There are eight surviving wills but only two of these have inventories.
Only three wills and one inventory survive for this period. None were tenants of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. They were presumably subtenants.
Five of the eight people for whom probate records survive in this period were copyholders of Corpus Christi College, Oxford properties.
In the 17th century Amesbury was an important centre for the manufacture of clay pipes, quality of its products became famous far beyond the local
Thursday market was granted in 1219 & 1252 to the lord of Amesbury manor, Saturday market in 1317 to Amesbury priory, Wednesday market in 1614
The town was held by Brictric, a Saxon in 1086 after his father had held it at the conquest of William the conqueror in 1066.
In 1604, James I disposed of the manor of Bishop's Cleeve, which had been held by the Crown since the dissolution, to two London merchants, Peter V
There are seven wills and nine inventories for this period including the will and inventory of the major freeholder, John Sumner and the copyholder
Seven wills and four inventories survive for this period.
Five wills and eight inventories survive for this period.
