Trascriptions of Medieval & Tudor Kent P.C.C. & C.C.C. Wills by L. L. Duncan
Leland Lewis Duncan (1862-1923). On his death many of his notebooks were deposited with the Kent Archaeological Society, of which he was a life-time member. What has been typed up below is all that seems to have survived. See Leland L. Duncan for fuller details of his work (click on the 'Back' button to return to this page).
Duncan's transcriptions were in a series of 'exercise books' and bound quarto books, numbered from 1 to 61. In 1934 Rev Bennitt, the Vicar of East Peckham, compiled an index by parish of all the transcriptions in Duncan's books no's 1 to 46 . This index, of over 1,622 entries, plus a further 566 entries from Books 47 to 61 has been typed up by Margaret Broomfield, Dawn Weeks and lately by Pat Tritton, amended in places by Zena Bamping using Duncan's original books where they survive. Below you will find two Indexes, the first by the name of the Testator, second the Place, as detailed by Duncan. This is followed by links to the individual Duncan books in number order, where those Will transcriptions that have survived are being typed up and added to this website. Where the individual page numbers are in blue and underlined, this indicates that the transcription has been added, and by 'clicking' on the 'link' the transcription can be viewed.
Updated 01-01-2017
Index of Wills In Name order - select the first letter of the surname you require below:-
A B C D EF G H IJK L M NO P R S T UV W Y
Index of Wills In Place order - select the first letter of the place name you require below:-
A B C D E F G H IJK L M NOPQ R S T UV W Y
This index was compiled by Rev F.W. Bennitt of East Peckham in 1938, presumably using a 'slip index',
and it not entirely accurate, but is still a very good starting point. It does not cover the all the wills that
are now on our the website. It is recommended that you also use the technique described below.