West Knighton

WILLS PROVED IN THE PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY (PCC)

Transcribed and donated to the Dorset OPC Project by Kim Parker

Until 1858 all wills had to be proved (formally approved) by church and other courts. The Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC), the most important of these courts, dealt with the relatively wealthy individuals living mainly in the south of England and most of Wales (what was originally the ecclesiastical province of Canterbury). Wills of less wealthy individuals MAY have been proved in a number of other ecclesiastical courts, including the Archdeaconry Court of Exeter (pre-1843); the Archdeaconry Court of Dorset (post-1843); The Consistory Court of the Bishop of Exeter (pre-1843); or the Royal Peculiar of Sarum. From 1858 all wills were indexed centrally and this index is widely available at Record Offices, Probate Registries and the LDS Church.

The following wills proven in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury can be downloaded from the PRO site National Archives Discovery Catalogue for a small fee.


NAME DESCRIPTION DATE REFERENCE
BEAKER Will of Nicholas Beaker of West Knighton, Dorset 09 December 1608 PROB 11/112
BEST Sentence of William Best of Little Mayne, Dorset 15 November 1587 PROB 11/71
GACH Will of Robert Gach, Husbandman of West Knighton, Dorset 04 June 1627 PROB 11/152
MEARE Will of John Meare, Yeoman of West Knighton, Dorset 18 May 1655 PROB 11/245
PAINE Will of Robert Paine, Gentleman of West Knighton, Dorset 22 November 1622 PROB 11/140
PITFIELD Will of Joseph Pitfield, Yeoman of West Knighton, Dorset 07 April 1849 PROB 11/2091
PITFIELD Will of Betty aka Elizabeth Pitfield, Wife of West Knighton, Dorset 09 April 1849 PROB 11/2091
RICHARDS Will of James Richards, Gent. of West Knighton, Dorset 07 February 1719 PROB 11/567
SHERREN Will of James Sherren, Yeoman of West Knighton, Dorset 01 March 1805 PROB 11/1422
SPRATT Will of John Spratt, Yeoman of Little Mayne, Dorset 20 May 1751 PROB 11/788
STILE Will of William Stile, Yeoman of West Knighton, Dorset 14 February 1801 PROB 11/1354
SWAYNE Sentence of John Swayne of West Knighton, Dorset 23 February 1697 PROB 11/442
SWAYNE Will of John Swayne, Gentleman of West Knighton, Dorset 06 March 1697 PROB 11/437
TRENCHFEILD Will of Gyles Trenchfeild of West Knighton, Dorset 13 October 1660 PROB 11/300
VOSS Will of Edith Voss of West Knighton, Dorset 14 March 1856 PROB 11/2230
WARD(E) Will of William Ward or Warde of West Knighton, Dorset 08 May 1638 PROB 11/177
WELLSTEED Will of Roger Wellsteed, Gent. of West Knighton, Dorset 14 January 1808 PROB 11/1473
WOODS Will of Peter Woods of West Knighton, Dorset 21 April 1773 PROB 11/987

 

A LIST OF WILLS PROVED IN SELECTED OTHER COURTS 1568-1792

Consistory Court of the late Diocese of Bristol 1681 – 1792

 COFFIN William 1716

GOULD James A 1688, A. 1695

KELLAWAY Elizabeth A. 1707

MEECH Thomas A. 1718

POUNT Leonard 1740

SLADE Henry 1735

THRESHER Peter 1788

WOOD Elizabeth A. 1783

 

Archdeaconry Court of the late Diocese of Bristol 1568 – 1792

BARTER John 68 1771

BOUND John 62 1707

BUSSLE William 63 1707

CLARKE Edward 61 1707

CORBIN John 63 1728

FARR Thomas 81 1756

FROOME George 71 1759

KNIGHT William 48 1689

OKE Andrew 14 1680

POUNT Robert 71 1777

SLADE John 63 1786

SPRATT Anthony 33 1688

SYMES Henry 42 1686

 

Archdeaconry Court of the late Diocese of Bristol 1660 – 1792

 DASHWOOD Humphrey 33 1667

GATCH Christopher 51 1669

GOUDGE Elizabeth 21 1735

JOY Thomas 32 1667

KEETE Roger 11 1662

KNIGHT William 64 1689

LILLINGTON Timothy 36 1682

MEADER John 63 1668

MOGG John 110 1681

PAYNE James 67 1677

POUNT Leonard 60 1683

POUNT James 52 1693

SAMWAYES William 41 1737

SEARLE John 68 1677

SMITH George 34 1775

WILLIAMS Jane 63 1694

 

 

 

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