Wills are listed alphabetically
Surnames are listed alphabetically at the top of each page with an alphabetical list of all surnames mentioned in the wills.
Note: A yard-land varies in area in different districts, being 15, 20, 24, 30, and sometimes 40 acres.- stryck = a bushel.
A Selion was a small piece of arable Land broken into ridges and furrows. - a noble, gold coin = 6s. 8d.
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It may be remarked here that a will was usually proved in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury,
and not in the Diocesan Court, when the testator left property in more than one diocese.
There is no doubt that about the time Sir Baptist Hicks took Campden in hand things had got into a
parlous state in the borough, and it was very much decayed. Its wool trade had almost if not quite, gone, there were
few monied residents, practically no merchants, and but a few yeomen (82). Hemp growing, apart from agriculture and the
small wool trade, was almost the only industry. -Percy Rushen 1911
Wills from the 1911 book: The History and Antiquities of Chipping Campden - by Percy C. Rushen, and from donations by genealogists researching their families in this parish.(any information in Percy's works found not to be totally accurate)
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