Essex wills
PCC = Prerogative Court of Canterbury
CCL = Consistory Court of London
1482 William att Mede, husbandman, Gt. Ilford, Essex, relationship unknown
1502 William Mede, Berden
1504 (PCC) Thomas Mede, of Clavering
1531 Joan Meade, widow, Saffron Waldon, relationship unknown
1535 Richard Mede, Manuden
1545 John Meade, Farnham, parents unknown
1551 Lawrence Meade, husbandman, Ugley
1555 Agnes Mede, Clavering,
1556 Robert Mede, Clavering
1557 (PCC) Thomas Meade, Stapleford, Cams, yeoman
1558 John Meade, the Mill End, Gt. Easton, son of John
1558 Joan Meade, Berden, widow of Thomas
1559 William Meade, Clavering
1560 Robert Meade, Great Easton, son of John 1565
1561 Robert Meade, Great Easton, son of John 1558
1562 William Meade, Gt. Chishall, son of William 1559
1565 John Meade, Great Easton, son of Thomas 1504
1565 John Meade, Elsenham, brother of Edward 1577
1566 John Meade, Great Easton, son of John 1558
1568 Agnes Mede (CCL) of Elsenham, widow of John 1565
1569 John Meade, Farnham, son of John 1545
1570 (PCC) John Meade, Great Easton, son of John 1565
1575 Michael Mede, Clavering, son of William 1559
1577 (PCC) Edward Meade, Berden, yeoman, son of Thomas
1578 John Meade, Ugley
1578 Thomas Meade, servant with Wm. Evered, Fyfield
1583 John Meade, Mariner of Brightlingsea (PCC)
1584 George Meade, miller, Birchanger, relationship unknown
1585 (PCC) Thomas Meade, Justice, Wendon Lofts, son of Thomas 1557
1589 (PCC) Reginald Meade, Elmdon, gent, brother of Thomas 1585
1591 Richard Meade (PCC) of Elmdon, son of Reynold 1589
1593 Eleanor Meade, Great Easton, widow of John 1570
1593 John Meade, husbandman, Ugley, probably son of 1578 John Mede
1593 Edward Mead (CCL), singleman, Birchanger
1595 Elizabeth Meade, widow, Chipping Ongar
1595 Thomas Meade (CCL) of Berdon, brother of Edward 1577
1595 Thomas Meade (CCL) of Berdon, probably son of Edward 1577
1599 Thomas Meade, gent., Chrishall, brother of Thomas 1585 and Reginald 1589
1601 Agnes Meade, Berden, widow of Edward 1577
1601 Richard Meade (CCL), yeoman, Much Hallingbury
1602 Edward Meade, Matching, brother of John of Matching, 1634
1602 George Meade (PCC) of Great Easton, son of John of Great Easton 1565
1603 Edward Meade of Elmdon, son of Reynold 1589
1611 William Meade, yeoman, Stansted Mountfitchet, uncertain relationship
1611 Elizabeth Meade, Gt. Easton, widow of George, Son of John 1565
1611 (PCC) Richard Meade, Berden, yeoman, son of Edward 1577
1612 Edward Meade, yeoman, Gt. Stambridge
1612 Sarah Meade, widow, St. Stambridge
1613 John Meade, gent., Gt. Easton, son of John 1570
1614 Thomas Meade, yeoman, Henham, son of John 1570
1614 Thomas Meade, tailor, Gr. Waltham, relationship unknown
1616 Nicholas Meade, single man, Ugley, son of Robert, son of 1578 John Mede
1616 Richard Meade, Hornchurch
1617 Margaret, jun., Berden
1617 (PCC) Sir Thomas Meade, Wendon Lofts, knight, son of Thomas 1585
1620 John Mead, gent, Chrishall, son of Thomas 1599
1622 Bridget Mead, spinster, Heydon, Ess., daughter of Thomas 1599
1623 Edward Mead, husbandman, Rayleigh, Essex. Relationship unknown.
1625 Henry Mead, South Weald, relationship unknown
1625/6 Thomas Mead, yeoman, Gt. Stambridge, probably brother of Edward 1612
1626 Anne Mead (damaged)
1626 Jane Mead, widow of John 1613, Gt. Easton
1626 John Mead, Aveley, relationship unknown
1626 John Mead sen., yeoman, Ugley
1627 John Mead, joiner, Ugley
1628 Elizabeth Mead, widow, Thaxted, relationship unknwon
1628 William Mead sen., husbandman, Ugley
1629 John Meade (PCC), Finchingfield, son of George 1602
1629 Laurence Mead, yeoman, Ugley, son of 1626 John Mead
1630 Frances Mead, gent., Heydon, son of Thomas 1599
1630 Thomas Mead sen., yeoman, Farnham
1631 Elizabeth Mead, Henham, unknown relationship
1632 Dorothy Mead, widow of John 1629
1632 John Mead, sen., gent, Matching,son of Thomas 1614
1638 Nicholas Mead, yeoman, Berden
1638 Richard Mead, Ugley, son of Robert, son of 1578 John Mede
1638 Sir John Mede of Wenden Lofts, Essex (PCC), son of Thomas 1617
1639 Joseph Mede, Fellow of Christ College of Cambridge (PCC), son of Thomas 1595
1639 William Mead, yeoman, Thaxted
1640 Elizabeth Mead, widow, Farnham
1640 Anne Mede, daughter of Sir John Mede, Knight, Wendon Lofts
1641 Margaret Mead, widow, Berden
1641 Richard Mead, yeoman, Ugley, son of 1626 John Mead
1641 Thomas Mead, yeoman, Henham
1642 Charles Meade (PCC), gentleman, Wendon Lofts
1643 John Mead sen., yeoman Gt. Easton
1645 Nathaniel Mead, joiner, Ugley, son of Robert, son of 1578 John Mede
1647 Robert Mede (PCC), gentleman, Munden
1648 Edward Mead, gent, Thaxted
1649 John Mead, butcher, Gt. Bentley
1650 William Mead, fanwright, Ugley
1651 William Mead, yeoman, Widdington
1652 Elizabeth Mead, single woman, Writtle
1652 Newman Meade (PCC), gentleman, Great Easton
1653 Henry Mead, gent., Doddinghurst
1653 Thomas Meade (PCC), gentleman, Steeple Bumstead
1654 Thomas Mead (PCC), Gentleman, Farnham
1657 William Mead (PCC), yeoman, Rainham
1658 Thomas Meade (PCC), yeoman, Henham
1659 Edward Mead, shoemaker, Aythorpe Roothing
1660 Mary Meade (PCC), Castle Hedingham
1661 Anne Mead, widow, Henham
1661 Edward Mead, yeoman, Gt. Canfield
1661 Thomas Mead, Thaxted
1661 Thomas Meade of Rivenhall
1662 John Mead, yeoman, Rainham
1662 Eleanor Mead, widow, Wethersfield
1662 Josias Mead, Gt. Easton
1662 Robert Mead, husbandman, Gt. Easton
1662 Thomas Mead, yeoman, Thaxted
1662 William Meade (CCL), Clerk, Bernish Rodings, son of John 1632
1666 John Mead, gent., Gt. Easton
1666 William Mead, husbandman, Birchanger
1667 William Mead, yeoman, Takely
1668 John Mead sen., tailor, Ugley
1668 Joseph Mead, husbandman, Woodham Ferrers
1669 George Mede, gent., Heydon
1669 John Mead, gent., Hornchurch. Son of John, son of of Richard 1616
1669 Robert Mead, husbandman, Writtle
1674 Nicholas Mead, yeoman, Farnham
1675 Thomas Mead, husbandman, Farnham
1678 Alice Mead, Ugley, Essex, widow of 1668 John Mead
1678 John Mead sen., yeoman, Ugley
1678 Thomas Mede (PCC), Wendon Lofts
1678 John Mead, yeoman, Widdington
1679 Thomas Mead, Hatfield Broad Oak
1680 Nicholas Mead (PCC), merchant, Wanstead
1681 Thomas Mead, yeoman, Gt. Baddow
1683 John Mead, maltster, Latton
1685 Sarah Mead, widow, Maldon
1688 Agnes Mead, widow of Nicholas 1674, Farnham
1688 Elizabeth Mead, widow, Stanford-le-Hope
1689 Newman Mead, mercer, Gt. Dunmow
1689 Richard Mead, yeoman, Rainham
1691 Thomas Mead (PCC), gentleman, Farnham
1692 Elizabeth Meade (PCC), spinster, Berden
1693 John Mead
1694 Thomas Mead, Gt. Baddow
1695 Nathaniel Mead, husbandman, Ugley
1696 Nicholas Mead, yeoman, Henham
1698 Thomas Mead, maltster, Colne Engaine
1700 Edward Mead, blacksmith, Pebmarsh
1703 Robert Meade, Ovington, yeoman, PCC
1704 Joseph Mead, yeoman, Belchamp Walter
1713 William Meade, Havering atte Bower, PCC
1714 John Mead, yeoman, Ugley
1714 Sarah Meade or Mead, Hornchurch, widow, PCC
1715 John Mede, Lofts, PCC
1719 Robert Mead, butcher, Colchester
1721 Newman Mead, Great Easton, gent
1722 Ann Mead, West Ham, widow
1722 William Mead, Leaden Roding, husbandman
1723 Elizabeth Meade, Pebmarsh, widow
1726 George Meade, Great Burstead, grocer
1726/7 Edward Mead, Rainham, farmer
1727 Mary Mead, Great Burstead, widow
1728 John Meade, Great Easton, salter of London, PCC
1728 John Mead the Elder of High Easter, Yeoman
1735 Andrew Mead, Arkesden, yeoman
1736 Elizabeth Mead, West Ham, PCC
1737 John Meade, Ugley, tailor
1740 Thomas Mead, Great Waltham, yeoman
1740 William Mead, Great Baddow, farmer
1741 William Mead, Chigwell, farmer
1742 John Mead, Stansted Mountfitchet, yeoman
1743 Elizabeth Meade, Hatfield Broad Oak, spinster, PCC
1744 Thomas Mead, Great Burstead, yeoman
1748 Richard Mead, Roydon, gentleman, PCC
1750 Andrew Mead, Chrishall, farmer, PCC
1751 John Mead of Great Sampford, gentleman
1751 Philip Mead, Romford, yeoman, PCC
1752 George Mead, Waltham Holy Cross, mealman, PCC
1752 Joanna Mead, Felsted, spinster
1752 John Mead, Widdington, yeoman, PCC
1753 Thomas Mead, Stapleford Abbots, farmer
1754 Samuel Mead, Latton, potter, PCC
1755 Hannah Mead, Hatfield Broad Oak, widow, PCC
1755 John Mead of Ugley, yeoman
1756 Margaret Mead of Ugley, widow
1758 Edward Mead, Collier Row, Romford
1761 Ann Mead, Downham, PCC
1765 George Mead, Billericay, merchant, PCC
1765 Susannah Mead of Chelmsford, widow
1765 John Mead of Great Waltham, yeoman. Son of John 1728
1768 Joseph Mead of Aythorpe Roding, yeoman
1769 Elizabeth Mead, Layton, widow, PCC
1769, Richard Mead, Layton, baker, PCC
1777 Daniel Mead, Pebmarsh, farmer
1778 Edward Mead, Colne Engaine, yeoman
1779 George Mead, Woodford, shoemaker, PCC
1780 Elizabeth Meade, Thaxted, spinster, PCC
1781 Richard Mead of Great Baddow
1781 Thomas Mead, Saffron Walden, planter, PCC
1785 Theophilus Mead, Writtle, carpenter, PCC
1788 Joseph Mead, Great Dunmow, farmer
1792 Rebecca Mead, Boreham
1794 Thomas Mead of Billericay, gentleman
1795 Wlliam Mead of Great Baddow, yeoman
1799 Isaac Mead, Barking, butcher, PCC
1799 Nathaniel Mead, West Thurrock, farmer, PCC
1805 Joshua Mead, Woodford, shoemaker, PCC
1807 Isaac Mead, Writtle, maltster
1808 Daniel Mead, Willingale Spain, PCC
1808 Thomas Mead of Tolleshunt Knights, servant
1809 William Mead of Halstead, blacksmith
1810 Thomas Mead of Sible Hedingham, blacksmith
1812 Daniel Mead, Woodford, carpenter, PCC
1812 Elizabeth Mead of Great Baddow, widow
1818 George Mead of Great Burstead, farmer
1819 John Mead, Writtle, carpenter
1819 Robert Mead of Great Burstead, farmer
1825 William Mead, Roxwell, 'widower intestate'
1826 Thomas Mead, Little Horkesley, farmer
1826 John Mead, Barking, farmer, PCC
1828 Sarah Mead of Great Burstead, spinster
1830 Joseph Blewett Mead of Fyfield, gentleman
1830 Thomas Mead, Shenfield, farmer, PCC
1832 Joseph Mead, High Easter, farmer, PCC
1835 Robert Mead, Leyton, yeoman, PCC
1838 Nathaniel Mead, Lambourne, shopkeeper and grocer, PCC
1840 Giles Dent Knightley Mead, Newport, labourer, PCC
1840 Joseph Mead of Barnston, farmer
1844 Mary Mead of Great Burstead, widow
1845 Isaac Mead, Great Hallingbury, PCC
1848 Elizabeth Mead of Barnston, widow
1850 Sarah Mead of Roxwell, spinster