Yesterday I e-mailed Bedfordshire Archives to see if there was a will for John Field. I had found reference to a nasty piece of work with this name who was charged with murdering a female employee, but they were unable to convict him.
They did find this will:
Reference ABP/W1817/32, the will of John Field of ****lington, yeoman, made 5 September 1815 and proved 21 November 1817
****lington (now Shillington!) is four miles from Meppershall.
This individual was buried in the non-conformist churchyard at Hitchin, I discovered. He was a Baptist.
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcr...%2FBUR%2F95896