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Hertfordshire Wills Index - Published Transcripts of Hertfordshire Wills
  • The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary ed William Brigg (3 vols, 1895-1898) contains abstracts of Hertfordshire wills as follows:
    Vol 1: Archdeaconry of Middlesex (Essex and Herts Division), 1564-1574; Archdeaconry of St Albans, 1415-1434
    Vol 2: Consistory Court of London, 1592-1614; Archdeaconry of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division), 1579-1609; Archdeaconry of Middlesex (Essex and Herts Division), 1575-1590; Archdeaconry of St Albans, 1434-1438
    Vol 3: Archdeaconry of St Albans, 1438-1451; Archdeaconry of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division), 1591-1601 and 1609; Consistory Court of London, 1610-1628
  • Hertford: Lifestyle and Culture in Hertford, Wills and Inventories, 1660-1725 ed Beverly Adams (Hertfordshire Record Society Vol XIII, 1997)
  • Harpenden: a full transcript of the will and inventory of William Hunt of Harpenden, 1593 (HALS: 3HW1) can be found in The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary (op cit Vol 3 p10)
  • Hormead, Great and Little: unpublished transcripts and abstracts of wills for these parishes, 1522-1812 from the records of the PCC and the Archdeaconry of Middlesex (Essex and Herts Division) made by Christine Jackson (HALS Reference Library and see also DE/Cj/39 and 41)
  • Kings Langley: Life and Death in Kings Langley, 1498-1659 ed Lionel M Munby (Kings Langley Local History and Museum Society, 1981)
    Where there’s a Will There’s a Story; Kings Langley Wills and Inventories, 1660-1800 ed Jill Penwarden and Maureen Mussett (Kings Langley Local History and Museum Society, 2004)
  • St Albans and District: St Albans Wills, 1471-1500 ed Susan Flood (Hertfordshire Record Society, Vol IX, 1993)
    All my Worldly Goods – an insight into family life from wills and inventories, 1447-1742 (Bricket Wood Society, 1991)
    All my Worldly Goods II, wills and probate inventories of St Stephen’s parish, St Albans, 1418-1700 ed Meryl Parker (Bricket Wood Society, 2004)
  • Sarratt: Pots, Platters and Ploughs, Sarratt wills and Inventories, 1435-1832 Philip and Barbara Buller (1982)