William Tupper and Mary Andrew
 

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
William Tupper, the Elder and Mary Andrew or Andrews

Names of parents
William -Richard Tupper and Eleanor Philp
Mary - unknown

Date and place of baptism - if applicable
William, 22 Jan 1687, St Giles, Graffham Sussex
Mary unknown


Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
married 8 Nov 1713 Amberley Sussex

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!)
Graffham, West Sussex

Date, place and cause of death
Date and place of burial.
William - 30 Jan 1770, St Giles Graffham
Mary - 6 Sep 1751 St Giles Graffham (wife of William Senior)

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Memorial inscription - if any
none known, unlikely for both

While I can link Richard Tupper, William Tupper Senior, William Tupper Junior and Thomas Tupper together, deduction is the only method to make the link to Charles Tupper, whose parents were not recorded in the parish register.

I was looking in vain for a will for William Tupper, but found this:

First name(s) Richard
Last name Tupper
Entry year 1723
Place Graffham
Original text Graffham, Sussex
Court Chichester Consistory
County Sussex
Country England
Document type Registered will
Archive reference STC I/33/152
Record set Sussex, Chichester Consistory Court Wills index, 1482-1800
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Is this his father?

Hi Elizabeth, yes it is I think.

That's great - you can order it from West Sussex RO.

I can ? I cannot find any reference to wills of Chichester Consistory Court on their website, not any reference to Richard Tupper. Do I just email and ask ? I have never had to order wills this old before.

I search for wills on Find My Past.
http://search.findmypast.co.uk/searc...ndex-1482-1800

If finding the collection for the first time click on "A-Z of record sets" in the top right-hand corner, then start typing "Chichester" into the search box.

This is the e-mail address for West Sussex RO:

[email protected]

Copy and paste the information I gave you and ask them how much the will would cost. They will reply with a price and send you an attachment with a form to fill in. They will also tell you how to pay.

If you have other wills to buy it's worth doing them in batches. I have been getting 5 wills at a time, usually just £8. Very good value.

Their service is usually pretty prompt. They will answer any queries too.

The book 'Calendar of Wills in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Chichester 1482-1800' is available to view online
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?i...view=1up;seq=9
- there are quite a few Philp of Graffham Wills listed -

Thanks Elizabeth, I wish there was some explanation on the website. I hate having to send an email asking when there is a form that should have been filled in, but its not obvious.

Thank you Sussex Maid, thats very useful I can see lots I could get - I might just start with Richard Tupper and Maurice Boxall. I will have to do some more work on the Philps to see if any of theirs could be useful.

Di