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