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Two wills and inventories have been transcribed from this period but also included is the transcription of a will and inventory from a testator in

Extant probate material from this period includes four wills, two of which have inventories attached, and two separate inventories.

One will, one inventory and a will with inventory attached have been transcribed from this period.

Extant probate material from these years includes two wills and three inventories.

Twelve wills and eleven inventories, one court paper survive for this period for the two manors of Upton Grey and Hoddington within the parish of U

Three wills and inventories from this period have survived. All three testators were prosperous farmers, two yeomen and probably one husbandman.

Five wills and four inventories are extant from this period and contain examples of testators who had considerable wealth; goods and property value

The three surviving wills and inventories, all from the 1570s, reflect a mixed agricultural community.

Beaumont Quay and similar landing places along the Essex coast were chiefly used for the export of local agricultural produce to London.

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