Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire includes two British Record Society volumes:

Gloucester Wills 1541-1650 (BRS vol. 12)

Gloucester Wills Vol. II 1600-1800 (BRS vol. 34)

Below are descriptions of each volume and details about where you can access the original records.

Gloucester Wills 1541-1650

British Record Society Volume 12

Published 1895

Read the Original Introduction to the BRS Volume 12.

Locating the original documents

Where are the originals held?

The original wills are held at Gloucester Archives. To obtain a copy of the original will enter the information found within this British Record Society index into Gloucester Archives online catalogue. A copyright / order form can be downloaded from their website. Complete this and post with the remittance for the cost of the will to Gloucester archives. A copy of Gloucestershire Archives Scale of Charges is also available online. Currently there is a standard charge irrespective of the number of pages.

What information from the document do I need to locate the original?

• Testator's name
• Residence
• Year of will or admon

About the index

This is an index of the (mostly) original wills, for the Consistory Court of Gloucester 1541-1650 and the following Peculiar Courts:

• Peculiar Court of Bibury
• Peculiar Court of Bishops Cleeve
• Peculiar Court of Childs Wickham
• Peculiar Court of Deerhurst
• Peculiar Court of Withington and Dowdeswell
• The Consistory Court of Gloucester consisted of about 307 parishes, virtually covering the whole of the ancient county of Gloucester apart from Bristol.

What does the index include?

• All names and places appearing in the will plus incidental information such as occupation where found in the original documents are included in the index.
• Testator's name
• Residence
• Year of will or admon
• Reference to page

Names are arranged alphabetically, by year with spelling standardized to the most usual spelling. This means some name variants may not appear clustered together. Where there is an alias or alternative surname the entry is given under both names.

Parish names have also been standardized.

Dates of wills are given in New Style Calendar.

Gloucester Wills Vol. II 1600-1800

British Record Society Volume 34

Published 1907

Read the Original Introduction to BRS Volume 34.

Locating the original documents

Where are the originals held?

The original wills are held at Gloucester Archives. To obtain a copy of the original will enter the information found within this British Record Society index into Gloucester Archives online catalogue. A copyright / order form can be downloaded from their website. Complete this and post with the remittance for the cost of the will to Gloucester archives. A copy of Gloucestershire Archives Scale of Charges is also available online. Currently there is a standard charge irrespective of the number of pages.

What information from the document do I need to locate the original?

• Testator's name
• Residence
• Year of will or admon

About the index

This is an index of the (mostly) original wills, for the Consistory Court of Gloucester 1600–1800. The Consistory Court of Gloucester consisted of about 307 parishes, virtually covering the whole of the ancient county of Gloucester apart from Bristol.

What does the index include?

• All names and places appearing in the will plus incidental information such as occupation where found in the original documents are included in the index.
• Testator's name
• Residence
• Year of will or admon
• Reference to page

Names are arranged alphabetically, by year with spelling standardized to the most usual spelling. This means some name variants may not appear clustered together. Where there is an alias or alternative surname the entry is given under both names.

Parish names have also been standardized.

Dates of wills are given in New Style Calendar.