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The following have been extracted from various Probate publications,
and principally relate to the surname of POWDITCH (together with variations on its spelling;
e.g. PODISHE, POODYCHE, POWDICH)
At the end of this page is a key to the Source material consulted
(Any other Will or Administration [Admon] 'discovered' will be added here as soon as possible)
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
|
PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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(1453)
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WILL
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POTTES
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William
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Sizewell
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(1453)
R1/101
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
|
FIRST
NAME(S)
|
OCCUPATION
|
PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1460
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WILL
(Probate
Only)
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POWDICHE
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?John
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Outwell
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25 Grey
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
|
PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1467
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WILL
(Proved
2 Nov
1467)
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POLEDYCH
(or
POWDYCH)
|
John
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Emneth
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VC 2:23
1467
(Folio 23)
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1468
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WILL
(Proved
25 Jul
1468)
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POWDYCH
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John
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Emneth
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VC 2:33
1468
(Folio 33)
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1471
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WILL
(Proved
5 Feb
1471)
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POWDYCH
(or
POWDYTH)
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Joan
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Wife of John
of Wisbech
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Wisbech
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VC 2:91
1471
(Folio 110)
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1477
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WILL
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PODDYS
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Wm.
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Tysschelee,
St. Mary
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??
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1490
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WILL
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PARDICH
(or
POWDICH)
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Peter
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Owtewell
[sic; Outwell]
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44 Miller?
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1495
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WILL
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POWDICH
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Robert
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Lynne
Byshopp
[sic;
Bishop's
(later, King's)
Lynn
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21 Vox
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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| 1500 † |
WILL
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POWDYCH
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John
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Wisbeach
[sic;
Wisbech]
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folio 23 regr
F. at
Canterbury
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1501
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WILL
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PODICHE
(PODYCHE,
PODYCH)
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Margery
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"Wiff of
Thomas of
Norwich"
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??
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1504
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WILL
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POWDICHE
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Roger
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Welney,
nr. Upwell
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4 Bulwer
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1504
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WILL
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POWDYCHE
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Richard
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South Lynn
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19 Holgrave
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1509
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WILL
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POWDICH
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John
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Wysebeche
[sic;
Wisbech]
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21 Bennett
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1512
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WILL
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POWDICHE
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John
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Upwell
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238
Sparhawk
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1528
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WILL
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PODYCH
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John
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Upwell
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75
Brokehole
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1536
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WILL
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PODYCHE
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Robert
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Doddington
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VC 10:48
1536
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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[1539]
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WILL
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POODYCHE
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John
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Brewer
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Wisbech
bd. St.Peter,
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VC 9:260
1539]
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1539
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WILL
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POWDECHE
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Simon
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Emneth
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VC 10: 166
1539
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1545
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WILL
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POWDYCHE
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Robert
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Outwell
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162
Manclerke
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1546
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WILL
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PODICHE
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James
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Emnethe
[sic;
Emneth]
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8 Alen
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1549
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WILL
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POWDYCHE
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John
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Outwell
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367 Hynde
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1559
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WILL
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PODISHE
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Agnes
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Wid[ow]
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Sutton
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VC 13:54
1559
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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WILL
(dated 1590)
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APOWDICH
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James
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Morston
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1613
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WILL
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PORRAGE
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Thomas
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Glover
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Ipswich
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1613.
R46/92
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1615
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WILL
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POWDITCH
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Robert
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Elm
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GV 21:111
1616 1615
Acc
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1618
(Proved)
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WILL
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APOWDITCH
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Robert
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Morston
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1631
(Proved)
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WILL (dated 1623)
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POWDIDGE
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Ursula
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Morston and
Titchwell
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??
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1636
(Proved)
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WILL
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POWDITCH
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William
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Yeoman
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Morston
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??
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YEAR
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WILL or ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
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COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1636 (Proved)
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WILL
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POWDITCHE
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Richard
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Morston
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
|
PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
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REF
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1654
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WILL
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POWDICH
|
James
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Yeoman
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Morston
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1654
Folio 271
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
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REF
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1652/3
(Proved
9 Oct 1652/3
by Relict,
Elizabeth,
and son
James)
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WILL
(dated
4 Feb 1652/3)
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POWDICH
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James
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Morston
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1654
(Proved)
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WILL
(dated
4 Feb 1652/3)
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POWDICH
|
James
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Yeoman
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Morston
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Folio 271
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YEAR
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WILL or ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
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REF
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1661
(Proved)
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WILL
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POWDICH
|
John
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Morston
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
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REF
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1688
(Proved)
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WILL
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POWDICH
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James
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Morston
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W 151
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
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SOURCE
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REF
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1707
(Proved)
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ADMON
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POWDISH
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Richard
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Morston
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A 61
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
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PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
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REF
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1708
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Probate
Account
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POWDICH
|
Richard
|
Mariner
|
Morston
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Probate Accounts
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ANW/23/8/51a
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
|
FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
|
PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
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REF
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1715-6
(Proved)
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WILL
(dated 1715)
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POWDICK
(or
POWDICH)
|
Thomas
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North
Creake
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W 13 132
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
|
PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
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REF
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1717-8
(Proved)
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WILL
(dated 1713)
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POWDICH
|
John
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|
Creake
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W 61 306
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST
NAME(S)
|
OCCUPATION
|
PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
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REF
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1722
(Proved)
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WILL
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POWDITCH
|
John
|
Mariner
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Wells-next-
the-Sea
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??
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YEAR
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WILL or ADMON
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SURNAME
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FIRST NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
|
PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
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REF
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WILL
(dated 1732)
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POWDICH
|
James
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Morston
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
|
FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
|
PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
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REF
|
1735
(Proved)
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WILL
|
POWDITCH
|
Priscilla
|
Widow
|
Wells-next-
the-Sea
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|
??
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
|
SURNAME
|
FIRST
NAME(S)
|
OCCUPATION
|
PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
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REF
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1742
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WILL
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POUDISH
|
Mary
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Blakeney
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W 79 64
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
|
FIRST
NAME(S)
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OCCUPATION
|
PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
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REF
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1746
(Proved)
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WILL
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POWDITCH
|
James
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Morston
|
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W 65 91
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
|
FIRST
NAME(S)
|
OCCUPATION
|
PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
|
REF
|
1751
(Proved)
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WILL
|
POWDITCH
|
Benjamin
|
|
Morston
|
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W 46 289
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YEAR
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WILL or ADMON
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SURNAME
|
FIRST NAME(S)
|
OCCUPATION
|
PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
|
REF
|
1763
(Proved)
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WILL
|
POWDI(T)CH
|
John
|
|
|
|
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YEAR
|
WILL or
ADMON
|
SURNAME
|
FIRST
NAME(S)
|
OCCUPATION
|
PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
|
REF
|
1771
(Proved)
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WILL
|
POWDICH
|
Alice
|
Widow
|
North
Creake
|
53 Gardiner
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
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SURNAME
|
FIRST
NAME(S)
|
OCCUPATION
|
PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
|
REF
|
1781-4
(Proved)
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ADMON
|
POWDITCH
|
William
|
|
Gresham
|
|
A 124
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YEAR
|
WILL or
ADMON
|
SURNAME
|
FIRST
NAME(S)
|
OCCUPATION
|
PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
|
REF
|
1789
(Proved)
|
ADMON
|
POWDITCH
|
Mary
|
|
Holt
|
|
A 16
|
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YEAR
|
WILL or
ADMON
|
SURNAME
|
FIRST
NAME(S)
|
OCCUPATION
|
PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
|
REF
|
1804
30 Apr
|
WILL
(Proved
14 Aug
1804)
|
POWDITCH
|
Thomas
|
|
Peckham
|
P.R.O.
PROB 11/1413
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YEAR
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WILL or
ADMON
|
SURNAME
|
FIRST
NAME(S)
|
OCCUPATION
|
PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
|
REF
|
1830
|
WILL
(Proved 4
Nov 1839)
|
POWDITCH
|
Grace
|
Spinster
|
Newcastle-
upon-Tyne
|
|
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YEAR
|
WILL or
ADMON
|
SURNAME
|
FIRST
NAME(S)
|
OCCUPATION
|
PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
|
REF
|
1851
(Proved)
|
WILL
|
POWDITCH
|
Thomas
|
Mariner
|
Wells
|
255 Friar
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YEAR
|
WILL or ADMON
|
SURNAME
|
FIRST NAME(s)
|
OCCUPATION
|
PLACE
(Village or Town)
|
COUNTY
|
SOURCE
|
REF
|
1855
|
WILL
|
POWDICH
|
Marianne
|
|
|
Kent
|
(1 Jan 1853 to
31 Dec 1857)
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Note 1 |
ELY C.C. =
(Extracts from the British Record Society, London’s 1995 Publication) "INDEX OF THE PROBATE
RECORDS OF THE CONSISTORY COURT OF
ELY 1449 -1858, PART II: F - P".
(ISBN 0 90 901505 30 7)
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| Note 2 |
C.Arch SFK =
(Extracts from the British Record Society, London’s 1979 Publication) "INDEX OF THE PROBATE
RECORDS OF THE COURT OF THE
ARCHDEACONRY OF SUFFOLK 1444 -1700.
VOLUME II. L - Z." (ISBN 0 90 901505 07 2)
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| Note 3 |
C.C. Norwich =
(Extracts from the Norfolk Record Society, Norfolk’s 1969 Publication) "INDEX of WILLS PROVED in
the CONSISTORY COURT OF NORWICH 1715 -
1818" and now preserved in the NORFOLK
AND NORWICH RECORD OFFICE
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| Note 4 |
C.C. Norwich =
(Extracts from the Norfolk Record Society, Norfolk’s 1969 Publication) "INDEX of WILLS PROVED in
the CONSISTORY COURT OF NORWICH 1819 -
1857" and now preserved in the NORFOLK
AND NORWICH RECORD OFFICE
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| Note 5 |
Norw.Arch Ct =
Norwich Archdeaconry Probate Indexes,
1687-1818 (Copied from Lists at the Norfolk
Record Office)
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| Note 6 |
Norf.Arch Ct =
Norfolk Archdeaconry Probate Indexes,
1687-1818 (Copied from Lists at the Norfolk
Record Office)
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| Note 7 |
Norf.Arch W =
Norfolk Archdeaconry Wills, 1453-1603/4
(Copied from Lists at the Norfolk Record Office)
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| Note 8 |
?Norf.Arch W =
?Norfolk Archdeaconry Wills
(Copied from Lists at the Norfolk Record Office)
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| Note 9 |
PCC ComProb =
Prerogative Consistory Court [of Canterbury]
Commonwealth Probates
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| Note 10 |
C.C. Norwich =
WILLS PROVED in the CONSISTORY COURT
OF NORWICH 1370-1550
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| Note 11 |
Dur Prob Rec =
Durham Probate Records, held at University
of Durham, Dept. of Palaeography and
Diplomatic
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| Note 12 |
P.C.C. =
Prerogative Consistory Court [of Canterbury]
Wills
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| Note 13 |
† Amongst the Records of the Dean and Chapter
of Canterbury is a Volume known as 'F', which
contains some Wills proved in the P.C.C. (i.e.
Prerogative Consistory Court [of Canterbury])
during two vacancies of the see, and not
registered in the volumes 'now preserved at
Somerset House'. Such Wills are included in the
index to Prerogative Consistory Court [of
Canterbury] Wills; 1383-1558
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| Note 14 |
Probate Accounts of England and Wales;
Vol II, K-Z
(London, 1999) ISBN 0 901505 39 0
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| Note 15 |
The notes made by Arthur Campling, being
part of his Norfolk Pedigrees (unpublished)
are held at the Society of Genealogists,
London, and are found under reference;
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| Note A |
NFK (Note A)
NFK = the County of Norfolk, UK
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| Note B |
Cambs (Note B)
Cambs = the County of Cambridgeshire, UK
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| Note C |
Surry (Note C)
Surry [sic] = the County of Surrey, UK
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Probate Records; Pre-1858
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The following have been extracted from various Probate publications,
and principally relate to the surname of POWDITCH (together with variations on its spelling;
e.g. PODISHE, POODYCHE, POWDICH)
At the end of this page is a key to the Source material consulted
(Any other Will or Administration [Admon] 'discovered' will be added here as soon as possible)
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