Some wills have been transcribed in full, whereas others are a paraphrased transcription. If they are paraphrased, they contain the names of all those mentioned in the will, with the gist of what they were (or were not!) bequeathed, but to find the full details, such as the names of property, requests as to how they were to be buried etc., please contact the relevant archive. The wills are either from the Suffolk Record Office (ERO), the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC), or the Norfolk Record Office (NRO).
- Nunne, Dorothy, wife of Henry Nunne, yeoman, of Whepstead, 1669
- Nunn, Edmund, labourer of Brome, 1661
- Nunn, Edmund, yeoman, of Hawstead, 1667
- Nunn, Elizabeth, widow, of Lawshall, 1688
- Nunn, Frances, widow, of Whepstead, 1677
- Nunn, Henry, yeoman, of Whepstead, 1707
- Nunn, John, yeoman, of Whepstead, 1694
- Nunn, John, baker of Hadleigh, 1697
- Nunn, John, of Hawstead, 1713
- Nunne, John, yeoman, of Whepstead, 1731
- Nunn, Joshua, singleman of Kenton, 1691
- Nunn, Joshua, gentleman of Hadleigh, 1787
- Nunn, Margaret, spinster, of Lawshall, 1688
- Nunn, Philip, yeoman, of Lawshall, 1681
- Nunn, Robert, yeoman, of Whepstead, 1675
- Nunn, Robert the elder, yeoman, of Hawstead, 1678
- Nunn, Robert, yeoman of Whepstead, 1679
- Nunn, Robert, yeoman, of Lawshall – 1719
- Nunn, Rose, widow, of Lawshall, 1733
- Nunn, Rose, spinster, of Lawshall, 1751
- Nunn, Sturgeon, farmer, of Assington, Suffolk, 1782
- Nunn, Thomas, of Stratford, 1713
- Nunn, Thomas, merchant of Southwold, 1768
- Nunn, William, yeoman, of Lawshall, 1671
- Nunn (various) admons in Hawstead and Whepstead
- Nutton, Benjamin, webster of Boxford, 1708
- Nutton, Edward, yeoman of Boxford, 1651
- Nutton, Elizabeth, widow of Kersey, 1651
- Nutton, John the elder, yeoman of Hadleigh, 1626
- Nutton, Robert, draper of Bures St Mary, 1642
- Nutton, Samuel, of Boxford, 1727
- Nutton, Samuel, maltster of Boxford, 1739
- Nutton, Sarah, widow of Edwardstone, 1630
- Nutton, Sarah, single woman of Polstead, 1665
- Nutton, William, gentleman of Boxford, 1707
Nunne, Dorothy, wife of Henry Nunne, yeoman, of Whepstead, 1669
- Henry Nunne stands bond to John Cooper and Stephen Humphry for £160. Dorothy’s will seems to bequeath £80 of it.
- To Elizabeth Kerrington, my sister: £10. To John Kerrington, my nephew: £10. To Dorothy Kerrington, John’s sister: £5. To Jonathan Kerrington, my nephew: £5. To Jonadab and Mary, children of my brother-in-law John Kerrington: 20 shillings each.
- To Joane Cooper, my sister: £10. To Jeremiah Cooper, my nephew: £5. To Elizabeth Cooper, sister of Jeremiah: £5. To Richard, Jonathan and Johanna Cooper, children of my brother-in-law John Cooper: 20 shillings each. To John Cooper, my said nephew, my biggest brass pot, which was mine before marrying Henry Nunne.
- To Stephen, William and Philipp Humphry, children of my brother Stephen Humphry, 20
shillings each. - Rest and residue of the £80 to my brother-in-law John Cooper, my sole exec.
Witnesses: Thomas Burrough, Stephen Humphry.
SRO Ref: Edgar 494
Nunn, Edmund, labourer of Brome, 1661
Noncupative (given verbally and later written down)
- Eldest son William, executor
- Son John Nunn
- Son Edmund Nunn
- Granddaughters Grace Nunn and Elizabeth Nunn, daughters of son Edmund
- Wife Elizabeth
Given verbally in the presence of son William
Written about Sep 1656, not long before his death, probate 12 Jan 1660/1
Nunn, Edmund, yeoman, of Hawstead, 1667
- To son Edmund Nunn: close? in Rattlesden recently bought from John Moore, and freehold and copyhold tenement and land in Rattlesden. And one shilling.
- To son George Nunn: copyhold property and 12 acres of land in Rattlesden, bought from
John Moore and Sarah his wife, Richard Double and Mary his wife, Philemon Broome and
Margarett his wife. £45-worth of goods and chattels. - Son Robert is bound to John White, my son-in-law, husband of my daughter Frances, for the sum of £3 3 shillings yearly (being the interest on a legacy of threescore pounds). After
Frances death, the payment to go to Frances’ daughters. - To son Robert – three tenements with land in Hawstead, lately purchased from Henry
Sparke. But only as long as he pays John Nunn, my eldest son, one annual [page missing?] 40 shillings. William Prior, John Wales and Joseph Page lately lived in the dwellings. Also to Robert – a bedstead. - To son John – one shilling
- To daughter Sarah Craske and son-in-law Henry Craske – one shilling
- To daughter Frances White 20 shillings, and to son-in-law John White 12 pence.
- Rest and residue to be divided between sons Edmund and George.
Executor: son George Nunn, to be supervised by Robert Nunn.
Witnesses: Oliver Towler x, Mary Page, Henry Craske
Written 30th July 1667, proved: 18 December 1667
SRO ref: Edgar 269
Nunn, Elizabeth, widow, of Lawshall, 1688
- My executrix to pay my daughter Margarett £4
- To Mary Nonne my daughter all money owed from my son Robert Nonne of Stanningfield to pay herself £6 and the £4 to Margarett.
Executrix: My daughter Mary Nonne.
Witnesses: John Norman x, Mary Norman x, John Smith
Written: 1st April 1687, proved: 13th March 1688 by Mary Nonne alias Bigsby
Transcriber’s note: the sums of money mentioned in the will are all owed by and to different people. Please see the original.
[Held at Bury St. Edmunds Record Office]Nunn, Frances, widow, of Whepstead, 1677
- To son Robert Nunn: certain furniture
- To son Henry Nunn: a brass pot
- To son Ambrose Nunn: certain furniture
- To daughter Frances Griggs: certain furniture and household goods
- To grandchild Joshua Nunn: the great Bible
- To grandchild Elizabeth Ray: a piece of furniture
- To grandchild Marian Friend: 5 shillings
- To Sarah Ray: 5 shillings
- To grandchild Frances Ray: certain furniture
- To grandchild Frances Hunt: certain household goods
- To grandchild Audrey Hunt: 5 shillings
- To each child of my daughter Griggs: 5 shillings
- To grandchild Mary Ray: 5 shillings
- Rest and residue of my goods and chattels to my daughter Marian Raye on condition she pay my debts and funeral expenses. She to be executrix, assisted by John Frost of Duffton Hall, gent.
Witnesses: John Frost, Thomas Steward, John Cooke
Written: 22nd November 1677
SRO
Nunn, Henry, yeoman, of Whepstead, 1707
- To my son John Nunn: the tenement where I now dwell in Whepstead, and all freehold and copyhold, he to pay my debts and legacies.
- To my wife Elizabeth: £14 a year, and her dwelling in my parlour where I now live, various furniture and household good, wood for the fire from my land.
- To my daughter Elizabeth Ruffell: 20 shillings to buy a ring.
- To my daughter Margarett Nunn: £100 (£50 three years after my death, £50 six months after my wife’s death).
- To my daughter Mary Nunn: £100 (£50 when she reaches 21, £50 six months after my wife’s death) and my silver cup.
- To my sister Margarett Loquar: 40 shillings a year.
- Rest and residue to my son John Nunn, he to be executor.
Witnesses: John Cooke, Robert Steward, Daniel Tod x
Written: 5th April 1707, proved: 30th December 1707
SRO Ref: Goodwin III 443
Nunn, John, yeoman, of Whepstead, 1694
- To son Ambrose Nunn: my freehold messuage where I now dwell, and all my freehold in
Whepstead. - To son Thomas Nunn: my copyhold called Poches, and two (named) crofts of pasture in
Whepstead, he to pay my son George Nunn £30. - Rest and residue of my copyhold land in Whepstead to my son Ambrose Nunn, he to pay my son George Nunn another £30.
- My sons George and Thomas Nunn are indebted to me to the sum of £20. My executor to
deliver up the said bonds to my said two sons within six days after my decease.
Rest and residue to my executor (my son Ambrose Nunn).
Witnesses: Anthony Sparrow, John Cooke, Jo. Sparrow.
Written: 5th January (no year), proved: 25th April 1694
SRO Ref: Boldero 168
Nunn, John, baker of Hadleigh, 1697
- For some time, testator has lived in the house of James Ells in the the parish of St Sepulchre’s, Middlesex, wafermaker
- Property in Stone Street, Hadleigh, and property in Hadleigh mortgaged to Mr Hudson of Ipswich, tailor
- James Ells to inherit everything, and to be executor.
Witnesses: Charles Belfeild, John Hensman, Richard Mallaber
Written 9 Mar 1696/7, probate 21 Apr 1697
PCC
Transcriber’s note: testator buried at St Sepulchre’s, 14 April 1697: “John Nunn from St John Street.”
Nunn, John, of Hawstead, singleman,1713
- To Frances “my Best sister”: £10
- To Margaret my second sister: £10
- To Mary my youngest sister: £10
- Rest and residue to my uncle George Nunn of Hawsted, yeoman, the exector.
Witnesses: Robert Wolfe, Robert Underwood
Written: 24th Jan 1713/4, proved: 6th Feb 1713/4
SRO Ref: Goodwin VI 321
Nunne, John, yeoman, of Whepstead, 1731
- To wife Elizabeth: all freehold and copyhold land and tenement where I now live in Whepstead, and all real and personal estate for her life. Wife Elizabeth to pay my mother Elizabeth an extra £6 a year, on top of what was bequeathed her by my father Henry Nunne (her late husband).
- After my mother’s death, my wife to pay Elizabeth, my eldest daughter, £20 a year out of my copyhold, for as long as my wife lives. The annuity to be continued out of the copyhold
during the life of Hannah, widow of the late John Ray of Lawshall. - If Hannah survives my wife, my daughter Mary shall not be entitled to any part of the £20
intended for my daughter Elizabeth. - If Elizabeth my daughter dies, the annuity to go to any children she may have.
- If my wife Elizabeth dies in Hannah’s lifetime, my daughter Mary will be entitled to one half of the rents and profits from my freehold, and one half of the rents and profits of my
copyhold (once my daughter Elizabeth’s £20 has been paid). - After the deaths of Elizabeth my mother, Elizabeth my wife and Hannah Ray, widow, the £20 to cease, and the copyhold and freehold to be divided between my daughters Elizabeth and Mary (or if they have died, to any children they may have).
Executors: Caleb Rose, Rector of Whepstead, and John Hunt of same, my brother-in-law.
Witnesses: William Newport, John Steward, John Rose.
Written: 14th March 1729/30
- Codicil: My daughter Elizabeth may have been left property in the will of her late uncle, John Ray, which she may receive on the death of his widow, Hannah, in the lifetime of my wife Elizabeth. Once my daughter Elizabeth receives this property, she will receive an annuity of £10, and the remainder (from the £20) to my daughter Mary.
Written: 14th March 1729/30, proved: 4th May 1731
SRO Ref: Claggett III 63
Nunn, Joshua, singleman of Kenton, 1691
- Property in Kenton
- Three nephews Robert, William and John Moore (sons of William Moore by testator’s sister Anne
- Three daughters of John Nun: Anne Vace and Susan (doesn’t name third)
- Five children of uncle Leonard Nunn: John, Susan, Anne, Elizabeth, and Priscilla
- The poor of Kenton
- Kinsman: Leonard Nunn of Eye, executor
Witnesses: John Wareyn, John Aldrich, Robert Baldwell, Anne Doget
Written 15 July 1691, probate 14 Sep 1691
NRO
Nunn, Joshua, gentleman of Hadleigh, 1787
- Wife Protesia Nunn
- Daughter Mary Ann Nunn
- cousin Mary Ann wife of Benjamin Goymour of Stonham Aspall, farmer
- Nunn Goymour, son of the said Mary Ann
- Vault in Hadleigh churchyard for testator and his family
- Sister Mary Pittock of Hadleigh
- Nunn John Pittock
- William Tricker of Layham, James Palmer
- Sisters-in-law: Mary Smith, widow of Hadleigh; Elizabeth Nice, widow of Hadleigh; Frances wife of Thomas Aldridge of Hadleigh, yeoman; Miss Elizabeth Frost; Ann wife of Edward Cooper
Executor: wife; John Brownrigg Lake of Hadleigh gentleman; and Richard Leatherdale, draper of Hadleigh
Witnesses: John Munnings, edgetool maker; Edward Cooper, butcher; William Hart, shoemaker – all of Hadleigh
Written 1 Jun 1787, probate 12 Oct 1787
PCC
Nunn, Margaret, spinster, of Lawshall, 1688
- To Mary Nonne, my sister of Bury St. Edmunds, all my copyhold in Lawshall
- To Mary Nonne, daughter of my brother Robert Nonne of Stanningfield, £10 (to come out of the Lawshall copyhold)
- Rest and residue to my sister Mary Nonne, executrix.
Witnesses: John Norman x, Mary Norman x, John Smith
Written: 3rd October 1687, proved: 2nd November 1687
Nunn, Philip, yeoman, of Lawshall, 1681
- Dorothy, my wife: all my movable goods, household stuff and chattels indoors and out
(except one bald colt which I give my son Philip). - The said Dorothy to raise my children until they are shiftable.
Executors: the abovesaid Dorothy and Philip.
Witnesses: John Brinckley, John Byrd, John Smith
Written 9 November 1681, proved: 22 February 1681/2
[Held at Bury St. Edmunds Record Office]Nunn, Robert, yeoman, of Broadgates, Whepstead, 1675
- To son Thomas: £80
- To son Walter: £60 when 21
- To son Henry: £60 when 21, and £10 to be bound as an apprentice
- To wife Margarett: £5, and all good and chattels in my current dwelling house at the time of my decease, which were hers before our marriage
- To son Robert: all my freehold and copyhold land and tenements in Whepstead, he to pay my debts and legacies. If Robert refuses to be my executor, then my son Thomas to be my executor and to sell all my copyhold and freehold (the proceeds to be divided between my
sons Thomas, Walter and Henry).
Written: 3rd November 1675
Witnesses: Rand. Nonne, Willm. Nonne, Elizabeth Nonne.
Nunn, Robert the elder, yeoman, of Hawstead, 1678
- To daughter Mary Nunn: all my messuages and lands in Stanstead, Great Wheltham,
Cockfield, Lawshall or elsewhere. - To sister Mary Martin: £5 annuity
- To brother Francis Nunn: £5 annuity
- To the poor of Hawstead: £5
- To Susan Straffe: £30
- To my kinswoman Mary Carter: £10
- To Michael Nunn: 20 shillings
Execs: my daughter Mary Nunn, my brother Martin Nunn, my kinsman Robert Goodchild (£20 each to Martin and Robert) Rest and residue to daughter Mary.
Witnesses: Robert Howard, Thomas Coaste? x, Margaret Mayhew x
Written: 1st November 1686, proved: 13th May 1687
ERO Ref: Goodwin I 564
Nunn, Robert, yeoman of Whepstead, 1679
- To wife Dorithy: two closes and a grove for her natural life, then to my son Robert Nunne.
- To son Robert Nunne: all my land and tenements after my wife’s death, on condition that he pays the following legacies to my daughters after my wife’s death:
- To daughter Frances: £30 within one year of my wife’s death
- To daughter Marrian: £30 within two years of my wife’s death
- To daughter Marible: £20 within three years of my wife’s death
- To son Robert: various furniture and household goods (to be used by Dorithy during her
lifetime) - To wife Dorithy: all my goods and chattels for the paying of my debts and the raising of my children.
Executrix: my wife Dorithy Nunne
Witnesses: Steven Wiffen, Elizabeth Cole x, George Daniell
Written: 21st October 1679
SRO Ref: IC500/1/133 (148)
Nunn, Robert, yeoman, of Lawshall, 1719
- To son Thomas Nunn: £10
- To son Henry Nunn: copyhold land in Stanningfield and £100
- To son James Nunn: messuage or tenement in Lawshall & Stanningfield, on condition he pay my daughters Rose, Mary and Elizabeth Nunn £100 each.
- 20 shillings to the poor of Stanningfield
- To wife Rose, all household goods and money. Messuage or tenement in Stanningfield. After her death, Stanningfield property to son Robert Nunn.
- £100 to wife Rose to take the interest arising during her lifetime. After her death, that £100 to son William Nunn, but he to pay out the sums:
- £10 to sons John and Thomas Nunn
- £15 each to sons James, Henry and daughters Rose, Mary and Elizabeth Nunn
Executors: wife Rose Nunn, brother-in-law William Bixby of Bury St. Edmunds to supervise.
Witnesses: William Tooke, Rachel Tooke, Bridget Simson
Written 6 November 1717, proved: 17th July 1719
[Held at Bury St. Edmunds Record Office]Nunn, Rose, widow, of Lawshall, 1733
- To my son Robert Nunn: 20 shilling
- To my son Thomas Nunn: £10
- To my son John Nunn: £10
- To my son Henry Nunn: £10
- To my son James Nunn: £5
- To my daughter Elizabeth, wife of Gabriel Wright: £10
- To my daughters Rose and Mary, all my money, household goods, clothes etc.
- £10 to be divided equally between the five children of my son William Nunn
Executrix: My daughters Rose Nunn and Mary Nunn
Witnesses: William Sparke, James Vinsen x, Mary Starne x
Written: 15th November 1726, proved: 18th June 1733
[Held at Bury St. Edmunds Record Office]Nunn, Rose, spinster, of Lawshall, 1751
- To my brother Henry Nunn and his heirs: copyhold messuage/tenement in Lawshall, on
condition that my two sisters (Mary Nunn and Elizabeth Wright) may live there for their
natural lives. - To my brother Henry Nunn and my sisters Mary Nunn and Elizabeth Wright, use of all my
household goods (not to be sold). After their decease, my household goods to be equally
divided between: - My cousin James Nunn (son of my brother Thomas Nunn)
- My cousin Rose Wright (daughter of my sister Elizabeth Wright)
- To brother Henry Nunn: all my money.
Executors: siblings Henry Nunn and Mary Nunn.
Witnesses: Richard Vincent, Daniel Wright x, John Boreham
Written: 28th November 1751, proved: date not on document
Nunn, Sturgeon, farmer, of Assington, Suffolk, 1782
- To my nephew Edward Chinery, son of my sister Sarah (wife of Edward Chinery of Acton,
farmer), my messuage/tenement with outhouses and land in Assington, now in my own
occupation, charged with: £20 annuity for my sister Sarah; £5 annuity for my niece Sarah, wife of John Hayward of Melford, farmer (a daughter of the said Sarah Chinery); £10 annuity for my niece Ann Chinery (another daughter of my said sister Sarah Chinery) - To my said nephew Edward Chinery, my messuage/tenement with cottage and lands in
Great Henny, Essex, now in the occupation of Joseph Causton, charged with: £10 annuity to my niece Rose Brewster, wife of William Brewster of Black Notley, Essex, farmer (one of the daughters of my late brother Philip Nunn); £10 annuity to my niece Mary Ruffle (another daughter of my said late brother Philip Nunn); £10 annuity to Hannah Gibbs who now lives with me - £150 to Sturgeon Nunn Brewster, one of the sons of my said niece Rose Brewster
- £100 each to all the other children of my said niece Rose Brewster who shall be living at the time of my decease when 21 respectively.
- £300 to my said niece Ann Chinery
- Rest and residue to be divided equally between: my said sister Sarah Chinery, Sarah Hayward, Ann Chinery, Rose Brewster and her children who shall be living at my decease
and Mary Ruffle.
Executors: the said Joseph Causton, and Mr. Baker of Little Ropers in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, farmer.
Witnesses: William Hewes, Margaret Beales x, Richd Hodge.
Written: 26th December 1781, proved: 26th February 1782
PCC
Nunn, Thomas, of Stratford, 1713
- Grandfather Ambrose Rowles
- Uncle Ambrose Rowles, cooper of Colchester
- Uncle William Rowles
- Elizabeth Carter daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Carter
- Poor of Stratford
- Uncle Robert Rowles: copyhold in Layham, rest and residue, executor
Witnesses: Robert Potter, William and Jane Sadler
Written 16 May 1713, died at East Donyland 31 May 1713, probate 30 July 1713
ERO
Nunn, Thomas, merchant of Southwold, 1768
- Grandson Lancelot Davie: property in Thorpe Parva, Norfolk
- Lancelot’s sister, Sarah Marryat, wife of Thomas Marryat of the City of London, “Doctor of Physick”
- Only son Samuel Nunn, executor
- Two children of daughter Ann Church
- Two son of granddaughter Sarah Marryat
- Cousin Betthiall Nunn, spinster
- £10 to repair “the meeting house belonging to the Protestant Dissenters at Southwold”
- Mr John Skipp deceased, late of Southwold, gave testator £160 in trust, the interest to pay for the dissenting minister.
Witnesses: Sarah Hillery, Samuel Bewstead, Robert Martyn Frost
Written 13 Aug 1760, probate 2 Aug 1768
PCC
Nunn, William, yeoman, of Lawshall, 1671
- To wife Susan: all movables that were hers before marriage
- To wife Susan and son William, to sell all lands and tenements in Lawshall, and all goods and chattels. Proceeds to be equally divided between: Susan my wife (plus £5 for executing will), William my son, Christian my daughter, Thomas my son, Sarah my daughter, Robert my youngest son.
Executors: the abovementioned Susan and William
Witnesses: Edward Cracke, John Wright
Written 20 March 1670/1, proved: 15th April 1671
[Held at Bury St. Edmunds Record Office]Nutton, Benjamin, webster of Boxford, 1708
- Son Benjamin Nutton: £100
- Son Edward Nutton: property in Boxford as long as he gives up his right to copyhold meadows
- Son Samuel Nutton: the copyhold meadows to be given up by Edward
- Daughter Anne Nutton: £50
- Daughter Elizabeth Nutton: £50 on condition she doesn’t marry Thomas Nayler of Boxford. If she does, she receives 5sh
- Daughter Rebecca, wife of Roger Hayward: 5sh
- Daughter Mary wife of John [should be Joseph] Bennett: 5sh
Executor: son Samuel, to receive rest and residue. Sons Benjamin and Edward to assist.
Witnesses: Jo. Cooke, Henry Nelson, Robert Paine
Written 19 June 1708, probate 1 Sep 1708.
PCC
Nutton, Edward, yeoman of Boxford, 1651
- Everything to wife Rebecca
Executors: wife Rebecca, cousin Samuel Nutton of St Osyth
Witnesses: Stephen Tunmor, George Miller
Written 31 Aug 1651, probate 8 Sep 1651
SRO
Transcriber’s notes: Edward Nutten married Rebecca Ada at Hadleigh in 1625. I have found baptisms for at least three of their children, in Boxford: 1642 Sarah, 1644 Joseph, 1646 Robert. The testator’s cousin, Samuel Nutton of St Osyth, is the grandfather of Benjamin Nutton (see his will above).
Nutton, Elizabeth, widow of Kersey, 1651
- Sons Edward Nutton and Joseph Nutton £5 each left them by testator’s son Thomas Nutton deceased, to be paid to them when they reach 21.
- Rest and residue to the said Edward and Joseph, grandson John Walker, son William
Executor: son William.
Witnesses: John Nightingale, John Cooke
SRO
Transcriber’s notes: She married John Nutton in Kersey in 1616. Her maiden name was Cooke, so the witness John Cooke may be her relative. She is the mother of William Nutton, who died in 1705 (see below) and daughter-in-law of John Nutton, who died in 1626 (again, see below).
Nutton, John the elder, yeoman of Hadleigh, 1626
- Indenture dated 31st October 1625, convenanted with John Strutt of Hadleigh, gent., and Joseph Raye of same, draper, that certain properties will go to wife Elizabeth after testator’s death
- youngest son Robert Nutton, under 21
- eldest son John Nutton
- son Thomas Nutton, under 21
- Grandchildren: John Kidby, Mary Kidby, Joseph Raye jnr., John Raye, Elizabeth Raye
- Grandson John Nutton, under 21
- Other children: Elizabeth Nutton, Edward Nutton, Susan Nutton
- Brother-in-law John Munninges
- Son-in-law Joseph Raye
Executor: wife Elizabeth
Witnesses: Daniel Raye, Edward Nutton, Henry Peirson
Written 27 Aug 1626, probate 10 Nov 1626
Transcriber’s notes: burial at Hadleigh 1 Sep 1626 of John Nutton of Cornard Street – presumably testator. Burial at Hadleigh 14 Oct 1632, Elizabeth Nutton, widow – perhaps testator’s widow.
PCC
Nutton, Robert, draper of Bures St Mary, 1642
- Daughter Susan Nutton, all goods, money, etc. U21. To be executor.
- Wife Susan Nutton, to be daughter’s guardian.
Witnesses: William Sidey, John Nutton
Written 21 Jan 1641/2, probate 21 June 1642
PCC
Nutton, Samuel, of Boxford, 1727
- Wife Christian
- Daughter Christian under 21
- Daughter Ann under 21
- Son Samuel
Executors: Brother-in-law Isaac Spencer, Jeremiah Hart
Witnesses: Arthur Crane, John Boutell, Ann Boutell
Written 25 May 1727, probate 28 Oct 1727
SRO
Transcriber’s notes: son of Benjamin (see will 1708)
Nutton, Samuel, maltster of Boxford, 1739
- Mother Christian Nutton, widow of Boxford: property in Hadleigh Hamlet, Boxford. After her death, to his two sisters
- Sister Christian, wife of Roger Rich of Groton, yeoman
- Sister Anne Nutton of Boxford, spinster
- Cousins, the family of Benjamin Nutton, deceased: Samuel Nutton of Boxford, husbandman; Thomas Nutton of Edwardstone, shoemaker; Jane wife of [name not given] of London; Mary Nutton of Waldingfield, spinster; Anne wife of Robert Goymer, husbandman; Elizabeth widow of Robert Scott of Edwardstone; Dinah wife of Aaron Wiskin, husbandman.
- Frances wife of John Smith of Boxford, and the daughter of Edward Nutton
- Roger Hayward, yeoman & Rebecca wife of Thomas Pawsey, all of Henny, Essex
- Sarah Bennitt, daughter of Joseph & Mary Bennitt of Bury St Edmunds
- Isaac Spencer of Stratford, innkeeper
Executors: mother, and James English of Boxford, yeoman
Witnesses: William Mitchell, Samuel Newton, Jermyn Moyle
Written 1 Nov 1738, probate 25 Jan 1738/9
SRO
Nutton, Sarah, widow of Edwardstone, 1630
- Son Samuel £10
- Son Abraham rest and residue
- Money to poor of Edwardstone, and the minister of Groton
Executors: sons Samuel and Abraham
Witnesses: Thomas Motte, John Brond, Richard Alstone
Written 4 April 1630, probate 12 April 1630.
Transcriber’s notes: presumably the mother of Samuel Nutton of St Osyth. Perhaps Sarah Howe, who married William Nutton in Bildeston in 1605.
SRO
Nutton, Sarah, single woman of Polstead, 1665
- To be buried in Polstead churchyard
- Brother William Nutton of St Osyth, yeoman
- Sister Anne, wife of William Doare of St Osyth, miller
- Brother John Nutton of St Osyth, single man
- Youngest brother Samuel Nutton, U21, who now lives with brother Benjamin Nutton at Polstead
Executor: brother Benjamin Nutton of Polstead, yeoman
Witnesses: William Brond, James Bromwell
Written 8 Oct 1664, probate 12 Apr 1665
PCC
Nutton, William, gentleman of Boxford, 1707
- Wife Ellenor, property in Boxford and Polstead
- Son John Nutton
- Grandson William Nutton
- Granddaughter Ellenor Nutton
- Granddaughter Jane Nutton
- Daughter Elizabeth Child, deceased, left a will
- Money to poor of Hadleigh Hamlet in Boxford
- Grandchildren Thomas and Alice, the children of Thomas Stivill
- Grandson Richard Child
Witnesses: John Hasell, Rebecca Smith, Henry Boughton
Written 29 Jun 1705, probate 24 Sep 1707
PCC
Transcriber’s notes: Testator buried at Kersey on 2 Sep 1705 as Mr William Nutton. His daughter Elizabeth had first married Richard Hardwick of Spalding, Lincolnshire, and then married Rev Richard Child, the rector of Groton. She died in 1696 and left a PCC will. She was buried in Groton on 4 March 1696/7.
While Benjamin Nutton (will 1708) had a brother called William living in St Osyth in 1664 (Sarah Nutton’s will), this testator isn’t that William Nutton. The 1679 PCC will of Joseph Nutton of Spalding mentions his brother William and his kinsman Richard Hardwick, making him the uncle of Elizabeth Nutton/Hardwick/Child. Joseph also mentions his kinsman Samuel Nutton of Holbeach – and Samuel’s 1680 PCC will mentions his brother Benjamin. So William and Joseph appear to be first or perhaps second cousins of Benjamin, Samuel, Sarah, William of St Osyth and John. Joseph’s will also mentions a cousin, John Dale of Spalding. He is presumably the John baptised in Spalding in 1630, son of John Dale – who had married Elizabeth Nutton in Hadleigh in 1628. Joseph also mentions his kinswoman, unnamed, the wife of Thomas Burton – there is a marriage in Kersey, Suffolk in 1672 of Thomas Burton and Eleanor Nutton. So there are clear links between the Nuttons in Suffolk and Lincolnshire. It seems that the Nuttons started off in Suffolk (and some stayed there) but in the 1600s, they created links with Lincs! (sorry, I had to do it).