Will of Elizabeth Farchild 1615
"I give to them that ringe at my buriall five shillings eight pence"
Will of Richard Sadler, 1707
To my Wife Peace Sadler the dwelling in my Hall house in Orwell
Fires in Orwell
The dangers of thatched cottages
Orwell's Windmill
"In an excellent situation for wind."
Will of William Jeape 1694
"To William Jeape my eldest son one shilling"
Will of Roger Davies 1580
"One half of my cheese, all the salt and a potl of butter"
Will of Thomas Jeepes 1706
"to him and his eares for ever"
Will of William Griggs 1613
One of the earliest Orwell Wills
Meadowcroft Cottage, Lotfield Street.
Formerly Town Farm, and then Meadowcroft Farm.
Malton Farm
A historic farmhouse by the river, on the Malton Road.
Local History Quiz
Questions (and answers) first posed in the Christmas 2013 Orwell Bulletin, and some further questions to test you!
Will of Peace Sadler 1723
One of the few Orwell women who left a Will
Jeremiah Radcliffe
Orwell's most eminent resident.
Will of John Godfrey 1700
"unto my loving wife during the term of her natural life ye hall and chamber over it with the goods in them and one acre of wheat one acre of barley and half acre of peas every year except she marrey again."
Will of Edmund Barnard 1575
What do you give if you have no money?
Lotfield Street - STREET WALK
This street runs from Town Green Road (where this walk begins) to a point where it meets Stocks Lane. We have also included the cottage on Cross Lane footpath.
Will of Thomas Caldecutt 1659
" I give her my biggest brasse pott and fower pewter dishes fower payres of sheetes a payer of pillows and a paire of pillowberes a Coverlett and a payer of blankets"
Will of William Fairchild 1711
"my Worldly Estate which God of his infinite goodness has blessed me with"
Will of John Merry, butcher 1738.
"Executors they paying and receiving all my debts and Legacys and bringing my body decently to the ground to be buried in good Christian like manner "
Will of William Swann 1688
"I give unto her two silver spoons, seaven payres of sheetes, six pillow-biers, one dozen of napkins, one long table cloth, two pewter dishes of the middle sort, the best feather bed in the kitchen Chamber." With Inventory.
Will of William Addams 1676
"I give to my son William Addams my twelve nights of folding"
Orwell Men and Women in the two World Wars
Family details of each man, mainly from the 1911 Census.
TOWN GREEN ROAD STREET WALK
Town Green Road - its old houses and some items of interest.
Will of John Griggs 1588
"I give to Mary Griggs my daughter one redd cowe"
Will of William Griggs 1646.
"Considering the frailty of this life, although there is nothing more certain than death, yet there is nothing more uncertain than the tyme of the cominge thereof"
Town Green Road Gallery
The more photos the better. Have you got any to add?
HIGH STREET WALK PART TWO.
From the Village Hall to the Malton Road.
No.30, High Street.
One of the oldest houses in Orwell, dating from before 1500.
HIGH STREET WALK PART ONE
Your guide to the High Street from the Church to the Village Hall.
No.3 High Street (The Old Post Office.)
A listed building Grade II. Late 15th century.
Will of John Godfrey the Elder 1658 and Codicil 1659
"my will is that all my Children doo carrie and behave themselves as dutiful and obedient Children to theire loving Mother Joane "
Will of Elizabeth Adams 1680
Includes an Inventory of her belongings. Was she a "Phanatick?"
List of early Orwell Wills in the Cambridgeshire Record Office
Most Wills from this area were proved in the Ely Court. However, a few were proved in the main Probate Court at Canterbury. These are listed first, some being available from The National Archives. Pages 1 - 5 give the Cambs Record Office holdings.
Will of Thomas Rowninge 1625
"I Thomas Rowninge weaver being sicke in body but whole in minde I praise god for it "
Will of Richard Barnard 1736
See also an Inventory of the house contents covered by this Will.
Will of Richard Barnard 1685
"my body I commend it to the Earth to be buryed in Christian and Decent manner not doubting of the raiseing of it again at the Generall Resurrextion by the Might and power of God"
Will of John Beale 1735
This Will was not proved in common form because the Executrix departed this life before she had taken on the burthen thereof