Wills Extracts N - Z
Compiled by Claire Smith-Burns, Cerne Abbas OPC
NOTE: Surnames were generally transcribed as spelled in the original document unless several spellings were used in the same document, in which case, the most common spelling was transcribed. Given Names were usually changed to the most commonly accepted spelling – i.e. “Phillis” was changed to “Phyllis.” Abbreviated Given Names were transcribed in full – i.e. “Jno.” was transcribed as “John.”
NOBBS, Thomas Whelliar, Will, PROB 11/2149, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: Thomas Whelliar NOBBS, Veterinary Surgeon of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 6 June 1840
WILL PROVEN: 19 March 1852
WIFE: Frances NOBBS
CHILDREN: Unnamed (under age 21)
WITNESSES: John FRAMPTON; John NOBBS? Jr.
EXECUTORS & ADMINISTRATORS: Thomas WATTS, Yeoman of Holt, Melbury, Dorset; William DUNNING, Yeoman of Witherstone, Powerstock, Dorset
NORMAN, William, PROB 11/197, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: William NORMAN, Clothier of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: no date
WILL PROVEN: 13 October 1646
SISTER: Gillen RANDALL
COUSINS: William SHEARRA; Patience SHEARRA (daughter of Edward SHEARRA); John, Thomas & Elizabeth SHEARRA (children of John SHEARRA); Mary SHEARRA; Roger SHEARRA; Abigail SHEARRA (daughter of Robert SHEARRA); John SHEARRA (son of Roger SHEARRA)
OTHERS: Gillen DURDENS; Anna DURDENS (daughter of Gillen DURDENS); Edward PETTIBONE; Sarah GIBBS (daughter of Richard GIBBS); William ABRAHAM; Alice WHITE (daughter of Henry WHITE)
WITNESSES: Roger DUMBERFIELD; William ABRAHAM; William HARVY
EXECUTOR: William SHEARRA (cousin)
NORTHOVER, Thomas, Will, No. 36, Dorset Consistory Court
TESTATOR: Thomas NORTHOVER, Yeoman of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 27 Septemer 1723
WILL PROVEN: 22 July 1724
SON: Thomas NORTHOVER;
DAUGHTERS: Joane PRATT (wife of John PRATT, Pipemaker of Taunton, Somerset); Eleanor DOWDING (wife of John DOWDING, Mason of Cerne Abbas); Jane BESSANT (widow)
GRANDSONS: John NORTHOVER
GRAND-DAUGHTERS: Elizabeth & Mary SHERRY
SON-IN-LAW: Thomas SHERRY
OVERSEERS: George STICKLAND, Innholder of Cerne Abbas; Henry CORBIN, Yeoman of Little Minterne in Buckland Newton
WITNESSES: Robert SHEPHARD; Elizabeth HOOKE
EXECUTORS: Thomas NORTHOVER (son)
NORTHOVER, William, Will, PROB 11/2012, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: William NORTHOVER, Builder of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 9 November 1842
WILL PROVEN: 8 February 1845
WIFE: Mentioned but not named (deceased)
SONS: William NORTHOVER; James NORTHOVER
DAUGHTERS: Elizabeth NORTHOVER (blind); Susanna NORTHOVER; Sarah DUNNING; Jane NORTHOVER; Martha HAINES
GRANDSONS: Joseph Pearse NORTHOVER; Richard Pearse NORTHOVER
GRAND-DAUGHTER: Ann NORTHOVER
OTHERS: Thomas BRAGG; Simon STRANGE
OTHER PLACES: Piddletrenthide, Dorset
WITNESSES: Richard HASSELL; Henry CLARK
EXECUTORS: William NORTHOVER (son); James NORTHOVER (son)
NOTLEY, John, Will, PROB 11/121, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: John NOTLEY, Yeoman of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 26 February 1612̸ 13
WILL PROVEN: 15 June 1613
WIFE: Agnes NOTLEY
SONS: John NOTLEY; Giles NOTLEY; Mathew NOTLEY
DAUGHTERS: Joanne NOTLEY; Elizabeth FARR (wife of Richard FARR)
SONS-IN-LAW: Richard FARR; Robert BAYLIE, Gentleman; Robert SQUIBBE
OTHERS: Humphrey NUTT, Clerk Vicar of Cerne Abbas; Robert ARNOLD, Esquire
OTHER PLACES: Came, Dorset; Cribton, Dorset; Fordington, Dorset; Nether Cerne, Dorset; Armeswell, Dorset; Buckland, Dorset
WITNESSES: William FREKE; James KETCHAM; Hughe BOWRINGE; John JACKMAN
OVERSEERS: Robert MELLER, Knight; John FREKE, Esquire; William FREKE, Gentleman
EXECUTOR: John NOTLEY (son)
NUTT, Dorcas, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATRIX: Dorcas NUTT, Widow of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 25 September 1677
WILL PROVEN: 11 October 1682
HUSBAND: Robert NUTT (deceased)
DAUGHTERS: Dorcas SYMES; Sarah CAINES
GRANDSONS: Robert SYMES (son of Dorcas SYMES); John CAINES (son of Sarah CAINES)
GRANDDAUGHTERS: Elizabeth & Sarah SYMES (daughters of Dorcas SYMES)
COUSIN: Edward NUTT (has four children)
KIN: Dorcas DURDEN; Margaret COLLINS
FRIEND: Benjamin GOULD of Dorchester, Dorset; John WHITE of Oxford
WITNESSES: Jane CUSSENS; Mary FOLL__?
EXECUTORS: Benjamin GOULD (friend); John WHITE (friend)
NUTT, Robert, No. 17, Will, Blandford Forum, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATOR: Robert NUTT of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 18 June 1675
WILL PROVEN: 18 July 1675
WIFE: mentioned but not named
DAUGHTER: Dorcas SYMES (wife of Henry SYMES); Sarah CAINES (wife of John CAINES)
SONS-IN-LAW: Henry SYMES; John CAINES
BROTHER: Matthew NUTT
GRANDSONS: John & Robert SYMES (sons of Dorcas SYMES); John CAINES (son of Sarah CAINES)
GRANDDAUGHTERS: Elizabeth & Sarah SYMES (daughters of Dorcas SYMES)
NEPHEW: Humphrey NUTT
COUSINS: Robert NUTT (son of Edward NUTT); Margaret COLLENS; Robert COLLENS of Fordington, Dorset
FRIENDS: Benjamin GOULD of Dorchester, Dorset; John WHITE of Oxford
WITNESSES: Benjamin GOULD; Henry SYMES; John WHITE
EXECUTORS: Benjamin GOULD (friend); John WHITE (friend)
NUTT, Robert, No. 13, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATOR: Robert NUTT, Yeoman of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 22 May 1773
WILL PROVEN: 1774
SON: William NUTT
WITNESSES: Robert COOMBS; Robert CHIPP
EXECUTOR: William NUTT (son)
PALMER, William, PROB 11/1767, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: William PALMER, Surgeon & Apothecary of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 6 February 1829
WILL PROVEN: 18 February 1830
STEP-DAUGHTER: Elizabeth Ann BOYS (spinster)
OTHERS: John Somers DAVIS, Surgeon of Cerne Abbas; Eliza Palmer BURT (spinster); Thomas Boys DAVIS (partner); Frances DAVIS (widow)
SERVANT: Mary BUBEEN?
WITNESSES: John COCKERAM, Jr.; Richard Jenkyn STONE; Jane LONG
EXECUTRIX: Elizabeth Ann BOYS (step-daughter)
PEATY, Thomas, No. 10, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATOR: Thomas PEATY, Labourer of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 16 March 1807
WILL PROVEN: 5 August 1807
WIFE: Mary PEATY
OTHERS: Thomas PEATY (son of Joseph PEATY)
WITNESSES: Richard HASSELL; William YOUNG
EXECUTRIX: Mary PEATY (wife)
PETTY, Jane, Will, PROB 11/1903, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATRIX: Jane PETTY, Widow of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 18 July 1838
WILL PROVEN: 23 November 1838
NEPHEWS: James HINE; David HINE; Jonathan HINE; George HINE; Daniel HINE; Richard HINE (deceased); James DANIEL of Petherton, Somerset (the HINE nephews may also be of Petherton – wording is unclear)
NIECE: Mrs. Jane SIMKINS?; Mrs. Ann BLAKE (deceased)
GREAT-NEPHEWS: James & John DANIEL (sons of James DANIEL of Petherton); James HINE (son of Richard HINE, deceased)
GREAT-NIECES: Eliza BLAKE & Ann BLAKE (daughters of Mrs. Ann BLAKE, deceased); Martha HINE, Mrs. MAY, Mrs. LONGMAN, Mrs. HAMMON, Mrs. PERRINE? & Mrs. GOULD
(daughters of Richard HINE, deceased)
SERVANT: Elizabeth PEARCE
OTHERS: Mr. Samuel Collins HINE [corrected to Samuel Daniel HINE]; Rev. James TROWBRIDGE of Cerne Abbas; James DANIEL, Surgeon of Beaminster; Thomas DANIEL, surgeon of Beaminster; Mrs. Betsey BISHOP (wife of Joseph BISHOP); Hannah TUCKER (widow of John TUCKER); Samuel BLAKE, Hat Manufacturer of Sherborne; William DEVENISH, Yeoman of Bradford Peverell; Martha HOPPUS (wife of Rev. Professor HOPPUS); Martha GIBSON (wife of Mr. John GIBSON of Weymouth); Emma ALBRIDGE (wife of Mr. ALBRIDGE, Surgeon of Dorchester); James DEVENISH of Huish Farm, Sydling; Samuel DEVENISH, Surgeon of Honiton; Henry DEVENISH, Stationer of Wellington; Eliza DEVENISH (daughter of the late Rev. Samuel DEVENISH); Emily DEVENISH (daughter of Edward DEVENISH); Jane PETTY (wife of John PETTY of Froom St. Quinton); Jane DANIEL (wife of John DANIEL of South Petherton, Somerset); Rev. Richard NEWRY
WITNESSES: Marie Coats FORSTON; Martha Coats FORSTON
CODICIL: Written: 6 October 1838; Witnesses: Mary PEARCE; Elizabeth RICHARDS, Spinster of Cerne Abbas
EXECUTORS: Samuel Collins HINE; Samuel BLAKE
PULLMAN, Elizabeth, Will, PROB 11/2126, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATRIX: Elizabeth PULLMAN, Sempstress of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 3 December 1846
WILL PROVEN: 1 January 1851
OTHERS: Mr. Alfred DAVIS, Surgeon of Cerne Abbas; Mrs. DAVIS (wife of Alfred DAVIS); Mr. John DAVIS; George BILES, Sr.; Elizabeth, John, Susan, George, Jane, Mary, Ann, Charlotte & Josiah Cornick BILES (children of John & Jane BILES – Jane BILES is likely the sister of Elizabeth PULLMAN)
WITNESSES: William FOOKS; William BEACH
EXECUTORS: John BILES, Builder of Cerne Abbas
RANDALL, Elizabeth, No. 13, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATRIX: Elizabeth RANDALL, Widow of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 16 May 1752
WILL PROVEN: 13 June 1758
SON: Samuel RANDALL
DAUGHTER: Martha RANDALL
BROTHER: Joseph BENNETT
WITNESSES: John WHITE; Samuel THORNE; Ann SANFORD
EXECUTORS: Samuel RANDALL (son); Martha RANDALL (daughter)
RANDALL, Elizabeth, No. 15, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATRIX: Elizabeth RANDALL, Spinster of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 10 March 1788
WILL PROVEN: 17 September 1790
BROTHERS: John RANDALL (deceased); Thomas RANDALL
NIECE: Elizabeth RANDALL (daughter of John RANDALL)
SERVANT: Jane CROCKER
WITNESSES: Robert COOMBS; John GAPE
EXECUTOR: Thomas RANDALL (brother)
RANDALL, Frances, No. 14, Will, Blandford, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATRIX: Frances RANDALL, Widow of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 27 February 1689
WILL PROVEN: 18 March 1689
DAUGHTERS: Frances YOUNG; _____TALBOTT; [Mary] WASHINGTON
GRANDDAUGHTER: Mary WASHINGTON (daughter of Mary WASHINGTON)
WITNESSES: Elizabeth TALBOTT; Sarah CRISDYE; Thomas WASHINGTON
EXECUTRIX: Frances YOUNG (daughter)
RANDALL, George, Sr., PROB 11/501, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: George RANDALL, Sr., of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 7 June 1706
WILL PROVEN: 24 April 1708
SONS: Robert RANDALL; George RANDALL
DAUGHTERS: _______ BENFEILD; _____ SMITH
SISTER-IN-LAW: Joane JEFFRYS
OTHERS: Susannah ALLIN; Mr. Thomas MOORE (deceased), Minister of the Gospel of Abby Milton, Dorset; Three daughter of Mr. Thomas MOORE; Mr. Richard ORCHARD
WITNESSES: John SYMONDS; Robert JENNINGS; John TALBUT
EXECUTOR: George RANDALL (son)
RANDALL, George, PROB 11/639, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: George RANDALL, Merchant of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 20? May 1729
WILL PROVEN: 1 August 1730
WIFE: Elizabeth RANDALL
SONS: George RANDALL; Robert RANDALL; Samuel RANDALL
DAUGHTERS: Elizabeth ROPER; Mary RANDALL; Martha RANDALL
SON-IN-LAW: Robert ROPER
NIECE: Rebecca PAGE (daughter of Elizabeth PAGE)
WITNESSES: Robert WEBB; Robert JENNINGS; Mary DAVIS
EXECUTRIX: Elizabeth RANDALL (wife)
RANDALL, Hannah, PROB 11/660, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATRIX: Hannah RANDALL, Widow of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 11 September 1728
WILL PROVEN: 7 August 1733
SONS: Thomas RANDALL; James RANDALL, Merchant of London
GRANDDAUGHTER: Elizabeth RANDALL (daughter of Thomas RANDALL)
WITNESSES: Edward CRICHE; Robert SHEPHARD
EXECUTOR: James RANDALL (son)
RANDALL, John, PROB 11/457, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: John RANDALL, Merchant of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 10 November 1699
WILL PROVEN: 23 October 1700
WIFE: mentioned but not named
FATHER: Thomas RANDALL
BROTHERS: Thomas RANDALL; James RANDALL
SISTER: Elizabeth TROOPE of Spain
WITNESSES: William TULLEDGE; John BALL; Elizabeth HODDER; Deans COKER
EXECUTOR: Thomas RANDALL (father)
RANDALL, Robert, Administration, Dorset Consistory Court
INTESTATE: Robert RANDALL of Cerne Abbas
ADMINISTRATION: 25 August 1726
BROTHER: George RANDALL, Sr.
ADMINISTRATOR: George RANDALL, Sr. (brother)
RANDALL, Thomas, PROB 11/472, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: Thomas RANDALL, Merchant of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 16 August 1703
WILL PROVEN: 8 November 1703,
WIFE: Hannah RANDALL
SONS: Thomas RANDALL; James RANDALL
DAUGHTER: Elizabeth THRUPP (wife of John THRUPP, Merchant of Weymouth & Melcombe Regis, Dorset)
GRANDSONS: Thomas & John THRUPP (sons of Elizabeth THRUPP)
GRANDDAUGHTER: Mary RANDALL
SERVANT: Edward STURMY
WITNESSES: Jo. BALL; Thomas CHAPMAN; William TULLEDGE; Edward STURMY
EXECUTRIX: Hannah RANDALL (wife)
RANDALL, Thomas, No. 10, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATOR: Thomas RANDALL, Gentleman of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 7 March 1795
WILL PROVEN: 1795
FRIEND: Thomas COOMBS, Malster & Brewer of Cerne Abbas
OTHERS: James COOMBS (son of Thomas COOMBS)
WITNESSES: John GAPES; William DAY
EXECUTOR: Thomas COOMBS (friend)
REAPE, John, Will, PROB 11/71, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: John REAPE of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 23 April 1587
WILL PROVEN: 1795
WIFE: Avis REAPE
SON: John REAPE (a minor)
SON-IN-LAW: William WITTE
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: Avis REAPE; Joan REAPE
GOD-DAUGHTER: Isabell FARR
WITNESSES: Morgan WHITE; Thomas BENETT
EXECUTRIX: Avis REAPE (wife)
ROBERTS, Joanna, Will, No. 22, Dorset Consistory Court
TESTATRIX: Joanna ROBERTS, Widow of Cerne Abbas, formerly of Wareham
WILL WRITTEN: 16 March 1849
WILL PROVEN: 8 November 1851
SONS: William ROBERTS, Innkeeper of Cerne Abbas; John ROBERTS; John ROBERTS; James ROBERTS; Charles ROBERTS
DAUGHTER: Ann BURROUGHS
WITNESSES: William LANCE of Wareham; H. LANCE of Wareham
EXECUTORS: William ROBERTS (son)
ROLES, James, No. 14, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATOR: James ROLES, Grocer of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 28 May 1818
WILL PROVEN: 20 January 1819
WIFE: Jane ROLES
SONS: James ROLES; Isaac ROLES; Thomas ROLES; William ROLES
DAUGHTERS: Elizabeth ROLES; Sarah ROLES; Phoebe ROLES
WITNESSES: Richard HASSELL; Richard ROLES; Ann HASSELL
EXECUTRIX: Jane ROLES (wife)
RYALL, Nathaniel, PROB 11/473, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: Nathaniel RYALL, of Cerne Abbas, on board HMS Chichester at Newfoundland
WILL WRITTEN: 16 September 1703
WILL PROVEN: 23 December 1703
FRIEND: Thomas ALLEN of Deale, Kent
WITNESSES: Edward VERRIER; Hugh WICHEHALS?; John BARNES, Clerk
EXECUTOR: Thomas ALLEN (friend)
RYALL, Phillippa, No. 19, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATOR: Phillippa RYALL, Spinster of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 8 March 1743/44
WILL PROVEN: 4 March 1744/45, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
NIECE: Mary JOYEUX (wife of James JOYEUX)
COUSINS: Mary COCKERAM; Charles JOYEUX; George FARR; Susannah ROMAN?; Mary JOYEUX; William SYMONDS; John COCKERAM, Jr.; Ann SYMONDS
OTHERS: Robert COCKERAM (Grandfather of Mary COCKERAM’S children)
WITNESSES: John VINCENT; C.S. TURNER
EXECUTRIX: Mary JOYEUX (niece)
SEAMA, Thomas, PROB 11/50, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: Thomas SEAMA, Glover of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 8 March 1565
WILL PROVEN: 29 March 1568
WIFE: Margaret SEAMA
DAUGHTERS: Phyllis SEAMA; Margaret SEAMA; Eleanor SEAMA
SON-IN-LAW: John BANALES?
OTHERS: William MAIOR [MAJOR]; William ANNETHE?; Elizabeth FRENCHE
OVERSEERS: William CAROWE? [CARDROWE?]; William MAIOR
WITNESSES: none
EXECUTRIX: Margaret SEAMA (wife)
SHEPHARD, Elizabeth, PROB 11/1434, Will, London, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATRIX: Elizabeth SHEPHARD, Single Woman of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 12 June 1805
WILL PROVEN: 8 November 1805
BROTHERS: Morgan SHEPHARD; John SHEPHARD
SISTER: Martha GILLINGHAM, d. bef. 11 January 1823 (wife of Robert GILLINGHAM of Dorchester, Dorset)
NEPHEWS: Henry SHEPHARD (son of Morgan SHEPHARD); Thomas GILLINGHAM (son of Martha GILLINGHAM)
NIECE: Sarah SANVILLING (daughter of John SHEPHARD)
KIN: George HODGES; James HODGES; Samuel SHEPHARD
WITNESSES: Richard HASSELL; John HASSELL
EXECUTRIX: Martha GILLINGHAM (sister)
SHEPHARD, Robert, PROB 11/413, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: Robert SHEPHARD, Innholder of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 10 March 1689
WILL PROVEN: 18 February 1693
WIFE: Leatice SHEPHARD (deceased)
BROTHER: Thomas SHEPHARD (deceased)
NEPHEW: Richard SHEPHARD (son of Thomas SHEPHARD)
KIN: William & Mary YOUNG (children of John YOUNG, Malster of Cerne Abbas); John GANAWAY of Cerne Abbas; Jane GANAWAY of Cerne Abbas; Margaret? DIKE? of Cerne Abbas; Alice & Jane VOWELL (daughters of William VOWELL, deceased, Cordwinder of Cerne Abbas); Newton SHEPHARD, Cordwinder of Lewis, Sussex
GODDAUGHTER: Alice WHITE (daughter of George WHITE, deceased, Tallow Chandler of Cerne Abbas); ___ GROSE (daughter of Roger GROSE of Buckland Newton, Dorset)
OTHERS: John FARR (son of John FARR, deceased, Cordwinder of Cerne Abbas); George, Elizabeth, Anne & Joane WHITE (children of George WHITE, deceased, Tallow Chandler of Cerne Abbas); William BOLDEN (son of John BOLDEN of Shroton, Dorset); Thomas FARR of Fadworth? near Oxford Glebe; Elizabeth FARR (wife of Robert FARR, Mercer of Cerne Abbas); Elizabeth FARR (daughter of Robert FARR, Mercer of Cerne Abbas); Robert, Elizabeth, John, Andrew, Simon & Joane SMETHAM als. MARTIN (children of Henry SMETHAM als. MARTIN, deceased, Yeoman of East Pulham, Dorset); Elizabeth & Joane MIDDLETON (daughters of Andrew MIDDLETON, Yeoman of Hilville, Dorset); William JACOB, Jr., Yeoman of Cerne Abbas; William TULLEDGE, Gentleman of Cerne Abbas
WITNESSES: Thomas WASHINGTON; John SHIRE
EXECUTOR: Richard SHEPHARD (nephew)
SHEPHARD, Robert, PROB 11/801, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: Robert SHEPHARD, Gentleman of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 6 December 1752
WILL PROVEN: 6 April 1753
FATHER: mentioned but not named (deceased)
BROTHER: mentioned but not named (deceased)
NEPHEWS: Thomas SHEPHARD; Jacob SHEPHARD; Richard SHEPHARD
NIECE: Elizabeth SHEPHARD
SERVANT: Mary THORN
OTHERS: Richard BINGHAM, Esquire of Melcombe Bingham, Dorset; Mary THORN (mother of Mary THORN, servant)
WITNESSES: Robert JENNINGS; William RICKETTS
EXECUTOR: Richard BINGHAM, Esquire
SHEPHARD, William, No. 8, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATOR: William SHEPHARD, Collar Maker of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 5 November 1802
WILL PROVEN: 1804
WIFE: Sarah SHEPHARD
SONS: Richard SHEPHARD; Charles SHEPHARD; Samuel SHEPHARD; William SHEPHARD (dumb)
WITNESSES: William GILLINGHAM; John HASSELL
EXECUTORS: Sarah SHEPHARD (wife); William SHEPHARD (son)
SHEPHERD, George, No. 13, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATOR: George SHEPHERD, Cordwainer of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 8 March 1819
WILL PROVEN: 18 January 1827
WIFE: Joan SHEPHERD
COUSIN: William GILLINGHAM of Cerne Abbas
KIN: James CLARK; Peter CLARK; George GILLINGHAM (son of Robert GILLINGHAM of Cerne Abbas); Thomas COCKERAM, Jr., of Cerne Abbas; Charles PEARCE; Henry PEARCE; George PEARCE; Judith HELLYAR (wife of James HELLYAR); Elizabeth RUSSELL (wife of Thomas RUSSELL)
WITNESSES: Robert SCKARD; Henry RUSSELL
EXECUTORS: William GILLINGHAM (cousin); Thomas COCKERAM, Jr. (kinsman)
SHEPPARD, Joan, No. 48, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATRIX: Joan SHEPPARD, Widow of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 22 June 1825
WILL PROVEN: 19 June 1830
TESTATRIX DIED: 1 November 1828
DAUGHTER: Peggy HALLETT
OTHERS: Rev. James TROWBRIDGE of Cerne Abbas
WITNESSES: John FRAMPTON; Anne FRAMPTON; Basamer? ____ING?
EXECUTOR: Rev. James TROWBRIDGE
SHERRY, Ann, Will, No. 37, Dorset Consistory Court
TESTATRIX: Ann SHERRY, Spinster of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 24 April 1813
WILL PROVEN: 26 August 1813
MOTHER: Lydia SHERRY
OTHERS (relationships not stated but likely kin): Martha HODGES (wife of George HODGES, Cordwainer of Cerne Abbas); Hester HODGES (daughter of Hester HODGES, Baker of Cerne Abbas); Edith FOOT of Alton Pancras; Dinah FOOT of Alton Pancras; John SHERRY, Currier of Cerne Abbas; Sarah SHERRY (wife of John SHERRY of Cerne Abbas); William SHERRY Jr., Cordwainer of Cerne Abbas; Thomas, James & Daniel SHERRY (sons of William SHERRY of Cerne Abbas); Catherine FOOT (wife of Henry FOOT of Sydling St. Nicholas); Lydia SHERRY (wife of William SHERRY of Cerne Abbas); Jane SHEPPARD (daughter of Henry SHEPPARD of Cerne Abbas); Charles BEST? (baseborn son of Lydia SHERRY); William SHERRY Jr.;
WITNESSES: W.? WILTSHIRE; Elizabeth WILTSHIRE
EXECUTRIX: Hester HODGES (daughter of Hester HODGES)
SHERRY, Daniel, No. 9, Will, Blandford Forum, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATOR: Daniel SHERRY, Innholder of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 27 February 1795
WILL PROVEN: 5 May 1795
SON: George SHERRY
DAUGHTERS: Sarah BEAL; Elizabeth HORNBY; Ann FEAVER; Mary SHERRY; Kitty PONDS; Jenny SHERRY
WITNESSES: William NUTT; George HODGES
EXECUTRICES: Mary SHERRY (daughter); Jenny SHERRY (daughter)
SHERRY, George, No. 54, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATOR: George SHERRY, Carpenter of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 4 December 1818
WILL PROVEN: 10 September 1819
WIFE: Catharine SHERRY
SONS: George SHERRY; Charles SHERRY
DAUGHTERS: Ann Elizabeth SHERRY; Charlotte SHERRY
FRIENDS: Mr. Thomas Boys DAVIS, Surgeon of Cerne Abbas; Thomas COCKERAM, Jr., Attorney at Law of Cerne Abbas
WITNESSES: J. DAVIS; J.S. DAVIS; J.? BRAGG (all of Cerne Abbas)
EXECUTORS: Thomas Boys DAVIS; Thomas COCKERAM, Jr.
SMART, John, No. 17, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATOR: John SMART, Minister of the Gospel of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 5 July 1774
WILL PROVEN: 11 October 1682
SISTERS: Jane WHITFIELD (wife of William WHITFIELD); Mary BUNCE
NIECES: Mary GODDARD; Betty BUNCE
FRIENDS: Rev. James ROOKER of Bridport, Dorset; John HODGES, Tanner of Cerne Abbas
OTHERS: Rev. Mr. MEEKS; Elizabeth CHAFFEY (daughter of Ambrose CHAFFEY of Cerne Abbas)
OTHER PLACES: Whitchurch, Hampshire
WITNESSES: Joseph? BENNETT; William VARDER
CODICIL: 17 October 1774; Witnesses: John LEWIS; Herbert MENDS?
EXECUTORS: James ROOKER; John HODGES
SOMERS, Robert, No. 18, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATOR: Robert SOMERS, Butcher of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 9 February 1750?
WILL PROVEN: 15 September 1755
WIFE: Mary SOMERS
SON: William SOMERS (only son)
BROTHER: Joseph SOMERS
GRANDSONS: William, Robert & Simon SOMERS (sons of William SOMERS) GRANDDAUGHTERS: Mary & Susanna SOMERS (daughters of William SOMERS)
FRIENDS: John BUNTER, Malster of Cerne Abbas; John DAVIS, Woolstapler of Cerne Abbas
WITNESSES: Richard MORRIS; Ann SANFORD
EXECUTORS: John BUNTER; John DAVIS
STICKLAND, Ann, No. 34, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATRIX: Ann STICKLAND, Widow of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 13 May 1835
WILL PROVEN: 15 February 1836
HUSBAND: Richard STICKLAND (deceased)
BROTHERS: George GILLINGHAM; John GILLINGHAM, Labourer of Yeovil, Somerset
BROTHER-IN-LAW: Absolem HOCKEY, Flaxspinner of Fordingbridge, Hampshire
NEPHEWS: George & Tirus HOCKEY (sons of Absolem HOCKEY)
NIECES: Ann GILLINGHAM (daughter of George GILLINGHAM); Tamar HOCKEY (daughter of Absolem HOCKEY)
OTHERS: Sarah PARTINGTON
WITNESSES: Richard HASSELL; Josiah Cornick BILES
EXECUTORS: George GILLINGHAM (brother); John GILLINGHAM (brother); Absolem HOCKEY (brother-in-law)
STICKLAND, John, Renunciation of Administration, Dorset Consistory Court
INTESTATE: John STICKLAND, of Cerne Abbas
RENUNCIATION: 6 May 1726
WIFE: Edith STICKLAND
SON: Lawrence STICKLAND, Millwright of Cerne Abbas
PROCTORS: Mr. George MATTOCKS; Mr. Edmund GUY
WITNESSES: J. DERBY; Robert SHEPHARD
ADMINISTRATRIX: Edith STICKLAND (wife)
NEW ADMINISTRATOR: Lawrence STICKLAND (son)
STICKLAND, John, Administration, Dorset Consistory Court
INTESTATE: John STICKLAND of Cerne Abbas
ADMINISTRATION: 7 May 1726
SON: Lawrence STICKLAND
WITNESSES: R. STAYNER; Robert SHEPHARD; illegible
ADMINISTRATOR: Lawrence STICKLAND (son)
STICKLAND, Lawrence, No. 56, Will, Dorset Consistory Court
TESTATOR: Lawrence STICKLAND, Yeoman of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 4 Jan 1724
WILL PROVEN: 7 April 1732
WIFE: mentioned but not named
SON: Robert STICKLAND
DAUGHTER: Elizabeth STICKLAND
WITNESSES: Robert BOWRING; Joseph STICKLAND; Benjamin BOWRING
EXECUTOR: Robert STICKLAND (son)
STICKLAND, Nicholas, Sr., PROB 11/718, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: Nicholas STICKLAND, Sr., Yeoman of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 17 September 1737
WILL PROVEN: 11 May 1742
SON: Nicholas STICKLAND, Gentleman of Dorchester, Dorset
COUSINS: Philip, Jr. & Nicholas WHITE (sons of Philip WHITE, Sr., Tallow Chandler of Cerne Abbas); Sarah WHITE (wife of Philip WHITE, Sr.)
OTHERS: Robert COCKERAM
WITNESSES: Osmond WAKELY; Grace BAGG; James BAGG
EXECUTOR: Nicholas STICKLAND (son)
STICKLAND, Richard, No. 66, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATOR: Richard STICKLAND, Yeoman of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 8 January 1732
WILL PROVEN: 13 April 1733
WIFE: Joan STICKLAND
BROTHERS: Thomas STICKLAND; Joseph STICKLAND; William STICKLAND
SISTER: Elizabeth BOWRING
NEPHEWS: Robert STICKLAND; William STICKLAND (son of William STICKLAND)
NIECES: Elizabeth & Lettice STICKLAND (daughters of William STICKLAND); Dorcas STICKLAND
COUSIN: Alice DOMINY (daughter of John DOMINY)
WITNESSES: John DOMINY, Sr.; C.S. TURNER
EXECUTRIX: Joan STICKLAND (wife)
STONE, Dinah, No. 16, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATRIX: Dinah STONE, Spinster of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 23 January 1802
WILL PROVEN: 28 May 1802
OTHERS: Henry DYER, Labourer of Bratten, Wiltshire, John DYER, Labourer of Teffant, Wiltshire, Edward DYER, Labourer of Deptford, Kent (all sons of Sarah DYER of Wyley, Wiltshire); Sarah STONE als. BAISH? (daughter of Mary STONE, deceased, of Fonthill, Wiiltshire); Hugh FARR (son of Samuel FARR, Carpenter of Fonthill, Wiltshire)
WITNESSES: Thomas WILTSHIRE; William WARREN
EXECUTORS: John DOMINY, Innholder of Cerne Abbas; William PALMER, Surgeon of Cerne Abbas; John WILTSHIRE, Stationer of Cerne Abbas
STRANGE, Grace, PROB 11/1526, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATRIX: Grace STRANGE, Widow of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 7 June 1811
WILL PROVEN: 15 October 1811
SON: Robert STRANGE
DAUGHTERS: Martha (wife of George HODGES); Elizabeth STRANGE
GRANDSON: Richard BUCKLAND
GRANDDAUGHTER: Elizabeth HODGES
SONS-IN-LAW: Richard BUCKLAND, Currier of Beaminster (deceased, as is his wife); George HODGES, Shoemaker of Cerne Abbas
TRUSTEE: William PALMER, Surgeon of Cerne Abbas
WITNESSES: Thomas COOMBS; Elizabeth COCKERAM
EXECUTOR: Robert STRANGE (son)
STRANGE, John, No. 9, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATOR: John STRANGE, Sadler of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 26 December 1802
WILL PROVEN: 1804
WIFE: Grace STRANGE
DAUGHTER: Martha STRANGE
FRIENDS: William PALMER, Gentleman of Cerne Abbas; John COCKERAM, Grocer of Cerne Abbas
OTHERS: Thomas WHITE; George WHITE
WITNESSES: Thomas COOMBS; Elizabeth COCKERAM
EXECUTRIX: Grace STRANGE (wife)
NOTE: missing one page
STROUD, Charlotte, No. 7, Will, Blandford, District Probate Court
TESTATRIX: Charlotte STROUD, Wife of James STROUD, Miller of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 4 November 1857
WILL PROVEN: 28 Jun 1860
HUSBAND: James STROUD, Miller of Cerne Abbas
SON: William STROUD, Innkeeper of Cerne Abbas
WITNESSES: Robert CLARK, Watchmaker of Cerne Abbas; Thomas F. CLARK, Jeweller & Stationer of Crewkerne, Somerset
EXECUTORS: James STROUD (husband); William STROUD (son)
STROUD, James, Will, Blandford, District Probate Court
TESTATOR: James STROUD, Gentleman of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 14 April 1860
WILL PROVEN: 9 November 1863
SONS: William STROUD, Miller of Cerne Abbas; James STROUD, Jr.
DAUGHTER: Charlotte Clark STROUD (wife of John STROUD)
GRANDSONS: Charles Miller STROUD (son of John & Charlotte STROUD); Thomas James & William Farr STROUD (sons of William STROUD)
OTHER PLACES: Batcombe, Dorset
WITNESSES: John MURLEY of Cerne Abbas; Matilda BILES
EXECUTOR: William STROUD (son)
SUMMERS, George, PROB 11/485, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: George SUMMERS, Glazier of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 28 January 1701
WILL PROVEN: 16 November 1705
WIFE: Edith SUMMERS
SON: Joseph SUMMERS
DAUGHTER: Susanna SUMMERS
BROTHERS: Joseph SUMMERS; Benjamin SUMMERS
SISTER: Ann KEYNES (wife of Thomas KEYNES of Anstey, Hilton?, Dorset)
NEPHEWS: Joseph SUMMERS (son of Joseph SUMMERS); John KEYNES (son of Thomas KEYNES)
NIECES: Mary, Elizabeth & Sarah KEYNES (daughters of Thomas KEYNES)
UNCLE: ____ COPTHORNE
BROTHERS-IN-LAW: Thomas KEYNES; George ROMMEN
OTHER PLACES: Haslebury Bryan, Dorset; Buckland Newton, Dorset; Chideock, Dorset
WITNESSES: Richard SHEPHARD; Thomas CHAPMAN; John CHAPMAN
EXECUTORS: Susanna SUMMERS (daughter); Benjamin SUMMERS (brother); Thomas KEYNES (brother-in-law); George ROMMEN (brother-in-law)
SYMES, Robert, Administration, Dorset Consistory Court
INTESTATE: Robert SYMES of Cerne Abbas
ADMINISTRATION: 5 September 1716
SISTER: Sarah SYMES, Spinster of Cerne Abbas
OTHERS: George RANDALL, Gentleman of Cerne Abbas
ADMINISTRATRIX: Sarah SYMES (sister)
SYMS, Robert, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: Robert SYMS, Mercer of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 10 July 1700
WILL PROVEN: 2 June 1701
WIFE: Elizabeth SYMS (seems to be his second wife)
SONS: Robert SYMS; Henry SYMS; John SYMS
DAUGHTERS: Sarah SYMS; Elizabeth SYMS; Mary SYMS
STEP-SONS: Three, unnamed, sons of his wife, Elizabeth
WITNESSES: James FRAICHE?; Thomas NUTT; Alice THORNE
EXECUTORS: Joseph SYMS, Gentleman of Compton Abbas, Dorset; William TULLEDGE,
Gentleman of Cerne Abbas; John HODGES, Jr., Malster of Cerne Abbas
TAYLOR, John, PROB 11/97, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: John TAYLOR, Citizen & Haberdasher of London
WILL WRITTEN: 13 November 1600
WILL PROVEN: 10 January 1601
DAUGHTER: Elizabeth FREAKE (only daughter, wife of Thomas FREAKE)
SONS-IN-LAW: Thomas FREAKE; Francis SMITHE (first husband of Elizabeth, deceased)
SISTER: Margaret CORKE, Widow
GRANDSONS: Francis SMITHE (son of Francis SMITHE & Elizabeth TAYLOR); John, Robert, Raphe, Thomas & Edmund FREAKE (sons of Thomas FREAKE & Elizabeth TAYLOR)
GRANDDAUGHTERS: Elizabeth & Alice FREAKE (daughters of Thomas FREAKE & Elizabeth TAYLOR)
NEPHEWS: John & Richard HILDERSHAM; John MAYLE; Francis LANGLEY; Charles BORROUGHE
NIECES: Mary MUSKET (daughter of Margaret CORKE); Martha HILDERSHAM; Marie WEBBE of Withersfield, Suffolk (sister of Francis LANGLEY); ___ SADLER (sister of Charles BORROUGHE)
GREAT-NEPHEWS: James & Harry MUSKET (sons of Mary MUSKET)
GODSONS: John TAILOR, of Gazeley, Suffolk (eldest son of James TAILOR, deceased); Thomas HARPHAM (son of Thomas HARPHAM)
FRIENDS: John HEARDSON; George CHITTINGE; John SPRINGE
SERVANTS: John OWEN; Robert POWLEY; Mathew BUGDEN
OTHERS: Mary TAILOR (widow of Robert TAILOR); George THROCKMORTON; Isaac BURWELL (son of Lambert BURWELL); Thomas CRESSYE; Sir Thomas WALSINGHAM; Walter FLETCHER; James SHARMAN; George FOSTER
OTHER PLACES: Cerne Abbas, Dorset; Burton Montague, Dorset; Shrowton, Dorset; Stetchworth, Cambridgeshire; Withersfield, Suffolk; Gazeley, Suffolk
WITNESSES: John DOD, Vicar; John ALLEN; Thomas BUCKLEY; George FOSTER; John GALE; Robert POOLEY; John OWEN; John MAYLE
OVERSEERS: Walter FLETCHER; John MAYLE; James SHARMAN
EXECUTORS: Elizabeth FREAKE (daughter); John MAYLE (nephew)
TEWXBURY, Alice, No. 6, Administration, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
INTESTATE: Alice TEWXBURY, Widow of Cerne Abbas
ADMINISTRATION: 30 September 1708
DAUGHTER: Jane BURT (wife of Robert BURT of Cerne Abbas)
ADMINISTRATION BOND: Robert BURT, Silk? Weaver of Cerne Abbas; Charles FARR, Yeoman of Cerne Abbas
ADMINISTRATRIX: Jane BURT (Daughter)
THORNE, Catherine, No. 6, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATRIX: Catherine THORNE, Widow of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 15 November 1662
WILL PROVEN: 1662
SON: John THORNE
DAUGHTERS: Catherine NORTHOVER (m. firstly to Mr. DUMBERFIELD); Anne WHITE; Alice FARR; Phyllis THORNE
GRANDSONS: John THORNE (son of John THORNE); Leonard DUMBERFIELD (son of Catherine NORTHOVER); William WHITE (son of Anne WHITE)
GRANDDAUGHTERS: Mary THORNE (daughter of John THORNE); Catherine DUMBERFIELD (daughter of Catherine NORTHOVER)
WITNESSES: Robert NUTT; John FARR; Andrew MIDDLETON
EXECUTRIX: Phyllis THORNE (Daughter)
THORNE, George, Will, No. 39, Dorset Consistory Court
TESTATOR: George THORNE, Cordwainer of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 7 February 1812
WILL PROVEN: 26 August 1813
WIFE: Mary THORNE
DAUGHTERS: Sarah THORNE; Eliza THORNE
BROTHER: Richard THORNE
NEPHEWS: James & Richard THORNE (sons of Richard THORNE)
OTHERS: Right Honourable George Lord RIVERS
WITNESSES: W.? WILTSHIRE; Thomas WILTSHIRE
EXECUTOR: James PETTY, Gentleman of Forston; James BENNETT, Gentleman of Cerne Abbas
THORNE, John, Administration & Nuncupative Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATOR: John THORNE, Me-se [Mercer?], of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 20 October 1658
ADMINISTRATION: October 1661
WIFE: Katherine THORNE
SON: John THORNE
DAUGHTERS: Katherine DUMBER; Alice THORNE; Anne THORNE; Phyllis THORNE
GRANDSONS: Richard? DUMBER (son of Katherine DUMBER); John THORNE (son of John THORNE)
GRANDDAUGHTERS: Katherine DUMBER (daughter of Katherine DUMBER); Mary THORNE (daughter of John THORNE)
WITNESSES: Alice THORNE; Anne THORNE; Phyllis THORNE (three daughters)
ADMINISTRATRIX: Katherine? THORNE
THORNE, Joseph, No. 29, Administration, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
INTESTATE: Joseph THORNE, Cooper of Cerne Abbas
ADMINISTRATION: 10 August 1789
WIFE: Charity THORNE
BONDSMEN: Ann AUSTIN of Dorchester; Charles AUSTIN of Dorchester
ADMINISTRATRIX: Charity THORNE (wife)
THORNE, Mary, No. 24, Administration, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
INTESTATE: Mary THORNE, Spinster of Cerne Abbas
ADMINISTRATION: 31 July 1789
SISTER: Martha PLOUGHMAN (wife of Cornelius PLOUGHMAN, Cordwainer of Poole, Dorset)
BONDSMEN: Joseph MOORE, Bookseller of Poole; Thomas COWARD, Cordwainer of Poole WITNESSES: Joseph MOORE; Thomas COWARD
ADMINISTRATRIX: Martha PLOUGHMAN (sister)
THORNE, Thomas, No. 29, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATRIX: Thomas THORNE, Cooper of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 11 February 1765
WILL PROVEN: 1766
WIFE: Elizabeth THORNE
SON: Joseph THORNE
DAUGHTERS: Mary THORNE; Martha THORNE; Elizabeth TOMKINS (wife of Thomas TOMKINS, Cooper of Yeovil, Somerset)
GRANDSONS: Joseph & Benjamin THORNE
GRANDDAUGHTERS: Leah, Mary & Martha THORNE
OTHERS: George THORNE (son?)
WITNESSES: Thomas WILTSHIRE; John COWARD
EXECUTRICES: Mary THORNE; Martha THORNE; Elizabeth TOMKINS (Daughters)
TROWBRIDGE, Nicholas, Will, PROB 11/1795, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: Nicholas TROWBRIDGE, Surgeon of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 2 March 1829
WILL PROVEN: 2 January 1832
CODICIL 1: 6 June 1829; Witnesses: Thomas COOMBS; Grace NEWBERRY
CODICIL 2: 29 December 1830; Witnesses: Charles CORNICK; Catherine BURBIDGE
SON: Nicholas John TROWBRIDGE
DAUGHTER: Ann TROWBRIDGE
SON-IN-LAW: Richard Francis ROBERTS
OTHERS: John FOX, Partner
WITNESSES: Thomas COOMBS; William CLARK, Jr.; William GILLINGHAM
EXECUTORS: Nicholas John TROWBRIDGE (son); Richard Francis ROBERTS (son-in-law)
TUCKER, Robert, PROB 11/2262, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: Robert TUCKER, Fellmonger of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 24 March 1855
WILL PROVEN: 29 December 1857
DAUGHTER: Fanny HANNE (wife of Thomas Arundell HANNE, Gentleman of Buckland Newton, Dorset)
OTHER PLACES: Buckland Newton, Dorset; Sydling St. Nicholas, Dorset
WITNESSES: James NORTHOVER; Elizabeth PHILLIPS
EXECUTRIX: Fanny HANNE (daughter)
TURNER, John, PROB 11/965, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: John TURNER of Cerne Abbas, Mariner on HMS Rainbow
WILL WRITTEN: 4 May 1763
WILL PROVEN: 30 March 1771
BROTHER: George TURNER of Poole, Dorset
OTHERS: Cdr. Walter STERLING, Esquire
WITNESSES: George WESTON, Mayor; John COLBORNE, Notary Public
EXECUTOR: George TURNER (brother)
TURNER, John, No. 6, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATOR: John TURNER, Labourer of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 24 May 1771
WILL PROVEN: 21 May 1779
WIFE: Susanna TURNER
SONS: William TURNER; George TURNER
DAUGHTERS: Mary STORY, Sarah COLLINS, Elizabeth TRETCHER
WITNESSES: William NUTT; Thomas WILTSHIRE
EXECUTOR: George TURNER (son)
TWEXBURY, Nicholas, PROB 11/379, Nuncupative Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: Nicholas TWEXBURY, Yeoman of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 21 January 1684/85
WILL PROVEN: 2 March 1685
WIFE: Alice TWEXBURY
DAUGHTERS: Mary TWEXBURY; Jane TWEXBURY
SONS-IN-LAW (STEP-SONS?): Thomas SHERRY; William SHERRY
WITNESSES: John CARPENTER; Stephen DURDANT; William CARPENTER
EXECUTRIX: Alice TWEXBURY (wife)
UDALL, Thomas, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATOR: Thomas UDALL, Sr., of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 27 December 1662
WILL PROVEN: 1662
SON: Thomas UDALL; Joseph UDALL
DAUGHTERS: Anne UDALL; Hannah UDALL
GRANDDAUGHTER: Ann UDALL (daughter of Thomas UDALL)
OTHERS: James PATY
WITNESSES: Joseph HODGES; Judith DUSSELL; Elizabeth STICKLAND
EXECUTOR: Thomas UDALL (son)
VAN WILDER, Philip, Will, PROB 11/36, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: Philip VAN WILDER, Gentleman, one of the King’s Majesty’s Privy Chamber of Harte Street, London and Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 18 January 1552
WILL PROVEN: 24 January 1553
WIFE: Frances VAN WILDER
SONS: Henry VAN WILDER (minor); Edward VAN WILDER (minor); William (minor); John (minor)
DAUGHTER: Katherine VAN WILDER
OTHERS: King Henry VIII; Edmund HARMAN
OTHER PLACES: London St. Oliffe; Grey Friar’s Hospital, Christ Church, Newgate, London; Leighton, Essex; Middlemarch Manor, Dorset
WITNESSES: Randolle? Francis? VERYTY??; Symon MORT; John SHEVER---KE? alias PETY; John PERROGRINE?; Thomas HAGERYTHE?; Bartholomew CHAPMAN; John WAKEFIELD; James TENNANTT?; William TROCHES; Thomas PAKINGTON; William SHOWRIGHT?
EXECUTORS: Thomas SMYTH, Gentleman; John AYLEWORTH, Gentleman
WARREN, Richard, No. 31, Administration
INTESTATE: Richard WARREN of Cerne Abbas
ADMINISTRATION: 4 September 1716
WIFE: Anne WARREN
BOND GUARANTOR: William WOODS, Tailor of Cerne Abbas
WITNESSES: C.S. TURNER
ADMINISTRATRIX: Anne WARREN (wife)
WASHINGTON, Thomas, PROB 11/599, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: Thomas WASHINGTON, Gentleman of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 1 January 1723
WILL PROVEN: 27 August 1724
WIFE: Mary WASHINGTON
SON: Thomas WASHINGTON (seems to be an invalid)
DAUGHTERS: Martha ALNER; Susanna MADGWICK; Elizabeth MADGWICK; Sarah JOLLYFF
GRANDDAUGHTERS: Mary BUTLER; Hannah COMER?
OTHERS: Mary MITCHELL, Sr., of Piddle, Dorset; Jane DURRANT (Nurse? to Thomas WASHINGTON, Jr.)
OTHER PLACES: Great Toller, Dorset; Long Bredy, Dorset
TRUSTEES: William ALNER; James MADGWICK
WITNESSES: George RANDALL; George RANDALL, Jr.; John MARSH
EXECUTRIX: Mary WASHINGTON (wife)
WHITE, Frances, No. 19, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATRIX: Frances WHITE, Widow of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 1 July 1753
WILL PROVEN: 1756
SON: John WHITE of Cerne Abbas
DAUGHTERS: Mary STORY; Sarah COLLINS; Elizabeth TRETCHER
WITNESSES: George DERRIMAN; Richard STONE
EXECUTRIX: Mary STORY (daughter)
WHITE, George, Will, Dorset Consistory Court
TESTATOR: George WHITE, Sea Sailor? of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 23 December 1723
WILL PROVEN: 3 April 1724
WIFE: Ann WHITE
SONS: George WHITE; Henry WHITE; Robert WHITE; Charles WHITE; Philip WHITE; Thomas WHITE
DAUGHTERS: Elizabeth WHITE; Ann WHITE
OTHER PLACES: Glanvilles Wootten, Dorset; West Pulham, Dorset
WITNESSES: Philip COOMBS; Thomas WEEF?; Katherine SOMERS; C.S. TURNER
EXECUTRIX: Ann WHITE (wife)
WHITE, Henry, Administration, Dorset Consistory Court
INTESTATE: Henry WHITE of Cerne Abbas
ADMINISTRATION: April 1689
WIFE: Mary WHITE
OTHERS: Richard YOUNG
ADMINISTRATRIX: Mary WHITE (wife)
WHITE, Henry, No. 6, Administration, Dorset Consistory Court
INTESTATE: Henry WHITE, Butcher of Cerne Abbas
ADMINISTRATION: 13 April 1751
WIFE: Mary WHITE
OTHERS: Thomas COCKERAM, Yeoman of Cerne Abbas
ADMINISTRATRIX: Mary WHITE (wife)
WHITE, Morgan, No. 15, Administration, Dorset Consistory Court
INTESTATE: Morgan WHITE of Cerne Abbas
ADMINISTRATION: April 1678
WIFE: Joane WHITE
OTHERS: William LOCKE
ADMINISTRATRIX: Joane WHITE (wife)
WHITE, Philip, No. 4, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATOR: Philip WHITE, Yeoman of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 10 September 1810
WILL PROVEN: 1813
SISTERS: Mentioned but not named (living); Sarah PRIVITT (deceased)
NEPHEW: Robert PRIVITT (son of Sarah PRIVITT)
NIECES: Elizabeth EAMS? (wife of Roger EAMS? of Poole, Dorset); Martha SYMES (sister of Elizabeth EAMS)
BROTHER-IN-LAW: ____ NICHOLA
FRIEND: Charles BERJEW, Gentleman of Up Cerne, Dorset
WITNESSES: Robert WARREN; Stephen HELLIER
EXECUTOR: Charles BERJEW (friend)
WHITE, Robert, PROB 11/53, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: Robert WHITE, Husbandman of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 6 April 1571
WILL PROVEN: 13 May 1571
WIFE: Avice WHITE
SON: William WHITE
DAUGHTER: Avice WHITE
OVERSEERS: William CARDROW; Richard VOWELL
WITNESSES: Leonard MORRIS; Thomas GROSE
EXECUTRIX: Avice WHITE (wife)
WHITE, Robert, PROB 11/808, Will, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATOR: Robert WHITE, Yeoman of Cerne Abbas, formerly of Antigua
DATE WRITTEN: 28 April 1753
DATE PROVEN: 6 April 1754
WIFE: mentioned but not named (deceased)
MOTHER: Frances WHITE
SISTERS: Mary STONE; Elizabeth TRETCHER; Sarah COLLINGS
BROTHER: John WHITE
BROTHER-IN-LAW: Samuel TRETCHER
SISTER-IN-LAW: Catharine HILL (wife of William HILL)
NEPHEW: John KEATE?
NIECES: Elizabeth BUCKETT; Mary STONE (daughter of Mary STONE)
GODDAUGHTER: Mary NUTT (daughter of William NUTT, Brewer of Cerne Abbas)
WITNESSES: John DOWDING; William MORRIS Sr.; John DARK
EXECUTORS: Arthur PAYNE, Mariner of London; Richard STONE, Shopkeeper of Evershot,
Dorset; Robert COOMBES, Millwright of Cerne Abbas; William NUTT, Brewer of Cerne Abbas
WHITE, Sarah, No. 11, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATRIX: Sarah WHITE, Widow of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 25 March 1820
WILL PROVEN: 12 August 1820
TESTATRIX DIED: 24 [sic] March 1820
BROTHER: Richard STICKLAND
OTHERS: Fanny WATTS; Susannah PERSE; Kitty HOLT; Mr. James JEFFRIES of Sherborne Dorset
WITNESSES: Richard HASSELL; William GILLINGHAM
EXECUTOR: Richard STICKLAND (brother)
WHITE, William, No. 12, Administration, Dorset Consistory Court
INTESTATE: William WHITE of Cerne Abbas
ADMINISTRATION: 1677
WIFE: Anne WHITE
OTHERS: John BYRT
ADMINISTRATRIX: Anne WHITE (wife)
WILTSHIRE, Ann, No. 11, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATRIX: Ann WILTSHIRE, Widow of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 5 May 1814
WILL PROVEN: 21 June 1817
HUSBAND: Thomas WILTSHIRE (deceased)
SONS: John WILTSHIRE; Thomas WILTSHIRE
DAUGHTER: Elizabeth WILTSHIRE
SERVANT: Martha SHEPHERD
OTHER PLACES: Sydling St. Nicholas, Dorset; Yetminster, Dorset
WITNESSES: Thomas Gould READ; T.B. DAVIS; J.S. DAVIS
EXECUTRIX: Elizabeth WILTSHIRE (Daughter)
WILTSHIRE, Elizabeth, Will, PROB 11/2055, London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
TESTATRIX: Elizabeth WILTSHIRE, Spinster of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 19 June 1844
WILL PROVEN: 30 April 1847
BROTHER: Thomas WILTSHIRE
WITNESSES: William ROBERTS, Innkeeper of Cerne Abbas; George DERRIMAN; Susan CAVE
EXECUTOR: Thomas WILTSHIRE (brother)
WILTSHIRE, Thomas, PROB 11/2226
TESTATOR: Thomas WILTSHIRE, Gentleman of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN: 18 May 1848
WILL PROVEN: 4 January 1856
NATURAL SON: George HIX, Ostler of Cerne Abbas (son of Thomas WILTSHIRE & Elizabeth HIX)
GRANDSONS: Thomas, John, George & Alfred HIX (sons of George HIX)
GRANDDAUGHTER: Elizabeth HIX (daughter of George HIX)
OTHERS: Elizabeth HIX (Widow of Cerne Abbas, mother of Testator’s son)
OTHER PLACES: Leigh, Dorset; Yetminster, Dorset; Sydling St. Nicholas, Dorset
WITNESSES: H.M. WATTS, Solicitor of Yeovil, Somerset; William ROBERTS, Innkeeper of Cerne Abbas
EXECUTOR: George HIX (natural son)
YONGE, Joane, No. 3, Will, Dorset Archdeaconry Court
TESTATRIX: Joane YONGE, Widow of Cerne Abbas
WILL WRITTEN:
WILL PROVEN: 1680
DAUGHTER: Anne SHERRY (wife of Daniel SHERRY)
OTHERS: Elizabeth BARBER (daughter of Matthias BARBER); Richard ____; ______ BARBER (wife of Matthias BARBER)
WITNESSES: William LOCKE, Sr.; Richard BUSBY
EXECUTRIX: Anne SHERRY?
NOTE: a large section of this will is has been torn away