The National Archives holds records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC) wills in series PROB 11 made between 1384 and 12 January 1858. These PCC wills are all registered copy wills. They are the copies of the original probates written into volumes by clerks at the church courts.
Until 12 January 1858 all wills had to be proved by the church and other courts. The PCC was the most important of these courts dealing with relatively wealthy individuals living mainly in the south of England and most of Wales.
The PCC wills can be found using the National Archives Discovery search option on their website. Please note that the use of copies of records downloaded using Discovery are subject to the following conditions.
The PCC wills can be found using the National Archives Discovery search option on their website. Please note that the use of copies of records downloaded using Discovery are subject to the following conditions.
Digital copies of documents may only be used for:
private study or research for a non-commercial purpose
Education purposes; in the course of instruction or examination, or in preparation for instruction or examination (by either the giver or receiver of instruction). Copies may be used, and further copies of those copies may be made for this purpose.
A search for Tintinhull wills held at the National Archives as of Feb 2023 found 28 results which can be found listed in the following link.
Wills 1
The earliest will is that of John Cuff of Tyntenhull dated 1553. This has been transcribed by the Group but there are errors and small gaps due to the illegibility of some of the script. This document has interesting descriptions of some of his household goods and contains a few social vignettes. The transcription can be
accessed in this link
John Cuff Will