Abstracts of Stratford wills, collected by Clarence Hopper,

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`Abstracts of Wills and notes of proceedings in various courts of law [1502-1693] connected with the town of Stratford upon Avon. Collected by Clarence Hopper, 1866.'

At the beginning are tables of the descendants of William Smith, alderman, temp. Edward VI - Elizabeth and Nicholas Lane, with coloured arms of Smith and Lane (ff. 1, 2)

The wills included (with date of probate) are:
- John Bedyll, all Sclatter, 13 March 1502 (f.3)
- John Lampett, 10 July 1502 (f. 4)
- Thomas Handys (with bequests for almshouses), 23 October 1503 (f.5)
- John Samwell, 19 October 1507 (f.6)
- Thomas Attwode, al. Tailour (bequest of oxen to Richard Shakespeare of Snitterfield), 10 May 1544 (f.8)
- Hugh Reynold, 31 October 1556 (f. 9) - Richard Smith, al. Courte, 3 May 1587 (f.10)
- Humphrey Brace, 26 February 1592-3 (f. 11)
- Thomas Taylor, 18 April 1592 (f.12)
- Julyan Smith, al. Courte, 10 June 1593 (f.13)
- John Smith, 4 July 1603 (f. 14)
- Richard Ange, 28 January 1608 (f. 15)
- William Combe, 1 January 1611 (f. 16)
- Edward Stanley, 12 June 1615 (f. 17)
- Anthony Nash, 2 December 1622 (f. 18)
- Francis Smith, 27 May 1625 (f. 19)
- Thomas Lucas, 25 June 1625 (f. 20)
- Thomas Nash, 5 June 1647 (f. 21)
- Edmund Hathaway, 28 January 1648 (f. 22)
- Henry Smith, 18 November 1650 (f. 23)
- Richard Quyney, 3 January 1656 (f. 24)
- Thomas Perrie, 23 June 1659 (f. 25)
- William Hiccox, 21 August 1663 (f. 26)
- Lady Elizabeth Barnard, 4 March 1669/70 (f. 27)
- Joseph Rogers, 28 February 1683 (f. 28)
- Adrian Quiney, 14 August 1693 (f. 29)