If anyone can help point me in the right direction for tracking down a particular will, I would be EXTREMEly grateful, since I'm stuck. I think I'm probably overlooking some very obvious something here. If a will isn't held by the (seemingly) logical county records office, is there some other entity that might hold it? This isn't a Bucks will, however the testator is a Nicholas Woodliffe, believed to be the same Nicholas listed in a pedigree as the father of Robert Woodliffe of Peterley Manor, Prestwood, Bucks. This will is referenced within a genealogy published some 20 years ago. The compiler doesn't list the specific date the will was written or settled. However, she states that Nicholas died 1510 and was buried in the Church of the Virgin Mary (formerly Church of Our Lady), at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. (So, silly me, I thought the will must be in Oxfordshire, but not so, per an archivist there.) The compiler does provide a fair amount of detail of the contents of the will, saying that in it Nicholas names a son Christopher, a daughter Joanna and a sister Margaret Forrest. She also states that he mentions the "mother church" at Lincoln (which seems to be her basis for thinking Nicholas may have come from Lincs). (SOoooo....silly me, when it wasn't in Oxfordshire, I thought it must be in Lincs. Wrong again!) Are there other places besides those records offices that I should know (but don't) to check ? I do think it's possible the compiler consulted a published abstract of the will, rather than necessarily the will itself. She just offers the information about the will; she doesn't say where she found it. I have a hunch the will (or its abstract) ought to be in a fairly obvious place that I'm just overlooking - that hunch based upon the nature of the other material within her genealogy. I'd be very (very, very!) grateful for any suggestions. Thanks, Sandy >