Wills & Administration of Cerne Abbas People
Compiled by Claire Smith-Burns, Cerne Abbas OPC
DHC = Dorset History Centre Reference
PCC = Prerogative Court of Canterbury
AC = Archdeaconary Court
CC=Consistory Court
W=Will; A=Administration; I=Inventory
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ABBOTT, John, School Teacher, W, 1806, AC Abstract
AKERMAN, Thomas, Re. Cottage in Acreman Street; DHC, W, 1795, D/PIT/M45
ANDREWS , Elizabeth, Widow, A, 1758, 4
ANDREWS als. MILLER, Thomas, Tanner, W, 18 May 1750, 15, AC Abstract
ANNETTS, John, Husbandman, Mappowder, Cerne, Chetnoll, W, 20 Apr 1610, PROB 11/115, PCC Abstract
ANNING, John, Re. Cottage in Acreman Street; DHC, W, 1784, D/PIT/M45
ANTLE, John, Cerne Abbas & Newfoundland, W, 27 Sep 1836, v. 1, p. 363, Newfoundland Abstract
BARNWELL, Richard, Plumber & Glazier (badly damaged), W, 182?, AC Abstract
BARTLETT, John, Husbandman, I, 1 May 1707, AC Abstract
BARTLETT, Richard, Yeoman, W, 4 Feb 1715, 5, AC Abstract
BARTLETT, Richard, Yeoman, W, 1724, AC Abstract
BARTLETT, Thomas, Senior, Cerne Abbas & Mappowder, Miller; PROB 5/1093, W, 11 May 1688, PROB 11/391, PCC Abstract
BARTLETT, Thomas, Yeoman, W, 1696, 4, AC Abstract
BEER, Catherine, Spinster, W, 1828, D/FFO/12/46, CC Abstract
BEER, James, Yeoman of Frome St. Quinton with ties to Cerne Abbas, W, 19 Mar 1745, AC Abstract
BEER, Mary, Widow, W, 1813, 5 BC 2, CC Abstract
BEER, Thomas, Baker, W, 1804, 10, AC Abstract
BEER, Thomas, Baker, W, 1849, 11, AC Abstract
BENNETT, Edith, 1678, 14
BENNETT/BARNETT, Joseph, Blacksmith, W, 1780, 3, CC Abstract
BENNETT, Mary, Widow, W, 1783, 8, AC Abstract
BERIETT/BENNETT, Robert, W, 3 Nov 1547, PROB 11/30, PCC Abstract
BLANCHARD , Anne, 3
BOWRING, Elizabeth, Widow, W & A, 1801, 1, CC Abstract
BOWRING, Grace, Widow, W, 1723, 4, CC Abstract
BOWRING, Simon, Yeoman, W, 1717, 9, AC Abstract
BOWRING, Thomas, Yeoman, W&I, 1733, 20, AC Abstract
BOWRING, Thomas, Senior, Yeoman, W, 14 Aug 1744, 20, AC Abstract
BOWRING, Thomas, 1776, 3
BOYS , Thomas, Apothecary, W, 1775, 18, AC Abstract
BRIGHT, Thomas, 1674, 12
BRISH, John, Victualler, W, 1729, 4, AC Abstract
BUNTER, John, Common Brewer , W, 23 May 1766, PROB 11/918, PCC Abstract
BUNTER, Simon, Carpenter, W, 21 May 1722, 9, AC Abstract
BURBIDGE, John, 1741, 11
BURT, John, 1675, 15
BUTCHER, Thomas, 1725, 12
CARDROE, Henry, Dorchester & Cerne Abbis, Sentence, 19 Feb 1594, PROB 11/83, PCC
CARDROWE, William, W, 6 Jun 1592, PROB 11/80, PCC Abstract
CAVE, Sarah, Widow, W, 1814, 13, AC Abstract
CHAPMAN, Thomas, 1707, 19
CLARK, Susannah, Widow & Linen Draper, W, 16 Apr 1866, Winchester Abstract
CLARK, William, Gentleman, W, 28 Mar 1833, PROB 11/1812, PCC Abstract
CLARK , William Henry, Draper, W, 11 Jan 1841, PROB 11/1939, PCC Abstract
CLARKE, Henry, Tanner, W, 1715, 6, AC Abstract
COCKERAM, Ann, Wife of Robert, W, 1778, 16, AC Abstract
COCKERAM, Dennis, Gentleman, W, 1714, 17, AC Abstract
COCKERAM, John, Shopkeeper, W, 1815, 12, AC Abstract
COCKERAM, Rachael, Widow, W, 1838, 9 DA 3, AC Abstract
COCKERAM, Robert, 1768, 12
COCKERAM, Robert, W, 1824, 34 BC 2, CC Abstract
COCKERAM, Thomas, W, 17 Feb 1835, PROB 11/1842, PCC Abstract
COCKERAM, William, 1717, 5
COCKRAM, William, 1679, 8
COKER, Dean , W, 1725, 7
CONWAY, William, Woolstapler , W, 1808, 5, AC Abstract
COOMBES, Mary, Widow, Unproven W, 28 Sep 1732, Renounced Abstract
COOMBS, Betty, Widow and Relict of Thomas COOMBS, Brewer, W, 17 Jan 1818, PROB 11/1600, PCC Abstract
COOMBS, Emily, Spinster, W, 8 Dec 1837, 14, AC Abstract
COOMBS, James, Common Brewer, W, 23 Jan 1829, PROB 11/1750, PCC Abstract
COOMBS, Robert, Millwright, W, 21 Jul 1788, AC Abstract
COOMBS, Thomas, Malster and Innholder, W, 19 May 1742, 14, AC Abstract
COOMBS, Thomas, Malster, W, 6 Oct 1764, 19, AC Abstract
COOMBS, Thomas, W, 21 Aug 1777, PROB 11/1034, PCC Abstract
COOMBS, Thomas, Millwright, W, 19 May 1792, 11, AC Abstract
COOMBS, Thomas, Brewer, W, 24 Jul 1809, PROB 11/1500, PCC Abstract
COSH, William, A, Apr 1684, 25 Abstract
COWARD, Ann, Spinster, W, 16 Jun 1827, PROB 11/1727, PCC Abstract
COWARD, John, Gentleman, W, 23 Aug 1841, PROB 11/1949, PCC Abstract
CRANE, Elizabeth, 1816, 7, CC
DAVYE/DAVIE als. DEWLIN, John, Dorchester, buried in Cerne, W, 27 May 1570, PROB 11/52, PCC Abstract
DAVIES, Joan, Widow, W, 1707, 20, AC Abstract
DAVIS, Charles, Yeoman, W, 1790, 14, AC Abstract
DAVIS, James, W, 1798, BC 1, CC Abstract
DAVIS, John, Woolstapler , 31 Mar 1785, PROB 11/1127, PCC Abstract
DAVIS, John, Labourer, W, 1827, 11, AC Abstract
DAVIS, John, Reverend, Clerk, W, 23 Jun 1842, PROB 11/1963, PCC Abstract
DAVIS, Mary, Widow, W, 19 May 1742, 13, AC Abstract
DOMINY, John, Yeoman, W, 1727, 13, AC Abstract
DOMINY, John, Malster, W, 6 May 1741, 17, AC Abstract
DOMINY, John, Collarmaker, W, 1791, 13, AC Abstract
DOMINY, John, W, 1851, 1 BC 2
DOMINY, Thomas, A, 1781, 4
DOMINY, William, 1655, 447, PCC
DOMINY, William, Victualler, W, 1784, 9, AC Abstract
DOWDING, Richard, Yeoman, W, 1694, 12, AC Abstract
DOWELL, Ann, W, 1824, 35 BC 2, CC Abstract
DOWLE, Edward, Yeoman, W, 5 Jan 1829, PROB 11/1750, PCC Abstract
DUNNING, Thomas, Gentleman, W, 1837, 17 DA 3, AC Abstract
DUNNING, Thomas, W, 1858
DURDEN, Robert, Yeoman, W, 18 Feb 1852, PROB 11/2147, PCC Abstract
DUSSELL, Judith, Widow, W, 1695, 13, AC Abstract
DUSSELL, Thomas, 1716
EVELEIGH, Sarah, Widow, W, 8 Nov 1797, PROB 11/1298, PCC Abstract
EVERED, Thomas, 1729
FARR, Charles, Mercer , W, 19 May 1761, 15, AC Abstract
FARR, Elizabeth, Widow, W, 20 May 1718, 11, AC Abstract
FARR, Hugh, 1676, 13
FARR, John, Shoemaker, W, 1668, 5, AC Abstract
FARR, John, Cordwinder, W, 1695, 12, AC Abstract
FARR, Robert, Mercer, Senior, W, 22 Mar 1741, 18, AC Abstract
FARR, Robert, Yeoman, W, 14 Jun 1764, 20, AC Abstract
FARR, Stephen, Shoemaker, W, Apr 1670, AC Abstract
FARR, Stephen, Yeoman, W, 1775, 18, AC Abstract
FARR, Thomas, W, 13 Nov 1767, PROB 11/933, PCC Abstract
FAWEY, Thomas, 15 Nov 1522, PROB 11/20, PCC Abstract
FILDEW, James, 1694, 14
FOKE, Harry, W, 29 Oct 1502, PROB 11/13, PCC Abstract
FOOKS, John, Yeoman, W, 10 Jan 1854, PROB 11/2184, PCC Abstract
FOORD, Elizabeth, W, 1845, 7 BC 2, CC
FORD, Alexander, A, 1676, 11 Abstract
FORD, Ann, Widow, W, 1810, 20 DA 10, AC Abstract
FORD, Robert, 1768, 11 Abstract
FORD, Robert, W, 1771, 6, AC Abstract
FOSSE, William, Victualler, 4 Feb 1704, PROB 11/474, PCC Abstract
FOX als. ROMAN, George, A, 1688, 20
FOX als. ROMAN, George, 1688, 12
FOXE als. RUMAN, Ann, Widow, W, 1661, 9, AC Abstract
FREEKE, John, Esquire, W, 1 Feb 1642, PROB 11/188, PCC Abstract
FREKE, Robert, City of Westminster, Middlesex, W, 12 Oct 1592, PROB 11/80, PCC Abstract
GALE, Ann, Single Woman, W, 1820, 12 DA 3, AC Abstract
GALTON, James, W, 1799, 15 DA 3, AC Abstract
GILLINGHAM, Jane, 27 Dec 1844, PROB 22/31, PCC
GILLINGHAM, William, Cordwainer, W, 3 Jun 1835, PROB 11/1848, PCC Abstract
GOSSE, Joseph, 1754, 11
GREY/GRAY, William, A, 1735
GROSE, Henry, 1676, 12
GROVES, Elizabeth, Spinster, W, 1823, 12 DA 3, AC Abstract
GROVES, Levi, Tallow Chandler, W, 1787, 15, AC Abstract
GROVES, Levi, Tallow Chandler, W, 1803, 16 DA 3, AC Abstract
GROVES, Simeon, Yeoman, W, 1785, 11, AC Abstract
GROVES, Thomas, Baker, W, 16 Jul 1840, AC Abstract
HANN, John, 1683, 11
HARDING, John, Butcher, W, 1670, 14, AC Abstract
HARVEY, Margaret, Widow, W, 19 Jun 1701, PROB 11/460, PCC Abstract
HASSELL, Richard, Seedsman, W, 17 Feb 1853, PROB 11/2167, PCC Abstract
HELLYAR, Thomas, Currier, W, 1794, 12 DA 3, AC Abstract
HELLYER , Thomas, Currier, W, 29 Apr 1828, PROB 11/1739, PCC Abstract
HELLYER als. VOWELL, William, Tyler, W&I, 1731, 17, AC Abstract
HERNE, John, Labourer, W, 13 Jan 1722, PROB 11/583, PCC Abstract
HIDE, John, 1753, 7
HODDER, Charles, Thatcher, W, 22 Jul 1850, PROB 11/2116, PCC Abstract
HODDER, William, Cordwainer, W, 8 Jul 1764, 21, AC Abstract
HODGES, Arthur, W&I, 1809, 19 BC 2, CC Abstract
HODGES, George, Senior, Gentleman, W, 6 Jul 1839, 3, AC Abstract
HODGES, James, A, 8 Aug 1712, 8, AC Abstract
HODGES, John, A, 1726 Abstract
HODGES, John, Gentleman, W, 7 Jul 1826, PROB 11/1714, PCC Abstract
HODGES, John, Tanner, W, 1837, 29 DC 3, AC Abstract
HODGES, John, Tanner, W, 24 Apr 1838, PROB 11/1893, PCC Abstract
HODGES, Mary, Widow, W, 9 Apr 1853, PROB 11/2170, PCC Abstract
HODGES, Thomas, Senior; Tanner, W, 1694, 11, AC Abstract
HODGES, Thomas, 1707, 17
HODGES, Thomas, 1758, 3
HODGES, Thomas, A, 1759
HOMER, Edward, Collarmaker, W, 1664, AC Abstract
HOMER, Elizabeth, Widow & Partner, W, 1777, 23, AC Abstract
HOMER, John, Widower; DHC, A, 1805, D/FRA/T18
HOMER, William, 1769, 12
HURLSTONE, Robert, Cooper, W, 13 Jun 1828, PROB 11/1742, PCC Abstract
ILES, Jane, Widow, W, 24 Apr 1829, PROB 11/1754, PCC Abstract
JACOB, Elizabeth, Widow, W, 1758, 14, AC Abstract
JACOB, William, Yeoman, W, 18 Sep 1736, 16, AC Abstract
JACOB, William, Innholder, W, 1757, 7, AC Abstract
JENNINGS, Alexander, Gentleman?, W, 1712, 9, AC Abstract
JENNINGS, Robert, Ironmonger, W, 14 Apr 1756, 20, AC Abstract
KING, Thomas, Yeoman, W, 1664, 10, AC Abstract
KNELL, Joseph, Cordwinder, W, 1820, 13 DA 3, AC Abstract
KNELL, Richard, W, 1828, 14 BC 2 Abstract
KNIGHT, Robert, 1675, 39
KNOWLES, Leonard, W, 6 Feb 1614, PROB 11/123, PCC
LAWRENCE, Sarah, Re. Cottage in Acreman Street; DHC, 1795, D/PIT/M45
LOCK , Arthur, 1681, 26
LOCKE, Alice, Widow, W, 25 May 1612, PROB 11/119, PCC Abstract
LOCKE, William, Tanner, W, 29 Nov 1611, PROB 11/118, PCC Abstract
LOVELASS, William, 1747, 11
MABANKE, Philip, Will in Latin, W, 27 Jun 1405, PROB 11/2A, PCC Abstract
MAJOR, George, 1729, CC
MAJOR, Semar, To Letitia MAJOR, relict, A, 1605, PCC
MEECH, Hannah, Spinster, W, 22 Dec 1808, PROB 11/1490, PCC Abstract
MEECH, Henry, Surgeon and Apothecary, W, 1787, 16, AC Abstract
MIDDLETON, Elizabeth, 1701, 9
MILLER, Samuel, Saddler, W, 1827, 12 DA 3, AC Abstract
MILLER, Simon, Re. Cottage in Acreman Street; DHC, 1795, D/PIT/M45
MILLER , George, Re. Cottage in Acreman Street; DHC, 1774, D/PIT/M45
MILLER als. ANDREWS, Thomas, (see: ANDREWS als. MILLER, Thomas, 1750)
MORRIS, Elizabeth, Spinster, A, 1 Aug 1685, 11 Abstract
MORRIS, Elizabeth, Spinster, W, 1830, 33 DA 3, AC Abstract
NOBBS, Thomas Whelliar, Veterinary Surgeon, W, 19 Mar 1852, PROB 11/2149, PCC Abstract
NORMAN, William, Clothier, W, 13 Oct 1646, PROB 11/197, PCC Abstract
NORTHOVER, Thomas, 1724, CC Abstract
NORTHOVER, William, Builder, W, 8 Feb 1845, PROB 11/2012, PCC Abstract
NOTLEY, John, Yeoman, W, 15 Jun 1613, PROB 11/121, PCC Abstract
NUTT, Dorcas, Widow, W, 11 Oct 1682, 1, AC Abstract
NUTT, Robert, W, 18 Jul 1675, 17, AC Abstract
NUTT, Robert, Yeoman, W, 1774, 13, AC Abstract
PALMER, William, Surgeon & Apothecary, W, 18 Feb 1830, PROB 11/1767, PCC Abstract
PEATY, Thomas, Labourer, W, 1827, 10 DA 3, AC Abstract
PETTY, Jane, Widow, W, 23 Nov 1838, PROB 11/1903, PCC Abstract
PULLMAN, Elizabeth, Sempstress, W, 1 Jan 1851, PROB 11/2126, PCC Abstract
RANDALL, Elizabeth, Widow, W, 13 Jun 1758, 13, AC Abstract
RANDALL, Elizabeth, Widow, W, 17 Sep 1790, 15, AC Abstract
RANDALL, Frances, Widow, W, 1689, 14, AC Abstract
RANDALL, George, Senior, W, 24 Apr 1708, PROB 11/501, PCC Abstract
RANDALL, George, Merchant, W, 1 Aug 1730, PROB 11/639, PCC Abstract
RANDALL, Hannah, Widow, W, 7 Aug 1733, PROB 11/660, PCC Abstract
RANDALL, John, Merchant, W, 23 Oct 1700, PROB 11/457, PCC Abstract
RANDALL, Robert, A, 1726, CC Abstract
RANDALL, Thomas, Merchant, W, 8 Nov 1703, PROB 11/472, PCC Abstract
RANDALL, Thomas, Gentleman, W, 1795, 10 DA 3, AC Abstract
REAPE, John, W, 3 Jul 1587, PROB 11/71, PCC Abstract
ROBERTS, Joanna, Wareham & Cerne Abbas, W, 1851, 22 BC 2, CC Abstract
ROLES, James, Glover, W, 1821, 14 DA 3, AC Abstract
ROMAN , George, 1759, 5
ROMAN als. FOX, George, A, 1688, 20
RUMON als. FOXE, Ann, (See: FOXE als. RUMON, Ann, 1661)
RYALL, Nathaniell, Seafarer on board Her Majesty's Ship Chichester in Newfoundland, W, 23 Dec 1703, PROB 11/473, PCC Abstract
RYALL, Phillipa, Spinster, W, 4 Mar 1744, 19, AC Abstract
SEAMA or SEAMER, Thomas, Glover, W, 29 Mar 1568, PROB 11/50, PCC Abstract
SHEPHARD, Elizabeth, Single Woman, W, 8 Nov 1805, PROB 11/1434, PCC Abstract
SHEPHARD, Robert, Innholder, W, 18 Feb 1693, PROB 11/413, PCC Abstract
SHEPHARD, Robert, Gentleman, W, 6 Apr 1753, PROB 11/801, PCC Abstract
SHEPHARD, William, Collarmaker, W, 1804, DA 8, AC Abstract
SHEPHERD, George, Cordwainer, W, 1827, DA 13, AC Abstract
SHEPHERD, Sarah, A, 1810, 2, AC
SHEPPARD, Joan, Widow, W, 1830, 48 DA 3, AC Abstract
SHERRY, Daniel, Innholder, W, 1795, 9 DA 3, AC Abstract
SHERRY, Ann, W, 1813, 37 BC 2 Abstract
SHERRY, George, Carpenter, W, 1837, 54 DA 3, AC Abstract
SMART, John, Minister of the Gospel, W, 1775, 17, AC Abstract
SMITH, Robert, Re. Cottage in Acreman Street; DHC, 1793, D/PIT/M45
SOMERS, Robert, Butcher, W, 15 Sep 1755, 18, AC Abstract
STICKLAND, Ann, Widow of Richard STICKLAND, W, 1836, 34 DA 3, AC Abstract
STICKLAND, John, Widower, A, 1655, 224, PCC
STICKLAND, John, Renunciation by wife, Edith to son, Lawrence, Millwright, A, 1726, CC Abstract
STICKLAND, John, A, 1726, CC Abstract
STICKLAND, Lawrence, Yeoman, W, 1732, 56, CC Abstract
STICKLAND, Nicholas, Senior, Yeoman, W, 11 May 1742, PROB 11/718, PCC Abstract
STICKLAND, Richard, Yeoman, W, 1733, 66, CC Abstract
STONE, Dinah, Spinster, W, 28 May 1802, 16, AC Abstract
STRANGE, Grace, Widow , W, 15 Oct 1811, PROB 11/1526, PCC Abstract
STRANGE, John, Saddler, W, 1804, 9 DA 3, AC Abstract
STROUD, Charlotte, Wife of James STROUD, Miller of Tucking Mills, W, 28 Jun 1860, 7, Blandford Abstract
STROUD, James, Gentleman, W, 9 Nov 1863, Blandford Abstract
SUMMERS, George, Glazier, W, 16 Nov 1705, PROB 11/485, PCC Abstract
SYMES, Robert, A, 5 Sep 1716 Abstract
SYMS, Robert, Mercer, W, 2 Jun 1701, PROB 11/460, PCC Abstract
TANNER, Thomas, 1431, 457
TAYLOR, John, Citizen & Haberdasher of London, St. Stephens, Colmanstreate, etc., W, 1601, 2 Woodhall, PCC Abstract
TERREL, George, 1759, 4
TEWXBURY, Alice, Widow, A, 30 Sep 1708, 6, AC Abstract
THORNE, Catherine, Widow, W, 1662, 6, AC Abstract
THORNE, George, W, 1813, 39 BC 2, CC Abstract
THORNE, John, Mercer?, W, 1661, AC Abstract
THORNE, Joseph, Cooper, A, 10 Aug 1789, 29, AC Abstract
THORNE, Mary, Spinster, A, 31 Jul 1789, 24, AC Abstract
THORNE, Thomas, Cooper, W, 1766, 29, AC Abstract
TROWBRIDGE, Nicholas, Surgeon , W, 2 Jan 1832, PROB 11/1795, PCC Abstract
TUCKER, Robert, Fellmonger, W, 29 Dec 1857, PROB 11/2262, PCC Abstract
TULLAGE, Robert, To Joan TULLAGE, relict, A, 1602, PCC
TURNER, George, Senior, 1750, 9
TURNER, John, Mariner, belonging to His Majestry's Ship Rainbow, W, 30 Mar 1771, PROB 11/965, PCC Abstract
TURNER, John, Labourer, W, 1779, 6, AC Abstract
TWEXBURY, Nicholas, Yeoman, W, 2 Mar 1685, PROB 11/379, PCC Abstract
UDALL, Thomas, Senior, W, 1662, AC Abstract
VAN WILDER, Phillipp, Gentleman, one of the King's Majesty's Privy Chamber, W, 24 Jan 1553, PROB 11/36, PCC Abstract
VOWELL, John, A, 1594, 105, PCC
VOWELL als. HELLYER, William, (See: HELLYER als. VOWELL, William, 1731)
WARREN, Richard, A, 1716 Abstract
WASHINGTON, Thomas, Gentleman, W, 27 Aug 1724, PROB 11/599, PCC Abstract
WHITE, Frances, Widow, W, 1756, 19, AC Abstract
WHITE, George, Sea Sailor?, Lease Holder?, W, 3 Apr 1724, CC Abstract
WHITE, Henry, A, Apr 1689, 14 Abstract
WHITE, Henry, Butcher, A, 1751, 6 Abstract
WHITE, Morgan, A, Apr 1678, 15 Abstract
WHITE, Philip, Yeoman, W, 1813, 4, AC Abstract
WHITE, Robert, Husbandman, W, 13 May 1571, PROB 11/53, PCC Abstract
WHITE, Robert, Yeoman, W, 6 Apr 1754, PROB 11/808, PCC Abstract
WHITE, Sarah, Widow, W, 1820, 11 DA 3, AC Abstract
WHITE, William, A, 1677, 12 Abstract
WILLIAMS, John, Re. Cottage in Acreman Street; DHC, 1786, D/PIT/M45
WILTSHIRE, Ann, Widow, W, 1817, 11 DA 3, AC Abstract
WILTSHIRE, Elizabeth, Spinster, W, 30 Apr 1847, PROB 11/2055, PCC Abstract
WILTSHIRE, Thomas, Gentleman, W, 4 Jan 1856, PROB 11/2226, PCC Abstract
YONGE, Joan, Widow, W, 1680, 3, AC Abstract
YOUNG, Maria, DHC, W, 1862, D/FFO/31/35