER	James	clothier	Luppitt		1683	57
HAWKINS	Richard,	gent	now of Plymouth		1677	39
			(formerly of the Island of Barbados)
HELE	Sir Samuel,	bart	Fleet Damerell		1676	111
				Sentence	1676	83
			[Flete House, Holbeton - seat of HELE family]
HEIMAN	Sarah,	wid.	Bideford		1682	57
HELLINGS	George the elder	clothier	Culmestocke		1681	108
HESKETT	John,	gent	city of Exeter		1683	94
HEWET	William		Luppet		1681	164
HICKMAN	Edward	ironmonger	city of Exeter		1685	120
				admon/will d.b.n. Aug 1738
HIERON	Jone,	wid.	Honyton		1685	151
				admon revoked & will pvd 9 Jan 1686
HILL see SPURWAY
HOARE	John	(gent), yeo	Chardstocke, Dorset		1684	92
HOCKMORE	Sir George,	kt	Buckland Baron		1683	p. 22
				will registered 22 Bath (1680)
HOCKMORE	Sir Gregory,	kt	Buckland Baron		1680	22
				new grant	1682/3	Feb
HODDER	John	clerk	Holditch, Thorncombe		1680	130
HODGE	John	mariner	Plimouth		1677	85
			(in ship "Hunter" at sea)
HOLDITCH	Phillip		Exeter		1684	126
		son of Walter HOLDITCH, marchant
			(d. overseas)
HOLE	Mercy,	wid.	Upton Pyne		1677	18
HOL(L)WAY	Mary,	wid.	Dunkeswell		1678	64
				admon/will d.b.n. Aug 1699
HOLMES	Thomas		Colliton		1684 p 140
				will registered 20 Duke (1671)
			[Colyton]
HOOPER	Richard		Barnstaple		1680	60
HOOPER	William		West Allington		1677	p44
				will registered July 1675
HOOPER	William	merchant	city of Exeter		1683	19
HOORE	John	yeo	Membury		1677	18
HORE	Elizabeth,	wid.	Barnstaple		1676	153
HORE	John	Esq	Chagford		1684	76
HORNE	John	merchant	Exon		1680	23
			[Exeter]
HORNEBROOKE	John	armes-painter	city of Exeter		1679	33
HORRELL	Thomas	yeo	Tetcott (end)		1678	32
HORSMAN	Andrew	merchant	Plymouth		1684	91
HORWELL	Thomas,	bach, mariner	St Thomas the Apostle		1681	142
			(d. overseas)
			[St Thomas the Apostle, Exeter]
HORWOOD	Alexander		Barnestaple		1679	p20
					1682	p76
				will registered 175 Brent (1653)
HORWOOD	Alice,	wid.	Barnstaple		1676	153
				new grant Sept 1684, P.A.B. p140
HOUGH	William			formerly of Island of Barbadoes 1679	174
			(now riding in Falmouth Road in
			the island of Antega; d. Plymouth, Devon)
				Sentence	1679	101
HOW	William	beer brewer	Plymouth		1684	90
HUCKLY	Thomas	yeo	Tiverton		1683	125
HULL	John	mariner	Plymouth		1678	141
HURST	Peter	mariner	Hull-well, near Dartmouth		1683	126
			(d. overseas)
HUTCHINSON	Dorothy,	spr	Coliton		1680	60
			[Colyton]
HYNE	Samuel,	gent.	city of Exon		1681	181
				(admon d.b.n. July 1714)
			[Exeter]
ISACK	Nicholas,	esq	city of Exeter		1680	167
				admon d.b.n. Sept 1686
IZACKE	Samuel,	gent	city of Exeter		1682	34
IVATT	Thomas,	gent	Shobrooke		1681	183
JACKMAN	John		Biddiford		1680	p. 74
				will registered 47 May (1661)
JAGOE	Walter	merchant	Dartmouth		1682	148
JAMES	John	clothier	Thorncombe		1682	133
JEFFEROY	John	mariner	Plymouth		1679	47
			(d. overseas)
JEFFERY	Elizabeth,	wid.	Barnstaple		1685	22
JENKIN	Thomas	mariner	Fremington		1682	19
JEWELL	Edward,	bach, mariner	Barnstaple		1679	5
			(H.M.S. "Newcastle' frigate - now in
			St Thomas Hospital, Southwark;
			d. overseas)
JOHNSON	John	yeo	Tavestock (Tawstock)		1679	144
			[?Tawstock OR Tavistock]
JOHNSON	Margaret,	wid.	Tavestocke		1682	85
			[?Tavistock]
JONES	George	shipwright	Plymouth		1676	19
JOPE		Joan	Plymouth		1684	43
KELLAND	John	Esq	Paignsford		1679	174
				Sentence	1679	100
			[Mansion @ Ashprington]
KELLAND	Richard,	gent	city of Exeter		1685	90
			(d. St Dunstan in the West, Lond.)
KELLIGREW	Robert	clothier	Totnes		1682	148
KINGDON	Robert,	bach, mariner	late of Dartmouth		1682	110
			now of Ratcliffe, Stepney, Mdx
			(d. abroad)
KINNICOTT	John	mariner	Dartmouth		1681	28
KNIGHT	George	yeo	Yarcombe [Harcombe)		1678	100
KNOLLES [KNOWLES]	Robert	mariner bach
			East Badley [Budley]		1679	59
			(d. in Jamaica)
KNOTT	Thomas the elder	yeo	Cuckford, Stockland, Dor.		1685	6
KNOWLING	George	goldsmith	city of Exeter		1676	19
LADD	Edward	marryner	Sidmouth		1685	152
LANE	John	merchant	Tiverton		1681	46
LANGBERRIE	Roger	mariner	Newton Bushell		1680	97
			(d at sea)
			[in Parish of Highweek (Newton Abbot)]
LEARE	Sir Peter,	bart	Lyndridge, Bishops Teington		1684	135
				Sentence	1683 155, 156
			[Bishopsteignton]
LEAY	Jeremiah	merchant	Bishops Tanton		1683	115
			[Bishops Tawton]
LEE	William,	gent	Winslade, Clist St George		1679	59
LEIGH	Thomas		Tiverton		1683	p. 23
				will registered 136 Bruce (1664)
LISKUM	Mary,	wid	Bideford		1679	162
LOVERING	John	Vicar of	Thornecombe		1684	103
LUDLOE	John	searge maker	city of Exeter		1681	75
MALLACK	Roger,	senr esq	city of Exeter		1682	p. 142
				will registered 195 Brent (1653)
MALLACK	Roger,	junr, esq	Cockington		1682 p. 143
				will registered 333 Ruthen (1657)
MA(R)THAW	Thomas	husb	Northley		1684	79
			[Northleigh]
MARTIN	John	merchant	city of Exeter		1685	p72
				admon d.b.n.
				will registered 24 Penn (1670)
MARTYN	John	merchant	Cockington		1676	21
MARTYN	Joseph	D.C.L.	city of Exeter		1677	78
MARWOOD	John,	gent	Honiton		1685	153
				Sentence	1685	165
MATHEW	John,	senr	Rockbeere		1676	p. 71
				will registered 87 Fines (1647)
MAUND	Mary,	wid.	city of Exeter (St Mary)		1684	165
MAWDITT	Isaac	esq. alderman,	city of Exeter		1685	122
MAY	Agnes,	wid.	late of Bradninch, Devon		1684	115
			now of Dalwood, Dorset
MAY	Christopher the elder	mercer	South Moulton		1680	62
MAY	Thomas,	gent	Halberton		1681	132
				further grant	1688	Oct
MAYNE	John	merchant	city of Exeter		1680	83
MAYOW	Thomas	M.D.	city of Exeter		1682	35
				admon d.b. April 1682 p60
MELHUISH	Alexander	clothier	Uffculme		1681	76
MICHELL	Roger	husb	Uffculme		1679	72
MILLER	Thomas	clothworker	Axminster		1676	21
MITCHELL	John	tayler	Stockland, Dorset		1680	49
MI(T)CHELL	Nicholas,	gent	Gittesham		1676	131
				another grant Feb 1682 p30
MOLFORD	John	Esq	Garleford, Bishops Nimpton		1678	101
MOONE	George	mariner	Frimington		1680	151
			(d. Virginia)	Sentence	1680	181
			[Fremington]
MORICE	Sir William,	bart	Wenington		1677	77
			[Werrington]
MORSE	Jane,	wid.	Morebath		1678	6
MORSE	William	yeo	Morebath		1677	51
NEWBERRY	Richard	yeo	Thorne, Dalwood, Dorset		1679	164
NEWELL	John, senr.	clerke	Parracombe		1682	60
				further grant Feb	1683	p23
NEWMAN	Thomas	merchant	Dartmouth		1681	169
				2nd grant	1683 May p 66
NEWTE	Henry,	gent	Tiverton		1676	p 88
				will registered 55 Duke (1671)
NEWTE	Richard the elder	clerk	Tiverton		1678	101
NICHOLLS	John,	widower	Great Torrington		1676	68
NORISH	Philip	clothier	Culmestocke		1676	123
NORMAN	John	husb	Hockworthy		1678	50
NORTH	Joshua	clerke	Churchtaunton		1685	75
NORTHCOTT	Arthur,	esq	Uton		1681	96
			[Crediton]
NORTHCOTT	Sir John,	bart	Hayne, Newton St Cires		1676	155
NORTHCOTT	John	esq	Uton		1680	8
			[Crediton]
NORTHSWORTHY	John	fuller	city of Exeter		1685	60
NUBALL	Jane,	spr dau of Richard NUBALL late of Barbados, gent.
					1680	62
			Barbados; d. par of Charles, Plymouth
NUTCOMBE	Richjard,	gent	Nutcombe, Clehanger		1681	8
			[Clayhanger]
OLAND	John	yeo	Morebath		1677	78
OSBORNE	Thomas		Uplime		1680	152
PALFRY	Richard	mercer	Ottery St Mary		1685	124
PALMER	Mary,	spr	Kingston		1677	34
PARKER	Richard the elder	marriner	Dartmouth		1676	54
PARRETT	Prudence the younger,	spr	Tiverton		1679	24
PATE	Robert,	gent.	Cowick, St Thomas the Apostle
					1681	31
			[St Thomas the Apostle, Exeter]
PAYNE	Millicent,	wid.	Bridgewater, Som.		1685	113
			(d. Plymouth, Devon)
PEARSE	John	yeo	Membury		1679	90
PEARSEY	James	mariner	Kingsteynton		1678	131
			(d. overseas, bach)
PEIRCE	George	clerke	Tiverton		1679	147
PERRY	Robert	yeo	Uppotery		1681	122
PINNEY	Nicholas	yeo	Hawkchurch, Dorset		1684	116
PINSENT	Humphrey,	gent	Chudleigh		1680	171
PIPPING	John	clothier	Tiverton		1678	78
PLUMLEIGH	William		Dartmouth		1685	p. 113
				admon d.b.n.will regd 146 Essex (1648)
POLLARD	Ann			North Pool, South Pool	1681	144
				admon d.b. Oct	1687
POLLARD	Sarah,	wid.	Langley, High Bickington		1677	101
			d. St Martin-in-the-Fields, Mdx
				new grant	1679 Mar p 39
				Sentence	1679	95
POWELL	Thomas	merchant	Plymouth		1677	119
POWELL	Thomas	lynnen draper	Great Torrington		1681	133
PRAKE see SPRAKE
PRINCE	William	yeo	Yarcombe		1678	144
PRING	John		Auliscombe		1677	78
PROWSE	George	grocer	city of Exeter		1684	33
PROUZE	Susannah,	spr	Crediton		1678	6
PRUST	Anne,	wid	Yarnscombe		1681	186
PULLMAN	George	mariner	Kenn		1681	61
			(ship "Faucon" at sea)
PYM	John	merchant	city of Exeter		1681	48
PYNE	Malachy	merchant	city of Exeter		1684	46
QUICKE	Mark		Clayhidon		1681	78
QUICKE	Mathew	searge weaver	Stockland, Dorset		1677	8
RAYMOND	Francis		Hawkchurch, Dorset		1681	172
REED	John	fuller	city of Exeter		1680	121
REEPE	Philip	apothecary	city of Exeter		1685	63
REYNELL	William	mariner	Totnis		1680	50
			(d. in ship "Globe" at sea)
RICHARDS	Walter	fuller	St Thomas the Apostle		1682	9
			[St Thomas the Apostle, Exeter]
ROCHE	Thomas		Plymouth		1676	144
			now residing Lond.
RODD	James	esq	Bedford House, city of Exeter
					1678	59
				Sentence	1678	154
ROOPE als DROPE	Anthony,	gent	Wall Fleet,		1680	127
			near Dartmouth (d. at sea)
ROOPE	Nicholas	esq	Stoake Fleminge		1682	23
ROSIER	Lewes,	gent	Swymbridge		1676	144
ROUPE	Joan		Plymouth		1679	p
				will registered 172 Carr (1667)
ROWE	John	merchant	Plymouth		1679	165
SALTER	Charles,	bach	Lemtre		1678	8
				(sometime of Plymtree, Devon)
			(d. Brentwood, Essex)
SANDER	William	yeo	Whimpell		1682	24
SARGENT	Mary,	wid	Plimouth		1676	95
SAWLE	Mary		(d. Plymouth, Devon)		1679	26
		wife of Richard SAULE (sic) of Lanesticke, Corn., gent decd.
SCOTT	John	husb	Litcott, Highbray		1682	24
SERLE	Bartholomew	yeo	Colyton		1677	54
SEARLE	Edward the younger	clothier	Cullumstock		1682	90
SEARLE	Frances,	wid.	Colyton		1684	34
SEARLE	James	yeo	Dartington		1677	54
SEARLE	Nicholas,	gent	Bellamarsh, Kingsteinton		1685	76
SEAWARD	John	yeo	Coply (Uplime)		1683	62
SELDON	Sisley,	wid.	Barnestaple		1685	93
SERLE	John,	gent	Buckarell		1676	24
SERLE	Samuel,	gent.	Honiton		1683	62
SERLE	Welthian,	wid.	Honiton		1679	25
SHAPCOTT	Thomasine,	wid.	city of Exeter		1684	130
SHAUE [SHAVE]	John	clothier	Thor(n)combe		1678	8
SKELETON	Dame Bridgett,	relict of Sir John SKELETON, kt			1681	134
			[Plymouth, Devon]
SKYNNER	Alexander		Chittlehampton		1681	p 99
				will registered 164 Pye (1673)
SLADE	William	brewer	city of Exeter		1677	54
SMITH	James senr.	inholder	Honiton		1678	69
SOMMERS	Roger	fuller	St John's Bow, city of Exeter		1678	132
SOPER	William		Marlton		1680	30
			[Marldon, nr Paignton]
SOUTHCOTT	William	Esq	Munkton		1679	92
			late of Mohuns Ottery
			[Mohuns Ottery -farmhouse in Lupitt]
SOUTHEY	Thomas	clothier	Burlescombe		1680	172
SOWTON	Stephen,	gent	Maryhey (Marytavy)		1679	37
SPARK	John	dyer	St Edmund, Exeter		1676	95
SPERROTT	Sir John	kt	Thornebury		1681	p. 69
				will registered 138 Twisse (1646)
SPRAKE als PRAKE	Edward,	gent	Churchingford		1684	152
SPURWAY als HILL	Richard		Tiverton		1676	p 6
				will registered 1 Audley (1632)
STAFFORD	Hugh, senr.,	gent	Dowland	(two wills)	1676	24
STANINBOUGH	Margaret		Coliton		1684	82
			[Colyton]
STAPLE	John	physitian	Ottery St Mary		1685	63
STARR	John	grocer	city of Exeter		1683	131
				admon d.b.n. June 1714
STAWELL	Hugh	Esq	Herebeare		1677	103
STOCKER	Thomas,	bach	Halberton		1681	63
STONE	Richard	cloathier	Cullompton		1681	35
STONE	Thomas	marriner	Plymouth		1683	118
			(d. overseas)
STREET	Grace,	spr	Widworthy		1683	49
STRONG	William,	senr.yeo	Smallridge, Axminster		1683	131
STURGENT	John		Darmoham		1681	173
			(H.M.S. "Nonsuch"; d. overseas)
			[Tormoham]
SIMMONS	Nathaniel	mariner	Barnstaple		1682	9
			(d. in ship "Hampshire")
TACK	Thomas	merchant	city of Exeter		1685	12
				expired admon/will d.b.n. 6 Nov 1696
TACK(E)	Joan,	wid.	city of Exeter		1676	125
TANCOCK	William,	bach, mariner	Plymouth		1685	49
			(d. in ship "Jacob" at sea)
TERRY	John,	gent	Pehembury		1683	64
			[Payhembury]
THOMAS	Francis,	gent	Holcombe Regis		1680	173
				admon/will d.b.n.1681	p. 125
THOMAS	Sarah,	wid.	Stodescombe, Plymstock		1685	126
THOMSON	Francis		Woodford, Essex		1678	39
			(d. city of Exeter)
THORNE	John	yeo	Marwood		1680	89
				(Jan 1680/1) P.A.B. 1681 no fo.
				Sentence	1681	150
THORNE	Nathaniel	clothyer	Tiverton		1683	143
TILLARD	Isaac	merchant	Plymouth		1685	143
TILLARD	William	merchant	Tottnes		1684	83
TISSARD	Robert	sheppard	Seaton		1676	125
TOMS	William	mariner	Topsham		1681	113
			(d. Virginia overseas, bach)

TOWSON	John	marriner	Plymouth		1681	136
			(d. in ship "Saphire' at sea, bach)
TRATT	William the elder	yeo	Yarcombe		1682	38
TRESCOTT	Richard	marriner	Plymouth		1680	122
			(d. East Indies)
TRIPE	Nicholas	goldsmith	city of Exeter		1685	126
TROSSE	Peter esq		Farringdon		1682	151
TROUTE als CRAMPORNE	Katherine,	wid.	Plymouth		1677	42
TROW	John	clothier	Tiverton		1681	51
TRUMP	Richard	mariner	Topsham		1677	35
			(d. St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Surrey)
TUCKER	Caleb	marriner	High Bickerton		1683	89
			(d. overseas)
TUCKER	Henry	marriner	Tatins (Totnes)		1682	151
			(d. overseas, bach)
TUCKER	Joshua	Archdeacon of	Barnstable, Devon		1679	150
TUCKER	William	mariner	city of Exeter		1682	38
			(d. in ship "Faucon" at sea)
TUCKFIELD	John		Fulford		1685	29
			[Fulford Park,Shobrooke, seat of TUCKFIELD family]
TUCKFIELD	Joseph	merchant	city of Exeter		1683	89
TUCKFIELD	Walter		Fulford, Exeter		1685	29
			Fulford Park,Shobrooke, seat of TUCKFIELD family]
TURNER see HARNOR
TURNER	Zacharie	blacksmith	Yarcombe		1684	35
TURTLY	Adam	merchant	Plimouth		1680	157
VAUGHAN	John	Esq	Otterie St Mary		1684	119
VENNING	Joane		Buckland Brewer		1678	104
VENNING	Joane,	wid.	Torbrian		1681	37
				expired & new grant	1684 June p88
VENNING	Philip	merchant	Buckland Brewer		1678	29
				2nd grant Nov.
VENTON	Joseph	mercer	Dartmouth		1679	136
				admon/will d.b..n Apr 1691
VERRYARD	Ellis the elder	phisisian	Plymtree		1681	52
VINSON	Richard	merchant	Plymouth		1684	49
VINTON	Robert	yeo	Newton, Tavistock		1676	35
WAAD	Jonathan,	gent	Topsham		1676	157
WADLAND	John	merchant	Bideford		1681	38
WAKELY	John	clerke	Holditch, Thornecombe		1679	28
WALTER	Henry	clothier	Silverton		1678	19
WALTER	Henry	Esq	Ashberry		1685	1
			[Ashbury]

WARREN	Richard	yeo	Halberton		1680	111
				new grant June 1691
WARREN	Robert	barber	city of Exeter		1682	50
WARREN	William	yeo	Bow als Nimstracey		1681	52
WARRING	John,	bach	Armington		1682	143
			(d. at sea)
WARRY	William,	gent	Chardstocke, Dorset		1684	66
WASSLEY	Edmund		Stockland, Dorset		1682	39
WATSON	Eleanor,	wid.	Collompton		1678	148
WEBBE	John,	gent	city of Exeter		1676	116
				Sentence	1676	82
WEBBER	John,	senr	Tiverton		1676	p. 89
				will registered 32 Carr (1667)
WEBBER	Richard	yeo	Halberton		1678	19
WEDGEWOOD	John,	bach	Colmestocke (Calvestocke)		1679	123
			[Culmstock]
WERE	John,	gent	Prescot		1683	108
			[hamlet of Culmestock]
WHEELER see DAVY
WHEELER	Christopher	merchant	Dartmouth		1678	71
				admon/will d.b.n. May 1681 p70
WHEELER	Lawrence		Dartmouth		1681	153
				will registered 102 Laud (1662)
WHEELER	Thomas	merchant	Dartmouth		1681	82
WHITE	John,	gent	Coleridge		1682	143
			(St Andrew, Holborn, Midx)
WHITEBURNE	Elizabeth	spr	St Paul, city of Exeter		1683	78
WHITEWAY	Samuel		Alger		1684	97
			(Totnes, Devon; d.at Algiers)
WILKES	William,	gent	Ernsettle		1681	189
WILKEY	Thomas	mariner	St Paul, Shadwell, Mdx		1681	52
			late of Plymouth, Devon
			(d. in ship "African' (frigate) at sea)
WILKINS	Edward	plate-worker	Coliton		1678	134
			[Colyton]
WILLING	Thomas,	bach	Plimouth		1676	8
			(d. St Clement Danes, Mdx)
WILLS	Thomas	mariner	Lower Shadwell, Stephey, Mdx		1683	78
			(d. Beares Ferryes, Devon)
			[Beer Ferrers]
WISE	Sir Edward	K.B.	Sidenham		1676	115
			Maristowe	Sentence	1676	79
			[Sydenham House, Marystowe nr Tavistock]

WOLLATON	Robert the younger,	bach, marriner	Totnes		1684	107
			(d. Cabo Coso Castle (Cape Coast Castle)
			in Guinea)
WOOD	Henry	fuller	city of Exeter		1684	65
WOOD	William	clothier	Tiverton		1684	84
WOOLLAND	George		Hollicombe Rogus		1680	174
WRIGHT	Thomas		Hevitree		1678	148
WYSE	Henry,	bach	Mallaga	merchant	1676	27
			(native of Totnes, England)
YARD	Gilbert,	gent	Ottery St Mary		1679	170
				Sentence	1679	102
YEAB	George	yeo	Aveton Gifford		1678	55
YEABSLEY	Thomas	merchant	Plymouth		1684	85
YEO	Elizabeth,	wid	city of Exeter		1676	27
YEO	John	merchant	Exeter		1683	119
YONGE	Robert	esq	Colliton		1684	67
			[Colyton]

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DEVON NAMES - PCC WILLS 1676-1685

Extracted by Jean E. Harris from:

Vol 71 Index Library, British Record Society

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