Farleigh Wallop Probate Material, 1681-1740
One will survives for the last 20 years of the 17th century. The will of Thomas Fellow of 1738 is included as his bequest to the poor of Cliddesden was the subject of dispute in the late19th century.
These transcriptions have been made from copies of original probate documents supplied by HRO and TNA. Words have been modernized and punctuation added to make reading easier but names have been transcribed as written. Words in italics indicate omissions in the original document which have been added to make sense of the text. Words in square brackets indicate that they have been transcribed as seen but where the meaning is unclear. Farleigh Wallop is described as being in the county of Southampton, the old name for Hampshire.
A glossary is attached of unusual words. Links to the documents are below.
Content derived from research undertaken as part of the Victoria County History project
