NOTE: These lists contain extracts from wills of parishioners of St Saviour
parish. Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC) are held at The National Archives (TNA);
abstracts of these wills were made by us from photocopies of the original register entries (class Prob.11).
Wills proved in the Archdeaconry Court of the Bishop of Winchester are at The London Archives
(TLA, class DW/PA/7); abstracts of these wills are based upon information from abstracts made by
Cliff Webb,
corrected (but by no means exhaustively) by reference to the originals where problems were found.
Literatim forms of surnames are preserved where appropriate.
Uncertain readings are marked with a question-mark. Some names in these lists are of persons
not dwelling in St Saviour parish, but with property interests there. For fuller information
the originals should be consulted.
CAUTION: relationship terms in these wills are often vague.
‘Servant’ can often mean apprentice.
‘Brother’ may mean either a blood relation or a professional one.
‘Brother’ and ‘sister’ often mean brother in law or sister in law.
‘Son in law’ often means stepson.
‘Cousin’ and ‘kinsman’ are used loosely, e.g. ‘my Cozenn John Towne
my second husband Thomas Townes kinseman’, from the will of Ann
Russell. No attempt has been made to clarify these relationships; caveat user.
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