Whitby Wills

[FayP]

Does anyone know where I can obtain a copy of these wills, either a scan of the original or a transcript?

Isaac Anningson of Whitby 1661

Henry Noble of Larpoole, Whitby, Yeoman 1667.

[QueenoftheWest]

Hi,

I've never actually ordered a Yorkshire will, but I had a look for you and it appears they are held by the Borthwick Institute for Archives.

FindMyPast says you can order the wills through this link:
https://www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/remote-services/copying/order-form/

For Isaac, the index entry is as follows:
Apl. 16 1662 Anningson, Isaac, Whitby, master and mariner, Dec. 12, 1661.
Vol.: 44, Fol.: 330

Henry Noble of Larpoole, Whitby, Yeoman 1667.

I can only find the will of a Henry Noble of Larepoole from 1695?

Queenie 

[Neale1961]

Henry Noble of Larpoole, Whitby, Yeoman 1667.

Are you sure you have the right person? The Henry Noble burial in Whitby 1667 (that I could see) was a 5 year old.

[FayP]

Many thanks, Queenie. I'd looked at the Borthwick Institute before, but failed to find it.

The Henry Noble I am pursuing is Henry the elder. There was a younger man of the same name.

[FayP]

How did you find the will of Isaac Anningson, Queenie? It didn't show up when I searched Findmypast, nor when I tried a search of the Borthwick Institute wills.

I found the will of Henry Noble of Larpool, Whitby, on a website that lists the names of people mentioned in wills, but doesn't give the full details. http://www.davekinggenealogy.co.uk/probate/personalnames/PNamesYork1666-1667vol48.html

[QueenoftheWest]

How did you find the will of Isaac Anningson, Queenie? It didn't show up when I searched Findmypast, nor when I tried a search of the Borthwick Institute wills.

Here is the link to the index on FindMyPast:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01s5i/

I found the will of Henry Noble of Larpool, Whitby, on a website that lists the names of people mentioned in wills, but doesn't give the full details. http://www.davekinggenealogy.co.uk/probate/personalnames/PNamesYork1666-1667vol48.html

Can't seem to find this one; perhaps worth contacting the site owner?

Queenie 

[FayP]

Thanks for that.

I couldn't find how to contact the site owner about Henry Noble. However, I've since discovered that he gives the volume number in the page address and the folio number against Henry's entry.

With your help on Isaac Anningson, I now have enough info to order copies from the Borthwick Institute. I'm most grateful.

[Spelk]

It will certainly help if you can give the reference volume and page for the probate records you want but back in the last century I used to get probate records from the Borthwick by just giving them the persons name, place and date of death of an ancestor. At that time the only index was the copy held in York and maybe at the SOG.
As it took so long (all done by letters and cheques) I used to give them a list of possible wills and send them a blank cheque for them to fill in whatever the price came to. More often than not there was not a will so the charge was only for one or two rather than the possible half a dozen. I did write on the cheque "not to exceed £xx"
While ordering the wills you mentioned I suggest you also get a copy of the will of Gilbert ANNINGSON - the father of Issac - which I noticed of Dave King's site. I think it was 1661 but searching Dave's site by a name like ANNINGSON is easy.
I think there is also a Will of a LOCKWOOD who is related to the ANNINGSONs. Can be found by the search for ANNINGSON.

[FayP]

Many thanks, particularly for pointing me to Gilbert Annningson's will.