Where there's a will, there's a way...

Following the completion of the Cheltenham VCH project to transcribe local wills and inventories, in April 2023 four pairs of those transcribers started to work on  Winchcombe wills and inventories from the 16^th to the 18^th centuries.

Additional transcribers were later recruited so we also now have:-

·        Two pairs of transcribers working on Hailes wills and inventories

·        One pair of transcribers working on Sudeley wills and inventories.

To date, an impressive 318 wills for Winchcombe, Hailes & Sudeley have been fully transcribed, including all Winchcombe wills from the Gloucester Diocesan Registry between 1540 and 1650. 

This work provides researchers with valuable information about  local residents, giving details of their wealth, family connections and the extent of their holdings and influence both within and outside the county of Gloucestershire.