'Abstracts of Wills and notes of proceedings in various courts of law [1502-1693]...

'Abstracts of Wills and notes of proceedings in various courts of law [1502-1693] connected with the town of Stratford upon Avon. Collected by Clarence Hopper, 1866.'

At the beginning are tables of the descendants of William Smith, alderman, temp. Edward VI - Elizabeth and Nicholas Lane, with coloured arms of Smith and Lane (ff. 1, 2)

The wills included (with date of probate) are:

- John Bedyll, all Sclatter, 13 March 1502 (f.3)

- John Lampett, 10 July 1502 (f. 4)

- Thomas Handys (with bequests for almshouses), 23 October 1503 (f.5)

- John Samwell, 19 October 1507 (f.6)

- Thomas Attwode, al. Tailour (bequest of oxen to Richard Shakespeare of Snitterfield), 10 May 1544 (f.8)

- Hugh Reynold, 31 October 1556 (f. 9)

- Richard Smith, al. Courte, 3 May 1587 (f.10)

- Humphrey Brace, 26 February 1592-3 (f. 11)

- Thomas Taylor, 18 April 1592 (f.12)

- Julyan Smith, al. Courte, 10 June 1593 (f.13)

- John Smith, 4 July 1603 (f. 14)

- Richard Ange, 28 January 1608 (f. 15)

- William Combe, 1 January 1611 (f. 16)

- Edward Stanley, 12 June 1615 (f. 17)

- Anthony Nash, 2 December 1622 (f. 18)

- Francis Smith, 27 May 1625 (f. 19)

- Thomas Lucas, 25 June 1625 (f. 20)

- Thomas Nash, 5 June 1647 (f. 21)

- Edmund Hathaway, 28 January 1648 (f. 22)

- Henry Smith, 18 November 1650 (f. 23)

- Richard Quyney, 3 January 1656 (f. 24)

- Thomas Perrie, 23 June 1659 (f. 25)

- William Hiccox, 21 August 1663 (f. 26)

- Lady Elizabeth Barnard, 4 March 1669/70 (f. 27)

- Joseph Rogers, 28 February 1683 (f. 28)

- Adrian Quiney, 14 August 1693 (f. 29)