Wills & Inventories 1577-1780
Wills
& Inventories Preserved at the Diocesan Registry, Chester 1577-1607
Barrington, John, of Northwich, Chesh.
W. & I. 1582
Broome, Thomas, of Northwich,
Chesh. a/c 1596
Fox, Robert, of Northwich,
Chesh. Dep. 1605-6
Pover, Roger, of Northwich Inv.,
a/c, &c. 1577
Winnington, Hugh, of Northwich, Chesh.
Dep. 1607
‘Infra’
Wills ie those under £40. Now Preserved in the Probate Registry, Chester,
1590-1665.
Alexander, Elizabeth, of Castle
Northwich Will 1616
Alexander, John, of Castle Northwich
Inv. 1616
Billington, Richd., of Northwich
Will 1641
Edwards, John, of Northwich
Inv. 1616
Gorst, Robert, of Northwich
Inv. 1616
Horton, Roger, of Northwich
Inv. 1616
Pickmere, Thos., of Northwich
Inv. 1616
Supplementary,
of Wills supposed to be lost but now at Chester.
Alsopp, John, of Castle Northwich
Ad. and Inv. (1670)
List
of the Wills Now Preserved in the Probate Court, Chester, From the Year 1681 to
1700 Inclusive.
Ainsworth, Alice, of Witton,
widow 1683
Ainsworth, Laurence, of Witton Admon
with Inv 1687
Amery, John, of Northwich
Admon 1691
Apshall, William, of Northwich,
mercer 1700
Astley, Henry, of Witton 1696
Baguley, John, of
Witton Admon 1695
Biggins, Roger, of Witton
Admon 1686
Bostock, George, of Northwich,
yeoman 1699
Bostock, William, of Northwich
Admon 1683
Bostock, William, of Northwich
Admon 1691
Bromfield, Thomason, of Witton
Admon 1696
Broome, John, of Northwich 1684
Brough, Robert, of Witton,
tanner 1699
Carter, Joan, of Northwich 1684
Cheney, Ralph, of Northwich 1691
Clayton, John, of Witton 1683
Davenport, John, of Witton,
tailor 1699
Dewsbury, George, of Northwich 1683
Eaton, William, of Northwich
Admon with Inv 1697
Frodsham, Peter, of Northwich
Admon 1683
Furnace, George, of Northwich,
husbandman Admon with Inv 1700
Harpur, Edward, of Northwich 1691
Haslegreave, Thomas, of Northwich,
yeoman 1699
Helsby, Ralph, of Northwich,
butcher Admon with Inv 1700
Hodgkinson, Samuel, of Castle
Northwich 1682
Holden, John, of Witton,
yeoman 1698
Houghton, Thomas, of Northwich Admon
with Inv 1683
Jackson, Robert, of Witton, yeoman
Admon 1694
Jeffreys, Nathan, of Northwich 1683
Leftwich, Ralph, of Northwich 1686
Leftwich, Ralph, of Northwich,
gentleman Admon with Inv 1686
Lowe, Lydia, of Northwich,
widow 1700
Massie, Richard, of Northwich
Admon with Inv 1699
Norcott, Mary, of Northwich 1686
Pownall, Ralph, of
Witton 1682
Pownall, William, minor, of Witton
Admon 1690
Simmons, Edmund, of Northwich Admon
with Inv 1681
Twamloe, Margery, of Northwich
Admon 1683
Walton, Richard, of Witton 1690
Brown, Giles, of Witton, webster
Admon with Inv 1688
Church, Richard, of Northwich,
gentleman 1687
Fryer, John, of Northwich
Admon 1687
Lawton, Elizabeth, of Northwich,
widow 1689
Leftwich, Susannah, of Northwich,
widow 1692
Lord, Anne, wife of George Lord,
of Northwich 1687
Maryet, Edward, the elder, of
Witton, gentleman 1688
Parsivall, Ellen, of Northwich Admon
with Inv 1690 See also Percival
Pownall, Margaret, of Witton,
widow 1687
Robinson, George, of Northwich,
yeoman Admon with Inv 1688
Tarbock, Peter, of Witton
Admon 1687
Walton, Robert, of Northwich, co.
Chester, joiner 1693
List
of the Wills Now Preserved in the Probate Court, Chester, From the Year 1701 to
1720 Inclusive.
Angell, Catharine, of Northwich,
widow 1701
Barker, Thomas, of Northwich,
gentleman 1702
Barlow, Charles, of Northwich
Admon with Inv 1701
Barlow, George, of Northwich,
yeoman Admon with Inv 1711
Birkenhead, John, of
Northwich, grocer 1713
Broom, Ottiwell, of Northwich
Admon with Inv 1705
Brown, John, of Witton, paver
Admon with Inv 1720
Cheney, Christian, of Northwich,
widow 1714
Cheney, Thomas, of Northwich,
ironmonger 1708
Dalton, Samuel, of Northwich,
butcher Admon 1710
Eaton, Margery, of Northwich,
widow 1701
Fallows, Joseph, of Northwich Admon
with Inv 1701
Finlow, Thomas, of Northwich,
clerk Admon 1720
Fishwick, John, of Northwich, clerk
Admon with Inv 1719
Fysick, William, of Witton
Admon 1713
Hignett, William, of Witton,
malster Admon 1706
Houghland, Isaac, of Witton Admon
with Inv 1719
Jeffries, John, of Northwich,
butcher Admon 1718
Jeffries, William, of Northwich,
butcher 1707
Key, Sarah, of Northwich,
spinster Admon 1716
Low, John, junior, of Northwich
Admon with Inv 1702
Maddock, Laurence, of Castle
Northwich Admon with Inv 1717
Marsden, Christopher, of Witton
Admon 1704
Massey, Peter, of Northwich 1710
Mearick, Abraham, of Northwich,
ironmonger Admon 1708
Neild, Margery, of Witton
Admon 1707
Neild, Thomas, of Northwich,
gentleman 1706
Neild, Thomas, of Witton,
yeoman 1720
Pownall, Robert, of Witton, yeoman
Admon 1710
Rowland, William, of Northwich,
sadler Admon with Inv 1711
Shelton, William, of Witton,
gentleman 1714
Stubbs, George, of Northwich Admon
with Inv 1702
Woodgate, Stephen, of Witton Admon with Inv 1711
List of the Wills Now Preserved in the Probate Court, Chester, From the
Year 1741 to 1760 Inclusive.
Ainsworth, George, of Witton,
weaver 1753
Ainsworth, Humphrey, of Witton,
weaver 1760
Ainsworth, Thomas, of Witton,
yeoman 1757
Antrobus, Walter, of Northwich,
apothecary Admon 1757
Astley, James, of Witton,
husbandman Admon 1747
Bagaley, William, of Northwich,
jersey comber 1747
Baggaley, Ann, of Witton, widow 1760
Barker, William, of Northwich,
mercer Admon and Inv 1746
Barrow, Edward, of Northwich,
merchant 1746
Barrow, Ralph, of Northwich,
gentleman 1754
Barrow, Thomas, of Northwich,
apothecary Admon 1745
Broome, John, of Northwich,
nailor 1749
Broome, John, of Witton,
yeoman 1749
Brown, Thomas, of Northwich,
woollen draper Admon 1746
Cheney, James, of Northwich,
gentleman Admon 1749
Dale, Thomas, of Witton, gentleman
Admon 1752
Ditchfield, William, of Northwich,
cordwainer Admon 1747
Eachus, George, of Northwich,
apothecary 1752
Eaton, Peter, of Witton,
gentleman Admon 1746
Ford, Stephen, of Northwich,
merchant 1746
Gorst, Thomas, of Northwich,
butcher 1760
Harrop, James, of Northwich, linen
draper Admon 1750
Houghton, Jeffrey, of Northwich 1742
Hunt, John, of Northwich,
gentleman Admon 1752
Jeffreys, Samuel, of Northwich,
butcher 1752
Kennedy, John, of Northwich,
innkeeper Admon 1746
Kinsey, Strettel, senior, late of
Witton, yeoman 1755
Latham, Samuel,
of Northwich, whitesmith Admon 1748
Livesey, Robert, of Northwich,
esquire Admon 1746
Maddock, John, of Castle Northwich,
maltster 1744
Maddock, Robert, of Witton,
husbandman Admon 1758
Metcalfe, Samuel, of Northwich,
grocer Admon 1753
See
also Medcalfe
Miller, Samuel, of Northwich,
cordwainer Admon 1747
Moore, Ann, of Northwich,
spinster 1756
Moss, Abraham, of Castle
Northwich, tallow chandler Admon 1744
Moss, William, of Castle
Northwich, tallow chandler 1750
Paynter, William, of Witton,
rockgetter Admon 1753
Pike, John, late of Witton
Admon 1741 and 1742
Poole, John, of Northwich,
woollen draper Admon 1750
Pownall, Mary, of Northwich,
spinster 1751
Priestner, John, of Witton, near Northwich,
gentleman 1758
Simner, Richard, of Northwich,
bricklayer 1752
See
also Sumner
Southworth, James, of Witton in
Blackburn, weaver Admon 1753
Steele, Thomas, of Northwich,
chandler 1759
Sumner, John, of Northwich,
yeoman 1755
Vernon, Jonadab, of Northwich,
gentleman 1752
Wharton, John, of Northwich,
butcher 1759
Worrall, Ann, of Witton, widow Admon 1753
Wright, Samuel, of Northwich,
clockmaker 1757
Maddock, John, of Castle Northwich,
maltster Admon 1749
Acton, Samuel, of Witton, barber
Admon. 1778
Allen, William, of Witton, sail
maker 1779
Andrews, Richard, of Northwich,
innkeeper Admon. 1762
Antrobus, John, of Northwich,
joiner 1771
Ashton, John, of Northwich,
flatman 1773
Bagguley, William, of Witton,
tanner 1761
Baldwin, Percivall, of Witton,
gentleman 1762
Barnes, Betty, of Northwich,
milliner Admon. 1776
Barrow, John, of Northwich 1777
Barrow, Jonadab, of Northwich, but
late of Colchester, gentleman 1771
Barrow, Ralph, of Nantwich, or
Northwich, gentleman 1765
Barrow, Thomas, of Northwich,
gentleman 1765
Barton, George, of Northwich,
Breeches maker 1764
Beswick, Richard, of Northwich,
flatman Admon. 1774
Bird, Richard, of Witton,
yeoman 1765
Birkenhead, John, of Witton, innkeeper
Admon. 1764
Blinston, Jonathon, of Northwich,
gentleman 1761
Boardman, Ann, of Witton, widow 1775
Boardman, Edward, of Witton, parish
of Blackburn, yeoman 1767
Brayne, Jonathan, of Northwich,
gentleman Admon. 1767
Briarcliffe, Christopher, of Witton,
carrier Admon. 1765
Broome, Ann, of Northwich,
widow 1765
Broome, Eleanor, of Witton,
widow 1766
Bullock, Sarah, of Northwich, widow
Admon. 1774
Carter, John, of Witton, surgeon
Admon. 1778
Cheney, Sarah, of Northwich, widow
Admon. 1767
Cook, Samuel, the younger, of
Witton, sadler Admon. 1772
Crimes, John, of
Northwich, husbandman Admon. 1769
Crowder, Mary, of Witton
Admon. 1772
Dale, George, of Witton,
brazier 1762
Davies, the Revd Thomas, of
Northwich, clerk Admon. 1768
Davies, Revd. Thomas, of
Northwich, clerk Admon. 1772
Dean, Sarah, of Northwich,
widow 1774
Eachus, George, of Northwich,
apothecary 1770
Edge, Samuel, of Witton, draper
Admon. 1762
Fluitt, Benjamin, of Northwich,
surgeon Admon. 1762
Formosson, John Peter, of Northwich,
merchant 1765
Forrester, William, of Witton,
glazier 1766
Forster, John, of Witton
Admon. 1778
Green, William, of Northwich,
innkeeper 1761
Hallawell, Elizabeth, of Northwich,
widow 1778
Hallawell, Thomas, of Northwich,
innkeeper 1778
Hassall, John, of Northwich,
watchman 1765
Hayward, William, of Northwich,
grocer Admon. 1770
Higginson, Ann, of Northwich,
widow 1776
Higginson, Samuel, of Hartford,
chapelry of Witton 1770
Hine, Philip, of Northwich,
labourer Admon. 1771
Hodson, John, of Witton, plumber
and glazier Admon. 1771
Holland, John, of Witton, ship
carpenter Admon. 1780
Hughes, Thomas, of Witton cum
Twanbrooks, rock gatherer Admon. 1768
Hunt, John, of Castle Northwich,
merchant 1764
Hyde, Heath, of Northwich, gentleman 1766
Jefferys, Thomas, of Northwich, salt
proprietor 1766
Jeffreys, John, of Northwich,
merchant 1764
Kaye, Thomas, of Northwich,
gentleman 1773
Lamb, Randle,
of Northwich, carpenter 1778
Latham, Thomas, of Northwich,
blacksmith and victualler 1776
Maddock, John, of the Castle of
Northwich, yeoman 1776
Maltus, Charles, of Northwich,
innkeeper 1777
Manley, John, of Witton,
bricklayer Admon. 1780
Marshall, Thomas, of Northwich,
gentleman 1772
Massey, John, of Northwich,
sadler 1770
Moore, Benjamin, of Witton,
carpenter 1776
Mort, Joseph, of Northwich,
gentleman 1768
Mort, Margaret, of Northwich,
widow 1768
Moulton, William, the elder, of
Witton, labourer 1777
Muckalt, Richard, of Northwich,
boat builder 1777
Muckalt, William, of Northwich,
ship carpenter Admon. 1773
Newall, Thomas, of Witton,
tanner 1778
Page, Thomas, of Witton,
yeoman 1778
Percival, George, of Witton,
yeoman 1780
Perry, Richard, of Northwich,
waller 1767
Poole, James, of Northwich,
innkeeper Admon. 1774
Poole, John, of Witton,
yeoman 1771
Poole, Richard, of Witton,
yeoman 1780
Pownall, Robt., of Witton,
gentleman 1780
Poynton, Edward,
of Northwich, carpenter 1770
Pratchett, Mary, of Northwich,
spinster 1768
Roberts, John, of Northwich,
breeches maker Admon. 1773
Rowe, Thomas, of Chapelry of
Witton, a bachelor Admon. 1768
Saxon, John, of Northwich, grocer
Admon. 1762
Sedgwick, James, of Northwich,
malster Admon. 1761
Sharples, Thomas, of Witton,
yeoman 1770
Sheen, Thomas,
of Northwich, ship carpenter Admon.
1765
Skelhorn, Samuel, of Witton, corn
factor Admon. 1770
Smalley, Richard, of Witton,
carrier 1765
Smith, John, of Northwich,
esquire Admon. 1771
Smith, John, of Northwich,
esquire Admon. 1779
Sudlow, Peter, of Witton,
shopkeeper 1778
Sumnor, Richard, of Northwich,
butcher Admon. 1778
Sunderland, Ann, of Northwich,
spinster 1777
Sunderland, Samuel, of Northwich,
mercer 1776
Wallbeoff, Rowland, of Northwich,
officer of salt duties 1763
Walmesley, James, of Witton,
yeoman 1772
Warburton, John, of Witton, gardener
Admon. 1775
Warburton, Thomas, of Northwich,
innkeeper 1780
Wild, William, of Northwich,
victualler Admon. 1780
Wooral, John, of Northwich, baker
Admon. 1769
Ashton, Martha, of Northwich,
widow 1776
Houghton, Mary, of Northwich
Admon. 1776
Wills & Inventories
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