The will and four surviving inventories indicate a mixed farming economy of crops, sheep and cattle.
Two wills and four inventories survive for this period, of which the Ansell and Crook families were copyholders of the manor of Steventon.
The three surviving wills and inventories reflect a mixed farming community in which sheep and wheat dominated.
The three wills reflect Catholic practices of praying for the soul.
Wills and inventories survive for Steventon in Hampshire Record Office (HRO) and The National Archives (TNA).
Very few medieval wills are known for Cheltenham.
Many villagers depended for small purchases on travelling salesmen or chapmen who sold personal goods such as gloves, lace, pins, stockings, handk
Blockley was formerly in Worcestershire, and only one inventory is held at Gloucestershire Archives
This set of thirty inventories was transcribed in 2013 by a volunteer at Gloucestershire Archives
This set of eight probate inventories was transcribed in 2013 by a volunteer at Gloucestershire Archives
