These transcripts are by members of the Burford/Henley probate group.
These transcripts are by members of the Burford/Henley probate group. More will be added shortly.
Image: The waterfront south of New Street around 1813, the former Anchor pub in the foreground.
First recorded as Le Herte in 1428-9, the White Hart was Henley's oldest functioning inn until its closure in 1996.
This site will soon contain all Burford wills and inventories for 1500-1699.
When complete this website will contain transcripts of all the wills and inventories for Burford for the period 1500 to 1700.
Above: Simon Wisdom's merchant's mark at 96 High Street (top left), with the date 1578
The Great or Warwick Almshouses, founded 1455-6. (Photo by Mike Hesketh-Roberts, English Heritage)
Sir Lawrence Tanfield (c.1551-1625) was a prominent lawyer and politician who established a country seat at Burford in the 1580s.
In contrast to the houses further east, buildings from here to the end of Sheep Street resulted from 16th- and 17th-century development of what was
