Index to Semley PCC wills (1384 - 1857)
(NB These can be Downloaded as a PDF file ( £3 sterling per will) from the Public Record Office:
Walter
Blanford of Semley, Wilts 5 February 1584 PROB 11/66
John
Burden of Semley, Wilts 25 August
1586 PROB 11/69
Lawrence
Kinge, Yeoman of Semley, Wilts 12 March 1597 PROB 11/89
Nicholas
Gray/Graye of Semley, Wilts 8 July
1597 PROB 11/90
Thomas
Blanford of Semley, Wilts 23 May
1598 PROB 11/91
Thomas
Ellmes of Semley, Wilts 27 June
1599 PROB 11/94
Thomas
Elmes of Semley, Wilts 11 June 1600
PROB 11/96
Ellen
Kinge, Widow of Semley, Wilts 12 October 1602 PROB 11/100
John
Lush/Lushe of Semley, Wilts 23
October 1602 PROB 11/100
Thomas
Gray/Graye of Semley, Wilts 10
November 1602 PROB 11/100
Stephen
Blandford, Husbandman of Semley, Wilts 9 December 1609 PROB 11/114
Thomas
Hascoll, Yeoman of Semley, Wilts 8 April 1612 PROB 11/119
Melior/Meliore
Gouldesborough/Goldeborough Spinster of Semley, Wilts 11 July 1617 PROB 11/130
William
Hascoll, Yeoman of Semley, Wilts 30 December 1619 PROB 11/134
William
Blanford, Yeoman of Semley, Wilts 22 May 1620 PROB 11/135
Richard
Collens, Yeoman of Semley, Wilts 12 January 1622 PROB 11/139
John
Abbott of Semley, Wilts 24 June
1625 PROB 11/146
Edmond
Blandford, Yeoman of Semley, Wilts 17 November 1629 PROB 11/156
Mary
Blanford, Widow of Semley, Wilts 25 October 1633 PROB 11/164
Richard
Edwards of Semley, Wilts 5 July
1639 PROB 11/180
Sarah
Blandford, Spinster of Semley, Wilts 4 November 1640 PROB 11/184
Thomas
Graye, Yeoman of Semley, Wilts 11 May 1653 PROB 11/227
George
Haskole, Yeoman of Semley, Wilts 10 February 1657 PROB 11/261
Nicholas
Hascoll, Yeoman of Semley, Wilts 2 October 1657 PROB 11/268
Jane
Hascoll, Widow of Semley, Wilts 29 June 1658 PROB 11/277
William
Knype, Gentleman of Semley, Wilts 22 June 1672 PROB 11/339
John
Foyle, Gentleman of Semley, Wilts 16 June 1690 PROB
Anne
Foyle, Spinster of Semley, Wilts 28 January 1691 PROB 11/403
Thomas
Blanford, Yeoman of Semley, Wilts 17 October 1694 PROB 11/421
William
Hayward, Yeoman of Semley, Wilts 20 January 1698 PROB 11/443
Thomas
Kuype, Gentleman of Semley, Wilts 19 December 1720 PROB 11/577
George
Knype, Gentleman of Semley, Wilts 17 February 1735 PROB 11/669
John
Knype, Gentleman of Semley, Wilts 25 September 1754 PROB 11/810
John
Mandeville, Gentleman of Semley, Wilts 23 December 1755 PROB 11/819
John
Willesford, Clerk of Semley, Wilts 9 February 1759 PROB 11/844
Thomas
Powell, Yeoman of Semley, Wilts 27 February 1808 PROB 11/1474
Prudence
Phillips, Spinster of Semley, Wilts 22 December 1808 PROB 11/1490
William
Hacker, Gentleman of Semley, Wilts 25 August 1809 PROB 11/1502
Thomas
Burden, Labourer of Semley, Wilts 27 July 1820 PROB 11/1631
Anthony
Targett, Yeoman of Semley, Wilts 12 February 1821 PROB 11/1640
William
Hacker, Yeoman of Semley, Wilts 5 April 1823 PROB 11/1669
James
Bracher, Gentleman of Semley, Wilts 22 September 1824 PROB 11/1690
George
Parham, Gentleman of Semley, Wilts 20 July 1826 PROB 11/1714
Thomas
Andrews, Yeoman of Semley, Wilts 21 February 1827 PROB 11/1721
Elizabeth
Bracher, Spinster of Semley, Wilts 25 September 1846 PROB 11/2041
Grace
Barratt, Widow of Semley, Wilts 23 July 1847 PROB 11/2058
Thomas
White, Yeoman of Semley, Wilts 2 March 1850 PROB 11/2110
Dinah
Bracher, Spinster of Semley, Wilts 12 July 1853 PROB 11/2175
Reverend
Ralph Ord, Rector of Semley, Wilts 2 October 1855 PROB 11/2221
Robert
Brown, Gentleman of Semley, Wilts 11 December 1855 PROB 11/2223
Sarah
Burton, Widow of Semley, Wilts 23 February 1856 PROB 11/2226
Wilts & Swindon record office hold most of the other jurisdictions of wills prior to 1858. They are indexing them in the wills project but it is likely to take several years.
Wills from 1858 are held at the Principal probate registry and indexed annually - that is, you have to know the name of the person and the year they died to find them.
Usually, only the better off made wills. There are very few made by working men. Women are also underrepresented due to the property laws of the age.