The following list has been produced from information kindly submitted by Heather Olsen and Richard
Carruthers-Zurowski; it includes all variants of the name of STRANGE. Where will transcripts are available to me I have
included a direct link to the transcript; in some cases transcribers have reatained them and their contact details are
provided:
Covering PROB
Date 11/ Scope
1610 Jun 21 116 Will of Helene Strainge, Gentleman of Cirencester, Gloucestershire
1610 Oct 19 116 Will of John Strange of Broad Blunsdon, Wiltshire
1613 Nov 26 122 Will of Michael Strange of Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire
(See Gloucester page for family of James Peto-Gundersen)
1616 Jul 26 128 Will of Gorge Strange or Strange, Shipwright of Littleham, Devon
1618 Nov 26 132 Will of John Strange alias Huycke or Huicke, Miller of Lechlade, GLS
1621 Jan 01 137 Will of Phillip Strange, Merchant of Northam, Devon
1621 Nov 06 138 Sentence of Philippi Strange of Northam, Devon
1628 May 29 153 Will of John Strange of Stanton Barnard, Wiltshire
1629 Jul 20 159 Will of Anne Strange, Widow of Chesterton, Gloucestershire
1631 Apr 26 159 Will of Robert Straunge of Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire
1631 Jun 07 160 Will of Anthony Strange, Yeoman of Siston, Gloucestershire
1631 Jul 31 160 Sentence of Robert Strange of Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire
1639 May 20 180 Will of Jane Strange, Widow of Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire
1641 Jul 14 186 Will of Thomas Strange, Glover of Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire
1646 Feb 02 195 Will of Mary Strange of Pleshey Lodge, Essex
1647 May 07 200 Will of John Strange, Merchant of Bideford, Devon
1651 Jan 23 215 Will of Alexander Strange, Vicar of Layston, Hertfordshire
1651 Feb 14 215 Will of Edward Strange, Blacksmith of Bicknoller, Somerset
1652 Feb 16 220 Will of Walter Strainge, Yeoman of Abson, Gloucestershire
1654 Nov 17 237 Will of Julian Strange of Fremington, Devon
1656 Feb 05 252 Will of John Strounge of Wootton Courtney, Somerset
1657 Nov 18 269 Will of Phillip Strainge or Straing, Husbandman of Kintbury, Berkshire
1657 Nov 21 271 Will of John Strange, Yeoman of Toddington, Bedfordshire
1658 Oct 28 282 Will of Joseph Strange or Strainge of Kensington, Middlesex
1658 Dec 24 285 Will of John Strange of Winwick, Lancashire
1659 Mar 18 288 Will of James Strange, Yeoman of Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset
1659 May 03 291 Will of William Strainge, Husbandman of Broad Blunsdon, Wiltshire
1660 Apr 10 298 Will of William Strange, Yeoman of Stanton, Wiltshire
1660 Sep 26 301 Will of Hamon Le Strange or L'Estrange of Pakenham, Suffolk
1663 Dec 22 312 Will of Edmund Strainge, Yeoman of Highworth, Wiltshire
1664 Jun 25 314 Will of William Strange, Grocer, Tyler and Bricklayer of Saint
Bartholomew Exchange, City of London
1664 Aug 09 315 Will of Christopher Strange
1664 Dec 02 315 Sentence of Christopher Strange of Hackney, Middlesex
1674 Jul 18 345 Will of Margaret Strange, Widow of London
1679 Jan 03 359 Will of Mary Strange, Widow and Feltmaker of Saint Olave Southwark, Surrey
1680 Jun 14 364 Will of Phillip Strange, Mariner of Woolwich, Kent
1682 Jun 14 370 Will of William Strange, Blacksmith of Turweston, Buckinghamshire
1686 May 01 383 Will of William Strainge of Great Farringdon, Berkshire
1690 Mar 26 399 Will of Katherine Strainge, Widow of Saint Andrew Holborn, Middlesex
1690 Mar 29 399 Will of Nathaniel Strange, Mercer of London
1695 Aug 22 427 Will of William Strange, Painter Stainer of London
1698 Apr 03 445 Will of John Strange, late belonging to His Majesty's Ship Vanguard
but in the Kings Ship Bristol, Bachelor
1699 Aug 04 452 Will of Dorothy Strange of Precinct of the Cathedral Norwich
1700 Feb 26 454 Will of Hugh Strange, Gardener of Saint Leonard Shoreditch, Middlesex
1703 Mar 03 469 Will of Elizabeth Strange, Singlewoman of London
1704 Aug 04 477 Will of Adam Strange alias Stringe, Baker of Saint Clement Danes, Middlesex
1705 Mar 14 481 Will of John Strang, Merchant of Saint Michael Bordeaux, France
1705 May 02 484 Will of William Strange, Yeoman of Toddington, Bedfordshire
- Contact Joan Kemp
1707 May 10 494 Will of Elizabeth Lestrange , Spinster of Saint Mary Abchurch ,
City of London
1711 Feb 21 519 Will of Thomas Strange of Lydiard Millicent, Wiltshire
1712 Jan 02 525 Will of William Strang, Mariner bound to Sea in the Marlborough of
Saint Saviour Southwark, Surrey
1716 Jan 18 550 Will of John Strainge, Gentleman of Lechlade, Gloucestershire
1716 Feb 16 550 Will of Nicholas Strainge, Clothworker of London
1719 Nov 25 571 Will of David Strang, Merchant of Greenwich, Kent
1720 May 03 574 Will of John Strange, Gentleman of Coney Hatch, Middlesex
1720 Aug 02 575 Will of Jane Strang, Spinster of Greenwich, Kent
1721 Jun 05 580 Will of John Lestrange, now belonging to the Ship called the Mary
1724 Jan 02 595 Will of Samuel Strange, Cutler of London
1725 Jun 25 604 Will of Sir Nicolas L'Estrange of Gressenhall, Norfolk
1726 Mar 01 608 Will of David Strang, Merchant of East Greenwich, Kent
1726 Oct 03 611 Will of John Strange of Saint Bride, City of London
1727 Apr 24 615 Will of John Strange, Mariner of Saint Dunstans Stepney, Middlesex
1730 May 27 637 Will of Catherine Strange, Spinster of Willey, Shropshire
1730 Dec 15 641 Will of Anthony Strange, Yeoman of Siston, Gloucestershire
1733 Feb 01 657 Will of Mary Strang, Widow of Greenwich, Kent
1740 Nov 29 706 Will of John Strang, Mariner of Saint John Wapping, Middlesex
1744 Nov 29 736 Will of John Lestrange
1746 Feb 03 745 Will of Thomas Strange, Waterman of Christ Church, Surrey
1747 Nov 13 758 Will of George Strange
1751 Jan 29 785 Will of Moses Strange, Yeoman of Bitton, Gloucestershire
1753 Jan 23 799 Will of Francis Strange, Mariner of Stepney, Middlesex Link to
Canterbury PCC Wills index book (Society of Genealogists, Anthony Camp) it quoted "fpts" and
in the introduction of abbreviations it said "in foreign parts"
1754 Jun 05 809 Will of The Right Honorable, Sir John Strange, late Master of the Rolls
1755 May 22 816 Will of Jonathan Strange, Merchant of Bideford, Devon
1757 Jan 19 827 Will of Edmund Strange of Rochester, Kent
1759 Mar 14 845 Will of Roger Lestrange or L'Estrange , Mariner belonging to His
Majesty's Ship the Royal Sovereign
1763 Nov 17 893 Will of Mary Strange, Widow of Rochester, Kent
1764 Mar 05 897 Will of Emilia Strange, Spinster of Saint George Bloomsbury, Middlesex
1764 Jun 05 899 Will of Robert L'Estrange , Surgeons Mate of His Majesty's Navy
1766 Mar 15 917 Will of William Strange, Cutler of Saint Bride, City of London
1770 Mar 01 956 Will of Hamon L'Estrange of Saint James's in Bury Saint Edmunds , Suffolk
1770 Oct 23 961 Will of Roger Strange, Gentleman of Tonbridge, Kent
1771 Aug 27 970 Will of The Right Honorable James Smith Stanley commonly called Lord
Viscount Strange
1771 Dec 04 973 Will of William Strange, Timber Measurer of Stepney, Middlesex
1772 Jun 27 978 Will of John Strange, Yeoman of Lechlade, Gloucestershire
1773 May 10 988 Will of George Strange, Mariner of Flushing, Cornwall
1775 Nov 14 1013 Will of Richard Strange, Victualler of Saint Margaret Westminster, MDX
1784 Feb 23 1114 Will of Benjamin Strange, Innholder of Windlesham, Surrey
1786 Nov 02 1147 Will of William Strange, Chinaman of Oxford, Oxfordshire
1788 Apr 22 1165 Will of John Strange, Gentleman of Bideford, Devon
1789 Dec 17 1186 Will of John Strange of Hammersmith, Middlesex
1790 Feb 01 1189 Will of James Strange, Cheesemonger of Bishopsgate Street, City of London
1790 Mar 16 1190 Will of Sarah Strange, Widow of Barking Creek, Essex
1792 Aug 29 1222 Will of Sir Robert Strange of Saint Giles in the Fields, Middlesex
1793 Apr 29 1231 Will of Dorothea Strange, Spinster of Bideford, Devon
1795 May 28 1261 Will of Edward Strange, Malster of Putney, Surrey
1797 Sep 23 1296 Will of Thomas Strange otherwise Strainge, Gentleman of Bensington, OXF
Contact Ed Hanson
1798 Jul 16 1310 Will of Anne L'Estrange , Spinster of Bury Saint Edmunds , Suffolk
1798 Aug 16 1311 Will of Henry Paisley L'Estrange of Moystown , Kings County
1799 Jul 03 1327 Will of John Strange of Portland Place, Middlesex
1801 Jul 02 1360 Will of John Strange, Merchant of Northam, Devon
1803 Nov 22 1401 Will of Mary Strange, Widow of Old Street Road, Middlesex
1806 Jun 07 1445 Will of Dame Isabella Strange, Widow of East Acton, Middlesex
1806 Jul 15 1447 Will of Maria Strange, Spinster of Bideford, Devon
1806 Aug 21 1447 Will of The Most Noble Charlotte Duchess of Atholl Countess of Atholl and
Baroness Strange, Dowager Widow
1808 Aug 29 1484 Will of Edward Strange of Tunbridge Wells, Kent 29 August
1808 Nov 16 1489 Will of Alice Strange, Spinster of Shitlington, Bedfordshire
1811 Aug 21 1525 Will of Lawrence Strange of Saint Marylebone, Middlesex
1811 Oct 15 1526 Will of Grace Strange, Widow of Cerne Abbas, Dorset
1811 Dec 11 1528 Will of Eleanor Strange, Widow of Warwick, Warwickshire
1814 May 13 1556 Will of Sarah Garlick heretofore Sarah Strange, Wife of Pisford, NTH
1815 Aug 22 1572 Will of John Strange, Yeoman of Sturminster Newton Castle, Dorset
1817 Sep 01 1596 Will of Daniel Strange, Sadler of Old Market Street Bristol, GLS
1820 Mar 04 1627 Will of William Strange, Gentleman of Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
- Contact Heather Olsen
1821 May 22 1644 Will of William Strange, Gentleman of Toddington, Bedfordshire
- Contact Joan Kemp
1821 Jul 27 1646 Will of William Strange, Wheelwright of Silsoe, Bedfordshire
1822 Jan 26 1652 Will of Robert Strainge, Yeoman of Highworth, Wiltshire
1823 Mar 05 1668 Will of Robert Thomas L'Estrange , Gentleman, Lieutenant on
Half Pay in the Royal Wagon Train of Saint Pancras , Middlesex
1823 May 10 1671 Will of William George Strange, Surgeon's Instrument Maker
of Saint Bartholomew the Less, City of London
1824 Feb 28 1682 Will of Edward Hilder Strange, Innholder of Sunbridge Wells, Kent
- Contact Ed Hanson
[N.B. place name should read Tunbridge Wells, RHBC note, 28 October 2003]
1824 Oct 20 1691 Will of William Strange, Fruiterer of Cookham, Berkshire
1825 Aug 30 1703 Will of Jane Strange, Spinster of Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
- Contact Heather Olsen
1826 Apr 22 1711 Will of John Strange of Foley Place Portland Chapel, Middlesex
1826 Jul 11 1714 Will of Susanna Strange, Spinster of Highworth, Wiltshire
1826 Jul 13 1714 Will of Robert Strange, Yeoman of South Marston, Wiltshire
1826 Jul 31 1715 Will of James Strange, Draper of Swindon, Wiltshire
1829 May 09 1756 Will of Charlotte Strange, Widow of Kettering, Northamptonshire
1830 May 15 1771 Will of Thomas Strange, Blacksmith and Farrier of Nettlebed, Oxfordshire
1830 Sep 18 1776 Will of Ann Strange, Wife of Abingdon, Berkshire
1831 Oct 19 1791A Will of John Strange, Blacksmith of Ellesmere, Shropshire
1831 Nov 05 1792 Will of Sarah Strange, Wife of Banbury, Oxfordshire
1831 Nov 16 1792 Will of Daniel Strang, Dyer of Trowbridge, Wiltshire
1832 Oct 11 1807 Will of George Strange, Tailor of Lambeth, Surrey
1833 Mar 22 1813 Will of John Strange, Master Mariner
now Master of the Brigantine of Saint George in the East, Middlesex
1833 Nov 02 1824 Will of Elizabeth Strainge, Widow of Hanover Square, Middlesex
1836 Mar 04 1859 Will of William Strange of Upton, Essex
1836 Dec 01 1870 Will of John Strange, Yeoman of Ampney Crucis, Gloucestershire
1836 Dec 29 1870 Will of Edward Strange, Yeoman of Doynton, Gloucestershire
1837 Apr 10 1877 Will of John Salters Strange, Bachelor of Trowbridge, Wiltshire
1839 Feb 19 1906 Will of Frances Collis otherwise Strange, Spinster of West Ham, Essex
1839 Feb 21 1907 Will of Thomas Strange, Silversmith of High Wickham, Buckinghamshire
- Contact Heather Olsen
1840 Apr 11 1926 Will of Joseph Strange, Beast and Sheep Salesman of Clerkenwell, Middlesex
1840 May 28 1928 Will of Francis Strange, Gentleman of Hoxton, Middlesex
1840 Nov 25 1936 Will of James Strange
1841 Aug 19 1950 Will of Sir Thomas Andrew Strange of No 31 Upper Harley Street, Middlesex
1841 Dec 10 1955 Will of Lucy Williams formerly Strange, Wife of Albion Street Hyde Park,
Middlesex
1841 Dec 23 1955 Will of John Strange of Circus Road Saint John's Wood in the Regents Park,
Middlesex
1842 Jan 11 1957 Will of John Strange of Enfield, Middlesex
1842 Feb 14 1958 Will of Mary Strange, Spinster of Kettering, Northamptonshire
1842 May 05 1963 Will of John Strange, Gentleman of Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire
1843 Apr 12 1978 Will of Samuel Strange, Gentleman of Helmdon, Northamptonshire
- Contact Heather Olsen
1843 Nov 17 1989 Will of Robert Strange, Coachmaker of Mile End Road, Middlesex
1845 Mar 31 2014 Will of Thomas L'Estrange , Lieutenant General in Her Majesty's Army
of York Terrace Regents Park , Middlesex
1846 Feb 02 2031 Will of Solomon Strang, Gentleman of Woolwich, Kent
1846 Jun 08 2038 Will of Edward Strange of Heston, Middlesex
1847 Aug 04 2061 Will of Elizabeth Strange, Wife of Naples, Kingdom of Sicily
1847 Aug 27 2061 Will of John Strange, Farmer of Harrow, Middlesex
1848 Jan 11 2068 Will of Joshua Freeman otherwise Freman Strang, China Merchant
of Woolwich, Kent
1848 Jun 26 2077 Will of Hannah Strange, Widow of Rye, Sussex
1848 Jun 26 2077 Will of James Strang of Salisbury, Wiltshire
1848 Sep 05 2081 Will of William Strange, Yeoman of Nettleton, Wiltshire
1849 Feb 08 2088 Will of Ann Strange, Widow of Kensington, Middlesex
1849 Apr 05 2092 Will of Isabella Katharina Strange of No 12 Laura Place Southampton,
Hampshire
1849 Jun 20 2095 Will of Maria Strange of Saint Andrew under Shaft, City of London
1849 Jul 20 2097 Will of William Strange, Gentleman of Lambeth, Surrey
1849 Aug 20 2098 Will of Aaron Strange, Yeoman of Cold Ashton, Gloucestershire
1850 Apr 05 2112 Will of Sophia Strainge, Spinster of Bensington, Oxfordshire
- Contact Ed Hanson
1851 May 09 2133 Will of John William Strath Strange, Upholsterer Grocer of Marylebone
Chelsea, Middlesex
Please note that this is in fact two wills that have become entangled in
the indexing somehow. When looking at this will on the documents online
site Valerie Fairbrass found one will for John Straith, upholsterer and a
second will for William Strange, Cheesemonger of Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.
1852 Apr 10 2150 Will of The Honorable Ann Dundas otherwise Strange, Widow
- Contact Andrew Sellon whoremarked, "A 3rd great grandmother of mine,
on my paternal mother's side"
1852 Aug 12 2158 Will of William Strange, Cowkeeper of Greenwich, Kent
1852 Sep 18 2159 Will of William Strange, Watchmaker of Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
- Contact Heather Olsen
1852 Dec 13 2164 Will of Thomas Strange, Quarryman, Slater and Plasterer of Ampney Saint
Peter, Gloucestershire
1853 Apr 27 2171 Will of John Strange , Farmer of Toddington , Bedfordshire
- Contact Joan Kemp
1853 Jul 20 2176 Will of Thomas Strange, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy of Appleford, BRK
1854 Dec 13 2203 Will of Frances Strange, Spinster of Brighton, Sussex
1856 Jan 23 2226 Will of John Holder Strange, Gentleman of No 8 Park Place Highbury, MDX
1856 Mar 03 2229 Will of Francis Strange, Wine Merchant of Abingdon, Berkshire
1856 Mar 18 2229 Will of Thomas Strange of Padworth, Berkshire
1856 Apr 09 2231 Will of Joseph Strange, Yeoman of Sturminster Newton, Dorset
1856 Apr 21 2231 Will of Ann Strange, Widow of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Somerset
1856 Aug 15 2238 Will of Isaac Strange, Butcher of Keynsham, Somerset
1857 Mar 19 2248 Will of Elizabeth Strange of Bedford, Bedfordshire
1857 Jul 08 2255 Will of Mary Elizabeth Strange, Wife of Abingdon, Berkshire
1857 Sep 14 2258 Will of Robert Anstruther Strange of Saint Marylebone, Middlesex
1857 Administration: Intestate William LeStrange;
administrator: E.M. LESTRANGE; Residence: Bethnal Green, London;
Court Where Granted: London - £20.
Here are references to persons with Strange or variant as part of their forename from
PCC wills index
1734 Sep 18 667 Will of Sir Strange Jocelyn of Hydehall, Hertfordshire
1737 Nov 18 686 Will of Strange Pickard, Merchant of Fort Marlborough on the West Coast
of the Island of Sumatra, East Indies
1824 Aug 19 1689 Will of Jane Strange Smythies, Widow of Colchester, Essex
1825 Sep 27 1703 Will of Robert Strainge Barry, Farmer of Jury Street Aldgate, City of London
1837 May 03 1878 Will of Walter Strange Page, Gentleman of Rochester, Kent
1839 Mar 21 1908 Will of Anne Strange Webb, Widow of Great Horkesley, Essex
1841 Feb 23 1940 Will of Reverend John Strange Dandridge, Rector, Clerk of Rousham, OXF
Of interest to Naomi
<naomi[dot]tarrant[at]virgin[dot]net
1845 Mar 27 2013 Will of The Venerable James Strange Butson, Clerk, Archdeacon of Clonfert, Galway.
Of interest to James Kenny (jjk(at)iol(dot)ie) - See BUTSON page
1849 Aug 04 2098 Will of Joseph Strange Michell, Yeoman of Hazlebury Bryan, Dorset
1852 Nov 08 2162 Will of John Strange Winstanley, Auctioneer of Paternoster Row,
City of London
1856 Mar 24 2229 Will of Frank Strange Harris, Auctioneer and Wine and Spirit Merchant of Abingdon, Berk
Here are references to persons with Strange or variant as where mentioned in another's will;from the PCC wills index
1827 Jan 18 1723 Francis Strange, of no 28 Myrtle Street, Hoxton, cooper appeared
personally on 24th March 1827 to
attest to the handwriting of the will of William Gibb, dated 18th January 1827.
No other mention of Francis in the will.
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