A Partial List of Apperley Wills, Admons and other Official Documents 

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Updated 30 March 2010

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An example of a coat of arms found on Havard Apperley graves in St Paul's churchyard, Withington.

My thanks to Frank Kenward for this image.

The Arms of John Apperley [John de Apperleghe], as given in the I Edward III roll (1327), are: 'Argent, a chevron gules between three pineapples# vert slipped or'.  [#fir-cones]

APPURLEY

Also see article re relationship between Peperell Arms and those of John Apperley

The Arms can be found in a number of places: recorded at Hereford Cathedral, re: the Apperleys interred there; on the front cover of books written by Charles James Apperley aka NIMROD; and as Arms Baron and Femme on the floor Monumental Inscriptions of Foy Parish Church.

See also the discussion in the History and Genealogy of the Perley Family compiled by M.V.B. PERLEY, published 1906, Salem, Massachusetts
 

Regional record/archive offices also hold some wills. Find them via County lists in GENUKI
 

N.B. APPERLY not always distinguished from APPERLEY 
 

Additional information about wills can be found on the Apperley References page.
Many wills can now be purchased online (National Archives)

U.K. street level maps

1346 Robert de APPERLEIGH, probate of will. Parents, John=Isabel, brothers John and Richard, and Walter (The Pithay, Lewins Mead, All Saints Parish, Bristol) Bristol R.O. ref P/AS/D/LM A 4 a,b,c

On his anniversary, the poor were to receive 2 shillings; the proctors 10 pence; the bedemen 2 pence for prayers and other bequests to celebrate him and the family.  See Apperley References 1346

1436 John APPERLEY, Weston (PCC) PROB 11/3 (24 Mar 1437) (National Archives online)#

(14)58 /343 Richard APPRELEY of Marcle Magna (Much Marcle). E. Agnes his relict (Hereford Probate Act 1407-1581)

(1)523a /7x John (?APURLEY) 30 March, Hereford (Hereford Probate Act 1407-1581)

1545 Joan APPURLEY, Stanton, GLS, 16 July.  Will proved Tewkesbury 5 Nov 1545. Executors / sons William, Nicholas, John and only daughter Joan.#  (see Stanton and Snowshill by E.A. B. Barnard, Univ. Press Cambridge, 1927, for a summary of this wonderfully detailed will. In the book, Joan is described as a "woman typical of the period who could ply her distaff, and spin wool for cloth and blankets, or flax and hemp for sheets, towels and other household necessaries." The family played a significant role in the community during the 15th and 16th centuries.  Gradually they became known as APLEY.)

1558/9  Henry/Harry APPERLEY, Milton-next-Gravesend.  (R 12.289 6. Rochester Consistory Court 1440-1561)

1569  Hugh APPARYE, gentleman, East Greenwich, Kent  (P Sheffield 24)

1586 Nicholas APURLEY, Staunton, GLS. Daughters including Margery and his son.#  [Son of Joan who died Stanton 1545.  Was he the churchwarden of Stanton in 1563?]

1595  James APPLE of Alford, SRY, 31 May.  PROB 11/85 (National Archives online)

1603  Benedict APLEY alias WALKER, of Cork, d in Ireland, Admons to William WALKER, son (PCC Admons)

1646  William APPERLEY, gentleman of Eaton Tregoes, HEF   Prov 5 Jun by relict Joan (nee SCUDAMORE)and son John. Refers to Grandfather Thomas; children include Anthonie, Thomas, Elizabeth, John, William, ?Sara. The poor of Ross, Brampton Abbots, Woolhope, Brockhampton, Eaton Tregoes. Property areas include Eaton Tregoes, the Hill; Sapnors in Woolhope formerly belonging to his grandfather Thomas APPERLEY and also Penfield  now to Anthony; Brockhampton; messuage/tenement called the Yaier (The Yare, Woolhope) and mill etc.  to Thomas.  To William copyhold lands situated in Brockhampton and the house/tenement in Eign Street (Hereford) with barn/stable and garden etc that he bought from Thomas BENNETT. John was given the Townsend alias Nether Deane lying in Brockhampton, Snoggesash, Foy, and other freehold properties.   William gives lease of the house in which he now lives to son John LEGH situated in Eaton Tregoes held by the demise of John ABRAHALL etc.  Richard APPERLEY of the city of Hereford is released from all debts owing to William.  Wife Joan is left 3rd of the money and everything movable/immovable.  Some of other names mentioned: Thomas THORPE, Margerie MERICKE, Ellen MERICKE, William BUTTON, John ABRAHALL, Alice WHILLER, John MAYOR, clerk, John BEALE, John SKINEER,; good friends Bennet HOSKINS, Walter KIRLE, Francis LILL.(1626:William held part of demesne lands of Ross Manor viz the Home and Reddmeade) PROB 11/196 (PRO online)ST4# HEF R.O. ref AW 28/28/19

[John APPERLEY  b 17 Apr 1625, bap 5 Aug 1625, Fownhope, Foy HEF, d 16 Apr 1656 (son of William b 17 Apr 1571 d 9 Dec 1646 Fownhope, 17 Dec 1622 Fownhope =Joan SCUDAMORE b 4 Aug 1600 Fownhope d 19 Sept 1648 Fownhope daughter of William SCUDAMORE= Sarah KYRLE) 2 May 1647 Fownhope=Elizabeth b 3 Nov 1630 Much Marcle]

1648  Richard (Thomas nearby) APPERL(E)Y,  yeoman of Woolhope, Hereford  (88, 89 Essex) (PCC Admon), prov 13 May by son John. Katherine BAYTON; Thomas CHURCH the yger; landlord Anthony APPERLEY; brothers William and Thomas. PROB 11/204 (National Archives online)ST4#

(Children: Anthony, bap 1640; Thomas, bap 1652; Mary, bap 1637; Jane, bap 1636; Elizabeth, bap 1654; Gilliam, bap 1656, all Brockhampton, Woolhope parish)

1673  John APPERLEY of Fownhope to Anne, widow.  Admon, Hereford Consistory Court, 18 July ST4

1689  Edmond APPLEY watchmaker of Charing Cross MDX  Will, 15 Feb, PROB 11/394 (National Archives online) (Cantab Will dated 8 Sep1688, Edmond son of Humphray APPLEY, weaver, Co. Westmoreland)

1696  William APPERLEY of Much Marcle to William, son.  Admon, Hereford Consistory Court, 14 Dec

1697  Mary APPERLEY of Much Marcle to John/Thomas APPERLEY.  Will, Hereford Consistory Court, 17 Nov

1700/1  Joseph APPERLEY of Bishop Upton to Alice.  Admon, Hereford Consistory Court, 27 Mar

1703  Thomas APPERLEY of Linton to William MASON. Will, Hereford Consistory Court, 18 May

1708  Roger APPLEY, yeoman of Llanbaddock; Monmouth.  ref LL/1708/83

1727 John APPERLEY, yeoman of Stroud, GLS.  Admons to widow Mary.  James WINCHCOMBE witnessed.

1727  John APPERLEY of Withington to William.  Admons, Dean & Chapter, 2 MarST4

1727  Thomas APPERLEY of  (Brierley) Leominster to Mary and dau Jane (bap 8 Aug 1723 Canon Frome,  1 Jan 1744 Little Hereford=Edward DREW the younger of Bromyard, bc1721).  Will made 7 Aug 1723, prov in Moreton Lugg 11 Oct 1727. AF#    ST4)#

Mary HILL of Avenbury b1703 Canon Frome, 'of Avenbury', d intestate bur 29 June 1756 Bromyard, only daughter of John HILL of Canon Frome (WILL prov Aug 1729).  , Avenbury 4 Jun 1722 by lic=Thomas APPERL(E)Y b 18 Sep 1686 Leominster, yeoman of Brierley.

1735   Thomas APPERLEY of Grafton (St. Martins)/ Hill of Eaton in parish of Foy, HEF, 'doctor in physick', in poor health.  To son James: Hill of Eaton, Snogsash in Foy; Bridge Green in Grafton, lately bought from Earl Morton; Halls Close orchard, Putson, bought from Stephen HALLS; 1 acre Hampton Meadow in Hampton Bishop; Sapnors messuages and lands; The Yare; Hills in Woolhope.  Land in Eggleton, Bishops Frome currently tenanted by widow PHILPOTT, to provide £5 p.a. for poor scholar in Oxford; divinity books and manuscripts; gold headed walking stick, physicks books, patent for printing physical herbal; gold watch to son Anthony.  Money to daughters Susannah, Elizabeth and Ann(e), and sons Thomas and Anthony.  Wife Elizabeth to receive household goods.  Witnesses: Philip SYMONDS, Richard  SYMONDS, Richard SHUTER.  Admons to son James, 22 September 1735ST4

HEF R.O. ref AW28/28/25; LCD 10488; 10073    

See 1736 details in refs.

1747  Edward APPERLEY of Leominster. Hereford Consistory Court, Oct AF

1756  Mary APPERLEY of Bromyard.  Hereford Consistory Court Admon, Oct AF#    ST4)#

(Mary HILL of Avenbury b1703 Canon Frome, 'of Avenbury', d intestate bur 29 June 1756 Bromyard, only daughter of John HILL of Canon Frome (WILL prov Aug 1729.  Mary, Avenbury 4 Jun 1722 by lic=Thomas APPERL(E)Y b 18 Sep 1686 Leominster, yeoman of Brierley, (WILL made 7 Aug 1723, proved 11 Oct 1727 Moreton Lugg), )

1758  John APPERLEY of Much Marcle.  Will, Hereford Consistory Court, Apr  (bc1674, buried Much Marcle)

(Will written in 1752 on board the merchantman 'Halifax', bound for Annamaboe from London.  Mother Elizabeth APPERLEY of Landiloe Vawr, Camarthenshire, appointed as executrix; 2gns each for a ring left to cousin Dido RICHARD and Miss Sally ARNOLD in the Tower.) December 1757 Jno BULLOCK and Richard VEALE attested to the will's validity; Jan 1758 Elizabeth APPERLEY mother of John, and widow, appointed as executrix in London.)

1759  Elizabeth APPERLEY of Much Marcle.  Will, Hereford Consistory Court, 31 Jul (bc 1679)

1762 James APPERLEY (Dr) Estates in Hereford and Denbigh [shires?] (Signed 3 Mar 1762, MB of Wrexham. Moiety of estate to sister Anne for life then to ?nephew/cousin Thomas APPERLEY of London, gent. cf. original will 24 Apr 1783). Brief will signed by him 3 March, witnessed by Vincent PRYCE, Henry WOOLRICH, William LEWIS.    (HEF R.O. Will copy in Belmont Estate records, ref C38/6/10; see also AW28/28/26)  [R8/6/22] LCD 10074 ST4

1779 John APPERLEY gentleman of Kempsey WOR.  Will, 3 Dec (PCC).  PROB 11/1059 (National Archives online)  ST4 # See above  (Son and Heir: John APPERLEY of Worcester College, Oxford University [bap St Swithin's WOR 1761] to whom he left messuages, tenements and lands in Brockhampton, Woolhope, called the Townsend and Castle Hill, as well as 3 acres of woodland in How Caple, and any other lands and tenements in HEF, as well as the messuage and premises at the Cross in St Nicholas parish, Worcester, now in occupation of John EDWARDS ?hosier, from which £50 a piece to 2 daughters; to Hester all the messuage and premises in the High Street in St Swithin's parish, Worcester in the occupation of Elizabeth GWINNELL cork cutter; 'weak in Body'; wanted to be buried next to late wife, Hannah, in Bromyard churchyard, but buried in Brockhampton; daughters Hester and Hannah CORBETT; friend Robert Sweeting DANSIE of London gent appointed trustee and guardian to son John until 21;  household goods to daughters apart from 3 items to son; the latter also received father's silver watch and clothes.  19 April 1776, witnessed by Wm SINDDER, Wm BAKER, Thos BUND)

Codicil: Revoked the bequest of house at the Cross to son John and the house in High Street in possession of Thomas GWINAL to daughter Hester, now Hester CORBETT.  Instead Hester to receive house at the Cross and house in High Street to be sold to pay debts and give daughter Hannah £100; son John to receive all the furniture of his room at College. 24 July 1729, witnesses: Walter PEARCE, John WATKINS, John VERNON)

1816  Thomas APPERLEY, Serjeant Major of Bristol.  Will, PCC, 26 Jul.  PROB 11/1582 (National Archives online)

1842  John APPERLEY, tanner of Bermondsey, Surrey.  Will, PCC, 25 Apr.  PROB 11/1960  (National Archives online)

1860 William APPERLY 2 May. Boot and shoe maker of Stonehouse, died 12 April 1861, Stonehouse. Proved by John Cooper GRIMES of Stonehouse, sole exec.#

Will of Thomas APPERLY, Bengal

1883  William APPLEY, Frampton Cotterell

1886/7 John APPERLEY of Bishopstone, HEF, wheelwright, 5 Apr. Proved 14 Mar1887 by son William APPERLEY of Breinton, farmer, and Thomas BARNETT of Bishopstone, farmer.#

1887 David APPERLY, 24 Aug. Homeopathist, late of Cheltenham. Died 28 Apr 1887 at Cheltenham. Proved by Alfred APPERLY of Rodborough, woollen cloth manufacturer and Ebenezer APPERLY of Stroud, dental surgeon, sons.# [ David b 1812 Rodborough, son of John, ST7/ST24]

1904 Frederick Thomas APPERLEY of Krantz Kloof, Natal, South Africa, died 2 Oct. Admon London 29 Jun to wife Mary Ada.#

1907 Eliza Jane APPERLEY of 38 Shaftesbury Crescent, Derby, widow, d 24 September 1901.  Probate Derby to William Herbert APPERLEY frame maker.

1908  George APPERLEY of Clifford's Mesne, Newent, carrier. d 24 Feb 1908.  Probate GLS to Ann Jemima APPERLEY, widow, and George APPERLEY, billiard saloon proprietor. [George b14 Jun 1835 Aston Ingham, farmer, (son of George)30 Jun 1861 Aston Ingham=Anne Jemima PHELPS b1843 glover daughter of James PHELPS labourer (Family code RB26)]

1914  Alexander Cooper APPERLY of Brunswick House, Stroud, d 8 Jan 1914.  Probate London to David Cooper APPERLY, retired woollen merchant. [ST7/ST24]

1916  Arthur Lancelot APPERLEY (GLS RO) [ST7/ST24]

1922 Emily Georgina APPERLEY (GLS RO)

1922 Kate APPERLEY (GLS RO)

1936 Albert Victor Palmerston APPERLEY of 51 Southfield Road, Gloucester, died 16 Feb.  Probate London 18 Mar to Vera widow.

1936  Charles APPERLEY of Sefton, Hewlett St, Cheltenham, died 10 Dec 1935.  Probate 5 Mar to Julia widow.#

1937  Annie Ethel APPERLY of 18 Hornsey Rise, London, wife of Theodore Ebenezer John Cove APPERLY, builder, died 15 Oct 1936 at 77a Highgate Hill, London.  Admon London 11 Feb to husband.

1939/40  William Joseph APPERLEY of 211 Mackadown Lane, Marston Green, died 6 June 1940.  Admon Birmingham 15 July to Annie Elizabeth widow.# Link with Osman?

1947 Percival Edgar APPERLEY of Timber Hill Cottage, Ashby Road, Melbourne, Derbyshire died 17 Sep.  Probate Nottingham 15 Nov to Charles William BEARD and Alfred Harold APPERLEY #

1947 Henry David Ebenezer APPERLY  of  The Moore, Corse Lawn, Chacely, Glos died 15 Oct 1946.  Probate Glos 2 Jan 1947 to Ellen Elizabeth APPERL(E)Y  and John Samuel PAGE.#

1948  Hiram Harold APPERLEY  of Rose Cottage, Cliffords Mesne, Newent, died 28 April.  Admon with will  to Alice APPERLEY  widow.#

        Gloucester County Goal Index (partial)

Name, committal date, age, parish, occupation (where available)

Eliz APPERLEY, 21 Feb 1832, 23, Elmore, wife of James

Emanuel APPERLEY, 27 Mar 1838, Alkington

Ernest APPERLEY , 24 Jan 1874, 17, Glos, iron moulder

George APPERLEY, 23 April 1838, Lea Bailey

George APPERLEY, 13 Apr 1876, 53?, Glos, labourer

James APPERLY, 24 Dec 1828, Newnham

Peter APPERLEY, 24 Jan 1861, Newent

William APPERLEY, 11 Aug 1821, Bristol St Philip

Lease to John APPURLEY of Woolhope and others, 1416AD

"Let all men present and future know that we, Richard Mile de Jardeyns of the parish of Newent, Walter Henneberuwe of Cadyton and Robert Bawles of Newent, have given, granted and by this our present charter confirmed to Sir John Walle, Philip Bowley, Richard Harryes, John Huyes, chaplains, William Brugge the son of James [ perhaps Jacob?] Brugge, John Appurley, John de la Byrche of Much Marcle, Henry de Falley and John Hyde of Kynwarston,

All our lands and tenements, with meadows, rights of pasture, pastures, woods, groves, dikes, ditches, rents, services, reversions, dove-cots, and with all and singular the other appurtenances belonging to them in any way whatsoever, in the lordships of ...obiehope*, Putteley and Pykesley which were once of Agnes Brayne, the daughter and heiress of Isabel Brayne,

Having and holding all the aforesaid lands and tenements, with the meadows, rights of pasture, pastures, woods, groves, dikes, ditches, rents, services, reversions, dove-cots, and with all and singular the other appurtenances belonging to the aforesaid lands and tenements in any way whatsoever, to the aforesaid John Walle, Philip Bowley, Robert Harryes, John Huyes, chaplains, William [sic], John Appurley, John de la Byrche, Henry [sic] and John Hyde, their heirs and assigns at the term of sixty years next coming after the date of this charter,

[holding] of the chief lords of those fiefs for the services owed therefrom and by right accustomed, freely, quietly, well, rightly and in peace, forever, during the abovesaid term,

And we, the aforesaid Richard Myle [sic], Walter and Robert, and our heirs, will truly warrant and defend all the aforesaid lands and tenements, with the meadows, rights of pasture, pastures, woods, groves, dikes, ditches, rents, services, reversions, dove-cots, and with all and singular the other appurtenances belonging to the aforesaid lands and tenements in any way whatsoever, for the afore-named period and in the form aforesaid ["to the aforesaid John Walle and the others" omitted] against all men,

In witness of which thing, we have affixed our seals to this present charter, these being witnesses,

John Huyes,

Stephen Hw...ynnes,

John Bollokkes [sic],

Richard Nevell,

Richard Bowley,

John Robyns,

John Webbe de la [English: "fen ende"],

and many others [not named]

Given at Much Marcle on Sunday the feast of Saint Benedict in the fourth year of the reign of King Henry, the fifth after the Conquest of England."

Note 1:  The date is wrong.  The clerk probably meant to write "on Sunday the morrow of the feast of St Benedict."  Both 21 March 1416 and 11 July 1416 were Saturdays, so either would fit with this.

Note 2: The title 'Sir' is used at this time for both knights and clergymen. Putteley = Putley (between Ashperton and Much Marcle), Pykesley = Pixley, Cadyton = Coddington?, Kynwarston = Kingstone?

Note 3: *(Woolhope)

   1665 Hearth Tax List (Herefordshire)

(Number of hearths in brackets)

AF

John APPERLEY (2) Yaton (Yatton) in Marcle [Ge 9b]

John APYLEY (2) Sollershope [Ge12]

Thomas APPERLEY (1) Asperton (Ashperton) [R1]

RW

  1832 Electoral Roll (Gloucestershire) 

Eligible via buildings and land

E = East Div., W = West Div., F = Freeholder