| ID: MARG
| Title | MARG - transcribed deeds, wills, other old documents |
| Abstract | Mersea Archive Research Group (MARG) is working to transcribe old documents from a number of sources. There is a list of completed documents below, with a few that are work-in-progress. Where the document is from Essex Record Office or the National Archives, the Document ID is quoted and an image of the original document can usually be obtained from them.
When a document has been transcribed, the first column will be a Link to the transcription. If the first column is not a link, the work is not complete.
Wills (mostly)
| Abbell, Thomas | East Mersea | 1533 | Letter from Queen Elizabeth D/DRc M12 |
| Abbell, Thomas | East Mersea | 1558 | East Mersea Book D/DRc M12 |
| Adaker, Joseph and Joanna | West Mersea | 1673 | Settlement |
| Ainger, Elizabeth | East Mersea | 1662 | Will D/ACW 16/167 |
| Ainger, William | East Mersea | 1661 | Will D/ACW 16/110 |
| Baker, Charles | West Mersea | 1742 | Will PROB 11/720/367 |
| Ballard, J.E. | East Mersea | 1664 | Will D/ACW 17/223 |
| Bean, Samuel Edwin | Peldon | 1848 | Will PROB 11/2155/380 |
| Beckett, William | West Mersea | 1633 | Will D/ABW 52/145 |
| Bellamy, Edward | London | 1656 | Will PROB 11/258/240 |
| Birde, Robart | East Mersea | 1590/91 | Will PROB 11/77/208 |
| Boys, James | Colchester | 1715 | Indenture with Potter Family |
| Brown, Jacob | Peldon | 1770 | Will D/Del T327 |
| Bullock, Agnes | Great Wigborough | 1575/76 | Will D/ABW 4/351 |
| Bullock, Edward | Great Wigborough | 1595/96 | Will PROB 11/87/187 |
| Bullock, Edward | Great Wigborough | 1611 | Will D/ACW 5/142 |
| Bullock, Sir Edward | Faulkbourne | 1646 | Will PROB 11/197/603 |
| Buloke [ Bullock ], Henry | Tollesbury | 1571 | Will D/ABW 4/291 |
| Bullock, Henry | Great Wigborough | 1578 | Will PROB 11/61/174 |
| Bullock, Henry | Great Wigborough | 1609 | Will D/ACW 5/18 |
| Bullock, Henry | West Mersea | 1646/47 | Will D/ACW 14/121 |
| Bullock, Joan | West Mersea | 1624/25 | Will D/ACW 46/101 |
| Bullock, John | Great Wigborough | 1553 | Will PROB 11/43/553 |
| Bullock, John | Great Wigborough | 1559 | Will D/ACR 5/216 |
| Bullock, John | Great Wigborough | 1560/61 | Will D/ACR 2/165/2 |
| Bullock, John | Great Wigborough | 1575 | Will D/ACW 4/344 |
| Bullock, John | Great Wigborough | 1607 | Marriage to Anne Fuller |
| Bullock, John | Great Wigborough | 1660 | Will D/ACW 16/34 |
| Bullock, Margaret | Great Wigborough | 1528 | Will D/ABW 3/12 |
| Bullock, Margaret | Great Wigborough | 1561 | Will D/ACR 5/194/1 |
| Bullock, Robert | Great Wigborough | 1626 | Will D/ACW 10/48 |
| Bullock, Samuel | Peldon | 1814 | Will D/ABW 120/3/15 |
| Bullock, Thomas | Peldon | 1706 | Will D/ABW 79/7. |
| Bullock, William | Layer Breton | 1549 | Will D/ABW 3/154 |
| Burrill, John | East Mersea | 1667 | Will D/ACW 17/277 |
| Carter, John | East Mersea | 1629 | Will D/ACW 11/61 |
| Choppin, Henry | West Mersea | 1628 | Will D/ABW 49/229 |
| Clark, Hannah | East Mersea | 1843 | Will |
| Commyns, Margarett | Peldon | 1607 | Will D/ABW 10/229. |
| Converse, Thomas | West Mersea | 1640 | Will PROB 11/186/233 |
| Cooke, Anne | West Mersea | 1622 | Will D/ABW 44/303 |
| Cooke, John | West Mersea | 1637 | Will D/ABW 54/15 |
| Cooke, Phineas | West Mersea | 1686 | Will D/ABW 73/24 |
| Cooke,Thomas | West Mersea | 1758 | Will PROB 11/843/42 |
| Coole, William | East Mersea | 1615/16 | Will D/ACW 7/248 |
| Cornelius, John | Peldon | 1641 | Marriage Allegation |
| Cranfield, Richard | Peldon | 1839 | Declaration D/Del T327 |
| Death, Samuel | East Mersea | 1638/39 | Will D/ACW 13/117 |
| Dunning, William | West Mersea | 1670 | Will D/ABW 66/31 |
| Durrell, Katherine | | 1546 | Will D/ABW 12/35 |
| Dynes, John | West Mersea | 1651 | Will D/ACW 15/311 |
| Edwards, Israel | East Mersea | 1666 | Will D/ACW 17/210 |
| Ellis, James | St Osyth | 1721 | Settlement D/P 77/13/1 |
| Ennew, Josias | Messing | 1688 | Will D/ACW 20/248 |
| Ennew, Shadrack | West Mersea | 1784 | Will PROB 11/996/275 |
| Fereer, Thomas | East Mersea | 1628 | Will D/ACW 10/233 |
| Flettwood | East Mersea | 1668 | Will D/ACW 18/83 |
| Flingant, George | East Mersea | 1639/40 | Will D/ACW 13/207 |
| Flowre, Thomas | East Mersea | 1540 | Will D/ACR 4/57/2 |
| Foakes, Joan | West Mersea | 1638 | Will D/ABW 55/249 |
| Fokes [ Foakes ], Abraham | Peldon | 1597 | Will D/ABW 15/49 |
| Fokes, John | West Mersea | 1546 | Will D/ABW 14/36 |
| Fookes, Thomas | Virley | 1833 | Will D/ACW 43/5/10 |
| Fookes, William | West Mersea | 1609 | Will D/ABW 15/121 |
| Foxe, Robert | West Mersea | 1557 | Will D/ARW 14/106 |
| Freake, Thomas | | 1623 | Will D/ACW 9/145 MR 230 |
| French, William | Peldon | 1607 | Will D/ABW 15/98 |
| Frere, Thomas | Fingringhoe | 1663 | Will D/ACW 17/114 |
| Fuller, Anne | Great Wigborough | 1607 | Marriage to John Bullock |
| George, Robert | Copford | 1609 | Will D/ABW 17/101 |
| George, Walter | West Mersea | 1657 | Pete Hall Surrender |
| George, Walter | West Mersea | 1658 | Pete Hall |
| Green [ May ], Betsey | Fordham | 1852 | Will D/ABW 140/2/13 |
| Gybb, Robert | West Mersea | 1543 | Will D/ABW 16/96 |
| Hackney, Sarah | West Mersea | 1660 | Will D/ABW 61/125 |
| Hall, George | West Mersea | 1636 | Will D/ABW 54/121 |
| Harrison, Robert | Peldon | 1808 | Inventory D/DU 2878 |
| Harvey, Jeremiah | East Mersea | 1671 | Will D/ACW 18/182 |
| Harvey, Thomas | East Mersea | 1813 | Will PROB 11/1550/417 |
| Haward, William | West Mersea | 1794 | Will PROB 11/1276/197 |
| Hawkins, John | West Mersea | 1667 | Will D/ACW 65/89 |
| Haxell, John | Peldon | 1842 | Will D/ABW 136/1/135 |
| Heidge [ Hedge ],William | Peldon | 1650 | PROB/11/268/126 |
| Hunter, Joanna | West Mersea | 1690 | Will D/ABW 73/220 |
| Hunter, Peter | West Mersea | 1688 | Will D/ABW 72/253 |
| Jeffery, John | West Mersea | 1557 | Will D/ABW 21/59 |
| Jolly, Thomas | East Mersea | 1598/99 | Will D/ACW 4/74 |
| Jollye, Cousin | East Mersea | 1592 | East Mersea Book D/DRc M12 |
| Joslinge, Richard | West Mersea | 1600 | Will D/ABW 21/198 |
| Kidby, John | West Mersea | 1656 | Court Leete D/DA T217 |
| Kidby, John | Shenfield | 1693 | Will |
| Kidby, John | West Mersea | 1762 | Will PROB 11/879/94 |
| Killderby, Samuel | West Mersea | 1660 | Will D/ABW 61/114 |
| Lamb, John | West Mersea | 1707 | Settlement D/P 77/13/1 |
| Lawrence, John | Peldon | 1612 | Will D/ABW 24/117 |
| Livermore, John | West Mersea | 1671 | Will D/ABW 66/260 |
| Lorrance, John | Peldon | 1646 | Will D/ACW 14/144 |
| Lyarde, Henry | West Mersea | 1604 | Will D/ABW 24/57 |
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| Marney, Lady Bridget | East Mersea | 1537 | East Mersea Court D/DRc M12 |
| Marveile, Henry | Peldon | 1579 | Will D/ABW 25/271 |
| May, Henry John | West Mersea | 1891 | Will D/DMb L4 |
| May, Thomas | West Mersea | 1788 | Will (Part) PROB 11/1165 |
| May, Thomas | West Mersea | 1837 | Will PROB 11/1981 |
| May, Thomas | Colchester | 1854 | Will PROB 11/2251 |
| Middleton, Joan | West Mersea | 1557 | Will D/ABW 25/151 |
| Myddelton, William | West Mersea | 1555 | Inventory Will D/ABW 25/125 |
| Mott, William | West Mersea | 1620 | Will D/ABW 45/177 |
| Munt, Samuel | Peldon | 1653 | Will PROB 11/275/327 |
| Northey, George | West Mersea | 1660 | Will D/ABW 61/251 |
| Onge, Rev. Francis | Peldon | 1666/67 | Will PROB 11/323/175 |
| Overall, Samuel | West Mersea | 1809 | Will PROB 11/1505 |
| Overall, Sarah | West Mersea | 1813 | Will PROB 11/1549 |
| Page, Thomas | Peldon | 1583 | Will PROB 11/77/407 |
| Peare, Thomas | East Mersea | | East Mersea Book D/DRc M12 |
| Popley, Rev. Edward | Great Wigborough | 1558/59 | Will D/ABW 28/230 |
| Potter, George | West Mersea | 1812 | Will PROB 11/1534/196 JH 224 |
| Prentyse, Elizabeth | West Mersea | 1589 | Will D/ABW 29/146 |
| Quincey, Sarah | Christchurch, Surrey | 1842 | Will PROB 11/2004/69 |
| Reynolds, Thomas | West Mersea | 1658 | Pete Hall |
| Sethyck, Eliz | East Mersea | 1557 | Will D/ABW 33/329 |
| Smeth, Mary | West Mersea | 1626 | Will D/ABW 48/210 |
| Smith, John | West Mersea | 1660 | Will PROB 11/298/321 |
| Smyth, Stephen | West Mersea | 1492 | Will PROB 11/10/606 |
| Songer, William | West Mersea | 1607 | Will D/ABW 36/68 |
| Spurden, Isabella | West Mersea | 1839 | Will PROB 11/1910/23 |
| Spurden, John | East Mersea | 1766 | Will PROB 11/922/48 |
| Spurden, Thomas | East Mersea | 1791 | Will PROB 11/1202/93 |
| Stratforde, Richard | West Mersea | 1583 | Will PROB 11/65/181 JH 223 |
| Taillour, Henry | West Mersea | 1501 | Will from J.B. Bennett |
| Thornback, Joan | West Mersea | 1636 | Will D/ABW 54/24 |
| Taylor, Thomas | East Mersea | 1625 | Will D/ACW 10/21 |
| Wade, Mary | Peldon | 1602 | Indenture |
| Wayland, George | Fingringhoe | 1790 | Will PROB 11/1264/41 |
| Wayland, John | Peldon | 1788 | Will PROB 11/1173/41 |
| Waywold, Joan | Peldon | 1584 | Will D/ABW 40/47. |
| Wellam, John | Little Wigborough | 1661 | Will D/ACW 17/233 |
| Wells, James | West Mersea | 1614 | Will D/ABW 41/231 |
| Whyter, John | East Mersea | 1547 | Will D/ABW 39/12 |
| Whyter, Richard | West Mersea | 1528 | Will D/ABW 39/12 |
| Wilvet, Robert | West Mersea | 1542-3 | Will D/ABW 39/55 |
Wyseman, Henry & Thomas
[ Wiseman ] | West Mersea | 1600 | Land Transfer D/P 77/13/1 |
Strood Accounts
Peldon documents
| 241. | PH01_DMS | Peldon in Domesday Book |
| 251. | SLY_001_101 | Sleyes Peldon conveyance John Lawrence John Anger 1635 |
| 252. | SLY_002_101 | Sleyes Peldon conveyance John Lawrence John Anger 1635 |
| 253. | SLY_003_101 | Sleyes Peldon Will of John Hopkins 1734 |
| 254. | SLY_004_101 | Sleyes Peldon letter from James Boys 1741 |
| 255. | SLY_005_101 | Sleyes Peldon will of Jonathan Bennet of East Mersea 1760 |
| 256. | SLY_006_101 | Sleyes Peldon Regrant and Admission of Edward Ransom |
| 257. | SLY_007_101 | Sleyes Peldon sale by Edward Ransom to John White 1772 |
| 258. | SLY_008_101 | Sleyes Manorial Surrender to John White 1772 |
| 259. | SLY_009_101 | Sleyes Manorial Admission of John White 1774 |
| 260. | SLY_010_101 | Sleyes sale of property to Joseph Ward 1780 |
| 261. | SLY_011_101 | Sleyes Admission of Joseph Ward |
| 262. | SLY_012_101 | Sleyes - sale Mary Wilsmore to Martin Harvey |
| 265. | PPS_001 | Indenture Priest's House (Slyes) Peldon 1726 |
Other documents
| 228. | MARG_228 | Memorandum by Charles Lind, Vicar of West Mersea 1748 concerning tithes
ERO D/P 77/1/2 |
| 280. | MARG_280_011 | Hearth Tax Great Wigborough 1673 ERO Q/RTh 8/4 |
| 301. | | Bower Hall 1743 D/DU/491 |
| 302. | | Tithe customs of vicarage of West Mersea 1460/1750 D/Q 1/12 |
| 303. | MARG_303_011 | Manorial Records - East Mersea Tree Cutting 1501 D/DRc M12 |
| 304. | MARG_304_011 | East Mersea Manor - letter from Queen Elizabeth ref Thomas Abell 1533 D/DRc M12 |
| 305. | | 1589 Crew list for bark PARNELL D/DRc M12 |
| 306. | MARG_306_011 | Those that would run a virtuous race ... (Poem) D/DRc M12 |
| MARG_306_013 | From all the stock of flying fowl (Poem) D/DRc M12 |
| 307. | | West Mersea Custumal 1497 D/Du 491/22 |
| 308. | MARG_308_001 | West Mersea St Ouen's Domesday 1086 |
| 309. | MARG_309_001 | West Mersea Bocking Hall Domesday 1086 |
| 310. | MARG_310_001 | East Mersea Domesday 1086 |
| 312. | MARG_312_011 | Manorial Customs in West Mersea and Fingringhoe |
| 313. | MARG_313_011 | Manorial Customs in West Mersea - tenants destruction of ancient records |
| 320. | MARG_320_011 | East Mersea Courte Baron ERO D/DU 555/18 |
| 321. | MARG_321_011 | East Mersea Customary tenants incl. Abell D/DU 555/18 |
| 322. | MARG_322_011 | East Mersea Demesnes 1589 D/DU 555/18 |
| 323. | MARG_323_011 | East Mersea Courte Leete 1589 D/DU 555/18 |
| 324. | MARG_324_011 | East Mersea Courte Leete 1559 Payments Fines D/DU 555/18 |
| 325. | MARG_325_011 | East Mersea Manor map c1650 D/DU 555/18 |
| 326. | MARG_326_011 | East Mersea Court of Lady Bridget Marney 1537 D/DRc M12 |
| 327. | MARG_327_011 | East Mersea letter from Queen Elizabeth 1559 D/DRc M12 |
| 328. | MARG_328_011 | East Mersea Book: Thomas Abell 1558 D/DRc M12 |
| 329. | MARG_329_011 | East Mersea Book: Works and Customs D/DRc M12 |
| 330. | MARG_330_011 | East Mersea Book: Owing to Cousin Jollye ERO D/DRc M12 |
| 331. | MARG_331_011 | East Mersea Book: Thomas Peare Expenses ERO D/DRc M12 |
| 362. | MARG_362 | East Mersea Manor sale of Copyhold 1824 |
| 361. | MARG_361_011 | The Domesday of Inclosures 1517 |
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| 401. | MARG_401 | Earliest written references to Mersea Island 894 etc |
| 401. | MARG_402 | Charter of King Edward the Confessor 1046 |
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| Source | Mersea Museum
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| ID | MARG | |
