Swanage

Calendar of Wills and Administrations

A Calendar of Wills and Administrations relating to Dorset, Volume I, edited by Edward Alexander Fry The Index Library (volume 22) (The British Record Society 1900): wills and administrations up to 1793. Index to Dorset Wills 1793 - 1858 (extracts given by Richard J Travell from database. Index available at Dorset Record Office)

Consistory Court, Dorsetshire Division of late Diocese of Bristol Wills and Administrations 1681 - 1793 (Probate Registry, Blandford)

Archdeaconry Court, Dorsetshire Division of late Diocese of Bristol Wills 1568 - 1793, Administrations 1660 - 1793, Inventories 1686 - 1790 (except 1692, 1696-1697, 1700, 1702, 1707-1711, 1713, 1718-1721) (Probate Registry, Blandford)

Peculiar of Corfe Castle Court

Dean and Chapter of Bristol

A Calendar of Wills and Administrations relating to Dorset, Volume II, edited by Edward Alexander Fry The Index Library (The British Record Society): inventories, unproved original wills

Extracts for Church Knowle (excludes Orchard), Langton Matravers, Purbeck (selected), Studland, Swanage and Worth Matravers. Excludes most individuals on HMS ships where no parish given who may have come from these parishes

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* Abstracts of transcribed Wills

Name Surname Place Date Notes Crt. Proved Bundle Number Transcribed
Richard Corben Sandwich 1762 Will Archdeaconry 1762 58  
Elizabeth Tidbury Sandwich 1763 Administration Consistory      
Richard Bowers Sandwich 1763 Will Archdeaconry 1763 40  
John Linnington Sandwich 1763 Will Archdeaconry 1763 39  
Joseph Cox Sandwich 1763 Administration Archdeaconry 1763 21  
Thomas Soper Sandwich 1765 Will Archdeaconry 1765 60  
Ann Phippard * Sandwich 1765 Administration Archdeaconry 1765 24 Yes
Thomas Wakely * Sandwich 1767 Will Archdeaconry 1767 61 Yes
Stephen Smith Sandwich 1767 Administration Archdeaconry 1767 24  
Thomas Burdan Sandwich 1769 Will Archdeaconry 1769 59  
John Barnes Sandwich 1770 Will Consistory      
William Masters Swanage 1770 Will Consistory      
Frances Warren Swanage 1770 Will Archdeaconry 1770 28  
George Pushman Sandwich 1771 Administration Archdeaconry 1771 18  
James Benfield Sandwich 1772 Will Archdeaconry 1772 49  
Mary Pushman * Swanage 1774 Will Archdeaconry 1774 60 Yes
John Bemister Sandwich 1775 Administration Archdeaconry 1775 27  
James Browne Sandwich 1776 Will Archdeaconry 1776 42  
David Clarke Sandwich 1776 Administration Archdeaconry 1776 15  
John Melmoth Sandwich 1777 Will Archdeaconry 1777 56  
Hannah Sopen Sandwich 1778 Will Archdeaconry 1778 45  
Samuel Warren Sandwich 1779 Will Archdeaconry 1779 33  
Richard Best Sandwich 1780 Will Archdeaconry 1780 55  
John Frampton Sandwich 1780 Will Archdeaconry 1780 55  
Robert Sanders Sandwich 1780 Will Archdeaconry 1780 56  
John (senior) Warren Swanage 1780 Will Archdeaconry 1780 57  
Benjamin Rose Sandwich 1780 Administration Archdeaconry 1780 11  
John Warren Sandwich 1780 Administration Archdeaconry 1780 12  
John Frampton Swanage 1780 Inventory: see also Will Archdeaconry [Blank] [Blank]  
Elizabeth Keats Sandwich 1781 Will Archdeaconry 1781 50  
John Melmoth Sandwich 1781 Will Archdeaconry 1781 51  
Grace Collins Swanich 1783 Administration Archdeaconry 1783 31  
Sarah (widow) Seymour Sandwich 1783 Administration Archdeaconry 1783 23  
James Collins Swanage 1783 Will (unproved) Archdeaconry [Blank] [Blank]  
Phineas Melmouth Swanage 1784 Administration Consistory      
Susanna Chinchen * Swanage 1784 Will Archdeaconry 1784 32 Yes
Susanna Chinchen Swanage 1784 Inventory: see also Will Archdeaconry [Blank] [Blank]  
Samuel Burt Sandwich 1785 Will Archdeaconry 1785 49  
Samuel Burt Sandwich 1785 Will Archdeaconry 1785 50  
John Morison Swanage 1786 Will Archdeaconry 1786 58  
Hannah Best Swanage 1787 Will Archdeaconry 1787 42  
John Best Sandwich alias Swanage 1787 Administration Archdeaconry 1787 20  
Henry Parlott Swanage 1788 Administration Consistory      
John Tubb Sandwich 1788 Administration Consistory      
John Meader Hareston in Swanage 1788 Will Archdeaconry 1788 12  
Edward Stoodley Swanage 1789 Will Archdeaconry 1789 45  
Sarah Smedmore Swanage 1792 Will and Administration Consistory      
Elizabeth Warren Swanage 1793 Administration Archdeaconry 1793 17  
Joseph Edmonds Swanage 1794 Will Archdeaconry 1794 51  
Christopher Harporne Swanage 1794 Administration Archdeaconry 1794 29  
John Harden * Swanage 1795 Will Archdeaconry 1795 45 Yes
James Flook Swanage 1797 Will Archdeaconry 1797 58  
Charles Pope Shank Swanage 1797 Administration Archdeaconry 1797 9  
Benjamin Bower Swanage 1799 Will Archdeaconry 1799 53  
Alice Fry Swanage 1799 Will Archdeaconry 1799 52  
Susanna Hurlock Swanage 1800 Will Archdeaconry 1800 57  
Mary Cole Swanage 1801 Administration Archdeaconry 1801 9  
Moses Gillingham Swanage 1802 Will Archdeaconry 1802 56  
Thomas Marsh Swanage 1802 Will Archdeaconry 1802 55  
James Marsh Swanage 1803 Administration Archdeaconry 1803 22  
John Cull Swanage 1804 Will Consistory 1804 No number given  
Thomas Hancock * Swanage 1804 Will Archdeaconry 1804 23 Yes
John (senior) Phippard * Swanage 1804 Will Archdeaconry 1804 22 Yes
Timothy Chinchen * Swanage 1805 Will Archdeaconry 1805 27 Yes
Richard Bridle Swanage 1807 Administration Archdeaconry 1807 10  
John Linnington Swanage 1808 Administration Archdeaconry 1808 12  
Thomas Linnington * Swanage 1808 Will Archdeaconry 1808 42 Yes
John Cole Swanage 1809 Will Consistory 1809 7  
James Bower * Swanage 1810 Will Archdeaconry 1810 70 Yes
Robert Barnes Swanage 1811 Administration Archdeaconry 1811 14  
Robert (junior) Squibbe Swanage 1811 Administration Archdeaconry 1811 13  
Sarah Toms * Swanage 1811 Will Archdeaconry 1811 48 Yes
Richard Bower * Swanage 1812 Will Archdeaconry 1812 39 Yes
John Stickland Swanage 1813 Administration Consistory 1813 No number given  
Thomas Lamb * Swanage 1816 Will Archdeaconry 1816 57 Yes
Joseph Gover Swanage 1817 Will Consistory 1817 5  
Mary Lamb Hixon Swanage 1819 Will Archdeaconry 1819 52  
Joseph Ellis Swanage 1821 Will Archdeaconry 1821 18  
John (clerk) Thornton Swanage 1821 Administration Consistory 1821 16  
Thomas Manwell Swanage 1822 Will Archdeaconry 1822 36  
Thomas Rawlins Swanage 1823 Will Archdeaconry 1823 39  
Henry Pushman Swanage 1824 Will Consistory 1824 39  
Joseph Porter Swanage 1825 Administration Archdeaconry 1825 16  
William Cole Swanage 1826 Will Archdeaconry 1826 43  
Howard Collins Swanage 1826 Will Archdeaconry 1826 44  
Thomas Selby Swanage 1827 Will Archdeaconry 1827 45  
Richard Best Swanage 1828 Administration Archdeaconry 1828 9  
Samuel Rawlins Swanage 1832 Will Archdeaconry 1832 29  
Joseph Manwell Swanage 1833 Will Archdeaconry 1833 22  
Ann Warren Swanage 1835 Will Consistory 1835 - 1836 19  
William Curtis Randall Swanage 1837 Will Archdeaconry 1837 47  
Ann Briggs Swanage 1840 Administration Archdeaconry 1840 17  
Thomas Burt Swanage 1840 Will Archdeaconry 1840 31  
William Smith Swanage 1840 Will Archdeaconry 1840 32  
Hester Rawlins Swanage 1841 Will Archdeaconry 1841 48  
Thomas Coleman Swanage 1842 Will Archdeaconry 1842 No number given  
Thomas Coleman Swanage 1842 Will Consistory 1842 - 1843 1 or 11  
Benjamin Watson Swanage 1842 Will Consistory 1842 - 1843 18  
Elizabeth Beaton Swanage 1843 Will Archdeaconry 1843 27  
Clare Rawlins Swanage 1843 Will Archdeaconry 1843 44  
Elizabeth Smith Swanage 1843 Administration Archdeaconry 1843 14  
William Hatchard Swanage 1844 Will Archdeaconry 1844 35  
Robert Tizard Roper Swanage 1845 Administration Archdeaconry 1845 2  
Elizabeth White Swanage 1846 Will Archdeaconry 1846 31  
Elizabeth Butler Swanage 1847 Will Archdeaconry 1847 54  
Sarah Cockram Swanage 1847 Will Archdeaconry 1847 55  
Joseph Webber Swanage 1847 Will Archdeaconry 1847 56  
Moses Farwell Swanage 1848 Administration Consistory 1848 7  
Henry Hibbs Swanage 1849 Administration Archdeaconry 1849 10  
Priscilla Clapcott Swanage 1850 Administration Archdeaconry 1850 19  
Thomas Hardy * Swanage 1850 Will Archdeaconry 1850 38 Yes
Peter Phippard * Swanage 1850 Will Archdeaconry 1850 39 Yes
Mary Smith * Swanage 1850 Will Archdeaconry 1850 40 Yes
Sarah Bartlett Stickland * Swanage 1850 Will Archdeaconry 1850 4 Yes
Sarah Stickland Hounsell Swanage 1851 Will Consistory 1851 4  
Bernard White Swanage 1851 Will Consistory 1851 3  
Joseph White Swanage 1851 Will Consistory 1851 18  
Joseph White Swanage 1851 Administration Consistory 1851 9  
Mary Phippard * Swanage 1852 Will Archdeaconry 1852 No number given Yes
Ann Hixson Swanage 1854 Administration Archdeaconry 1854 13  
Peter Gover * Swanage 1855 Will Archdeaconry 1855 17 Yes
George Cull Swanage 1856 Will Archdeaconry 1856 4  

* Abstracts of transcribed Wills

Unknown Parishes

John Toope Purbeck 1664 Will Archdeaconry 1664 33
Ann Frew or Trew Purbeck 1667 Will Archdeaconry 1667 29
Ann Trew or Frew Purbeck 1667 Will Archdeaconry 1667 29
Sarah Petten [Blank] 1670 Will Archdeaconry 1670 42
Robert Skinner Matravers 1672 Will Archdeaconry 1672 38
John Melmouth [Blank] 1686 Will Consistory    
Samuel Udall Purbeck 1695 Inventory: not identified Archdeaconry 1695 83
William Hatchard Whitway in Purbeck 1704 Will Archdeaconry 1704 55
William Hatchard Purbeck 1704 Inventory: see also Will Archdeaconry 1704 19
Jane Hatchard Whiteway 1709 Will Archdeaconry 1709 45
William Loope Sloape in Purbeck 1713 Will Archdeaconry 1713 38
John Seamore [Blank] 1729 Inventory Consistory    
Thomas Bower HMS 'Nonsuch' 1742 Administration Archdeaconry 1742 61
John Cull Purbeck 1788 Will Consistory    
Thomas Elliot Isle of Purbeck 1790 Will Archdeaconry 1790 34

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