Malcolm's Notes

Virginia - Jurisdictional History

The first settlement in Virginia, at Jamestown, was undertaken in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London. (Thus, like New Amsterdam and Massachusetts Bay Company, Virginia began life as a business operation.) The company was reorganised and rechartered in 1618, but in 1624 the charter was revoked, and Virginia became a royal colony for the remainder of the colonial period.

The county system in Virginia was not created all at once but grew in a series of stages from about 1618 to 1642. The Virginia Company in 1618 ordered the organisation of the colony into four jurisdictions known as cities or boroughs. Based on this beginning, various courts were established, which formed the basis for the full-blown counties.

By the end of this period, nine counties existed from which all other Virginia counties were descended: Charles City, Elizabeth City, Henrico, Isle of Wight, James City, Northampton, Northumberland, Warwick and York.

Middlesex County was founded in 1673. English settlement of the county began around 1640, with the county being officially formed in 1669 from a part of Lancaster County. Middlesex County is located in Virginia's Middle Peninsula region, on the eastern end. It is bordered by the Rappahannock River, the Chesapeake Bay, the Piankatank River and the Dragon Run swamp. The county's only incorporated town, Urbanna, was established by the colonial Assembly in 1680 as one of 20, 50-acre port towns designated for trade. It served initially as a port on the Rappahannock River for shipping agricultural products, especially the tobacco commodity crop. As the county developed, it became its commercial and governmental center.

Essex County was established in 1692. The original county was Northumberland County, established in 1645, and subsequently divided into Nothumberland,, Lancaster, and Westmoreland Counties. Eventually Lancaster became Lancaster, Rappahannock and Middlesex Counties. In 1692, the now extict Rappahannock County split into Essex and Richmond Counties. The port town of Tappahannock was to become a center of commerce during the 17th and 18th centuries establishing a crossroads.

John Hord of Shady Grove, Essex County, Virginia

Both the publications, A History of the Hord family by Robert Hord, and The Hord family of Virginia by the Reverand Arnold Harris Hord a complete history of the Hord family, are based on an original manuscript book owned by Henry Ewell Hord of Nashville, Tennessee.

Arnold H Hord states that the lineage of the Hord family of England has been traced back to Richard Hord of Shropshire 1275 A.D. And in 1553, Alan Hord, a member of this Shropshire family purchased the Manor of Cote, Oxfordshire. Other members of this family moved to London, to Ewell in Surrey and to the southern and southwestern counties of England. He states that May 22, 1650 Aalan Hoord came to Virginia, also Elias Hoard May 27, 1654 and that all people with the Hord surname in America are descended form this family, who has the right to bear a Coat of Arms

I find it quite amusing when you see other people's web sites concerning the Hord family, with the Coat of Arms in a prominent position, and they have copied word for word from these publications.

Unfortunately some of his work does seem to be flawed.

Since having a yDNA match with some descendents of John Hord we have been looking very closely to see if we can find the answer to this. My Hore family can be traced back to the early 1500's in villages to the north of Gloucester City. These villages were Charlton Kings, Leckhampton, Down Hatherley and Deerhurst. Although there are records earlier in 1327 of Hugh le Hore paying 9d in tax at Charlton Kings.

The Hore/le Hore/Hoore/Hoare/Hoar/Whore surname has never been spelt Hord.

Also you would expect a family who had a Coat of Arms to be quite well educated and usually had an Armorial Seal to sign their documents with. In the 1708 deed of William Gardner John HORE couldn't sign his name.

So what do we really know about John Hord. In the following early documents he spelt his name HOARE/HORE then for some reason he started using HORD/HOARD.

The earliest record documented so far is 1703.

Latest records added: Fredericksburg Court Records - as of 20th Jan 2017 - 51 new records added.
Also records of the HORD family added from George WASHINGTON papers - updated 20th Jan 2017.
Latest records added: From the Rouzie Baird Collection, held at Essex County Museum, only a short description of Hord family entries, the full entries not available online - 45 records added 17th Feb 2017.

Will of Thomas Hoare 1626, of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

the xxxi th of January 1626

In the name of god Amen. I Thomas Hoare of Aylesbury in the county of bucks, cordwayner beinge sicke of body but of perficke rememboran(ce) thankes be to god for it I do ordaine this my last will and testament in mannoure and foarme following first I give and bequeath my soule into the handes of almighty god my Saviour and redeemer by whose mearitor I hope to be saved and my bodye to the grounde from whence it came to be buried in the churchyarde of Aylesbeary at the discreation of my executrix.

Imprimis I give and bequeathe to my daughter Agnes Orton xiid to be payde her within one month after my desease
It(e)m I give to my daughter Auradrye xiid to be payde to her when she doth demande it after My desease and also to her daughter xiid
It(e)m I give and bequeathe all the rest of my goodes and chattels landes and tenements unbequeathed unto my wife whome I doo ordeigne to be full executrix of this my last will and testament

and I doo ordeeine to be overseerers of this my last will my trusty & wellbeloved friends John Forriste and Jones Orton & I give to either Of them for theire paynes vi d a peace Sealed and de(c)lymend in the presence of John Forrist Christopher Arden Jonas Orton

This will was proved in the peculiar of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, on 5 April, 1627 by Elizabeth Hoare widow and executrix.

Will of Henry Hoare 1654, of Walton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

Below is an exact translation including spelling and two words included twice.

Julie the Eleaventh
Anno Domini One Thousand six hundred fiftie foureth
In the Name of God Amen

I Henery Hoare of Walton in ye Countie of Bucks being of perfect sense and memorie doo this present day make my last Will and Testament in manner and form following. In primis I resign my Soule unto the hands of my most mercifull God and Saviour who hath redeemed it most. I resign my Bodie to the Earth whereof it was made. Item I bequeath and give to my eldest sonne Henery Hoare five shillings. Item I give to my second sonne John Hoare five shillings. Item I give to my Third sonne William Hoare five shillings. Item I give to my sonne in law Samuell Sympson 100 shillings. Item to my sonne Thomas Hoare five shillings and my Browne Cowe or Three pounds six shillings in monie. Item to my daughter Olive Brinklow five shillings. Item to each and every one of my Grandchildren Twelve pence a peece. Item the rest of my goods and Shattells I bequeath and give to my deare Wife Olive Hoare whom I appoynte and make my sole Executrix and further my Will is that she (that is my Wife) doo fully and perfectly without fraud pay or cause to so pay to all the above mentioned Legally resectivielie within the Tearme of twelve months next ensuing after the day of my death finallye I do desire and entreate Master Hugh Chibnall Minister of Walton and William Rilpin to be Overseers of this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale Henery Hoare Hoare his marke.
Witness William Chadman Thomas Norris his marke

This Will was proved att London the the seventeenth day of May in the yeare of our Lord God One Thousand six hundred fiftie and five before the Judge for probate of Wills and granting Administrations Lawfully authorized by the oath of Olive Hoare the Relict and sole Executrix named in the above written Will. To whom Administration of all and singular the goods Shattells and debts of the said Testator was Committed she being first legally sworne by virtue of a Commision rule and sayth fullie to administer the same....

Many of these Gloucester wills were photocopied from the original wills kept in the Gloucester Archives vaults and translated by a specialist, many thanks to the staff at Gloucester Archives who gave me permission to reproduce them.

Edmond Hore 1571, Down Hatherley, Gloucester

In the name off God amen the 28 day of March in the yeare of our Lord God, after the Computac(i)on of the Church of England, Mo CCCCC Lxxj (1571),
I, Edmond Hore, of Donnhatherley w(i)t(h)in the dioces of Glouc(es)t(er), being sick in my body but, thankes be unto God, of parfecte Remembra(u)nce, do make and ordayne this my Last will and Testement in manor and forme following, vizt,
First I Geve and bequeth my Sowle into the handes of Almighty God my makar, and to Jesus Christ my Redemar, by whose deth and Passion I trust to be saved.
And my body to be buried in the body of the Parish Church of Downehatherley afforsaide.
Item I Geve and bequeth to the Cathedrall Church in Gloucester 4d.
Item I Geve Towardes the Reperac(i)on of the Church of Downehatherley 12d.
Item I Geve and bequeth to Elizabeth Hore my youngest daught(er) Ten poundes in money or in moneys worth, to be Paied unto hir at the day of hir maredge, yff she, the said Elizabeth, Lyve Therunto.
Item I Geve and bequeth to Jo(a)ne my daught(er) forty shellinges in money or moneys worth, to be Paied unto hir w(i)t(h)in one yeare next after my decesse, yf she so Long live.
Item I Geve to Petar Warall of Twigworth one bushell of wheate.
Item I Geve to John Chadnor one bushell of wheate.
Item I Geve to John Kynnor and Margery Balle one bushell of wheate betwene them.
Item I Geve to Phillip Cox my S(er)vant one shepe.
Item I Geve to Richard Clerke my S(er)vant one shepe.
Item I Geve to Jo(a)ne Butt my S(er)vant one shepe.
Item I Geve to Humfrey Hore my brother's sun(n)e one shepe.
All w(hi)ch Corne and shepe the w(hi)ch before I have Geven, my will ys yt be delivered at the feast of St Mychell the Archangell next after my decesse, unto So many of them as ar then Lyving.

Will of Edmond Hore, 1571 - 2

All the Ressidewe of my Goodes and Cattell, movable and unmovable, not before Geven or bequethed, what so ever They be, my deptes Truly paied yf any be, and my funeralles dischardged, I wholly Geve and bequeth to Elizabeth my wif, whom I make my Sole and alone Executrix.
And to se this my Last will and Testement Put in Execuc(i)on and Performed according as ys before Expressed, I ordayne and apoynte my Trusty frendes Thomas Hore my brother and Edward Hore of Leckhampton my Oversears, to whom I Geve for their Paines to be taken therin as followeth, vizt,
To Thomas Hore my brother 20s and to Edward Hore 6s 8d.
Wittneses at the making heareof, John Knowlles, Clerk, John Bushop, Willyam Turlo and Henry Parrot, w(i)t(h) others.

T(estamentum)

Edmundi Whore Def(uncti) nup(er) de Hathaley p(ro)bat(um) fuit Glouc(ester) cor(am) m(agist)ro Richardo Grene in legib(us) bacc(halaurio) Canc(ellario) etc ixo die Augusti A(nn)o d(omi)ni 1572
Jura(men)to executricis p(ri)us iurate

The Will

of Edmund Whore, deceased, late of Hatherley, was proved at Gloucester before Master Richard Grene, bachelor of laws, Chancellor etc, on the 9th day of August in the year of our Lord 1572,
By the oath of the executrix, she being first sworn.

Edmund Hoare 1563, Norton, Gloucester

In the name of God, Amen.
28tieth daye of June A(nn)o d(omi)ni 1563.
I, Edmu(n)de Hoare, of Norton in the countie and lybertye of the cytye of Glowc(ester), houbandman, Although sycke in bodye, nev(er)theles of p(er)fytt memorye, thanks be to God, dooe make my testament and last wyll in man(ner) and forme folowynge.
Fyrst I commende my Soule into the handes of almyghty God my maker and Redemer, And my bodye to th'earth, to be buryed in the churchyarde of Norton Aforesayd.
And as touchyng the destrybuc(i)on of my temporall goodes, fyrst I bequethe to the mother churche of Glowc(ester) 4d.
Item to my syster Jane Byngley, one bushell of wheat, to be delyv(ere)d to hyr when harvyst is in.
Item to my godsonne Edmu(n)de Wyntle 8d.
Item I bequethe to Rycharde Hoare my Sonne, my teame of oxen, w(i)th all the taklynge therunto belongyng, and a yewe & lambe, the w(hi)ch I wyll to be delyv(ere)d unto hyme, when he shall accomplyshe th'age of twentye one yeres, yf hys mother Soe long lyve, and be unmaryed, otherwyse to be deliv(ere)d unto my sayd Sonne, att, or before the daye of hys maryage, and (ymedyatly after hyr death yf she do deceasse before the sayd age accomplyshed).
Also I bequethe to my two doughters Joyse Hoare, and Mawde Hoare, fyve kyne and fyve yonge beastes, w(i)th two ewes, and 2to lambes, to be equaly devyded betwen them, when ev(er)y of them shall come to th'age of 24ti yeres, or els at the day of maryage or deceasse as is aforesayd.
Also if any of my sayd doughters, or bothe, deceasse before th'ende of the yeres to them before numbred, than I wyll that the portion, or portions, of hyr or them so desceassyd, shall Remayne to my afornamed Sonne (yf he so longe lyve), otherwyse, I com(m)ytte the matter to theyer mother yf she survyve them.
Also I wyll to be payed to Jhon Itherydge th'elder 20s of good Englyshe corant moneye, whyche I borowed of hym.
All the Residewe of my goodes, not geven, nor bequethed, I gyve, and bequethe, to Alys Hoare my wyffe, whome I make my executryxe.
Ov(er)seers to th'execution hereof I wyll, and desier my beloved Jhon Itherydge and Edmu(n)de Hoare my brother.
Wyttnesses hereof John Daves clerke, Rob(er)t Hudleson and Edmunde Hoare, withe other.

Probate of Will of Edmund Hoare, 1563

Probatu(m) fuit testa(men)tu(m) Edmundi Hoare p(ar)och(ie) de Norton Glouc(estriense) die Sabb(at)i vi(delicet) xxvijmo die mens(i)s novembris A(nn)o d(omi)ni 1563

(The will of Edmund Hoare of the parish of Norton in Gloucester was proved on Saturday, that is to say, the 27th day of the month of November in the 1563rd year of our Lord.)

Henry Hore 1545, Lydney, Gloucester

Testamentum Henrici Hore
Will of Henry Hore

In dei nomine amen videlicet xxiijo die mensis october anno domini Mmo CCCCCo xlvo
In the name of God, Amen, that is to say, on the 23rd day of the month of October in the 1545th year of our Lord
Y, Henri Hore, of ... paresth off Lydney, secke yn body & holl off Remembrans make my testament yn thys manner.
Fyrst Y bequethe my Soll to allmygthte God, & my body to Be beryd yn the churche yarde off Lydney etc.
Item I bequethe to Anes my doftur a cowh.
Resydwe off all my goodes nott bequethed, my dettes payde & Y beryd, I gyve & bequethe to Crystyan my wyff.
Also Y ordeyne and make Crystan my wyff my excectors to Fullfyll my well & pay my dettes to.
Thys Beryng wettnesse Sir John Wotton curate ther, Thomas Cornys, with other more.

Item Y bequethe to the chatthedall churche of Glossetur 2d


Probate of Will of Henry Hore, 1545/6


Testamentum Henrici Hore de Lydney
Januarii Anno 1545

Will of Henry Hore of Lydney
January in the year 1545

Alexander Hore 1566, Tewkesbury, Gloucester

... ... I, Alexandre Hore of Teuxbyry ... ...
... ... sick in body yet, God be praysed, ... ...
... ... make my last will and testament in manner and ...
... to be buryed at the discrecion of my executors & ...
Also I ... ... by my last will geve unto Thomas Semes & ... my welbeloved Fryndes all my landes, tenementes & rentes to th'use & uses here after followinge, that ys to wete,
That they to receyve the rentes off my landes & delyver the same to my wyfe duringe the terme of eight... ... for ... ...nyng the bringinge up of the children that I have by ... my wyfe
& at th'end of the seid terme they the seid Thomas Semes ... ... ... to enfeoffe John my sonn & his heires for ever of my messuage or tenement, with th'appurtenaunces, liinge in Teuxbyry, in Oldbyry strete, now in the tenure of Roger Wylkes,
& lykewise they to enfeoffe all the rest of my landes & tenementes whatsoever to Richard my eldest son & his heires of his body lefully begotten,
& for default of yssue of the seid Richard the seid Lande & tenementes to remayne to John my sonn & his heires of his body lefully begotten,
& for defaulte of suche yssue, to the right heyres of me, the seid Alexandre Hore.
Also I geve to Richard my son my best braspot which was my mothers.
Also I geve to John my Son my next best pott.
Also I geve & bequeth to Agnes my daughter my best pan, my best beringe shete, 2 candlestickes & to platters.
Also I geve to Jone my daughter my next best pan, a par of sheetes, 2 candlestickes, 2 platters & a pillos bere pillow's bear, pillowcase.
Item I geve toward the reparacions of the paryshe church of Teuxbyry 12d.
The residue of my goodes & cattelles I geve & bequeth wholy to Elizabeth my wyfe, whome I do make & ordeigne my sole executrix of this my will & testament, of which said last will & testament I ordeyne Thomas Semes & ... ... oversears of this my last will
Theis wytnesses hereunto Henry Hynton, Roger Turbill, Roger Wilkes & Nicholas Crondall.
With my Seale Sealed & hand subscribed, the 5th day of Novembre in the Seventh yere of the Raygne of our soveraigne Lady Quene Elizabeth.

John Hoare 1646, Tewkesbury, Gloucester

(1) In the name of God, Amen, the one and twentieth day of ... ... ... ... in the two and twentieth year of the raigne of ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... (2) England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of the Faith etc,
I, John Hoare, ... ... ... countie and Cittie of Glouc'r, ... ... (3) ... ... in bodie and perceivinge myselfe ... ... and to ... ... reason of administration ... ... (4) ... ... and estate,
And for that purpose doe make and declare this my present last will and testament in manner and forme followinge,
And first and principallie ... ... (5) ... ... to be buried at the discretion of mine Executor hereafter named.
And as for my temporall and worldlie estate which the Lord ... ... (6) ... ... and dispose thereof as followeth, vizt,
And first as touching my Lands of ... devise and bequeath All my houses ... ...
(7) ... ... of Glouc'r to my Neece and Heire at Law, Martha Hoare, daughter of my late Brother Allexander Hoare deceased, and to her heires for ever, ... ...
(8) ... ... her and her heires for ever All that my Messuage, Tenement and dwellinge house, with the garden thereunto belonginge, with th'appurtenances, now in the ... ... (9) scituate and being in Tewkesburie in the Countie of Glouc'r, in the Streete there called the High Streete alias the Oldburie Streete,
And my other two houses ... ... (10) nowe in the tenure, holdinge or possession of Edward Chester, and the other in the tenure, holdinge or possession of William Watkins, Lyinge togeather in the ... ... (11) and Tenementes and Hereditamentes in Tewkesburie aforesaid, over and besides the said house and Garden before given unto the said Martha Hoare, I give and bequeath ... ... (12) Peirce, the wife of Thomas Peirce, and to the heires of her, the said Martha Peirce for ever.
And whereas I have lately graunted and made severall estates by way of mortgage to ... ... (13) him, the said Thomas Peirce, for Securitie of severall sommes of money that I borrowed of him and yet owe him of certen Lease Landes in Sandhurst aforesaid and elsewhere in the ... ... (14) Cittie of Glouc'r,

Now I doe hereby remise and release unto him, the said Thomas, the said severall Mortgages, And my Will is that the said ... ... (15) Assignes shall hold and enjoy the said Landes soe Mortgaged unto him as aforesaid absolutely, without anie manner of Condicions or ... or any manner of ... ... (16) ... ... that he, the said Thomas Peirce, doe and shall pay and discharge all such debtes as I shall owe at my death, and the Legacies by me given and hereafter mentioned in ... ... (17) ... ... if my personal estate will not otherwise rise to performe and discharge the same.
Item I give and bequeath unto my aforesaid Neece Martha Hoarethe somme of ... ... (18) ... paid into the handes of my Overseers hereafter named within the space of one yeare after my decease, and to be by them put out and employed at the best advantage of her, the said Martha Hoare, and the profit thereof thence arisinge to be paid unto her Mother or otherwise employed for ... ... (19) ... the age of Eighteene yeares,
And then the said Thirtie poundes to be paid and delivered unto her owne handes.
Item I give and bequeath to my Sister in Law Margerie Hoare, the ... ... (20) Hoare, the somme of Five poundes in money to helpe her to put her house in repaire.
Item I give unto the poore of the parish of Sandhurst aforesaid Twentie shillinges to be distributed by the ... ... (21) poore of the said parish with the approbation of my Cozen Mr Bell
Item I give unto the poore of the parish of St John Baptist in the Cittie of Glouc'r, in which parish I ... ... (22) distributed at the discretion of my Executor and Overseer, or the Major of them.
Item I give ... ... ... poundes, and to her Sister my Cozen Anne (?)Wells ... ... (23) shillinges.
Item I give to my Cozen William Smith, Shoemaker in the Cittie of Glouc'r, Five ...
Item I give to my Neighboure and Frendes John H... and William ... (24) for a token of my Love.
Item I give to the widow Hayward of Spurriers in Sandhurst aforesaid ... ... five shillinges and to her kinswoman Anna Gough Five shillinges ... ...
... ... (25) William and Robert (?)Hinper my workemen ... ... ... ... shall be due to them at my decease ... ...
... (26) Tenn shillinges over and above her wages to be likewise due.

All the rest of my goods, cattle, chattels and personall estate whatsoever, my debtes beinge paid and funerall discharged, ... ... (27) bequeath unto my Lovinge Brother in Law Thomas Peirce, whom I make and ordaine the whole and sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament,
And I doe make and appoint ... ... (28) my Lovinge Cozen William Belle and my Lovinge Unkle Thomas (?)Purlement ... ... Thomas Clutterbocke and my Cozen Richard Poulter, each of whom ... ... (29) ... and for their paines herein Twentie shillinges,
And I do give and ... ... Richard (?)Cowper ... and my Brother in Law Peirce five shillinges ... ... (30) ... unto Elizabeth ... tenn shillinges in respect of the ... ... the paines she hath taken with me in my sicknes.
In witness ... ... (31) my Last Will and testament put my hand and Seale the day and yeare first above mentioned.

John Hoare

Signed, Sealed and published in the presence of William ... , ... (32) Clutterbocke, Richard Poulter, John Browne, Richard Elly, Richard (?)Cowper, John ...

Concordatum ipsum cum originali testamento ... facta fides collatione per Nos ... ...
This was agreed with the original will ... , the good faith of the collation being assured by us ... ...

Probate of Will of John Hoare, 1646

Probatum fuit huiusmodi testamentum apud Gloucestriam 25to die Julii anno domini 1646 commissione directa Edwardo William presbitero surrogato venerabilis viri Francisci Babe legum doctoris reverendi patris Godefredi Gloucestrie episcopi vicarii in spiritualibus generalis etc ac per eum approbatum etc
Commissaque fuit et est administratio omnium et singulorum bonorum etc executori etc de bene prius iurato
Deinde dominus ad petitionem executoris ... nonnulla ... ... disposita per originalem testamentum ... ... huiusmodi copia ... exhibita ... ...

This will was proved at Gloucester on the 25th day of July in the year of our Lord 1646, a commission having been directed to Edward William, priest, Surrogate of the worshipful Francis Babe, Doctor of Laws, Vicar General in Spiritual of the Reverend Father Godfrey, Bishop of Gloucester etc, and by him approved etc,
And administration of all and singular the goods etc was and is committed to the executori etc, he being first sworn well etc.
Thereafter the Lord, at the petition of the Executor, ... some ... ... disposed by the original will ... ... this copy ... exhibited ... ...

John Hore 1573, Westbury, Gloucester

... ...
... our ... ...
... the faith ... ...
body but in perfect remembrance ... ...
manner and forme following ... ...
and redeemer and my body to be ... ...
Item I geve to ... ... 4d ... ...
laufull money of England ... ...
geve and bequeth to William my ... ...
whan he shalbe of the age of eig... ... icolas my sonne
other eight poundes of laufull money of ... ... shalbe of the
age of eighteyne yeres.
Item I geve and b... ... ...use wherein I dwell
and all my shoppes, with all and singuler there app... ... ...peth her selffe
unmarried, and if she marrye before the termes of ... ... than I will that
the same house wherin I dwell, with his appurtenaunces, and all my said shoppes, to remayne and be to th'onelye use and behooffe of my said three sonnes ymediatlye after the daye of her marriagde, for and during all the termes therof, and of everye parte and parcell therof.
And further my Will is that at the daye of the marriadge of my said wiffe, She shall paye and delyver to my children aforesaid the said sommes of money beforesaid in this my will bequeathed to them, or to souche neerest frindes that shall take the same children or onye of them, Soe that those that receave the same money and children doe putt in bande for the saffe redlyveringe of the same money to the same children whan they accomplishe the age of 18 yeres as aforesaid.
And further my will is that if any of my said children deceasse before he be of the age of 18 yeres, than his or theyre partes that shall deceasse to be and remayne to souche other of them as shalbe then lyving.
All other my goodes and Cattelles, moveable and unmoveable, I gyve and bequeth to the said Johane my wiffe, whom I make my sole Executrixe, to receave my dettes and to paie my legaces,
And I appoint to be Overseers of this my last will Sir Richard Bradlye, Clarcke myne unckell Richard Ivans and William Packer, Clerke.
Beinge witnesses, Thomas Packer th'elder, Thomas Packer th'onger, John Horseham, William Cowstans and other moo.

Probate of Will of John Hore, proved 1573

Testamentum

Johannis Hore defuncti nuper de Wesburie probatum fuit Gloucester xxvijo Maii Anno domini 1573

Coram magistro Richardo Grene in legibus bacchalaurio Cancellerio etc
iuramento executricis prius iurate cui administracio est commissa

Regestratur
FH

The Will of John Hore deceased, late of Westbury, was proved at Gloucester on the 27th May in the year of our Lord 1573

Before Master Richard Grene, Bachelor in Law, Chancellor etc,
By the oath of the executrix, she being first sworn, to whom administration was committed

Registered
FH

Margaret Whoare 1601, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucester

Margaret Whoare

In the name of God, Amen, the fift daye of Apryll anno domini one thousand sixe hundred and one,
And in the three and fourteth yeare of the Raigne of our soveraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth that now is,
I, Margaret Whore, of Shippinge Sodbury in the county of Gloucester, beinge sicke in body but of good and perfect remembrance, thankes be unto Allmyghtie God, doe make this my last will and Testament in manner and forme followinge, that is to say,
First I commend my soule into the handes of Allmyghty God, and my body to the earth.
Item I give and bequeath unto Amy my daughter three poundes sixe shillinges eight pence, hich money is in the handes of William Keynes of Sodbury aforesaid, to be payd unto my sayd dawghter within one moneth next after my decease.
Item I geve and bequeath unto my dawghter Elizabeth three poundes sixe shillinges eight pence, which money is in the handes of William Keynes aforesayd, to be payd unto her within one moneth next after my decease.
Item I geve and bequeath unto my daughter Alice three poundes sixe shillinges eighte pence, which money is in the handes of the foresayd William Keynes, to be payd unto her within one moneth next after my decease.
Also I geve and bequeath unto my daughter Alice the featherbedd which I now lye upon, one Blankett, one Boulster, one Pillowe, and a Redd Coverlett.
Also I geve and bequeath unto my daughter Alice one Pillowe flockbedd, and the two best pannes, and my biggest Croke (crock).
Item I geeve and bequeath unto my daughter Amy my biggest panne of blacke mettell, and my best flockbed.
Item I geve and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth my second best flocke bedd, and my best (?)Orift Coverlett, and the second best panne, and my two worst coverlettes.

Will of Margaret Whoare, 1601 - 2

Item I geve and bequeath unto Amy my dawghter my second best coverlett.
Item I geve and bequeath unto my daughter Alice, the coverlett, that the warpe is linnen, and the (?)abbe Redd.
Item I geve and bequeath unto John Skeat my daughter's sonne my Cow which now I have.
Item I geve and bequeath unto Johane Skeake, my daughter's dawghter, my best petticoate.
Item I geve and bequeath unto Rachall Brill my dawghter's daughter my best Gowne.
Item I geve and bequeath unto Katherine Lane my sister's daughter my best frise (freize) gowne, my second best petticoat, and my best hatt,
And also 20s in money, to be payd unto her within on moneth next after my decease by the goodwyfe Keynes and the goodwyf Warner the Baker.
Also I geve and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth my warminge Panne.
Item I geve and bequeath all my Pewter, and all my linnen, unto my three dawghters, to be equally devided by the discression of my overseers, vizt, sixe Platters, 7 Potingers, five saucers, three saltes of Pewter, foure Candlestickes, three quart pottes, a pynte pott and a spice morter, eight paire of sheetes, foure table cloathes, eyght table napkines, and one towell.
Also my will is that all the rest of my goodes and housholdstuffe not geven nor bequeathed shalbe sold by the discression of my overseers and delivered unto my three daughters.
Also I desire my daughter Amy to be my executrix, or her husband Valentine Skeake, yf it be not lawfull that shee may.
And I desire my neyghbours Richard Noris and William Keynes to be my overseers,
And for their paines I geve them 12d apeece.
And also twelve pence a peece to Margaret Keynes and Alice Warner, and to the poore of Sodbury 10 shillings.

Probate of Will of Margaret Whoare, 1601/2

Probatum fuit Testamentum suprascriptum coram venerabili viro Magistro Johanne Seman legum doctore reverendi in christo patris ac domini domini Godfridi providentia divina Gloucestriensis episcopi vicario in spiritualibus generali
Vicesimo tertio die Februarii Anno domini iuxta cursum et Computacionem Ecclesie Anglicane Milesimo Sexcentesimo primo
Ac per nos approbatum et insinuatum
Commissaque fuit et est administratio omnium et singulorum bonorum iurium etc dictam defunctam et eius testamentum suprascriptum qualitercumque concernentium executrici in eodem testamento nominate primitus de bene et fideliter administrando et disponendo eadem ad sancta dei Evangelia vigore Commissionis directe Thome Goare Curato de Shiping Sodbury iurandum
Datum die anno et loco suprascriptis

(The abovewritten will was proved before the worshipful Master John Seman, Doctor of Laws, Vicar General in Spiritual matters of the Reverend Father and Lord in Christ, Godfrey, by divine providence Lord Bishop of Gloucester,
On the twenty third day of February in the year of our Lord, according to the course and computation of the English Church, one thousand six hundred and one,
And by us approved and favoured,
And administration of all and singular the goods, rights etc whatsoever concerning the said deceased and her abovewritten will was and is committed to the executrix named in the same will,
She having been first sworn, on God's Holy Gospel, by force of a Commission to take her oath, directed to Thomas Goare, Curate of Chipping Sodbury, well and faithfully to administer and dispose the same.
Given on the day, year and place abovewritten)

Probate of Will of Margaret Whoare, 1601/2 - 2

Testamentum

Testamentum Margarete Whore parochie de Chipping Sodbury probatum etc Coram Johanne Seman Cancellario etc apud Gloucestriensem xxiijo die Februarii 1601 iuxta etc
Commissa fuit administratio executrici etc debite iurate vigore Commissionis directe Magistro Goare Curato ibidem etc

Will

(The will of Margaret Whore of the parish of Chipping Sodbury was proved etc before John Seman, Chancellor etc, at Gloucester, on the 23rd day of February 1601 according to etc.
Administration was committed to the executrix etc, she having been duly sworn, by force of a commission directed to Master Goare, curate in the same place etc.)

Many of these Gloucester wills were photocopied from the original wills kept in the Gloucester Archives vaults and translated by a specialist, many thanks to the staff at Gloucester Archives who gave me permission to reproduce them.

Charles Hoare, 1632, City of Gloucester

In the name of God, Amen, the Nyne and Twentith day of May Anno domini 1632,
I, Charles Hoare th'elder, of the Citty of Gloucester, sadler, beinge weake and sicklie in body, but of good and perfect memorie (thanks be geven to God for the same) doe make and ordeyne this my last will and testament in manner and forme followinge.
First and principallie I give and bequeath my soule unto almightie God my Creator and maker, and unto Jesus christ his only sonne and my alone saviour and redeemer, hopinge and trustinge through his meritts and bitter passion (in full assurance) to enioy and inherit the kingdome of heaven, there to raigne with him everlastingly.
And as for my bodye (beinge but dust and ashes) I bequeath to the earth from whence it came, to be buried at the discretion of my executor of this my will, hoping for A ioyfull resurrection both of my sowle and body at the last and generall day.
And as concerning my worldly goods and substance wherewith God hath bestowed uppon me and blessed me with, I give and dispose in manner and form followinge.
First I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Margery the use and quiet possession of the howse and ymplements wherein I now dwell,
To have and to hold to her, for her my said wife and my sonne Thomas Hoare, therein to dwell, use and occupy during her naturall life, they payinge the rent due to the Citty of Gloucester, and keeping the said howse in all needfull and necessary reparacions, as by the lease thereof I am enioyned,
And after her deceasse, my will is that my sonne Charles Hoare shall have all my right and interest unto the said howse and lease thereof graunted unto me from the said citty, and that he shall renew the said lease in his owne name,
And alsoe my will is that the plumpe, the noast, the testernes, the glass windowes, wainscot and benches, with the tables board in the hawle and the levery cupboard and other cupboards lastinge to the howse, to remayne to him, the said Charles, his heires and assignes, with the said howse at the deceasse of my said wife,
Provided that my sonne Charles or his assignes doe pay or cause to be paid unto my sonne Thomas Hoare or his assignes the somme of tenne pounds of lawfull English Mony within the space of fowreteene dayes after he is possessed of the howse and ymplements,
And if he, the said Charles, or his assignes, shall refuse to pay the same as aforesayd, being lawfull demanded,
Then my will is that my sonne Thomas shall have the said howse, ymplements and lease.
Item I give to my said sonne Thomas fyve silver spones and one silver bowle.
Item I give unto my sonne Charles my silver salt and fyve silver spones,
Which said plate soe to my said twoe sonnes geven, my will is the same shalbe in the use and possession of my said wife during her life, and after her deceasse to remayne unto them.
Item I give to Thomas Hore, Margery Hore and John Hore, children of my sonne Charles Hoare, Fyve poundes betwene them three.
Item I give and bequeath unto my said sonne Thomas the lease of my stable and garden in Travell Lane which I hold of the Dean and Chapter,
To have and to hold unto him for and duringe the residue of such terme in the same lease as shalbe to come at my decease.
Item I give unto Charles Hoare and Johan Hoare, the children of my sonne Thomas Hoare, the some of fyve pounds betweene them.
Item I give unto Charles Tarne A saddle, furnished.
Item I doe hereby appointe my lovinge sonne Charles Hoare to be my Executor of this my last will and Testament, in trust, and not to make any benifit of the executorshipp to his owne use, and for the better providinge and mainetenance of my saide wife during her natural life.
My will is and I doe appointe (that my debtes if any be and funerall charges being paid and discharged by my Executor out of my estate yet unbequeathed) that all the rest of my goodes, Chattelles, Cattle, houshold stuffe and ymplementes of houshold whatsoever yet unbequeathed shalbe ymploied by the appointment of my Executor to the use, benifitt and behoofe of my wife and my sonne Thomas Hoare, his heires and Assignes, and the benifitt thereof to be yerely equally devided betweene them, and soe to remaine at the disposinge of my Executor, with th'advise of my Overseers, during the life of my said wife.
And after her deceasse, my will is that the sayd estate of my goodes and Chattells shalbe by my saide Executor conferred uppon my sonne Thomas Hoare, his heires and Assignes (the funerall charge of my wife being discharged first out of it) within one moneth after her deceasse,
And that my will may be the better performed, my will and desire is that my said Executor shall within sixe weekes after my deceasse enter into one bond of Twoe hundred poundes to the Overseers of this my will, that this my will shalbe performed by him in all pointes,
And if he refuse to enter into such bond, then my will is and I doe appointe my sayd sonne Thomas Hoare to be Executor of this my will.
And I doe desire my sonnes in law Mr Thomas Hill and Mr Leonard Tarne to be Overseers of this my will, and I give to each of them for their pains to see my will performed A saddle A peece, furnished fitt for their use.
And in witnes hereof I have hereunto putt my hand and Seale in the presence of thes being witnesses.

The marke
of Charles Hoare

The marke of James Tiler and
John Hollandes


Probatum fuit hoc Testamentum apud Gloucester secundo ... ... die mensis Aprilis anno domini 1636 coram ... officiali ... Baber legum doctore etc
Commissaque fuit Administratio etc Executori etc debite prius iurato etc

[This will was proved at Gloucester on the second ... ... day of the month of April in the year of our Lord 1636 before ... official ... Baber, doctor of laws etc,
And administration etc was committed to the executor etc, he being first duly sworn etc.]

Charles Hoare, 1638, City of Gloucester

In the name of God Almightie Creator of all thinges and in Jesus Christ his deare and only son my most bountifull loveing Saviour and in the blessed spiritt my comforter Amen.
I Charles Hoare of the cittie of Gloucester being weake in body but perfect in memory blessed be my good god therefore, Doe hereby declare that my last will and testament as followeth ffirst I bequeath my soule into the handes of God that created it and my deare Saviour that soe dearlie ransom'd it with full confidence thorough his merrittes that after the end of his life it shall rest with him everlastingly.
And my bodie to the earthe from whence it came with full assurance that at the last daie when my Saviour shall appeare in glory it shalbe by his power raised upp to the resurrection of the just.
And for the estate it hath pleased god to lend unto me of the thinges of this world I thus dispose ffirst that with as much convenient speede as may well be all my rentes and debtes sett downe under my hand and all other if any be and can appeare to be due shalbe paid.
Item I give to my brother Thomas Hoare twentie poundes, to my sister Elinor Bailies fortie shillinges, to my brother William Hincksman and Walter Hincksman and Edward Hincksman and my sister ffounes twentye shillinges a peece in gould, also I give to my brother Thomas Hincksman five poundes and to my servant John Sponar at presberie five markes and to hie wife five nobles and to Thomas Prichard my servant fortie shillinges and to Thomas Ade my servant tenn shillinges,
Alsoe I give to Mr. Thomas Vell and to Alderman Hill and Mr. Leonard Tarne my brother lawes and my brother too new rings for my sake, and to good Mr. Workman our faithfull watchman forty shillings.
Alsoe I give unto my welbeloved wife Joane Hoare ye some of three hundred and fiftie poundes and to my sonne John Hoare twoe hundred poundes and to my son Daniell Hoare one hundred and fiftie poundes and to my daughter Joane Hoare a hundred poundes and to my son Leonard Hoare one hundred poundes and my will is that my wife shall have the furniture of houshold that I have in all places at her disposing during her life and after to come indiferentlie amongst my children except the goodes at Thornebery which was delivered me by the sheriffe by vertue of an elegit, all which i give unto my daughter Margerie Mathewe presentie after my decease.
Alsoe I give unto my sonn Thomas Hoare twentie poundes.
Alsoe I give to the said Margery my daughter and her sonne Charles Mathewe twoe hundred poundes and my will is that soe longe as this twoe hundred poundes remanies in the stocke which I shall leave (which shalbe till my executors and overseers shall allowe thereof for her good to lett him have it.) there shalbe unto her and her sonne sixteene poundes a yeare quarterly paid and my will and desire is that the stocke I shall leave unto my wife and the foure first named children with the twoe hundred poundes given my daughter shalbe used and imployed uppon the three bargaines I have taken at Encombe, Presbery and Slimbridge and my wife and the foure children to have their maintenance out of it, and my will is that my sonne Leonard shalbe carefullie kept at Schoole and whem hee is fitt for itt to be carefullie placed at Oxford, and if ye Lord shall see fitt, to make him a Minister unto his people and that all ye charge thereof shalbe discharged out of the proffitt which it shall please god to send out of the stocke and that all the rest of my estate unbequeathed all debtes and expence being discharged shalbe equallie devided betweene my wife and my twoe sonnes Daniell and John, and Joane, and the profittes of the said stocke to accrewe unto them alsoe untill my executors and my overseers shall agree for their good to lett any of them have their porcons for their preferment.
Only this excepted that my sonne Leonard shall have accrue and dewe unto him out of this estate six poundes a yeare to bee paid unto him by the foresaid hundred poundes when my executors and overseers shall allowe of it to be for his preferment and if anie of my children shall die before they come to make use of their porcons my will is that porcons soe falling out shalbe equallie devided amongst my five children nowe with me and my sonne Thomas aforesaid and if it shall soe happen that the stocke bequeathed be not founde fitt to be imployed as I have directed but I trust ye Lord will soe blesse that happie trade of life unto them that some of them will never give over but if soe should be then my will is that my executors pay in ye porcons unto them if they bee att age or els to paie it in or good securitie to my overseers and my will is that as I have agreed with Mr. Thoms Vell and promised there shall alwaies be really upon the groundes at Encombe which I have taken of him for Eight yeares eight hundred of the best ewes to stand for his securitie untill all rentes and dewes whatsoever shalbe really paid unto him, and now deare saviour spreade thy armes of mercie over me purge away my synnes though they are many and greate and my faith weake lett thy power be seene in my weaknes and thy strength in my manifould infirmities keepe me from that evill one and Receive me to thy mercy to whom with god the father and the holie spiritt be all glorie and power and thankes giveinge both nowe and for evermore Amen this 25th day of September 1638.
By me Cha: Hoare: ffurther I give unto my sonne John Hoare fortie poundes more which shall accrewe unto him when all the other are satisfied out of the estate.

Admon granted 21 Dec. 1638 - to Joane Hoare the relict

Richard Whoare, 1638, City of Gloucester

T(estamentu)m Richardi Hoare
(Will of Richard Hoare)

In the Name off God, Amen, the Fowerth day of August in the sixteenth yeare of the Raigne of our soveraigne Lorde James, by the grace of God, of Englande, Scotlande, Fraunce and Irelande, Kinge, defendor of the Fayth etc,
And of Scotlande the one and Fiftieth,
In the yeare of our Lorde God one Thowsand six hundred and Eighteene,
I, Richard Whoare, of the parrish of Saincte John the Baptist within the Citie of Gloucester, gentleman, beinge sicke in in Bodye but whole and of good and perfect in minde and memory, thanckes be geven to God for the same, doth make my last will and Testament in manner and forme folowinge:
First I bequeath my sowle into the Handes of the Lorde my God my spirite which hee of his Fatherly goodnes goodnes gave unto me: nothinge doughtinge but this; my Lorde my God of his great mercie will place it in the Company of his blessed Aungells and sainctes:
And as for my Body, with free good will I geve it over, Comendinge it to the Earth from whence it came,
And to bee Buried in the parrish Church of Saincte John the Baptist aforesaid.
In Primis I geve and bequeath unto my sonne Richard Whoare to howses sett lyinge within the Towne of Teuxburie, one of them in the tenure and Occupation of John Sipriance, the second in the tenure and Occupation of Margerie Banthropp or her Assignes.
I geve unto my sonne Richard Whore the howse, with the appurtenaunces, with all Landes, Medowes, Leasues, Pastures and Erable Landes, which was of Late in tenure or Occupation of Richard Pyrry of Sandhurst, to be delivered unto him at the Age of Twenttie fower years.
Item I geve and bequeath unto John Whoare my sonne the howse and Tenement, with The appurtenaunces, with all the Landes, Medowes, Leasues, Pastures, Erable Landes, appertaininge unto the same lyvinge, which is now in the tenure or occupation of Walter Hayward in the parrish of Sandhurst, with two Akers of Medow, sett, lyinge and being in Kinges Meade within the parrish of Sandhurste, to be delivered unto him at the Age of Twenttie and Fower yeares.
Item I geve unto him one Tenement nowe in the tenure and Occupation of Elizabeth Robbinsonne, widdow, with one stable and garden lying and beinge Travaile Lane in the parrish of Criste.
I geve unto John Whoare two howses or Tenementes lyinge and beinge in the parrish of Saincte Aldattes, nowe in the tenure and occupation of Anne Clementes and Mary Farre.
Item I geve and bequeath unto Alexander Whore my sonne the howse or Tenement sett, lyinge and beinge in Hearelane within the parrish of Sainnte John the Baptist, now in the tenure and Occupation of Mr Thomas Morse.
Item I geve unto him the howse or Tenement now in the tenure and Occupation of William Carpener in the parrish of Saincte John the Baptist, with to gardens in Hearelane, And fower other Tenementes and one stable and garden,
One of them in the Occupation of Mr Nathaniell Byshoppe in the parrish of Saincte Michals, and one other Tenement in the Occupation of John Screven in the parrish of All sainctes, one other Tenement in the tenure or Occupation of Thomas Ivorie in the parish aforesaid, one other Tenement in the tenure and Occupation of Lawrence Carpenter in the parrish of Criste, one other stable and garden nowe in the Occupation of Josias Woolley in the parish of Criste.
Item I geve unto my sonne Alexander Whore one Tenement, with th'appurtenaunces, in the parishe of Criste, now in the Occupation of Richard Harris of Woottons.
My will is that the Five Tenementes above bequeathed shalbe delivered to him at the age of twentie and fower yeares, yf hee soe longe shall live.
Item I give unto my daughter Martha Whoare one Hundred poundes of lawfull Money of England, to bee delivered unto her at the age of Twenttie and one yeares.
Item my will is that if it shall please God that any of my Children doe decease before they shalbee of the age of twenty and fower yeares, that then their parte deceased shall remaine unto the survivor or survivors, if they or any of them so long to leave ?do live, to bee equally devided among them by equall portions according to the discretion of my Overseers.
Item my will is that Anne Whoare my wife shall pay or cause to be paied unto my sister Joane Whoare eight shillinges of lawfull money of England annually from yeare to yeare dureinge her in error for %22the%22? naturall liefe of the said Joan.
Item I give unto my sister Joane Whoare Fortie shillinges of lawfull money of England, to bee paied unto her in manner and forme following, viz't, 10s to bee paied unto her within one yeare after the time of my decease, and so from yeare to yeare untill the some of 40s bee fully paied, if shee so long live.
All the residue of my goodes, Cattles, tenementes, Landes and livinges, moveable and unmoveable, my debtes, Legacies and funeralls thereof being paied and discharged, I doe give and bequeath unto Anne Whoare my welbeloved wiefe, whom of this my last will and testament I doe make my whole executrix.
Overseers of this my will I doe ordaine and appoint Thomas Poultene and Walter Hawling, to see my will performed according to my true meaneing, as my trust is in them.
I give them for their paines 20s a piece.
Item I give unto the poore of the parishe of St John the Baptist 20s.
Item I give unto Robert Carlion alias Provis the gound ?gown that was given mee at Mr Soames funerall.
Memorandum: And further my will is I give to Anne my wiefe, executrix aforesaid, my halfe Burgage Messuage or Tenement house and garden which I bought, wherein Wm. Watkins dwell, to sell towardes the payment of my debtes.
Witnesses to this my last will and testament; per me Robertum Garlion alias Provis ie written out by me, Robert Garlion alias Provis, Walter Shawlinges, Richard Whoare.

William Hoare, 1640, City of Gloucester

(in the name of God Amen, the ... day of) February ... ,
(I, William Hoare,) of the p(ar)ish ... these present ... sound & p(er)fect memory ... make my last will & (testament in manner and form) following.
First I (bequeath my soul to) my blessed saviour Jesus ... (and my body) to the earth ...
(And as concerning my temporal) estate, I bequeath (and dispose thereof as follows.)
First I give unto the poore (of the parish of) ... shillings.
Item I give (unto) ... my pott, posnett, & unto her sister (my) pewter platters.
Item I give & bequeath (the term) of the Lease of my house, which I hold (of the) Deane & Chapter of Glouc(este)r, unto ... Barrett & Hester Bennett.
All the (rest) of my goodes whatsoever, my debtes paid (and my) funeralls discharged, (my best Cloake & clothes excepted, which I give unto Thomas Barber), (I give) & bequeath unto Thomas Barrett, He(ster) Bennett & Elizabeth Barber, widow, to be equally devided betweene them,
And I ma(ke) the said Thomas Barrett my Execu(tor).
In wittnes whereof I have hereunto p(ut) my hand & seale the day & yeare above written

the marke of
William Hoare


Sealed, subscribed & acknowledged in the presence of
Thom. Hewson
the marke of John Carpenter.

(Probatum fuit) huiusmodi T(estamentu)m apud ... nono die mensis ... anno d(omi)ni 1640
Coram ... Baber legum (doctorem et per eun)dem approbat(um et insinuatum)
(Com)missaq(ue) fuit etc (administratio omni)u(m) et singulorum etc ... ... ... Jurat(o) etc, salvo Jure (cuiuscumque) etc

(This will was proved at ... on the ninth day of the month of ... in the year of our Lord 1640
Before ... Baber, doctor of laws, and by him approved and favoured,
And administration of all and singular etc (was granted to ... ... ...), he/she being sworn etc, saving all right whatsoever etc.)

Richard Hoore, 1545, Parish of Leckhampton, Gloucester

In the name of (God), Amen.
In the 37th yere of the Rayne of owr most Soverayn(e) Lord Kyng Henry the VIIIth, the 23rd day of September,
I, Rychard Hoore, of the p(ar)yshe of Lekyngton, In the cow(n)t(y) of Glo(u)c(ester), husbandman, Syke In body but thankes be unto almyghty God of good and p(er)feytte memory, doo make my testame(n)t and last wyll In man(ner) and forme folowyng.
Fyrst I bequeth my sowle to the grett mercy of Almyghty God, unto to owr Lady Saynt Mary, and all the holy cu(m)pany of hevyn.
My body to be buryyd In the cherch yerd of Lekyngton.
Secondaryly I do make Elyn Hoore my wyfe my sole executryxe, that ys to have the corne and all the hole croppe, to pay owr dettes, the lordes rent, and all other deutes duties, as reparatyons, and that done, to leve them unto owr chyldrene as she shall thynke best to the laude and prayse of Almyghty God and for the welth of owr sowlles.
Thes beryng wytnesse, Will(ia)m Tantey, Jhon Tawney, wyth other moo.

Thes are the dettes th(a)t I, Rychard Hoore, do ow.

In primis to Will(ia)m Fynch 13s 4d } S(u)m(m)a (Sum) 17s 3d
It(em) to Jhon Fynche the sonne 3s 11d }



Probate of Will of Richard Hoore, 1545


T(estamentum) Ric(ard)i Hoore de Leckhampton G(loucestriensis) d(iocese) p(ro)bat(um) fuit Ap(ud) Tewkesbury die sabb(a)ti vi(delicet) xo Octobris an(n)o d(omi)ni 1545
Elene rel(i)c(t)e Ex(ecutri)ci

(The Will of Richard Hore of Leckhampton in the diocese of Gloucester was proved at Tewkesbury on Saturday, that is to say,the 10th October in the year of our Lord 1545.
To Ellen, the relict, the Executrix.)

Robert Hoore, 1545, Parish of Leckhampton, Gloucester

T(estamentum) Roberti Hoore
(Will of Robert Hoore)

In dei nomine Amen.
In the yere of owr Lorde God a thowsand fyve hundreth fortey and (blank), the 8th day of September,
I, Robert Hoore, husbandman, In the cow(n)t(y) of Glo(u)c(ester) and the same dyoc(ese), dwellyng In the p(ar)yshe of Lekyngton, syke In body but thankes be unto God of goode and p(er)feytte mynde and memory, do make and ordeyne my last wyll and testame(n)t In forme and man(ner) folowyng.
Fyrst I bequeath my sowle to the grett m(er)cy of allmyghty God, and to owr blessyd Lady Saynt Mary, and all the holy cu(m)pany of hevyn.
My body to be buryyd in the chyrche yerde of Lekyngton.
It(em) I do gyve unto the mayntayning of the lyght before the Roode 12d.
It(em) I do gyve unto Roger Hoore my soone all my wayryng gear.
It(em) unto Jane Hoore, the dogghter of the sayd Roger, 2 platters, a pottyngere (porridge bowl), 2 saucers and a basyn.
It(em) I do gyve unto Edward Hoore my soone's son, for hys s(er)vyce that he hathe done unto me, a bolloke of 2 yere olde and better.
It(em) I bequeth unto Elsab(eth) Bubb(e) my best panne, a pyllow beare (pillow case), a meat clothe, a towell, a bolloke.
It(em) I do gyve unto Mergery my wyfe 2 keane (kine, cows), all my howshold stuffe, that ys to say beddyng, brasse and peuter (pewter).
It(em) the resydeu of my goodes, my legacys and dettes payd, I do geve unto Roger Hoore my sone, bothe moveable and unmoveable, as the croppe, cattell, corne and hay, Iron and tymber, whom(e) I do make my sole executor to see this my testament and last wyll p(er)formyd and fulfyllyd, and Jhon Bubbe of Wykha(m) to be ov(er)seer.
In wytnesse of the same I have desyeryd Will(ia)m Weylle, w(i)t(h) other moo (more) to beare recorde the day and yere abovesayd.


Thes are the dettes w(hi)ch I do ow. In p(ri)mis (First) to the lorde for his rente 19s 7d
It(em) unto Jane Hoore 11s 4d
It(em) unto Jhon Bubbe 10s
It(em) unto Jhon Fynch 2s 2d
It(em) unto Rychard P(o)mfrett 20d
It(em) unto the Kynges lave day (love day, date for settling legal action by agreement) 10d



S(u)m(m)a tot(a)lis (Sum total) £10 5s 7d (should be £2 5s 7d)

Probate of Will of Robert Hoore, 1545


T(estamentum) Rob(er)ti Hore de Lekington probat(um) fuit apud Tewkesbury p(er) m(agist)r(u)m Comm(i)ss(arium) die sabb(a)ti vi(delicet) xo Octobris an(n)o d(omi)ni 1545

(The Will of Robert Hore of Lekington was proved at Tewkesbury by the Master Commissary on Saturday, that is to say, the 10th October in the year of our Lord 1545.)

Roger Hoore, 1581, Parish of Leckhampton, Gloucester

In dei no(m)i(n)e Amen (in the name of God, Amen), the 12th daie of October in the yeare of o(u)r Lorde God 1581,
I, Roger Hoore, of the Parishe of Leackhampton, in the countie of Glouc(ester), husbanma(n), beinge of whole minde and in good and p(er)fecte Remembrance, Laude and praise be geaven to almightie God, do make this my p(re)sent Testament, concerninge hearin my Laste wille, in man(ner) and Forme followinge, That is to saye,
Firste I com(m)ende my Soule into the handes of almightie God, trustinge throughe the merittes of Christe Jesus my Savioure and redeamer to have the Fruition of his ever- lastinge kingdome, and my Bodie I wille to be buried in the Parishe churche yarde of Leakhampton aforesaied.
Item I geve and bequethe unto the reperac(i)ons of the saied Parishe churche 3s 4d.
Item I geve and bequethe unto Elner Hoore my daughter a towell, a latten (alloy similar to brass) Basen, a ewer w(i)th too peaces of pewter, and my beste candelsticke, my beste panne, and my seconde Potte, with 4 b(ushels) of wheate and 2 b(ushels) of Barley, to be payed unto her at the ende and tearme of 2 yeares, (that is to saye), halfe on(e) yeare and half annother, untille all be paied.
Item I geve unto the saied Eln(er) my coffer and a Bearinge sheete.
Item I geve and bequethe unto Edwarde Hoore my Eldeste sonne a yearlinge heyfare (heifer) to be bredd to the age of 2 yeares.
Item I geve and bequethe unto Jone Hoore, a daughter of my sonne Harrie Hoore, a cowe calfe, to be bredde to the age of 3 yeares (by her saide Father) and then to be delyv(er)ed.
Item I geve and Bequethe unto reste of my Sonnes Harries children, to everie on(e) a sheepe.
Item I geve and Bequethe unto William Borsleye on(e) sheepe.
Item I geve and bequeathe unto Roger Borsleye his Brother one sheepe.
Item I geve and bequethe unto Roger Dugles on(e) sheepe.
Item I geve and bequethe unto the saied Harrie Hoore my sonne all the residue of my goodes, moveabell and unmoveabell, not bequethed, whom I make my whole Executor, payinge my dettes and Funerall exspences.
Also I do ordeyne and appoynte Edwarde Hoore my sonne, and William Smithe, to be my overseers, to th'end that this my Wille and Testament maye be p(er)fourmed accordinglie.
In witnes whearof are these p(er)sons followinge.

Raffe Hines, person (parson)
Jhon (?)Holte
William Smithe
w(i)t(h) others


Probate of Will of Roger Hoore, 1582


T(estamentum) Rogeri Hoore de Leckhampton p(ro)bat(um) cora(m) Joh(ann)e Warde cl(er)ico surrogat(o) Will(ielm)i Blackleech in legib(us) bacc(alaurii) etc commissarii etc xviijo die Septembris 1582
Et commissa est ad(ministrati)o execut(ori) in eode(m) no(m)i(n)at(o) debite prius iurat(o) 1582

(The will of Roger Hoore of Leckhampton, proved before John Warde, Clerk, Surrogate of William Blackleech, Bachelor of Law etc, commissary etc, on the 18th day of September 1582,
And administration was committed to the executor named in the same, he being first duly sworn, 1582.)

John Hoare, 1643, Parish of Leckhampton, Gloucester

Testament(um) Johannis Hoare
(Will of John Hoare)

In the name of God, Amen.
I, John Hoare of Leckington (in the) County of Glouc(ester), husbandman, This p(re)sent 27th day of (?)June in the yeare of o(u)r Lord God 1643, being weake in body, but of good and perfect memory (thankes be to God for it) do make this my last will and testament, That is to say,
In primis I bequeath my soule to God my redeemer, (and) my body to the earth (whereof it is made) to be buried in Leckington, (hoping) through the merites of Jesus Christ my saviour to obteine et(er)nall life.
(Item I) do make and appoint Joan my wife the sole executrix of this my will (and testament).
Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Margaret Hoare (the sum of) twenty poundes in money, whereof my will is that ten poundes (be) payde her on the day of her marriage, if at any time during her mother's life she happen to marrie,
Or so soone as she shall cease to live w(i)th and be maintained by her mother, if at any time her mother shall refuse (to have) her with her and to maintaine her,
And the other ten poundes to be payde her at the decease of her mother,
Or if she shall not before marrie, nor (happen) to be payde the first ten poundes, that the whole twenty poundes be payd her immediatly after the decease of her mother.
Item I give and bequeath unto my s(ai)d daughter Margaret in householde goodes two beddes, being one tuke and one canvase tuke, w(i)th the furniture and ymplim(en)tes belonging to them,
Allso one halfe-hedd-bedstead And my great pott and my great brewing tubb, And one table boord w(i)th a frame, And one wyned cupboard, And two coffers, the one standing in my bedchamber, the other a bucking coffer, And two trundle beds,
All w(hi)ch goodes my will is shall come to her after the decease of her mother, and that her mother shall holde and have the use of them all her liffe time, unles she shall willingly imp(ar)te them or any p(ar)te of the(m) to her sooner.
Item I give and bequeath unto my nephewe John, the sonne of Giles Hoare, five pounds in money, To be payde him att the age of one and twenty years, or soon(er) if in the discretion of the ov(er)seers of this my testam(en)t it shall seeme requisite for his p(re)ferm(en)t to some trade or occupation.
Item I give and bequeath to my son Walter Hoare my best suite of wearing apparell.
Item my will is that the great Fate (vat) in the oute house, together w(i)th all settles, shelves, benches and boordes fastened to my p(rese)nte dwelling house, And all talletes and outhouses, be suffered to stand and remaine unremooved dureing the life of my s(ai)d wife, and for her use,
And after her decease, to come and be possessed by my son(n)e Thomas Hoare.
All other my goodes and chattelles by me not dysposed I bequeath unto my s(ai)d wife and executrix, and to her disposeall,
And I no(m)inate, appoint and authorize my son(n)es in lawe John Battone and Thomas Ballinger to be the ov(er)seers of this my last (will) and testament.
Witnes my hand the day and yeare abovewritten.

signum testatoris Johannis Hoare
(The mark of the testator, John Hoare)

Signed in the p(rese)nce of:
John Clifford his marke
Edm: Welles



Probate of Will of John Hoare, 1644


Probatum fuit hu(ius)mo(d)i testamentu(m) apud Charleton Regis 3io die mensis Maii Junii Anno d(omi)ni 1644
Coram Johanne Hayward Cl(er)ico Surrogato ven(erabi)lis viri Francisci Baker legum d(o)c(t)oris Reverendi in Xr(ist)o patris ac d(omi)ni d(omi)ni Godfridi providentia divina Glouc(estrie) Ep(iscop)i Vicario in sp(irit)ualibus gen(er)alis etc
Ac per eum approbatu(m) et insinuatu(m) etc
Commiss(a)q(ue) fuit et est Administrac(i)o etc Exec(utrici) etc debite prius iurat(e) etc

(This will was proved at Charlton Kings on the 3rd day of the month of May June in the year of our Lord 1644
Before John Hayward, Clerk, Surrogate of the worshipful Francis Baker, Doctor of Laws, Vicar General in Spiritual etc of the Reverend Father and Lord in Christ, Godfrey, by divine providence, Lord Bishop of Gloucester,
And by him approved and favoured etc,
And administration was and is committed etc to the Executrix etc, she being first duly sworn etc.)

Richard Hoare, 1628, Norton, Gloucester

* Unfortunately this will no longer exists at the Gloucester Record Office. But there is a brief description of will in The Hoar Family in America by Henry Stedman Nourse:...


The will of Richard Hoare of Norton, an old man on the adge of ffour score years and upward, mentions wife Maude, sons Edmond, William, Robert, Thomas, son in law Robert Brayne, daughter Jane, daughter Elizabeth wife of Robert Brokinnge, and her children Mary, Anne, Elizabeth, and Anne daughter of Edward.

The medieval muniments at Berkeley Castle form one of the largest and most remarkable accumulations in the country of records relating to the ownership and administration of land. By grants from the Crown, by purchase and by marriage the Berkeleys acquired estates not only in Gloucestershire and the adjoining counties but right across England.

The founder of the Berkeley family's landed estate was Robert FitzHarding, a merchant of Bristol, who used his wealth to support the Empress Maud in her struggle against King Stephen. From the empress's half-brother Robert earl of Gloucester FitzHarding bought estates south of Bristol and by her son, King Henry II,he was granted the great estate centred on Berkeley, from which his descendants took their surname. From the late 13th century onwards the Berkeleys added to the patrimony inherited from FitzHarding by an active policy of purchase and by a succession of prudent or fortunate marriages: some of their wives brought with them marriage portions, while others, more significantly, were heiresses or, through the failure of the male heirs in their families, passed inheritances to their descendants.

As a result of such matrimonial alliances, within the archive at Berkeley Castle are muniments of the estates of the Lisles (including inheritances of the FitzGerold, Armenters, Foliot, Tyeys and Pipard families), of the Bluets (including the inheritance of the ap Rees family), of the Mowbrays (including inheritances of the Beauchamp of Bedford, Breouse, Arundel, Segrave, Chaucombe and Brotherton families), the Blounts, the Shirleys (including inheritances of the Drayton, Prayers, Cranford and Lovet families), the Careys (including inheritances of the Butler and Boleyn families) and of the Stanhopes (including the inheritance of the Wachesham family). More than half of the catalogue concerns places in Gloucestershire, but the muniments also relate to estates in all but four of the other old shire counties of England and there are documents about places in Wales, Scotland, Ireland and France.

Though modest in size compared with those of other great houses, the Berkeley archives are rich both in age and quality. The earliest documents date from 1154 and are older than the castle itself. Not all these documents have been transcribed, the work will take many years

Berkeley Castle is one of the March Castles, built to keep out the Welsh, and has all the trappings to match: trip steps designed to make the enemy stumble during an assault, arrow slits, murder holes, enormous barred doors, slots where the portcullis once fell, and worn stones where sentries stood guard. It is also a fairy tale Castle with its warm pink stone that glows in soft sunset light. Outside, the battlements drop some 60' to the Great Lawn below; but inside the Inner Courtyard, the building is on a human scale, with uneven battlements, small towers, doors and windows of every shape and size. The surrounding land would have been flooded for defence.

The Hore family are listed numerous times in these archives, mainly from Wotton-Under-Edge, a parish to the south of the City of Gloucester and they are also mentioned in the surrounding villages of Hillesley, Kingswood, North Nibley and Ozleworth.

Listed below are extracts from these entries:

1220 The Coterel holding and two asserts, reeve held, called the ridding of Abbeleye and the ridding of Hore, grant by Thomas de Berkeley.

1216 - 1272 Adam le Hore of East Challow, Peter de Batelkyng and Adam le Hore of East Challow. n.d. temp. Hen. III Peter has granted to Adam a meadow in le Eldefelde of Kyngstune called Longeham at a rent of 6d. a year, for which Adam has given Peter 20 marks.

1216 - 1272 Adam de Hore, Kingswood Abbey, Ozleworth (Gloucester), Grant to the Abbey: Frith Wood. Rocheford his lord gave to the abbey, witness Adam de Hore.

13th century Adam le Hore of East Challow and Sir Warin de Insula, knight. n. d. Adam has quitclaimed to Warin the meadow called le Longeham in le Oldefeld, which Adam le Hore, his father, had by demise of Peter de Batelkyng.

13th century Adam le Hore of Estchaulauhe (East Challow), lands held by Nicholas de Fortecumba and that of Adam le Hore, at a rent of 9d. a year, for which William Rufus has given him 33s. 4d.

1272 - 1307 John Mael and William son of Thomas de Grangia. n.d. temp. Edw. I John has granted to William a messuage and croft and a half-acre of land in the long assart, and two other half-acres; for his life, rent 2s. a year and the support of one man working at John's harvest for 3 days, and William has given him 13s. 4d. Witnesses: Adam Spilemon, John de Seyncleye, John de Chalkford, Richard Elivant, Thomas de la Hore Stane.(Thomas of the Hore Stone), In St. Chole, Minchinhampton (Gloucester).

13th century Richard le Nevou and Kingswood Abbey. n.d. Richard has granted to the abbey a half acre of land lying above Agheleghegrave, on the east of the road between Osleworthe and Simundeshale. Witnesses: Peter de Yweleghe, Nigel de Kyngescote, Roger de Nywentone, Elias de Cumba, William de la Hore.

1272 - 1307 John le Hore witness to a deed of Richard le Duynisse of Nibley, concerning a burbage holding in Wotton.

1272 - 1307 John le Hore witness to a deed of Lucy Rolves and William Wyther the younger of Wotton.

1272 - 1307 Alexander le Hore witness to a deed of Edith Adames, daughter of Margery widow of Peter Stiwardesman of Wotton.

1272 - 1307 John le Hore, Richard le Duynisse of Nibley; and Henry le Legat and Maud his wife. n.d. temp. Edw. II Richard has granted to Henry and Maud the holding which he had by grant of Adam le Dressur in the town of Wottone containing one third of a burgage in the street to Bradeley. Witnesses: Maurice de Chepstowe, John le Hore, William Pycard, William de Oldebury, Adam le Glovare.

1272 - 1307 The Longe holding purchased from Thomas de Blakeneye and John le Hore in the manor of Blakeneye; to hold of the lord of the fee by the services laid down in the charters.

1272 - 1307 Alexander le Hore witness to exchange of land, Thomas lord of Berkel and William de Cumbe.

1283 Alexander le Hore witness to a deed of Sir Thomas de Berkley; and Henry the baker (pistor) of Wotton and his wife.

1287 Adam le Hore, Richard de Badelkyng, son and heir of Peter de Badelkyng, and Sir Gerard de Insula. n. d. Richard has granted to Gerard an annual rent of 6d. from Adam son of Adam le Hore for 6 a. in le Oldefeld.

1298 August 1, Alexander le Hore witness to a deed for 12d a year Richard de Wike and Denise his wife; and Lady Joan de Berkeley, wife of Thomas de Berkeley.

1305 Adam de Hore, 24 Jan, Wotton-under-Edge. At Wotton. Sunday before the conversion of St. Paul. 33 Edward I. Grant, for forty-six shillings of silver: (i) Edward Cademan and (ii) Eva Cademan, his sister. To (iii) Thomas Brownyng. - Half of the burgage tenement of (i) and (ii) which was Thomas's by the legacy of Thomas Cademan, father of (i) and (ii), in the borough of Wotton, next to the highway between the tenements formerly of Adam Cademan brother of (i) and (ii) on the west, and the tenement which Philip Baldwyne formerly held on the east. To (iii) to hold of the chief lord for the annual services owed. Warranty against all mortals. Witnesses: Alexander de Hore; Maurice de Chepstow, Chepustowe; John ? Faber; John Molend'; Walter Schayl Walter de Cheppman; Hugh le Wodeward. Seals (2) oval, brown, on separate tags, stylised marks, each different. (i) AEDWIRD CADEMON. (ii) EVE CADEMON. Endorsed 17th Century "Cademan & Browninge re Wotton".

1306 Alexander le Hore witness to a deed of Nicola de Hertusworth, burgess of Wotton.

Dates unknown Alexander le Hore witness to a deed of Edith widow of William le Sone of Wotton.

Dates unknown Alexander le Hore witness to a deed of Richard le Sone, son of John le Sone, burgess of Wotton.

1307 Alexander le Hore witness to a deed of Edith widow of Ralph le Mareschal of Wotton.

1308 John le Hore witness to to a deed of Henry le Weose of Wotton.

1310 June 14, John le Hore witness to a deed of Walter le Lemenur, burgess of Wotton.

1310 June 28 John le Hore and Gregory le Hore witnesses to a deed of Adam le Dressur, burgess of Wotton.

1310 John le Hore witness to a deed of Richard Caumvyle, burgess of Wotton.

Early 1300's John le Hore, Nicholas Pouke of Essetemore and John Loviesone of Little Dean. n.d. Nicholas has granted to John one part of his land and garden in Essetemore, next to the road from Lydeneye to Gloucestria, to hold of the chief lord of the fee. Endorsed: Blakeneye. Witnesses: Walter Aleyn, William Balle, Gilbert Godewyne, John le Hore, Henry Waleys.

Dates unknown John le Hore witness to a deed of Adam le Dressor of Wotton.

1312 October 20, John le Hore witness to a deed of Richard Canvyle, burgess of Wotton.

1313 John le Hore witness to a deed of Edith called le Sone of Wotton.

1313 October 3, John le Hore witness to a deed of John son of William le Sone of Wotton.

1313 John le Hore witness to a deed of William son of William le Sone of Wotton.

Dates unknown John le Hore witness to a deed of Henry de Kynemersforde, chaplain.

1315 John le Hore witness to a deed of Richard de Wyke and Sir Thomas de Berkeleye, lord of Berkeley.

1317 February 15, John le Hore witness to a deed of William de Suthmore, son of Robert de Suthmore, and Sir William de Wautone, knight

1320 July 4, John le Hore witness to a deed of Richard le Muleward, son of the late Henry le Muleward of Wotton.

1322 June 6, John le Hore witness to a deed of Matthew Latyn and Philip le Hunte of Wotton.

1322 November 14, John le Hore witness to a deed of Philip le Hunte at Wotton.

1322 June 20, John le Hore witness to a deed of Walter son of Walter Batyn of Hareforde.

1322 May 23, John le Hore witness to a deed of Henry Legat and Walter ate Halle of Cromhall.

1324 August 26, John le Hore witness to a deed of Walter ate Halle of Cromhall.

1325 October 29, John Hore witness to a deed of Juliana daughter of Walter Chepman of Wotton and her sister Maud.

1326 April 11, John le Hore of Wotton witness to a deed of John Bradeford of Dursley, chaplain.

1328 John le Hore witness to a deed of Ralph le Webbe of Wotton.

1328 April 11, John le Hore witness to a deed of Maurice de Cheppestowe and Ralph le Webbe of Wotton.

1330 John le Hore witness to a deed of William le Botyler of Wotton.

1331 March 9, John le Hore witness to a deed of William Wythur of Wotton.

1331 January 5, John le Hore witness to a deed of William Picard of Wotton.

1333 John le Hore witness to a deed of Agnes widow of John le Schay of Bradley taken at Wotton.

1334 November 13, John le Hore witness to a deed of Richard son of Ralph the smith of Wotton and Agnes and Margaret, Ralph's daughters.

1335 John le Hore witness to a deed of Alice widow of Walter le Scepehurde of Wotton.

1367 April 7, Alexander le Hore witness to a deed of Walter Brutt of Wotton.

1376 April 24 Alexander le Hore. Acquisitions by John Daunt, Alexander le Hore and others named at Wotton.

Dates unknown Alexander le Hore witness to a deed of Richard Wokoc and Sir Thomas de Berkel', his lord.

1386 Alexander Hoore. Inquisition taken at Wotton Undiregge on Monday before the Feast of st. Ambrose, 9 Richard II. by the oath of Alexander Hoore and others concerning death of Katherine, who was the wife of Thomas de Berkeley, chivaler.

1390 Alexander le Hore witness to a deed of Walter Plasch of Wotton.

1391 October 12, Alexander Hore witness to a deed of Thomas de Berkeley, lord of Berkeley.

1404 Robert Hore witness to a deed of William Coryour of Wotton.

1408 April 12 Robert le Hore and John le Hore witnesses to a deed of Simon Daunt of Wotton.

1408 Robert Hore witness to a deed of Thomas Berkeley, lord of Berkeley.

1408 August 20, Robert Hore witness to a deed of John Pent of Wotton.

1408 April 12, Robert Hore witness to a deed of Thomas lord of Berkeley, and Simon Daunt and Juliana his wife of Wotton.

1409 Robert Hore witness to a deed of John Webbe of Wotton.

1409 Robert Hore witness to a deed of Thomas Berkeley, lord of Berkeley, and John Webbe of Wotton.

1409 Robert Hore witness to a deed of Thomas berkeley, lord of Berkeley.

1410 January 3, Robert Hore witness to a deed of Thomas Berkeley, lord of Berkeley.

1410 February 2, Robert Hore witness to a deed of Thomas Berkeley, lord of Berkeley.

1410 December 28, John Hore witness to a deed of William Westerley, burgess of Bristol at Wotton.

1414 April 21 Robert Hore witness to a deed of Thomas Berkeleye, lord of Berkeley, Knight

1415 Robert Hore witness to a lease of land from Thomas lord of Berkeley and Philip Chamberleyn, his servant, at Wotton.

1429 Richard Hore, John Merbury and Agnes his wife, John Devereux, Edward Hulle, esquires, Richard Hore, clerk, Thomas Barton of Weobley, Hereford, and Thomas le Smythe of Weobley; and James de Berkeley, knight, lord of Berkeley. 21 Aug. 7 Hen. VI

1471 Edward Hore, Leases by the Chaplains: Robert Schypper, chaplain of the Hillsley chantry; and Edward Hore, Alice his wife and Robert his son. 2 March 49 Hen. VI and 1 of the re-adeption Robert has leased to Edward, Alice and Robert a meadow called Wastmede in Sedylwode; for their lives, rent 20s. a year. Witnesses: Thomas Forster, John Stane, William Slyke.At: Hillsley.

History and Heritage

Roman Gloucester

Gloucester owes its name, strategic location and much of its layout to many centuries of Roman occupation. The first settlement was a military fortress at Kingsholm established in the late 40s or early 50s AD. It developed into one of the chief settlements in Roman Britain, and was granted the title of Colonia Nervia Glevensis by Emperor Nerva – the highest status a provincial town could achieve in the Roman Empire.

Anglo Saxon Goucester

After the Fall of Rome, Gloucester was captured by the Anglo-Saxons following the decisive battle Dyrham in 577. The Mercian king, Osric of Hwicce, founded an abbey dedicated to St Peter on the site of today’s Cathedral. By the tenth century, Gloucester continued to be an important centre in the Kingdom of Mercia, and was famously re-planned and re-fortified by Queen Aethelflaed (daughter of Alfred the Great) as a defense against the marauding Danes. The core street layout survives to this day. Aethelflaed also founded the New Minster church of St Oswald (c 900 AD) which became a shrine of great importance following the installation the seventh century king and saint’s bones.

The Middle Ages

During the reign of Edward the Confessor, Gloucester was one of the three most important cities in England (the others were London and Winchester), with the king meeting the Great Council here on an annual basis. Following the Norman Conquest of 1066, William I continued to hold meetings in Gloucester, and on one such occasion in 1085, commissioned the most comprehensive survey of his new kingdom, the Domesday Book.

Gloucester continued to prosper under the patronage of the Plantagenet kings, a nine year old Henry III was even crowned at the St Peter’s Abbey in 1216 – the only time the coronation of an English monarch has taken place outside of Westminster. Henry was deeply religious and granted the use of oak trees from the Royal Forest of Dean to build Blackfriars and Greyfriars. Medieval Gloucester’s fortunes blossomed even more when Abbot Thokey accepted the body of King Edward II to be buried at St Peter’s Abbey in 1327, attracting pilgrims and great wealth to the city. The proceeds were spent on expanding and beautifying the church, and by 1470 it started to resemble the Cathedral which we see today.

The Tudors & The Stuarts

By the Tudor and Stuart periods, Gloucester had already been incorporated by Richard III, with Elizabeth I and James I following his lead. During the reign of Bloody Queen Mary, John Hooper, the city’s protestant bishop was martyred in front of the Cathedral in 1555. Good Queen Bess was kinder and granted the city port status (easily the most inland in the country) and opened up trade links with the rest of the world. During the English Civil War in 1643, Gloucester’s parliamentarians were besieged by overwhelming royalist forces, who outnumbered them twenty to one. The siege was eventually lifted after 26 days on 5 September – now celebrated annually as Gloucester Day.


These are some of the earliest records concerning the Hore family living in the City of Gloucester

1455 Thomas Hore occupation cutler in Gloucester (Source - Gloucester 1455 Rental Book)

1464 Thomas Hoore of Gloucester mentioned (Source - Gloucester Corporation Calendar of Records)

1551 Alexander Hore member of the Bakers Guild, Gloucester (Source - Hoar family in America)

1554 Alexander Hoore v Thomas Davys and William Nilde (of St. Catherine, Gloucester), tithe (Source - Gloucester RO ref: GDR/B4/3/1049)

1560 Margery Hore daughter of Thomas Hore baptised (Source - St Nicholas parish register)

1565 Margarett Hoare daughter of Thomas baptised (Source - St Nicholas Parish Register)

1569 Allys Hoare married John Bruar (Source - St Nicholas Parish Register)

1573 Alice Hoore daughter of Edward Baptised (Source - St Nicholas Parish Register)

1571 Thomas Hore. receipt for rent of 6s 8d, due to the Crown from Thomas Hore's house, paid by the churchwardens; receipt for 13s 4d. "for a pension going out of the said parish church", due to the Dean and Chapter. (Source - Gloucester, St Nicholas: Anglican Parish. Churchwardens and PCC.Miscellaneous Churchwardens' records. Document Ref P154/15 CW 4/9)

1575 Arnold Hore. John lake v (blank). Wheat seized at Newport, by Arnold Hore and John Bruar ( John Bruar married Allys Hoare - see entry 1569), deputies to the clerk of the creek. Alleged bribery. Glos. and Monmouth. 18. Eliz. Trin. (Source - PRO E133/2/339)

1576 Thomas Hore. Acquitance for 10s 6d. due to the Crown from the inhabitants of the parish under the Statute for the continuance and making of caps, with note that 89 persons paid; (Source - Gloucester, St Nicholas: Anglican Parish. Churchwardens and PCC.Miscellaneous Churchwardens' records. Document Ref P154/15 CW 4/9)

1576 John Hoar son of Thomas baptised (Source - St Michaels parish register)

1581 Arnold Hoare info taken at Cirencester (Source - Gloucester notes and queries)

1586 Arnold Hoare keeper of Gloucester jail (Source - Gloucester notes and queries)

1588 Charles Hoare hyer of a horse (Source - Gloucester Corporation expenditure)

1590 Thomas Hoare buried (Source - St Nicholas parish register)

1594 Johanna Hore married Thomas Jones (Source - St Nicholas parish register)

1598 Charles Hoare son of Charles sadler apprenticed to his father (Source - Indentures)

1599 Arnold Hore of Chipping Sodbury, Glos. To Mgt. H., rel. & Eliz. H. da, 1599, p.2. (Source - Administrations in the Perogative Court of Canterbury, 1596 - 1608)

1603 William Hoare son of Richard of Norton apprenticed to haberdasher in Gloucester (Source - Indentures)

!607 Richard Hoar gave perpetual annuity to the parish of All Saints (Source - Rudders Gloucester page 182)

1607 Richard Hoar gave 53s yearly to the poor of St Mary de Crypt (Source - Rudders Gloucester page 193)

1608 Charles Hoare sadler 2. ca. tr City of Gloucester (Source - Men and Armour)

1609 Richard Hoare indenture Gloucester (Source - Calendar of records of Corporation of Gloucester)

1609 Charles Hoare assessed for goods in Brockmouth (Source - Subsidy Roll)

1610 John Hoare received B.A. and M.A. Gloucester (Source - Alumni Oxonienses)

1612 Thomas Hore son of Charles junior baptised (Source - St Mary de Crypt parish register)

1612 Charles Hoare junior occupied two tenements at the Quay called the Star from 1612 to 1638, parish of St Mary de Crypt (Source - PRO Document ENWS)

1614 Richard Hoar sheriff of Gloucester (Source - Rudders Gloucester)

1618 Richard Whoare of Sandhurst and Gloucester died and was buried at St John the Baptist, will mentions wife Anne, sons Richard, John and Alexander, and daughter Martha, also Joane sister of Richard (Source - Will)

1619 John Hooare buried st John the Baptist (Source - St John the Baptist parish register)

1620 Charles Hoare senior leased a house in Milkestreete, St Mary de Crypt (Source - GRO Document ENWS)

1622 Johan Hoare daughter of Thomas baptised (Source - St Mary de Crypt parish register)

1623 Charles Hoare Tuffley Avenue - grant from William Selwyn of Ebley to Thomas Selwyn of Matson his brother, of lands called Sheephouse grounds late the land of Leonard Bennett and late tenure of Charles Hoare the younger now or late of Gloucester, situate in the parish of Tuffley etc, 15 september 21 James I 1623 (Source - GRO Document D3117/56

1624 Thomas Hoare received B.A. and petitioned for employment as preacher (Source - Calendar of State Papers page 484 and Alumni Oxonienses)

1624 Joane Hoare daughter of Charles baptised (Source - St Nicholas parish register)

1625 Thomas Hoare son of Charles brewer bound to father (Source - Indentures)

1626 Alexander Hoare son of Richard bound to William Lagg tanner (Source - Indentures)

1628 Charles Hoare aged 15, son of Charles, received B.A. (Source - Alumni oxonienses)

1628 Ruth Hoare daughter of Charles buried (Source - St Nicholas parish register)

1630 Anne Hoare married Thomas Clutterbuck (Source - St John the Baptist parish register)

1632 John Hoare son of Charles brewer bound to father (Source - Indentures)

1632 Charles Hoare died mentioning wife Margery, sons Thomas and Charles, Thomas, John and Margery children of Charles junior, and Charles and Johan sons of Thomas (Source - will of Charles Hoare the elder)

1633 Margery Hoare married John Mathews (Source - St Nicholas parish register)

1634 Margery Hoare daughter of Alexander baptised (Source - St Nicholas parish register)

1634 Charles Hoar given as sheriff of Gloucester (Source - Rudders Gloucester)

1634 Chareles Hore. John Harmer v John brown, Edward Wagstaff, Richard Cugley, James Powell, Anthony Bull, Chareles Hore. Castle of Gloucester used as a county goal. touching the payment of an "ancient fee of 12s. to the constable of said castle by any person" using the trade of brewing ale or beers & c. 10. Chas. I. (Source - PRO E134/10ChasI/mich.55)

1634 Thomas Hoare saddler, leased a tenement in St Mary de Crypt (Source - Document ENWS)

1636 Thomas Hoare married Hester Berry (Source - St John the Baptist parish register)

1636 Charles Hoare the younger died mentioning wife Joane, sons John, Daniell, Leonard and Thomas, daughters Joane and Margerie Mathewe with their son Charles. Also brother Thomas Hoare and sister Elinor Bailies. also mentioned are brothers William, Walter, Edward and Thomas Hincksman and brother in laws Thomas Vell, Alderman Hill and Leonard Tarne. (Source - will of Charles Hoare the younger)

1637 Thomas Hoare son of Alexander and Margery baptised (Source - St John the Baptist parish register)

1639 Alexander Hoare churchwarden of St John the Baptist (Source - Gloucester Notes and Queries)

1639 Martha Hoare daughter of Alexander and Margarye Baptised (Source - St John the Baptist parish register)

1640 William Hoare of Gloucester died mentioning wife Mary (Source - Will of William Hoare)

1640 Thomas Hoare married Joane Powell of Oxinghall (Source - St John the Baptist parish register)

1640 Anne Hore married Giles Long (Source - St Nicholas parish register)

1641 William Hore married Mary Clark (Source - St Aldate's parish register)

1642 Francis Hoare daughter of Thomas and Marye baptised (Source - St John the Baptist parish register)

1642 Elizabeth Hoare a twin, daughter of Thomas and Marye baptised (Source - St John the Baptist parish register)

1642 Elizabeth Hoare daughter of Thomas and Marye buried (Source - St John the baptist parish register)

1642 Charles Hoare son of Thomas apprenticed to father (Source - Indentures)

1642 John Hoare. Inquisition taken at Gloucester, 06 Sep 1642 , 18 Charles 1st, before John Scriven, esq., mayor and escheator, after the death of Robert Mercer, by the oath of Richard Window, gent., Jasper Clotterbooke, gent., Edmund Palmer, gent., Giles Greivile, John Purlewent, Thomas Witcombe, John Hoare, Edward Hayward, Arthur Lysons, John Gittins, Sargeant Webb, William Jorden, James Cicell and Edward Tyther who say that: (Source - Misc. Chan., Inq. p. m., 18 Charles 1st, part 16, No. 58.)  more

1642 John Hoare. Inquisition taken at Gloucester 22 Sep 1642 18 Charles 1st before John Scriven, esq., Mayor and escheator, after the death of Anthony Robinson, gent., by the oath of Richard Window, gent., Jasper Clutterbucke, gent., Edmund Palmer, gent., Tobias Jorden, gent., Daniel Licence, gent., John Purlewentt, gent., Thomas Wittcombe, gent., John Hoare, Arthur Licence, John Githings, Serjeant Webb, James Sicell, Edward Tither and Christopher Hodges who say that: (Source - Misc. Chan., Inq. p. m., 18 Charles 1st, part 16, No. 34.)  more

1645 Thomas Hoare mentioned in will of James Clent of Hereford concerning his mansion house called St. Oswalds als St. Katherines near city of Gloucester, 25 Aug 1645 21 Charles. Mentioned godson Thomas Hoare, cozen Suzann his sister and cozen Margery Hoare. (Source - GROProved 20 Nov 1645 - PCC/Folio 137; Rivers)  more

1646 Joanna Hoare obtained a licence from the Corporation to assign the lease of the Star in St Mary de Crypt (Source - GRO Document ENWS)

1650 Charles Hoare son of Thomas deceased listed under freemen of Gloucester (Source - Frrrmen of Gloucester)

1650 Anne Hoare married Giles Long (listed under 1640 as well), (Source - St Nicholas parish register)

1650 John Hoar was indicted (Source - St Aldate's parish register)

1651 William Hore made by gift a freeman of Gloucester (Source - Freemen of Gloucester)

1654 William Hoare epitaph died age 76, buried Gloucester Cathedral (Source - Biglands Gloucester page 142) more

1655 John Hoare son of Thomas buried (Source - St John the Baptist parish register)

1655 Thomas Hoare son of Charles junior occupied the Star, St Mary de Crypt (Source - GRO Document ENWS)

1656 Martha Hoare married Edward Nesbete (Source - St John the Baptist parish register)

1657 Joane Hoare widow was buried (Source - St Mary de Crypt parish register)

1658 Joane Hoare wid., City of Gloucester administrations 71 (Source - Administrations in the Perogative Court of Canterbury, 1655 - 1660)

1659 Sara Hoare daughter of Charles and Sara baptised (Source - St Mary de Crypt parish register)

1662 Mary Hoare married John Chambers (Source - St Nicholas parish register)

1662 Charles Hore son of Charles and Sara baptised (Source - St Mary de Crypt parish register)

1664 Charles Hoare son of Charles and Sara baptised (Source - St Mary de Crypt parish register)

1664 Thomas Hoare son of Charles and Sara baptised (Source - St Mary de Crypt parish register)

1666 Elizabetha Hoare daughter of Charles and Sara baptised (Source - St Mary de Crypt parish register)

1681 Sara Hoare was left £5 in the will of Edmund Saunders (Source - Will of Edmund Saunders)

1689 Charles Hoare and Elizabeth his daughter buried with epitaph in St Mary de Crypt (Source - Biglands Gloucester)

1696 Thomas Hoar son of charles grocer deceased made a freeman of Gloucester (Source - Freemen of Gloucester)

1697 Sarah Hoar widow appointment of Thomas Branch (Source - Freemen of Gloucester)

1722 Charles Hoare son of Thomas grocer made freeman of Gloucester (Source - Freemen of Gloucester)

1722 Charles Hoare aged 24, applied for a marriage licence (Source - GRO Q3/37 page 42)

1763 Thomas Hoare appointed rector of Swindon Church (Source - Gloucester Notes and Queries)

The family name of Hore has been found in very early times, and in records in England, Wales, and Ireland, the earliest records generally affixed with "le Hore;" they have also been found with the words "de la Hore," but not frequently, and in a few instances as "de la Hora."

There are also various other forms in which the name had been spelt, as le Hore, de la Hora, de le Hore, de la Hore Stane, Hore, Hora, Hoor, Hoore, Horre, Horey, Horrie, Horam, Horem, Hoar, Whoare, Whore, Le Chenu, Canutus and Hoare.

Me and my twin sister born 1950

My father Cecil Hoare born 1920

His twin brother Cyril Hoare born 1920

Mothers wedding day with her twin sister next to her

My grandfather Daniel Hoare born 1870

You can probably guess there is a bit of a theme with twins in the family.

I started researching my family history about 20 years ago and it was just over a year ago I joined the H600 project and I'm so glad I did, it certainly renewed my interest in genealogy. Especially since having a yDNA test and finding I have relatives in America. I have accumulated a lot of information on the Hoare family which I will share. My own Hoare family started with Richard HOORE of Leckhampton born circa 1500, although there are records of my Hore family many years before that in the Cheltenham, Charlton Kings, Deerhurst, Norton, Down Hatherley, Tewkesbury and of course the City of Gloucester. These parishes are just to the north of the City of Gloucester.

We are currently trying to find the link between my Hoare family and John HORD of Shady Grove, Essex County, Virginia whose descendants I have a match with, also included in my yDNA match are the surnames MONROE, MUNDAY, CARVER, ELLISTON, COX, BOREN and HORD


Some early extracts of our HORE ancestors (Some of these important original documents concerning the Hore family were on display some years ago at the Glocester Record Office)

1327 Hugh le Hore paid 9d in tax at Charlton Kings (Source 1327 Tax Lists)

1327 John le Hore paid 3s 6d in tax at Charlon Kings (Source 1327 Tax Lists)

1327 Henry le Hore paid 6d in tax at Sandhurst (Source 1327 Tax Lists)

1327 John le Hore paid ? in tax at Leckhampton (Source 1327 Tax Lists)

1361 John Hore, Gift in fee simple John Hore 3 acres land in Newenton (Naunton). Given at Charlton Kings. (Source Gloucester RO, D1876/13

1367 John Hore, Grant and general conveyance of lands to John Hore in Charlton Kings (Source Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Transactions Volume 5)

1377 John Hore by Thomas Westlond essoins. (Source Cheltenham Manor Courts 1377-78 Gloucester Archives D7661 Box 4/28)

1377 John Hore of Charlton Kings plea of trespass against Philip Pisteleye (Source Cheltenham Manor Courts)

1377 John Hore against Philip Pisteleye countersuit (Source Cheltenham Courts held there 9th December Richard II)

1377 Robert Hore, John Davy to answer Robert Hore in plea of debt (Source Cheltenham Manor Court records)

1377/78 John Hore died seised of 1 messuage and 6 acres land, fell to the Lord as heriot 1 black ox worth 20shillings. (Source Cheltenham Court held there Tuesday next after the feast of Conversion of St Paul. Richard II 26 January 1377/78)

1378 John Hore, Essoins: John Snell by John Hore (Source Cheltenham Manor Court Records)

1378 John Hore and Agnes his wife, Grant of lands to John Hore and Agnes his wife of Charlton Kings, lands in Brodecroft, le lye, Marebrok-forlong, le beche, hodecroft, and blakmorfeld. (Source Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Transactions Volume 5)

1378 Robert Hore 2d for licence to agree with John Davy in plea of trespass (Source Cheltenham Manor Court Records)

1378 John Hore against Philip Pistelye's pledge in four pleas for trespass seeks licence to agree until the next essoin. (Source Cheltenham Manor Court Records 5th March, Richard II 1377/78)

1378 John Hore, Philip Pisteleye plaintiff against John Hore in plea of trespass. John is given a day at next. (Source Cheltenham Manor Court Records held at court on the Tuesday next after the feast of St Mark. Richard II 27 April 1377/78)

1378 John Hore, Thomas Norman 12d because he did not have Philip Pistelye as pledge to answer John Hore in 3 suits of trespass and same Philip is distrained (Source Cheltenham Manor Court Records 6th May, Richard II 1378)

1378 Philip Pistelye is distrained by 1 bowl to answer John Hore in 3 suits of trespass (Source Cheltenham Manor Court Records 26th May, Richard II 1378)

1378 John Hore plaintiff against Philip Pistelye in plea of trespass in three suits and said that on three days he cut down his thornbushes at Hennecroft to damage of 12d and that following this he cut down trees within a close of said Philip to damage of 12d. Same John to be judged six-handed and pledged by William Goneley. (Source Cheltenham Manor Court Records held at court Tuesday after feast of St Margaret the Vigin 20 July Richard II 1378)

1380 Christian Hore son of Hugh le Hore free tenant of 1 tenement, 7 acres, rent of 3s 2d in Bafford Hide, Charlton Kings (Source Rental of Cheltenham Manor about 1450, Charlton Section)

1384/85 Robert Hore fined 12d as fine for excuse from court until next Michaelmas (Source Cheltenham Manor Courts 1384/85 Gloucestershire Archives D7661 Box 4/29)

1384/85 John Hore, Westhal Tithingman presents that John Hore 2d made encroachment at Swindonsgrove. (Source Cheltenham Manor Court Records)

1384/85 Johanna Hore, Cherlton Tithingman presents that Johanna Hore 2d occupied the Lord's land at Holewewey, otherwise all well. (Source Cheltenham Court and View of Frankpledge held there 7th November Richard II 1384)

1384/85 Richard Hore, Cheltenham bailiff of borough presents following for brewing and breaking the assize (amongst others) Richard Hore 3d. (Source Cheltenham Manor Courts 1384/85, Court held there Monday next after feast of St Thomas the Apostle, Richard II, 26 Dec 1384)

1385 John Hore, William Wytfare for licence to agree with John Hore in plea of debt. (Source Cheltenham Manor Court Records view of Frankpledge held 8th May, Richard II 1385)

1385 John Hore, John Goldsmyth plaintiff against Richard Payn and Robert Payn chaplain in plea of debt and trespass. Said Richard and Robert are distrained by 1 horse worth 10s, and freed on pledge of John Hore. Said Richard and Robert did not come so John Hore 4d their pledge is in mercy and he is to be better distrained (Source Cheltenham Court view of Frankpledge held 8th May, Richard II 1385)

1421 This is one of the earliest documents I have been allowed to see concerning one of our ancestors, Its title is Pension Rights, 1421 ref D1252 at the Gloucester Record Office, its written on what the staff describe as cow skin, it has been translated from the original Latin:-
This indendure made at Charlton Kings on the Tuesday next after the feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the 9th year of King Henry V since the Conquest (9 December 1421) between John Hore junior of Charlton Kings on the one part and Thomas Dowdeswelle of Codynhulle and Isabel his wife on the other part, witnesses that the said Thomas and Isabel or one of them living the longer shall find for the said John Hore for the duration of his life food and drink as good and nourishing as usual for their own bodies. And also shall pay for the said John at the solemn feasts his oblations which he the said John is bound to offer to Holy Church. Item the said Thomas and Isabel shall pay to the said John 4 and a half marks of legal English money. Item the said Thomas and Isabel shall mend or cause to be mendedthe boots and shoes of the said John when it shall be needful, at the expense of the said John. And the said Thomas shall make for the said John a pair of wheels, but the said John shall find all the tyres for making the wheels. Item the said Thomas and Isabel shall keep for the said John in the winter time two pigs. And the said Thomas and Isabel or one of them living the longer shall arrange for washing the clothes of the said John both for his back and for his bed during the said John's life. Item the said John shall have the chief room in the house called Walters at his pleasure, and shall also have his freedom in the hall of the said house for his own body as often as he shall please.

And if the said John survives the said Thomas and Isabel the said John shall occupy the aforesaid house and lands with all its appurtenances during his life, that is to say, the lands by the said John. And if it shall happen to the said John to occupy the said lands and house as aforesaid, then after the decease of the said John they shall revert entirely to the heirs and assigns of the said Thomas Dowdeswelle for ever. In witness whereof the parties aforesaid have severally placed their seals on these indentures. Given on the day and in the place and year aforesaid.

What information can we glean from this document, it describes John Hore junior and I know from other sources that Isabel Hore described as heiress was his only daughter so estimated birth for John jnr bef 1380, his father John senior estmated birth bef 1360. From other sources I know Thomas Dowdeswelle was a wheelright, John jnr was obviously quite wealthy as it mentions a house called Walters and lands, I have learnt from Leckhampton Local History Society that the house called Walters was fairly well documented and was quite substantial.

c1440 John Hore – A parcel of burbage formerly belonging to John Chaloner (Source: Free tenants of Cheltenham, Cheltenham Manorial survey c1440 GA D855/M68 Gloucester archives)

c1440 Robert Hore, Walter Brevell 1 tenement and 7 acres formerly belonging to Robert Hore, previously Christian Hore
(Source: Free tenants of Cheltenham Cheltenham Manorial survey c1440 GA D855/M68 Gloucester archives)

c1440 Christian Hore, Walter Brevell 1 tenement and 7 acres formerly belonging to Robert Hore, previously Christian Hore
(Source: Free tenants of Cheltenham Cheltenham manorial survey c1440 GA D855/M68 Gloucester archives)

1501 Thomas Hore, Bradwell tithingman there came with all his tithing and having been sworn presents the common fine to this day of 5s. Thomas Hore has not yet cleared a certain ditch at Aschebriglane which he had been ordered to do so fined 3s 4d. Walter Laverano ? who owes suit of court has made default so is amerced. (Source: Cheltenham Court and View of Frankpledge held there Monday next after Low Sunday in the year above 19th April 1501 Gloucester Archives D7661, Box 4/30 Cheltenham Manor Court Records)

1501 William Hore, Wm Hore is sworn assizer to the lord King in this tithing and all else is well Bafford. (Source: Cheltenham Court and View of Frankpledge held there Monday next after Low Sunday in the year above 19th April 1501
Gloucester Archives D7661, Box 4/30 Cheltenham Manor Court Record)

1492 -1547 William Whore, Thomas Pant and William Whore v Henry Knyght: land at Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, and divers wrongs and injuries. Standard surname: Hoare; Knight. (Source: The National Archives REQ 2/4/268)

1522 Walter Hore Leckhampton £3 (Source – Gloucester Military Survey 1522)

1522 Robert Hore Leckhampton £4 (Source – Gloucester Military Survey 1522)

1522 Richard Hoore Leckhampton £5 (Source – Gloucester Military Survey 1522)

1522 Thomas Hoore Leckhampton (Source - Gloucester Military Survey 1522)

1600 John Hoare, Essoins: John Hoare and many others named. (Source Cheltenham Courts View of Frankpledge held Friday 31 March 42 Elizabeth.1600. Gloucester Archives D855/M7)

1601 John Hoare, Essoins named with many others (Source Cheltenham Courts View of Frankpledge held Friday 6 April 43 Elizabeth.1601. Gloucester Archives D855/M7)

1608 John Hore (Source Cheltenham Manor Court Records, Gloucestershire Archives D855/M8: entries from Dec 1607 to end 1608, View of Frankpledge and court baron of the manor of William Norwood farmer of the King held Friday 1 April 6 James 1608 befoer Henry Norwood esq chief steward)

1608 Thomas Hore View of Frankpledge held Monday 3 October ^ James 1608 before Henry Norwood chief steward (Source Gloucestershire Archives D855/M8)

1609 John Hore selected as one of twelve jurors for Cheltenham Manor Court (Source Gloucestershire Archives D855/M8)

1610 Thomas Hore Penalty for pledge: Thomas Hore and others (named) to offer oath of allegiance at next court, on pain of 12d for any one making default. (Source Gloucestershire Archives D855/M8)

1610 John Hoore and Thomas Hoore, Richard Howse tithingman for Bradwell comes; common fine 5s.; further presented that Francis Hawker, Henry Fluck, Richard Flucke, Richard Roffe, Robert Walton, Richard Ashefeild, Stephen Smart, Robert Rudgedall, John Sollars, John Hoore, Thomas Hoore, Walter Cherington, William Yate, Anthony Steward and Thomas Bassett are residents within the tithing, and this day make default; therefore each in mercy 2d. (Source:Gloucester Archives D855/M8 Cheltenham Manor Court Records)

1646 Thomas Hoare, B, f. 16 View of frankpledge with court baron for hundred and manor of Cheltenham, held 10 Apr. 1646 Jury for the King, Nicholas Ashmead, Thomas Ashmead sen., William Church, Thomas White, John Martyn, William Southerne, Thomas Greene, Edmund Ballenger, John Powell, Walter Clevely, Edmund Butwell, Thomas Hartlebury, Ralph Crumpe jun., William House, Thomas Payne,
Thomas Hoare, John Sturmey sworn. (Sources Glos. Archives D855/M11, TNA C116/143, D855/M33)