Abbreviations which may be used on this page are:-

(Ad)	"Admon", or Letters of Administration.
(I)	Inventory (a list of the deceased's goods, and their value)
(N)	A Nuncupative Will is one declared by a legal representative, as being indicative of the deceased's wishes, and will often refer to the Testator in the third person.
(#)	Indicates the Will is a 'duplicate' - that is, more than one person has submitted an abstract from the same original Will.
*	An asterisk against a surname indicates the Executor(s) of the Will, or, in the case of Administration (Ad), the Administrator(s)
i/t/p	"in the parish (of)".
CELF	Chapel en le Frith (Derbyshire)
ECC	Episcopal Consistory Court (Lichfield)
HCC	Hereford Consistory Court
n.p.	Notary Public
R&R	Rest and Residue (a common expression in Wills)

The following may also be of use in the study of Wills generally:-

• A Latin Genealogical Word List for early Wills. (verified 2018-12-25)
• Information on England Occupations for old Occupations. (verified 2018-12-25)
• A Glossary of Household, Farming and Trade Terms from Probate Inventories.
  Compiled by Rosemary Milward. 3rd ed., 1986. ISBN 0-9505940-1-6

1711

EYRE GREEN HALL IBBOTSON IBBOTTSON ROWBOTTOM RUFF WALKER WEBSTER YELLOT

IBBOTSON, John - of Hope, yeoman, 21 Dec 1708. brother Abraham £4;   Ann his brother's daughter £4;   Mary his brothers daughter £4;   Susannah wife of John WALKER 5/-;   Ellen my brother's daughter £5;   sister Mary IBBOTTSON, widow 20/-;   John IBBOTTSON son of my brother Edward £4 (Edward died 1702?);   William son of my brother Edward £3;   Elizabeth daughter of my brother Edward £4;   George EYRE of Ridgeway £4;   Suzannah EYRE £4 when she most needs it in her old age;   Ann the wife of James RUFF of Wirkersley? £1/1/0d.;   Mary the wife of Joseph GREEN £1/1/0d.;   Sarah WEBSTER 5/- to buy her sheep;   Jane the wife of Robt YELLOT £1;   John my brother's son 5/-;   Abraham his brother 5/-;   William his brother 5/-;   Robert ROWBOTTOM son of Laurence ROWBOTTOM 5/-;   Martha IBBOTTSON, widow of Robert 5/-;   the poor of the hamlets of Hope, Woodlands, Aston, Thornhill £2 &   Hathersage, Outseats, Bamford & Derwent £2. Executors: William (son of his brother Abraham)   & Henry (son of his brother Edward) Witnesses: William Cresswell of Hope & Thomas HALL. Notes: The Record Office at Lichfield could not get a very good copy of this Will & the Inventory was too fragile to copy. Lines 38, 39 & 40 I have failed to understand, it says "the will of James WEBSTER confirming his daughter Sarah of Basford? House, Fullwood" something. See an article by Rosemary Meredith in D.A.J. 1982, p6 - "Farms & Families of Outseats" where she suggests that Edward of Netherhurst, Hathersage d.1702, John d.1711 & Abraham d.1715 of King's Haigh, Hope were brothers. Proved 6 Jun 1711. [Contributed by vh on 04 Nov 2005 et seq.]

1715

DARWEND GRANT HALL IBBOTSON RICHARDSON WALL

IBBOTSON, Abraham - of King's Haigh, Hope, 2 Aug 1715. daughter Susannah wife of John WALL £10;   Ann the daughter of John WALL 40/-;   daughter Ann wife of David RICHARDSON? £10 & her children, unnamed 40/-;   daughter Ellen wife of Adam Grant £27 & if she dies before him he is to have £4 & any children £23;   son William the rest, he also exec. Witnesses: George(X) DARWEND & Thomas HALL. Inventory: Adam GRANT & Thomas HALL 19 Aug 1715 to the value of £85/00/0d. Proved Bakewell 8 Oct 1715. [Contributed by vh on 04 Nov 2005 et seq.]

1757

BOUZE IBBOTSON MIDDLETON

IBBOTSON, Abraham - of Smalldale, Hope, Yeoman, 4 Jan 1753. wife £5 while a widow (but if she remarries 5/-) to live with son Abraham;   son Robert £6 four years after testors death;   daughter Margaret BOUZE 3 children Ellis, Hannah & Elizabeth £3 each when 21;   son Dennis £15 4yrs after testors death;   son William £20 - i.e. £10 when 21 & £10 10yrs later;   son George all the close near the town? Meadow;   daughter Margarett 5/-;   son Abraham the rest, he also exec. Witnesses: Elizabeth MIDDLETON, Hannah MIDDLETON & Martin MIDDLETON. Proved Bakewell 30 Apr 1757. Note: There were IBBOTSON in Smalldale at this period who were Licensed Victuallers & drovers. [Contributed by vh on 04 Nov 2005 et seq.]

1789

COUPLAND IBOTSON KINDER MARSDEN WARDLOW

IBOTSON, William - of Netherhurst, Hathersage, yeoman, 16 Feb 1788. son Henry £5;   son William £50;   daughter Betty wife of John WARDLOW £10;   daughter Maria wife of Robert COUPLAND £30;   grandchildren Edward £25 when 21 & Nanny £15;   son Samuel the rights to the farm, he also exec. Witnesses: William MARSDEN & Thomas KINDER. Proved Chesterfield 15 Oct 1789. [Contributed by vh on 04 Nov 2005 et seq.]

1793

ASHMORE BURDIKIN HOWE IBBOTSON

IBBOTSON, Abraham - of Hope, farmer, 12 Jul 1793. nephew Christopher IBBOTSON £10;   nephew Edmund ASHMORE £10;   nephew Joseph IBBOTSON 5/-;   nephew Abraham IBBOTSON £5. Executors: brother William IBBOTSON & nephew John IBBOTSON. Witnesses: Benjamin BURDIKIN,   Dennis IBBOTSON &   William HOWE. Proved 13 Aug 1793. [Contributed by vh on 04 Nov 2005 et seq.]

1796

BOWEN IBBOTSON WRIGHT

IBBOTSON, Abraham - of Smalldale, Hope, 15 Apr 1796. (Ad) granted at Bakewell to Mary the wife of Abrahm IBBOTSON. Witnesses: John WRIGHT & Ralph BOWEN of Peak Forest. [Contributed by vh on 04 Nov 2005 et seq.]

1797

BINGHAM BOCKIN BROOMHEAD COCKER FRITH FURNESS IBBOTSON WILKIN

IBBOTSON, Henry - of Hathersage yeoman, 20 Jan 1796. son William of Carrhead estate at Moorseats & Outseats, he also sole exec;   daughter Ann COCKER wife of Thomas £250;   daughter Ruth FURNESS the house where the testor now lives called Eastwood's Farm & lately purchased from George & Henry BINGHAM, his church pew & estate at Mosscarr;   daughter Sarah BROOMHEAD £250 to be paid by Ruth FURNESS. Witnesses: William BOCKIN,   James FRITH &   Wm WILKIN. Proved Chesterfield 12 Oct 1797. [Contributed by vh on 04 Nov 2005 et seq.]

1823

COCKER IBBOTSON PRIESTLY UNWIN

IBBOTSON, William - fender maker of Sheffield, 3 Nov 1818. son Henry land etc at Moorseats, Hathersage occupied by Henry COCKER & John PRIESTLY (Henry to pay son John an annuity of £26/10/0d. at 10/6 a week) + the farm at Mosscarr;   son-in-law William IBBOTSON, merchant of Sheffield the house etc. where the testor now lives at Broadland, Sheffield;   daughter Mary to have half of his personal estate paid in 1/3 at intervals. Executors: son Henry & son-in-law William. Witnesses: Hy. COCKER,   Sarah UNWIN & John UNWIN. Proved York 13 Aug 1823.  The probate paper describes him as a saw maker & fender maker. [Contributed by vh on 04 Nov 2005 et seq.]

1824

BRADFORD CANTRELL CLARKE INCE PEAT PEGG

INCE, John - of Melbourne, Yeoman, 15 Jan 1823. Beneficiaries: son Thomas INCE;   grandchildren Mary CLARKE (daughter of late son John INCE deceased);   grandchild Thomas INCE (son of late son John INCE deceased);   daughter Mary (wife of George PEAT). Executors: son in law George PEAT;   John PEGG. Witnesses: Joseph CANTRELL;   Elizabeth BRADFORD. Note: Testator leaves to son Thomas INCE a Public House (where Thomas resides) known as The Pack Horse in Kings Norton. Probate 10 Sep 1824 - PCC. [Contributed by rd on 30 Jul 2012 et seq.]

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