Angmering History - Probate Inventories

Angmering Probate Inventories 1596 - 1795

In the past, wills and probate were a matter for the church courts, and there is a small but marvellously informative set of Probate Inventories connected with this at the WSRO. In 1529 Parliament introduced a new act requiring executors to compile "trewe and perfyte" inventories of all the goods and cattle of the deceased, real estate was not included so the value of land and buildings is seldom assessed. This remained the law until 1859. However, those that remain largely date through the 17th century and into the 18th, at the end of an era that bordered on the medieval, when people were much more self sufficient, and farming was still entirely by strength of arm and ox. [R W Standing 2003]

The West Sussex Record Office currently has a project to transcribe West Sussex Inventories. The Angmering Inventories were transcribed by Mr R W Standing from East Preston, mainly between 2001 and 2002, and these were later checked by the Project Coordinator, Mrs Weir.

Mr Standing also states that these are straight transcripts of the inventories, as written. The result is an aid to researchers that may be of considerable value. However, if any particular inventory, or the whole set, is to be analysed in detail, much more work may be needed. The original documents vary from good to fragmentary in their state of survival. Many words are difficult to read, or unreadable, but careful study may allow reasonable deductions to be made from the context. In general this transcript has each line the same as in the original, but the valuations follow at the end of each section, whereas in the original the value will often be found central to the set of goods with a these bracketed. " L" is used for for £, "s" for shillings, and "d" for pennies. When the current transcription of West Sussex Probate Inventories Project is complete, and an aggregative analysis is made of them, some indication of price movement may be evident, and changes in technology.

Angmering Village Life Notes:

The value of an inventory does not by itself give a true indication of the wealth of the deceased as, generally, buildings and land were not included in the valuation process - only house contents, personal effects, implements and husbandry. To obtain some idea of the wealth of the deceased, local historians MW Standing and RGP Kerridge devised the following table of derived "Notional Social Groups" from over 3000 probate inventories from 59 West Sussex parishes on the coastal plain:

	Notional Social Group	Probate Inventory Value
	Very Poor	Up to £5
	Poor	£5 to £14.99
	Lower Middling	£15 to £49.99
	Upper Middling	£50 to £199.99
	Rich	£200 to £554.99
	Very Rich	Over £555

The word "Imprimis" indicates that it the first entry of the Inventory.

Angmering Village Life (AVL) wishes to thank both Mr Standing and the West Sussex Record Office for their kind permission to allow us to provide these transcriptions on our website. The 153 transcriptions have been converted to Adobe PDF files by AVL and are viewable by clicking on the "View" link in the Index below. AVL has also produced the undermentioned alphabetical index from an index provided by Mr Standing.

WSRO Project Ref. No. Epl/29/006/	Year	Name	Location	Occupation/ Status	Value	View Inventory (PDF file)
73	1672	Adams, Edward	Angmering	yeoman	£20	View
74	1672	Adams, Mary	Angmering	?	£20	View
43	1644	Adams, Richard	East Angmering	?	£74	View
112	1706	Adams, Thomas	Angmering	senior	£16	View
87	1683	Adams, William	Barpham	?	£413	View
60	1665	Addames, Edward	Angmering	?	£466	View
66	1669	Addames, Richard	Angmering	yeoman	?	View
53	1660	Addams, Edward	Ecclesden	?	£307	View
91	1687	Addams, Richard	Angmering	?	£149	View
103	1691	Addams, Thomas	Angmering	?	£27	View
105	1693	Addams, Thomas	Angmering	yeoman	£195	View
100	1689	Austen, Mary	Angmering	widow	£18	View
45	1647	Bacon, Richard	Angmering	?	£47	View
47	1648	Baker, Edward	Angmering	?	£35	View
58	1662	Baker, Richard	Angmering	yeoman	£38	View
46	1648	Barnard, Henry	Angmering	?	£31	View
135	1728	Barnard, Mary	Angmering	widow	£558	View
84	1682	Beach, John	Angmering	Infant	£20	View
50	1659	Beckett, William	Angmering	?	£12	View
126	1723	Blundell, George	Angmering	?	?	View
147	1737	Blunden, William	Angmering	mercer	£558	View
98	1689	Boully, John	Angmering	?	£103	View
89	1685	Brooke, Margaret	Angmering	widow	£19	View
56	1662	Brunsbury, John	Angmering	?	£5	View
18	1629	Budde, Richard	Angmering	labourer	£6	View
86	1683	Bunn, John	Angmering	blacksmith	£78	View
55	1662	Bunn, William	Angmering	?	£5	View
25	1631	Chambers, Ann	Angmering	widow	£17	View
72	1671	Charles/Rodgers, Anthony	Angmering	husbandman	£27	View
23	1631	Charles/Rogers, Robert & Thomas	Angmering	shoemakers	£3	View
14	1624	Charlott, Jane	Angmering	widow	£13	View
93	1687	Chisman, John	Angmering	?	£243	View
28	1632	Clarke, Edwarde	Ham	?	£23	View
42	1644	Climsoll, Edmund	Barpham	?	£370	View
80	1677	Comes, John	Angmering	husbandman	£27	View
16	1624	Coole, John	Angmering	?	£297	View
140	1733	Crossingham, Katherine	Angmering	spinster	£250	View
34	1635	Cussons, Peeter	Angmering	shoveltree maker	£16	View
149	1741	Drewett, William	Angmering	yeoman	£577	View
77	1676	Duke, William	Angmering	?	£180	View
81	1677	Dyer, James	Angmering	husbandman	£150	View
124	1721	Edsaw, John	Ecclesden	yeoman	£1,479	View
97	1689	Elliott, Henry	Angmering	yeoman	£279	View
150	1741	Ford, Thomas	Ham	yeoman	£389	View
37	1639	Foster, William	Angmering	?	£19	View
38	1639	Freeborne, Richard	Angmering	shoemaker	£47	View
111	1705	French, Anthony	Angmering	wheelwright	£64	View
141	1734	French, Robert	Angmering	?	£878	View
11	1622	Frogbroke, John	Ham	yeoman	£105	View
75	1672	Gardner Thomas	Angmering	?	£275	View
119	1719	Gobell, George	Angmering	yeoman	£121	View
78	1677	Grasmark, John	Angmering	husbandman	£153	View
6	1618	Gratwicke, John	Ham/Henfield	?	£49	View
133	1727	Green, Stephen	Angmering	blacksmith	£55	View
59	1665	Grevate, Robert	Angmering	?	£222	View
94	1687	Gurr, Mary	Ham	widow	£192	View
83	1678	Gurre, Richard	Ham	husbandman	£246	View
68	1669	Hall, John	Angmering	?	£52	View
4	1613	Hall,Thomas	Angmering	?	£4	View
32	1634	Haslop, Elizabeth	Angmering	spinster	£48	View
19	1630	Hayes, Robert	West Angmering	husbandman	£7	View
35	1637	Heath, Cutbert	Angmering	?	£11	View
64	1668	Heberden, John	Angmering	?	£219	View
102	1690	Henshaw, Joseph	Angmering	husbandman	£212	View
5	1617	Heward, John	West Angmering	Husbandman	£109	View
153	1795	Hill, William	New Place	?	£677	View
142	1735	Hoare, Thomas	Angmering	malster	£299	View
41	1641	Holland, Thomas	Angmering	gentleman	£66	View
85	1683	Hollingham, Richard	Angmering	husbandman	£75	View
131	1727	Hollis, John	Angmering	yeoman	£979	View
148	1740	Hollist, Anthony	Angmering	blacksmith	£210	View
90	1685	Hopkin, Elizabeth	Angmering	?	£94	View
106	1694	Horsley, Robert	Angmering	yeoman	£278	View
49	1659	Huling, William	Angmering	yeoman	£352	View
1	1596	Humfrey, Anne	Angmering	widow	£112	View
137	1729	Hunt, John	Angmering	butcher	£257	View
127	1725	Ingram, Edward	Angmering	yeoman	£487	View
10	1620	Ingram, Joane	Angmering	widow	£20	View
116	1714	Ingram, John	Angmering	yeoman	£104	View
143	1736	Johnson, Mary	Angmering	widow	£138	View
130	1726	Kemp, Robert	Lower Barpham	yeoman	£618	View
9	1619	Kent, Ninion	Barpham	?	£367	View
151	1756	Kewell, John	Angmering	malster	£280	View
76	1675	Knight, Francis	Angmering	?	?	View
138	1730	Knowles, Richard	Angmering	yeoman	£968	View
113	1712	Knowles, Sarah	Angmering	widow	£278	View
125	1723	Knowles, William	Angmering	yeoman	?	View
128	1725	Ludgatter, Thomas	Angmering	ropemaker	£17	View
54	1662	Maninge, John	Angmering	blacksmith	£10	View
121	1720	Manning, John	Angmering	yeoman	£615	View
134	1728	Manning, Mary	Angmering	widow	£411	View
120	1719	Marner, Margaret	Angmering	widow	£14	View
152	1769	Miles, John	Angmering	farmer	£410	View
96	1688	Morton, Joane	Angmering	widow	£66	View
95	1688	Nickson, George	Angmering	?	£14	View
92	1687	Oliver, Thomas	Angmering	yeoman	£819	View
62	1666	Oliver, Willam	Angmering	?	£439	View
145	1736	Oliver, William	Angmering	yeoman	£742	View
15	1624	Owldar, John	Angmering	?	£103	View
114	1713	Pannatt, Robert	Angmering	tailor	£459	View
57	1662	Pannet, Edward	Angmering	carpenter	£25	View
22	1630	Pannet, John	Angmering	?	£71	View
39	1639	Pannet, Richard	Angmering	?	£33	View
33	1635	Pannet, Robert	Angmering	?	£36	View
36	1637	Parker, Thomas	East Angmering	glover	£16	View
115	1714	Pearly, Thomas	Angmering	husbandman	£76	View
99	1689	Peeters, Thomas	Angmering	bricklayer	£167	View
52	1660	Penfold, Alice	Angmering	widow	£154	View
146	1736	Penfold, John	Angmering	yeoman	£387	View
65	1669	Penfold, Oliver	Angmering	?	£411	View
109	1705	Penfold, Oliver	Angmering	yeoman	£168	View
17	1629	Penfold, Richard	Angmering	yeoman	£5	View
44	1647	Peter, Thomas	Angmering	?	£56	View
40	1640	Pledge, Elizabeth	Angmering	widow	£28	View
20	1630	Pledge, Henry	Angmering	husbandman	£80	View
70	1670	Pratt, John	Angmering	yeoman	£576	View
69	1670	Pratt, Thomas	Angmering	yeoman	£271	View
108	1703	Purvie, William	Angmering	?	£72	View
24	1631	Rayneforthe, Thomas	Angmering	husbandman	£79	View
30	1633	Reade, John	Angmering	?	£21	View
144	1736	Rowe, John	Angmering	blacksmith	£29	View
7	1619	Selden, Thomas	Ham	?	£130	View
3	1612	Selden, William	Ham	?	£110	View
71	1670	Selden, William	Ham	?	£21	View
31	1633	Sellden, Wyllyam	Angmering	tailor	£58	View
27	1632	Sewell, Thomas	Angmering	son	£8	View
29	1633	Smith, Elizabeth	Angmering	widow	£112	View
117	1716	Snatt, John	Angmering	husbandman	£49	View
132	1727	Snelling, Ann	Angmering	widow	£196	View
118	1716	Snelling, Thomas	Angmering	yeoman	£236	View
110	1705	Spinkenell, Edward	Angmering	yeoman	£69	View
88	1683	Squire, William	Angmering	carpenter	£30	View
2	1611	Stanford, Robert	West Angmering	yeoman	?	View
61	1666	Stonar, Edward	Angmering	?	£53	View
12	1623	Streater, Wyllyam	Angmering	husbandman	£66	View
13	1623	Streeter, Edward	Angmering	husbandman	£99	View
101	1689	Strong, John	Angmering	yeoman	£165	View
63	1667	Stronge, Thomas	Angmering	yeoman	£19	View
21	1630	Stronge[s], Thomas	Angmering	?	£220	View
79	1677	Sturt, John	Angmering	victualler	£98	View
136	1728	Sturt, Mary	Angmering	widow	£20	View
107	1702	Sturtt, Richard	Angmering	yeoman	£198	View
129	1725	Tanner, Susannah	Angmering	?	£36	View
82	1678	Taylor, John	Angmering	bricklayer	£26	View
26	1632	Wady, Anthony	Angmering	gentleman	£111	View
139	1731	Walls, Daniel	Angmering	yeoman	£465	View
123	1721	Walls, Edmund	Angmering	yeoman	£167	View
122	1721	Walls, William	Angmering	yeoman	£259	View
51	1660	Warner, George	Angmering	?	£182	View
104	1691	Washers, John	Angmering	?	£137	View
67	1669	Whighted, John	Angmering	?	£30	View
48	1649	Worsfeild, Richard	Ecclesden	yeoman	£90	View
8	1619	Wymarke, Ellynor	Ecclesden	widow	£73	View

Last updated 8 March 2006