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This index includes all the wills 1492-1857 proved at the Chester diocesan consistory court and now held at the Cheshire Record Office. It brings together the supra wills (for estates of 40 pounds and over), the infra wills (less than 40 pounds), the disputed wills and the registered wills, most of which were previously listed separately. These wills cover roughly the old county of Cheshire as it existed prior to 1974.
The index supplies name, abode and occupaton. It also indicates the type of record which survives for the testator, using the following key:
Most wills are supra (WS). Where they are not, eg. infra (WI), contested (WC) or registered (EDA 2), this will be entitled in the column headed 'notes'. Other relevant details will be noted here also.
The Record Office can supply photocopies of the documents listed.
Tip. On some displays you may need to scroll the screen to the right, to see the end columns.
POYNTON, AARON CHESTER YEOMAN 1747 1 POYNTON, ALICE CONGLETON SPINSTER 1635 1 3 POYNTON, ANN CHURCH LAWTON WIDOW 1731 1 3 INFRA POYNTON, EDWARD SMALLWOOD 1646 2 POYNTON, EDWARD NORTHWICH CARPENTER 1770 1 POYNTON, JAMES BIRKENHEAD, OXTON HILL ENGINEER 1848 2 INFRA POYNTON, JOHN CONGLETON INNHOLDER 1725 1 POYNTON, JOHN BROXTON HUSBANDMAN 1735 1 3 INFRA POYNTON, JOSEPH ALDFORD 1719 1 POYNTON, JOSEPH MARBURY 1764 1 POYNTON, MARGARET TRAFFORD HEATH WIDOW 1785 1 INFRA POYNTON, RALPH CONGLETON 1649 2 WC POYNTON, RANDLE CONGLETON 1620 3 POYNTON, RICHARD CONGLETON 1684 3 POYNTON, ROGER CONGLETON GENTLEMAN 1688 1 3 INFRA POYNTON, RUTH TILSTON WIDOW 1729 1 3 INFRA POYNTON, WILLIAM BUNBURY 1617 1 3 POYNTON, WILLIAM KINGSLEY YEOMAN 1635 1 3 POYNTON, WILLIAM CONGLETON COVERLET WEAVER 1661 1 3 INFRA POYNTON, WILLIAM ALDFORD YEOMAN 1676 1 3Alexander Poynton
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