Richmond wills index 1435-1696 W
The following source list was originally available only on paper in one of the West Yorkshire Archive Service offices. It may have been compiled many years ago and could be out of date. It was designed to act as a signpost to records of interest on a particular historical subject, but may relate only to one West Yorkshire district, or be an incomplete list of sources available.
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| Surname | Forename | Place of residence/burial | Occupation/Status | Additional information | Description of document | Date | Collection reference |
| WADE | John | Inventory | 1521 | RD/AP1 97/1 | |||
| WADE | Francis | Scotton | Yeoman | Will Inventory Executory Bond Tuition Bond | 1691 | RD/AP1 104/1 | |
| WADE | William (the younger) | Dalton | Yeoman | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1696 | RD/AP1 104/62 | |
| WADESON | John | To be buried in the church of St Mary, Richmond | Registered Will Fragmentary | 1484 | RD/RP1/2 f.39 | ||
| WADESON | James | Aske | Surtees Society vol.26 no.191 | Registered Will | 1676 | RD/RP8 f.113v | |
| WADEYRALL | Richard | To be buried at Askrigg | Will Inventory | 1564 | RD/AP1 97/101 | ||
| WADISFORD | Christopher | Kirklington | To be buried in Doncaster | Will | 1540 | RD/AP1 97/3 | |
| WAIKFIELD | Peter | Dunsforth in the parish of Aldbrough | Will Inventory | 1558 | RD/AP1 7/57 | ||
| WAIRD | William | Uckerby in the parish of Bolton on Swale | Will Inventory | 1558 | RD/AP1 97/60 | ||
| WALBANCK | Jane | Eppelby | Widow | Wills (2) | 1699 | RD/AP1 104/82 | |
| WALBURNE | William | West Tanfield | Linen Weaver | Will Inventory Executory Bond Renunciation | 1695 | RD/AP1 104/51 | |
| WALCARE | Elsabethe | Bellerby | Widow, late wife of Christopher | Will | 1552 | RD/AP1 97/33 | |
| WALCARE | Elsabethe | Bellerby | Widow, late wife of Christopher | Registered Will | 1552 | RD/RP6 f.11v | |
| WALCARE | John | Brampton on Swale | Will Inventory | 1568 | RD/AP1 97/133 | ||
| WALDON | John | Colborne | Gentleman | Will Inventory | 1562 | RD/AP1 97/97 | |
| WALKAR | John | Kirtlington | Will | 1557 | RD/AP1 97/45 | ||
| WALKAR | Katherine | Gilling | Will | 1543/4 | RD/AP1 97/10 | ||
| WALKAR | Robert | Great Ouseburn | Will Inventory | 1558 | RD/AP1 97/56 | ||
| WALKAR | Thomas | Kirklyngton | Will Inventory | 1570 | RD/AP1 97/139 | ||
| WALKER | Thomas | Maunby on Swale | Registered Will | 1557 | RD/RP6 f.51v | ||
| WALKER | Thomas | Brompton on Swale | Registered Will | 1557 | RD/RP6 f.48v | ||
| WALKER | John | Claghton [nr Garstang], county of Lancashire | Shereman | Transferred to Lancashire Record Office, 1968 | Will Inventory | 1562 | |
| WALKER | Janet | Morton on Swale | Will | 1563/4 | RD/AP1 97/93 | ||
| WALKER | John | Romaldkirk | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1566/7 | RD/AP1 97/128 | ||
| WALKER | Francis | West Scrafton | Bachelor | Admon Inventory | 1695 | RD/AP1 104/52 | |
| WALKER | Robert | To be buried in the Church of Our Lady, Richmond | Registered Will | 1539 | RD/RP4 f.169 | ||
| WALKER | Thomas | Bedale | Will Inventory | 1542/3 | RD/AP1 97/6 | ||
| WALKER | William | Coneythorpe | Labourer | Will Inventory | 1544 | RD/AP1 97/15 | |
| WALKER | Cuthbert | Richmond | Printed in YAS Record Series cxxx no.lxxiv pp.78-81 | Will | 1553/4 | RD/AP1 97/39 | |
| WALKER | Angnes | To be buried in church yard of St Rumald (Romaldkirk) | Late wife of Laurence | Will | 1557 | RD/AP1 97/54 | |
| WALKER | Thomas | Maunby on Swale | Will Inventory | 1557 | RD/AP1 97/48 | ||
| WALKER | Thomas | Brompton on Swale | Will | 1557 | RD/AP1 97/46 | ||
| WALKER | Henry | Mowre in the parish of Forcett | Will | 1558 | RD/AP1 97/55 | ||
| WALKER | Henry | Mowre in the parish of Forcett | Registered Will | 1558 | RD/RP6 f.69 | ||
| WALKER | William | Richmond | Priest | Will Inventory | 1560/1 | RD/AP1 97/85 | |
| WALKER | Richard | Richmond | Clerk | Will Inventory | 1561 | RD/AP1 97/84 | |
| WALKER | Richard | Richmond | Clerk | Registered Will | 1561 | RD/RP6 f.91v | |
| WALKER | Henry | Allerton Mauleverer | Blacksmith | Will Inventory | 1564/5 | RD/AP1 97/102 | |
| WALKER | Henry | Allerton Mauleverer | Blacksmith | Registered Will | 1564/5 | RD/RP7 f.8v | |
| WALKER | William | Gilling | Will Inventory | 1566 | RD/AP1 97/121 | ||
| WALKER | Elizabeth | Richmond | Widow | Will Inventory | 1567/8 | RD/AP1 97/127 | |
| WALKER | Thomas | Inventory | 1570 | RD/AP1 97/140 | |||
| WALKER | William | Manfield | Taylor | Registered Will (fragmentary) | 1573/4 | RD/RP8 f.37 | |
| WALKER | Henry | Spennythorne | Registered Will | 1575 | RD/RP8 f.78 | ||
| WALKER | Elizabeth | Askrigg | Admon Inventory | 1691 | RD/AP1 104/2 | ||
| WALKER | William | Kirklington | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1692 | RD/AP1 104/15 | ||
| WALKER | John | Newton Morrell | Admon Inventory | 1694 | RD/AP1 104/42 | ||
| WALKER | Anthony | West Scrafton | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1699 | RD/AP1 104/92 | ||
| WALKER [LUMLEY] | Marie of Askrigg | Askrigg | Marie Lumley alias Walker: filed under L | Wrapper only No documents | 1692 | RD/AP1 104/14 | |
| WALKERS | William | Registered Will (fragmentary) | 1484 | RD/RP1/2 f.38 | |||
| WALKINGHAM | John | Minskip in the parish of Aldborough | Registered Will | 1567 | RD/RP7 f.29v | ||
| WALLAR | Henry | Richmond | Includes bequests to gild priests and scholars | Will | 1541 | RD/AP1 97/4 | |
| WALLER | Nicholas | Richmond | Slater | Will | 1567 | RD/AP1 97/129 | |
| WALLES | John | Legacies to Thornton Steward, Bedale and Patrick Brompton churches | Registered Will | 1545/6 | RD/RP5 f.212v | ||
| WALTERS | Robert | Cundall | Esquire | Will Executory Bond Tuition Bond Commission | 1695 | RD/AP1 104/53 | |
| WANDYSFORD (or WANFORTH) | Christopher | To be buried in the church of St Michael the Archangel, Kirklington | Registered Will (fragmentary) | 1477 | RD/RP1/1 ff.20 & 31 | ||
| WANDYSFORDE | Francys | Hipswell | Esquire | Will Inventory List of Debts | 1559 | RD/AP1 97/83 | |
| WANMAN | Thomas | Snape | Registered Will | 1539 | RD/RP5 f.173v | ||
| WANMAN | Thomas | Snape | Inventory | 1539 | RD/AP1 97/2 | ||
| WANTTE | Richard | Parish of St Margaret of Nidd | Will | 1543 | RD/AP1 97/11 | ||
| WARD | Elizabeth | Widow of John Ward | Transferred to Lancashire Record Office, 1968 | Will Inventory | 1538 | ||
| WARD | William | Knaresborough | Will Inventory | 1548 | RD/AP1 97/21 | ||
| WARD | John | Braithwaite in the parish of East Witton | Will | 1558 | RD/AP1 97/66 | ||
| WARD | William | Allerton Mauleverer | Will Inventory | 1559 | RD/AP1 97/73 | ||
| WARD | Gefrey | Richmond | Yeoman | Will Inventory | 1563 | RD/AP1 97/95 | |
| WARD | Gefrey | Richmond | Yeoman | Registered Will | 1563 | RD/RP6 f.101 | |
| WARD | Rauf | Barton St Cuthbert | Yeoman | Will Inventory | 1564 | RD/AP1 97/103 | |
| WARD | Robert | East Cowton | Will Inventory | 1564 | RD/AP1 97/104 | ||
| WARD | William | Aldburgh | Will | 1564 | RD/AP1 97/105 | ||
| WARD | Richard | Middleham in Coverdale | Registered Will | 1574 | RD/RP8 f.100v | ||
| WARD | George | Gatenby | Will Inventory Admon Tuition Bond | 1692 | RD/AP1 104/17 | ||
| WARD | Matthew | Crackhall in the parish of Bedale | Admon Inventory | 1693 | RD/AP1 104/32 | ||
| WARDALL | Robert | East Grinton | Wills (2) Inventories (2) | 1565 | RD/AP1 97/112 | ||
| WARDE | Thomas | To be buried at Richmond | Registered Will | 1504 | RD/RP4 f.151v | ||
| WARDE | Thomas | Newby Wyske | Will Inventory | 1545 | RD/AP1 97/16 | ||
| WARDE | James | Allerton Mauleverer | Yeoman | Will Inventory | 1551/2 | RD/AP1 97/30 | |
| WARDE | Randolph | Mykyllusburne (Great Ouseburn) | Will Inventory | 1559/60 | RD/AP1 97/72 | ||
| WARDE | Thomas | Mynskip | Will Inventory | 1570/1 | RD/AP1 97/141 | ||
| WARDE | John | Ripley | Blacksmith | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1699 | RD/AP1 104/80 | |
| WARDROP | John | Bedale | Priest | Will | 1556 | RD/AP1 97/43 | |
| WARDROPP | Robert | Burrell | Registered Will (fragmentary) | 1541 | RD/RP5 f.204v | ||
| WARE | George | Melsonby | Admon Inventory | 1695 | RD/AP1 104/54 | ||
| WARING | George | Roecliffe | Will Inventory | 1558 | RD/AP1 97/63 | ||
| WARTON | John | Kirkby in Kendal | Transferred to Lancashire Record Office, 1968 | Will | 1565 | [formerly RD/AP1 97/113] | |
| WASTELL | Thomas | Kelton in the parish of Romaldkirk | Admon Inventory | 1699 | RD/AP1 104/81 | ||
| WASTLYNGTON | Michael | to be buried at Warton, county of Lancashire | Registered Will (fragmentary) | 1533 | RD/RP3 f.88 | ||
| WATKIN | Roger | The Grange, Brompton on Swale | Yeoman | Wills (2) Inventory Executory Bond | 1691/2 | RD/AP1 104/18 & 104/3 | |
| WATKINGE | John | Newsted in the parish of East Witton | Will | 1566/7 | RD/AP1 97/122 | ||
| WATKYN | Leonard | Scorton | Registered Will | 1552 | RD/RP6 f.6 | ||
| WATKYN | Thomas | Aldbrough | Will Inventory | 1555/6 | RD/AP1 97/42 | ||
| WATKYN ( or WATKYNGE) | John | Middleton Tyas | Wills (2) | 1565/6 | RD/AP1 97/111 | ||
| WATSON | Thomas | Newton | Admon | 1692 | RD/AP1 104/20 | ||
| WATSON | Isabel | To be buried in the church of St Andrew, Fingall | Registered Will (fragmentary) | 1477 | RD/RP1/1 f.23v | ||
| WATSON | Katherine | South Witton | Widow | Registered Will | 1538/9 | RD/RP4 f.165v | |
| WATSON | Thomas | West Hawkswell | Labourer | Registered Will | 1574 | RD/RP8 f.74 | |
| WATSON | Peter (senior) | Skellgill | Will Inventory Bond | 1674 | Printed in YAS Record Series cxxx | ||
| WATSON | John | Skellgill | Bond Inventory | 1677 | Printed in YAS Record Series cxxx | ||
| WATSON | John | Melmerby | Admon Inventory | 1692 | RD/AP1 104/19 | ||
| WATSON | Thomas | Aldbrough | Blacksmith | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1692/3 | RD/AP1 104/33 | |
| WATSON | Hellen/Ellen | Aldbrough | Widow | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1695 | RD/AP1 104/56 | |
| WATSON | James | Great Crakall in the parish of Bedale | Bachelor | Will Inventories (2) Executory Bond | 1697 | RD/AP1 104/66 | |
| WATSON | John | Reeth | Yeoman | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1697 | RD/AP1 104/67 | |
| WATSON | John | Burrowbridge | Admon | 1698 | RD/AP1 104/74 | ||
| WATSONE | John | Great Ouseburne | Vicar | Will Inventory | 1551 | RD/AP1 97/28 | |
| WATTERS | William | Overstanelaie in the parish of Kendall | Transferred to Lancashire Record Office, 1968 | Inventory | 1551 | ||
| WAYD | James (the younger) | Burton Leonard | Registered Will | 1530/1 | RD/RP3 f.89v | ||
| WAYD | John | Nun Monkton | Registered Will | 1533 | RD/RP3 f.85 | ||
| WAYDE | Robert | Inventories (2) | 1558 | RD/AP1 97/64 | |||
| WAYDERALL | William | To be buried in Askrigg | Will Inventory | 1562 | RD/AP1 97/89 | ||
| WAYKFELD | John | Great Ousburn | Registered Will (fragmentary) | 1477 | RD/RP1/1 f.10v | ||
| WAYNE | Timothy | Firby in the parish of Beedall | Husbandman | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1692 | RD/AP1 104/16 | |
| WEATHERELL | John | Bellerby | Butcher | Will Executory Bond | 1693 | RD/AP1 104/34 | |
| WEATHERILL | Richard | Wetrayne in the parish of Well | Of ‘Snape’ marked on dorse | Admon Inventory Tuition Bond | 1692 | RD/AP1 104/21 | |
| WEATHERILL | Alexander | Askrigg | Admon Inventory | 1698 | RD/AP1 104/75 | ||
| WEATHERILL | George | Aiscough in the parish of Leeming | Yeoman | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1699 | RD/AP1 104/86 | |
| WEBSTER | George | Ascough | Admon Inventory | 1692 | RD/AP1 104/22 | ||
| WEBSTER | John | Aldburgh | Will | 1542 | RD/AP1 97/5 | ||
| WEBSTER | Agnes | Farnham | Will | 1558 | RD/AP1 97/58 | ||
| WEBSTER | John | Great Ouseburn | Husbandman | Will Inventory | 1558 | RD/AP1 97/59 | |
| WEBSTER | Janet | Staveley | Widow | Registered Will | 1559/60 | RD/RP7 f.11 | |
| WEBSTER | John | Whixley | Husbandman | Will | 1567 | RD/AP1 97/144 | |
| WEBSTER | John | Bedale | Tanner | Will Inventory Executory Bond Account of funeral expenses | 1690/1 | RD/AP1 104/4 | |
| WEBSTER | Francis | Beedall | Admon Inventory Tuition Bond | 1697 | RD/AP1 104/68 | ||
| WEDDERELL | John | Forcett | Will Inventory | 1542 | RD/AP1 97/7 | ||
| WEDDERELT | Als | Resmyre in the parish of South Cowton | Widow | Will Inventory | 1566/7 | RD/AP1 97/123 | |
| WEDERELL | Christopher | Croft | Will Inventory | 1558 | RD/AP1 97/61 | ||
| WELBURY | Ann | Aysgarth | Widow | Admon Inventory Tuition Bond | 1694 | RD/AP1 104/43 | |
| WELDON | John | Colburn | Gentleman | Registered Will | 1563/4 | RD/RP6 f.107 | |
| WELFOOTE | Richard | Kirkhammerton | Yeoman | Will Inventory Executory Bond Tuition Bond | 1692 | RD/AP1 104/23 | |
| WELFOOTE | Dorothy | Kirk Hammerton | Widow | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1693 | RD/AP1 104/48 | |
| WELFORD | Gregory | Dalton in the parish of Croft | Executory Bond | 1699 | RD/AP1 104/83 | ||
| WELL | John | Harmby | Husbandman | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1699 | RD/AP1 104/84 | |
| WELLBANKE | Mary | South Cowton | Admon Inventory | 1695 | RD/AP1 104/57 | ||
| WELLES | Christopher | To be buried at Spennithorne | Registered Will | 1574 | RD/RP8 f.61 | ||
| WELLES | John | West Tanfield | Will Inventory | 1550 | RD/AP1 97/23 | ||
| WELLIS | Tristram | Birthwaite in the parish of Ripley | Yeoman | Will | 1562 | RD/AP1 97/90 | |
| WELLS | Cuthbert | Walmer | Registered Will | 1579 | RD/RP8 ff.142 & 147 | ||
| WELLS | Elizabeth | Harnby | Widow | Admon Inventory | 1694 | RD/AP1 104/44 | |
| WENNINGTON | Robert | Thwates in the parish of Millom | Transferred to Lancashire Record Office, 1968 | Will Inventory | 1559 | ||
| WENSLEY | Margaret | Riddings in the parish of Reeth | Widow | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1695 | RD/AP1 104/58 | |
| WESTBYE | William | Holbrek, county of Lancashire | Esquire | To be buried at Kirkham. Surtees Society vol.26 no.85. Transferred to Lancashire Record Office, 1968 | Will Inventory | 1557 | |
| WESTBYE | William | Holbrek, county of Lancashire | Esquire | To be buried at Kirkham. Surtees Society vol.26 no.85. Transferred to Lancashire Record Office, 1968 | Registered Will | 1557 | |
| WETHERELD | Christopher | Rysymer in the parish of South Cowton | Will Inventory | 1558 | RD/AP1 97/65 | ||
| WETHERELL | Elizabeth | Ascough | Widow | Nuncupative Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1699 | RD/AP1 104/85 | |
| WETWANGE | Thomas | Richmond | Mercer | Admon Inventory | 1691 | RD/AP1 104/5 | |
| WEYND | Edmund | Goldsborough | Yeoman | Will | 1543 | RD/AP1 97/12 | |
| WHALLEY | John | Newhouse | Will Inventory | 1571 | Printed in YAS Record Series cxxx | ||
| WHARE | Robert | Knaresborough | Registered Will | 1541 | RD/RP5 f.185 | ||
| WHARE | Dorothy | Green Hammerton | Widow | Admon Inventory | 1697 | RD/AP1 104/69 | |
| WHARTON | Humphrey | Gillingwood | Esquire | Admon Inventory | 1694 | RD/AP1 104/45 | |
| WHARTON | John | Cawvethouse in the parish of Grinton | Will | 1550 | RD/AP1 97/24 | ||
| WHARTON | William | Bolton on Swale | Will Inventory | 1552/3 | RD/AP1 97/34 | ||
| WHARTON | William | Bolton on Swale | Registered Will | 1552/3 | RD/RP6 f.33 | ||
| WHARTON | John | Ivelett in the parish of Grinton | Yeoman | Will Inventory List of Debts Executory Bond | 1697 | RD/AP1 104/70 | |
| WHARTON | William | Nappey Skarr in the parish of Aysgarth | Husbandman | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1698 | RD/AP1 104/76 | |
| WHAWLEYE | James | Appersets in the parish of Aysgarth | Registered Will | 1579 | RD/RP8 f.159v | ||
| WHITE | Thomas | Pickall | Yeoman | Will Inventory Executory Bond Tuition Bond | 1691 | RD/AP1 104/6 | |
| WHITE | Jane | Langton | Admon Inventory | 1699 | RD/AP1 104/87 | ||
| WHITEHEAD | James | Morton on Swaile | Admon Inventory Tuition Bond | 1698 | RD/AP1 104/77 | ||
| WHITELL | Mary | Forelands in the parish of Bowes | Admon | 1691 | RD/AP1 104/7 | ||
| WHITELL | Roger | Forelands in the parish of Bowes | Admon | 1691 | RD/AP1 104/8 | ||
| WHITELL | Margaret | Forelande in the parish of Bowes | Spinster | Will Executory Bond | 1694 | RD/AP1 104/46 | |
| WHITELOCK | John | Baldersby | Bridler | Admon Inventory | 1692 | RD/AP1 104/24 | |
| WHITELOCK | George | Baldersby | Admon | 1694 | RD/AP1 104/47 | ||
| WHITELOCK | Mary | Baldersby | Widow | Admon Inventory | 1695 | RD/AP1 104/59 | |
| WHITESIDE (QUITESYD) | Merget (Margaret) | Pooulton, county of Lancashire | Transferred to Lancashire Record Office, 1968 | Will Inventory | 1582/3 | [formerly RD/AP1 97/91] | |
| WHITHEAD | Leonard | Sedbergh | To be buried at St Andrew the Apostle | Will Inventory (Both Fragmentary) | 1564/5 | RD/AP1 97/106 | |
| WHITLOCK | John | Baldersby in the parish of Topcliffe | Registered Will | 1557 | RD/RP6 f.45v | ||
| WHITTON | Thomas | Yeaforth Moore | Labourer | Admon Inventory | 1692 | RD/AP1 104/9 | |
| WHITWELL | Jane | Aiskew | Widow | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1698 | RD/AP1 104/78 | |
| WHORLETON | John | Thornton Watlass | Weaver | Admon Inventory | 1695 | RD/AP1 104/60 | |
| WHYGHT | Margaret | Minskip | Will Inventory | 1542 | RD/AP1 97/9 | ||
| WHYTEY | Leonard | Aysgarth | Registered Will (fragmentary) | 1574 | RD/RP8 f.49v | ||
| WHYTH | John | Burton Leonard | Registered Will | 1541 | RD/RP5 f.183v | ||
| WHYTHELL | Thomas | Gilmonby in the parish of Bowes | Registered Will | 1573/4 | RD/RP8 f.43v | ||
| WHYTHES | Thomas | Cattel | Husbandman | Registered Will (fragmentary) | 1534/5 | RD/RP4 f.155 | |
| WHYTWELL | Rawff | Burton Leonard | Husbandman | Will Inventory | 1558 | RD/AP1 97/67 | |
| WHYTWELL | George | Copgrove | Will Inventories (2) | 1569 | RD/AP1 97/136 | ||
| WIGGLESWORTH | Robert | Walden in the parish of Aysgarth | Husbandman | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1692 | RD/AP1 104/25 | |
| WILD | William | To be buried at Romaldkirk | Will Inventory | 1560/1 | RD/AP1 97/81 | ||
| WILD | Christopher | West Gailes | Husbandman | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1697 | RD/AP1 104/71 | |
| WILDE | Robert | Registered Will | 1575 | RD/RP8 f.92 | |||
| WILDON | William | Copgrove | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1699 | RD/AP1 104/88 | ||
| WILKE | Robert | Bilton in the Forest of Knaresborough | Registered Will | 1581/2 | RD/RP9 f.110 (109, 210) v | ||
| WILKES | Rayff | Nidd | Husbandman | Will Inventory | 1551 | RD/AP1 97/29 | |
| WILKINS | Henry | Kirkham, county of Lancashire | Transferred to Lancashire Record Office, 1968 | Will Inventory | 1564 | [formerly RD/AP1 97/116] | |
| WILKINSON | John | Great Cattall | Husbandman | Will | 1563 | RD/AP1 97/98 | |
| WILKINSON | Richard | Whixley | Will Inventory | 1566 | RD/AP1 97/124 | ||
| WILKINSON | Richard | Whixley | Registered Will | 1566 | RD/RP7 f.21v | ||
| WILKINSON | William | Marton in Burghshyre | Registered Will | 1585 | RD/RP9 f.157 (156) | ||
| WILKINSON | Christopher (senior) | Helbeck Lunds | Will Inventory Bond | 1674 | Printed in YAS Record Series cxxx | ||
| WILKINSON | James | Kirkbridge | Gentleman | Will Executory Bond | 1699 | RD/AP1 105/16 | |
| WILKYNSON | Thomas | Kendal | Draper | Registered Will | 1531 | RD/RP3 f.91v | |
| WILLAN | Edmund | See Elizabeth Thistlethwaite, late wife of Edmund Willan of Dent 1689 | 1689 | RD/AP1 52/136 | |||
| WILLAN | James (the elder) | Hellbecke Lunds in the parish of Aysgarth | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1696 | RD/AP1 104/63 | ||
| WILLEBIE | Raiffe | Kirklyngton Hall | Will | 1564 | RD/AP1 97/109 | ||
| WILLES | John | St Cuthbartes at Barton | Will | 1565 | RD/AP1 97/107 | ||
| WILLEY | William | Holme in the parish of Pickhall | Admon Tuition Bond | 1695 | RD/AP1 104/61 | ||
| WILLIAMSON | Henry | To be buried in the church of St Giles, Bowes | Registered Will | 1541 | RD/RP5 f.187v | ||
| WILLIAMSON | Myles | Flasby in the parish of Goldsborough | Will Inventory | 1553 | RD/AP1 97/41 | ||
| WILLIAMSON | Alison | Widow | Will Inventory | 1556/7 | RD/AP1 97/51 | ||
| WILLIAMSON | James | Knaresborough | Merchant | Surtees Society vol.26 no.109 | Will Inventory | 1558/9 | RD/AP1 97/68 |
| WILLIAMSON | James | Knaresborough | Merchant | Registered Will | 1558/9 | RD/RP6 f.86 | |
| WILLIAMSON | John | Askew in the parish of Bedale | Will Inventory | 1569 | RD/AP1 97/138 | ||
| WILLIAMSON | Thomas | Ainderby Steeple | Yeoman | Registered Will (fragmentary) | 1573 | RD/RP8 f.6 | |
| WILLIAMSON | Anthony | Kirkby on the Moor | Registered Will | 1583 | RD/RP9 f.143 (133) v | ||
| WILLIE | Robert | Maunby on Swale | Will Inventory | 1562 | RD/AP1 97/88 | ||
| WILLSONN | James | Kyrkeby in Kendal | Goldsmith | Transferred to Lancashire Record Office, 1968 | Wills (2) | 1565 | [formerly RD/AP1 97/119] |
| WILLUNSON | Henry | Whinfield in the parish of Kendal | Registered Will | 1541 | RD/RP5 f.197 | ||
| WILSON | Margaret | Gateshead, county Durham | Spinster | Will Executory Bond | 1690 | RD/AP1 104/10 | |
| WILSON | Henry | Richmond | Shoemaker | Admon Inventory | 1696/7 | RD/AP1 104/65 | |
| WILSON | George | Great Ouseburn | Registered Will (fragmentary) | 1541 | RD/RP5 f.201v | ||
| WILSON | Thomas | Hopperton in the parish of Allerton Mauleverer | Will Inventory | 1551 | RD/AP1 97/31 | ||
| WILSON | John | Ripon? | Registered Will | 1558 | RD/RP6 f.69v | ||
| WILSON | Crystopher | Theakston | Wills (2) Inventory | 1561 | RD/AP1 97/87 | ||
| WILSON | Cuthbert | Halnaby | Registered Will | 1562 | RD/RP6 f.93v | ||
| WILSON | Christopher | Rowell, county of Westmorland | Transferred to Lancashire Record Office 1968 | Will | 1563 | [formerly RD/AP1 97/96] | |
| WILSON | Margaret | Pottinge in the parish of Grinton | Widow | Registered Will | 1573 | RD/RP8 f.11v | |
| WILSON | William | Snape | Executors’ Account (Fragile) | 1582 | RD/AP1 55/101 | ||
| WILSON | George | Lunds | Will Inventory Bond | 1670 | Printed in YAS Record Series cxxx | ||
| WILSON | Richard | Coverhead | Admon Inventory | 1692 | RD/AP1 104/26 | ||
| WILSON | Christopher | Gilmanby in the parish of Bowes | Yeoman | Will Inventory Executory Bond Tuition Bond | 1693 | RD/AP1 104/35 | |
| WILSON | Ralph | Richmond | Cobbler? | Admon Inventory | 1696 | RD/AP1 104/64 | |
| WILSON | William | Stalling Busk in the parish of Aysgarth | Husbandman | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1696 | RD/AP1 104/50 | |
| WILSONNE | Thomas | Barton | Clerk | Will | 1570 | RD/AP1 97/143 | |
| WINDE | Thomas | Scotton | Admon | 1692 | RD/AP1 104/27 | ||
| WINN | Robert | Lodge Green in the parish of Grinton | Admon Inventory | 1692 | RD/AP1 104/28 | ||
| WINN | William | Fingall | Registered Will | 1542 | RD/RP5 f.209 | ||
| WINN | Robert | Brockhill Cote | Will | 1671 | Printed in YAS Record Series cxxx | ||
| WINN | George | Sedbusk | Bond | 1680 | Printed in YAS Record Series cxxx | ||
| WINN | John | Scotton | Admon Inventory | 1693 | RD/AP1 104/36 | ||
| WINN | Richard | Gaile in the parish of Aisgarth | Yeoman | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1696 | RD/AP1 104/72 | |
| WINN | George | Brokel Coate | Admon Inventory | 1699 | RD/AP1 104/91 | ||
| WINNE | Thomas | Gayle in the parish of Askrigg | Registered Will | 1574 | RD/RP8 f.62v | ||
| WISEMAN | Charles | Caldwell in Stanwick | Admon Inventory | 1698 | RD/AP1 104/79 | ||
| WITHAM | Thomas | Richmond | Pedlar | Will | 1567/8 | RD/AP1 97/130 | |
| WITHELLE (alias Jenkin/Whithelle) | John | Gunnerside in the parish of Grinton | Registered Will | 1573 | RD/RP8 f.10v | ||
| WITHEMAN | William | Brattenby | Gentleman | Will Inventory | 1542 | RD/AP1 97/8 | |
| WITHES | John | Westwick in the parish of Ripon | Registered Will | 1531 | RD/RP4 f.149v | ||
| WOD | Sybil | To be buried in Kirkby in Kendal | Late wife of Richard Wod | Registered Will | 1531/2 | RD/RP3 f.80v | |
| WODBORNE | Katherine | Wife of Richard Wodborne | Registered Will (fragmentary) | 1533 | RD/RP4 f.156 | ||
| WODCOCKE | James | Clifton, county of Lancashire | Will Inventory | 1553 | |||
| WODDE | Elizabeth | Goldsborough | Will | 1561/2 | RD/AP1 97/86 | ||
| WOLMERSLEY | John | Olston in the parish of Preston, county of Lancashire | Transferred to Lancashire Record Office, 1968 | Will Inventory | 1565 | [formerly RD/AP1 97/118] | |
| WOOD | Francis | Scotton | Tuition Bond | 1691 | RD/AP1 104/11 | ||
| WOOD | Richard | Minskip in the parish of Aldborough | Will | 1557 | RD/AP1 97/52 | ||
| WOOD | Stephen | Askrigg | Admon Inventory | 1693 | RD/AP1 104/37 | ||
| WOODCOKE | William | Preston? | Transferred to Lancashire Record Office, 1968 | Will | 1559/60 | ||
| WOODS | Margaret | Roecliffe in the parish of Aldborough | Will Inventory | 1558 | RD/AP1 97/62 | ||
| WOODWARD | Agnes | Over Dunsforth | Widow | Will Inventory | 1550 | RD/AP1 97/25 | |
| WORDIE | Robert | Little Hutton in the parish of Forcett | Will Inventory | 1563 | RD/AP1 97/99 | ||
| WORDIE | Robert | Little Hutton in the parish of Forcett | Registered Will | 1563 | RD/RP6 f.102v | ||
| WORDIE | Katheron | To be buried at Forcett | Will Inventory | 1568 | RD/AP1 97/134 | ||
| WORMLAIE | Robert | To be buried at the church of Our Lady, Eryholme | Registered Will (fragmentary) | 1536 | RD/RP4 f.157 | ||
| WRANGHAM | Robert | Langthorpe | Will | 1559 | RD/AP1 97/76 | ||
| WRAY | Wiliam | Thoresby | Registered Will | 1541 | RD/RP5 f.192v | ||
| WRAY | Thomas | Langthorne | Registered Will | 1538 | RD/RP4 f.146v | ||
| WRAY | Edmund | Aysgarth | Will Inventory | 1565/6 | RD/AP1 97/120 | ||
| WRAY | James | Labourne | Yeoman | Bond given by above, deceased not named | Bond | 1665/6 | RD/AP1 37/125 |
| WRAY | Samuel | Hipswell | Admon Inventory | 1697 | RD/AP1 104/73 | ||
| WRAY | Francis | Aisgarth | Nuncupative Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1699 | RD/AP1 104/89 | ||
| WRAYE | Lawrence | Scrax? in the parish of Grinton | Registered Will | 1573 | RD/RP8 f.17 | ||
| WRAYE | Roger | Smeaton | Registered Will (fragmentary) | 1573 | RD/RP8 f.47v | ||
| WRAYE | William | Thursbye | To be buried at Aysgarth | Registered Will (fragmentary) | 1573 | RD/RP8 f.23v | |
| WRAYE | Cuthbert | Startforth | Yeoman | Registered Will | 1574 | RD/RP8 f.88 | |
| WREAKES | Robert | Aldfield in the parish of Ripon | Will Inventory | 1563 | RD/AP1 97/100 | ||
| WREIKE | Ellen | To be buried in the church of SS Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon | Registered Will (fragmentary) | 1546/7 | RD/RP5 f.213 | ||
| WREY | Edward | Farnham | Labourer | Will Inventory | 1570 | RD/AP1 97/142 | |
| WRIGHT | Thomas | Wast Patrick Brompton | Yeoman | Will Inventory Executory Bond Tuition Bond | 1692 | RD/AP1 104/30 | |
| WRIGHT | Robert | Ellingthorpe in the parish of Adbrough | Admon Inventory Executory Bond | 1693 | RD/AP1 104/38 | ||
| WRIGHT | William | Kirk Hammerton | Registered Will | 1539 | RD/RP4 f.166 | ||
| WRIGHT | William | Minskip | Will Inventory | 1559/60 | RD/RP1 97/78 | ||
| WRIGHT | Janet | Richmond | Widow | Will Inventory | 1568/9 | RD/AP1 97/137 | |
| WRIGHT | Edward | Sedbusk | Bond Inventory | 1681 | Printed in YAS Record Series cxxx | ||
| WRIGHT | Roger | Hunburton in the parish of Kirby Hill | Admon Inventory Tuition Bond | 1691 | RD/AP1 104/12 | ||
| WRIGHT | John | Beedall | Inventory | 1692 | RD/AP1 104/29 | ||
| WRIGHT | Margaret | Richmond | Admon Inventory | 1695 | RD/AP1 104/49 | ||
| WRIGHTSON | John | Little Langton | Will Inventory Admon | 1692 | RD/AP1 104/31 | ||
| WRIGHTSON | John | Lartington | Yeoman | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1693 | RD/AP1 104/39 | |
| WRIGHTSON | Roger | Ainderby Steeple | Yeoman | Will Inventory Executory Bond Tuition Bond | 1693 | RD/AP1 104/40 | |
| WRYGHT | William | Multon in the parish of Middleton Tyas | Will | 1552 | RD/AP1 97/35 | ||
| WRYGHT | William | Multon in the parish of Middleton Tyas | Registered Will | 1552 | RD/RP6 f.16 | ||
| WRYGHT | Anness | Kirk Hammerton | Will Inventory | 1550 | RD/AP1 97/26 | ||
| WRYGHT | Myles | Brompton on Swaile | Will Inventory | 1558 | RD/AP1 97/69 | ||
| WRYGHT | Myles | Brompton on Swaile | Registered Will | 1558 | RD/RP6 f.76 | ||
| WRYGHT | Thomas | Newton le Willows | Will | 1559 | RD/AP1 97/77 | ||
| WRYGHT | John | To be buried at Romaldkirk | Registered Will | 1563 | RD/RP6 f.101 | ||
| WRYGHT | Peter | Richmond | Miller | Will Inventory | 1564/5 | RD/AP1 97/108 | |
| WRYGHT | John | East Brompton | Wills (2) | 1567 | RD/AP1 97/131 | ||
| WRYGHT | Robert | Catterick | Will Inventory | 1568 | RD/AP1 97/135 | ||
| WYBOURN | Elizabeth | Exelby in the parish of Burniston | Will Inventory Executory Bond | 1698 | RD/AP1 104/90 | ||
| WYDDUS | John | Theakstone in the parish of Burneston | Registered Will | 1541 | RD/RP5 f.196v | ||
| WYGHTMAN | Henry | Romaldkirk | Will Inventory | 1566 | RD/AP1 97/125 | ||
| WYKECLIFFE | Johan | St Nycolas near Richmond | Widow | Printed in YAS Record Series cxxx | Will Inventory | 1562 | RD/AP1 97/117 |
| WYLDE | Thomas | East Cowton | Registered Will | 1537/8 | RD/RP4 f.157v | ||
| WYLDE | William | East Cowton | Will Inventory | 1547 | RD/AP1 97/20 | ||
| WYLDE | Henry | East Cowton | Registered Will (fragmentary) | 1573 | RD/RP8 f.49 | ||
| WYLEYE | Richard | Scotton | Registered Will | 1579 | RD/RP8 f.160 | ||
| WYLKES | Olyver | Nidd | Will | 1557 | RD/AP1 97/49 | ||
| WYLKYNGTON | Thomas | To be buried in the church of St Michael, Kirklington | Registered Will | 1540 | RD/RP5 f.192 | ||
| WYLLANCE | Mathewe | Richmond | Cordwainer | Will Inventory | 1559 | RD/AP1 97/79 | |
| WYLLE | William Clerk | Dean & Parton of Middleham | Will Inventory | 1559 | RD/AP1 97/71 | ||
| WYLLE | Alyson | Manby on Swale | Will Inventory | 1557/8 | RD/AP1 97/47 | ||
| WYLLYES | Thomas | Carkin | Will | 1549 | RD/AP1 97/22 | ||
| WYLSON | Robert | Rector of Copgrove | Registered Will | nd | RD/RP1/1 ff.7v & 36 | ||
| WYLSON | Henry | Heslington in the parish of Kendal | Registered Will (fragmentary) | 1541 | RD/RP5 f.198v | ||
| WYLSON | Peter | Manfield | Will Inventory | 1543 | RD/AP1 97/13 | ||
| WYLSON | John | Norton in the parish of Wath | Will Inventory | 1552 | RD/AP1 97/36 | ||
| WYLSON | John | Norton in the parish of Wath | Registered Will | 1552 | RD/RP6 f.8 | ||
| WYLSON | Robert | Carthroppe in the parish of Burneston | Will Inventory | 1558 | RD/AP1 97/70 | ||
| WYLSON | Cristofer | West Appleton in the parish of Catterick | Will Inventory | 1566 | RD/AP1 97/126 | ||
| WYLSTROPE | William | Great Ouseburn | Registered Will (fragmentary) | 1435 | RD/RP1/1 f.34 | ||
| WYN | Wiliam | Garriston in the parish of Hawkswell | Yeoman | Registered Will | 1552 | RD/RP6 f.2 | |
| WYN | Agnes | To be buried in Askrigg | Will Inventory | 1553 | RD/AP1 97/40 | ||
| WYN | Agnes | To be buried in Askrigg | Registered Will | 1553 | RD/RP6 f.22v | ||
| WYN | Frances | To be buried at Askrygg | Will Inventory | 1556 | RD/AP1 97/44 | ||
| WYN | Agnes | Askrigg | Widow | Will Inventory | 1557/8 | RD/AP1 97/53 | |
| WYNCOPE | William | To be buried in the church of Our Lady, Knaresborough | Registered Will | 1548/9 | RD/RP6 f.27v | ||
| WYND | Wiliam | Watlass | Will Inventory | 1551/2 | RD/AP1 97/32 | ||
| WYND | William | Feldom in the parish of Marske | Will | 1552 | RD/AP1 97/57a | ||
| WYND | William | Feldom in the parish of Marske | Registered Will | 1552 | RD/RP6 f.31v | ||
| WYND | Hew | Thornton Steward | Will | 1560/1 | RD/AP1 97/82 | ||
| WYNDDE (or WYNDER) | William | Goldsborough | Yeoman | Will Inventory | 1545/6 | RD/AP1 97/17 | |
| WYNDE | Richard | Leiton, county of Lancashire | Transferred to Lancashire Record Office, 1968 | Will | 1544 | ||
| WYNE | Alice | Grisedale in the parish of Dent | Widow (late wife of Nicholas) | Will Inventory | 1563 | RD/AP1 97/115 | |
| WYNE | George | Newton Morker [Newton le Willows] | Will Inventory | 1562 | RD/AP1 97/92 | ||
| WYNNE | Thomas | Elynthrope in the parish of Aldburgh | Will Inventory | 1564 | RD/AP1 97/110 | ||
| WYNNE | George | Cotterdale | Inventory | 1604 | Printed in YAS Record Series cxxx | ||
| WYNSPERE | Robert | Warlaby in the parish of Ainderby Steeple | Registered Will | 1558/9 | RD/RP6 f.85 | ||
| WYRELL | Thomas | Hunburton in the parish of Kirby Hill | Admon Inventory Tuition Bond | 1691 | RD/AP1 104/13 | ||
| WYTHAM | Matthew | Bretanby | Will Inventory | 1545 | RD/AP1 97/18 | ||
| WYTHAM | Elizabeth | Bratonbye | Widow | Will Inventory | 1559 | RD/AP1 97/80 | |
| WYTHES | Myles | Letby [Leckby, parish of Cundall?] | Yeoman | Will Inventory | 1567 | RD/AP1 97/132 | |
| WYTHES | Myles | Letby [Leckby, parish of Cundall?] | Yeoman | Registered Will | 1567 | RD/RP7 f.36 | |
| WYTHES | Robert | Copgrove | Gentleman | Surtees Society vol.26 no.202 [printed from original will with inventory 7 Oct 1581] | Registered Will | 1581/2 | RD/RP9 f.119v |
| WYVELL | Christopher | Burton Constable | Esquire | Surtees Society vol.26 no.200 | Registered Will | 1579 | RD/RP8 f.143v |
| WYVILL | Francis | Richmond | Admon | 1693 | RD/AP1 104/41 | ||