Twenty four wills and 22 inventories survive for this period of people involved in the local farming community and related trades.
Only one will survives for this period, that of John Mulford.
About half of the parish of Old Basing lies on chalk, with the sands and gravels of the Reading beds running through the centre of the village from
Five wills and seven inventories survive for this period including four husbandmen and one yeoman.
Three inventories and one will survive for this period. They include a miller and a soap boiler.
Seven wills and ten inventories survive for this period, reflecting the local farming community and the production of hops.
Six wills and seven inventories survive for this period.
Four wills and six inventories survive for this period.
Three wills and inventories survive for this period, reflecting a mixed farming economy.
The first four wills in this period reveal a traditional Catholic community who left their souls to the Virgin Mary and supported lights to burn in
