Suffolk wills

[Lola5]

 A long time ago I downloaded a will for John Burley in Theberton from the National archives ( £3.50). I had it on my old  dead laptop. I did not know about memory sticks then.

I would like another copy but no luck with National Archives  whatever info I put in.
It must still be there.
Any help with this greatly appreciated.

[goldie61]

A date would be a good idea Lola!

[mckha489]

Is it this one?

https://nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk/index.php/burley-john-gentleman-of-theberton-suffolk

In which case it should be available to view at FamilySearch

[Lola5]

Bless you.!
I did not know Norfolk record office had this  super service...so easy. Ordered and paid for. It is  for my daughter.
I searched all yesterday on and off National Archives which is where it was before with no luck and NRO just wouldn't, have entered my head.
Thank you.mkcha489
And Goldie..yes I should have put in a date 1857.

I have happy memories of N R 0. Lovely ,helpful people there..

[gobbitt]

Sorry I didn't see this topic earlier.

Perhaps the lovely people at the Norfolk Record Office are not allowed to be helpful enough to divulge that NCC wills are available free of charge from FamilySearch, as advised by mckha489.

The 1857 register is unpaginated, so I checked the NRO catalogue for a couple of other testators' folio numbers before finding John Burley of Theberton (711) at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C398-DSJ9-T?i=361&cat=278818 (will no 288: images 362 to 368 of 508).

David

[Lola5]

Thank you David,
I have great difficulty now in getting into family search. It used to just be automatic when I put my user name in...then one day , years later, it asked me for password. Could not remember so made a new one...saved by Google and duck duck go.
But family search refuses it so virtually given up.

Besides N RO are sending me a copy and that is what is wanted.
 Expected the price to have gone up... ( Over 6 times). Like everything.

Not been to NRO for about 18 yrs .

I never expected the will to  be at Norfolk and Suffolk record office didn't answer the phone .
And I am very pleased that someone on here  knew where to guide me.
Now if only someone could only  find me James Sheppard supposedly born Theberton 1792 /4.
Married Mary Barber in Leiston in 1814
I was told he was son of John  Sheppard in Fressingfield. Spent long years researching  that  line back, spent whole day looking at the tombstones in  Fressingfield and Stradbroke freezing weather, for clues. Was told  just couple of weeks ago that   John Sheppard father of James was not mine just a week before tree was to be printed for daughter
So deleted all those lines.
So who was my James Sheppard ?
Does anyone out there know.

[ribbo39]

Hi Lola5,

These entries might help - taken from the Suffolk FHS Baptisms Cd;

1-1-1792   James Shepherd    s/o James & Hannah (born 5-12-1791) Theberton - St.Peter (mmn= Easter)
also others;
28-10-1798  John Shepherd      s/o        "               "                         Leiston -St.Margaret (mmn=Eastaugh)
8-6-1800 Hannah   Shepherd    d/o         "              "                              "               " (mmn=Eastaugh)
28-3-1802 Hannah          "                         "          "              "                "           "          "
25-11-1804 Esther           "                        "           "              "               "           "          "

some more may be avaiable if you require  them.

Alan

[Lola5]

David
Me again. Amazingly I was able to follow your link and got into family search. Thank you.
Read the will...only it is not like the one I had years ago.
It is different writing. The other blacker and harder to read .
It is very verbose.( now I know where I get the verbosity  from)
I wondered why he left his daughter Elizabeth ot but she had died the year before.

[Lola5]

Alan,
The word genius springs to mind....after 30 pyears of my searching to no avail...you,ve found him.
How did you do it.?
Thank you .
It has made my day.
St Peter.s records ..where are they kept?
I went all round St Peter,s Graveyard but no Sheppards did I find.
James is buried  at

 St. Margaret.s Leiston
All the census says born Theberton. He was an ag lab but not stupid and would know his birthplace.