Charmouth Wills

WILLS, ADMINISTRATIONS & INVENTORY'S

This index contains an extracted list of persons 'of Charmouth' who left wills, letters of administration or inventories to be found with the Probate Registry at Blandford Dorset, Archdeaconry Court of Dorset up to 1793. The names are extracted from indexes found in publications at the Dorset Record Office and elsewhere. Copies of these documents should be available from the Dorset Record Office.

Note that this index does not cover the period from the 1790's to 1858. 

Wills proven in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, can be accessed on the PRO site Documents On Line. The wills can be downloaded from this site for £3.00 each. Wills are now on-line from the 15th century.

Note: this is not a complete list of wills made by Charmouth residents. Wills may have been proved in places other than the Archdeaconry Court of Dorset or PCC, for example at the Exeter Archdeaconry Court.  From 1858 all wills were indexed centrally and this index is widely available at Record Offices, Probate Registries and the LDS.

 

SURNAME

Forename

Occupation

Willill/Admin/Ref.

Date Proven

BALSTONE

Anne 

 

PROB 11/57

02 December 1575

BARKER

Mary 

Widow  

PROB 11/1725

08 May 1827

BESSE

William 

Mariner 

PROB 11/79

28 April 1592

BIDWELL

Hannah 

Gentleman 

PROB 11/1801

26 June 1832

BIDWELL

Obadiah 

Gentleman  

PROB 11/1205

06 June 1791

BIDWELL

Thomas 

 

PROB 11/2239

29 October 1856

BOWDITCH

John

 

Will

1681

BRADBEER

Joseph 

Postmaster  

PROB 11/1641

13 April 1821

BRADFORD

Benjamin  

 

PROB 11/1224

10 November 1792

BRAGGE

Hester Mary 

Widow  

PROB 11/1899

21 August 1838

BRAGGE

John 

Gentleman  

PROB 11/1467

19 September 1807

BRAGGE

William 

Gentleman  

PROB 11/1705

08 November 1825

BRAGGE

William John 

 

PROB 11/1917

07 October 1839

BRAY

Mary 

Widow  

PROB 11/1856

18 January 1836

BRICE

John 

Clerk 

PROB 11/558

07 May 1717

BROWNE

John 

Yeoman 

PROB 11/447

04 August 1698

BULL

John

 

PROB 11/1626

28 March 1820

BULLEN

John 

 

PROB 11/2150

10 April 1852

BULLEN

Simeon 

 

PROB 11/1676

09 October 1823

BULLER

Thomas 

being bound in Her Majesty's Service 

PROB 11/91

02 June 1598

BULSTRODE

Sarah 

Widow 

PROB 11/387

25 April 1687

BURNARD

Rebecca 

Wife  

PROB 11/1928

13 June 1840

BURNARD

William 

Sailcloth Manufacturer  

PROB 11/2001

25 July 1844

BURRIDGE

Mathew 

Clothier 

PROB 11/270

17 November 1657

BURROUGH

Jacob

 

Will

1774

CARTER

John 

Postmaster  

PROB 11/2220

06 October 1855

CHANING

Joseph 

Late Major in the Bengal Establishment 

PROB 11/1595

02 August 1817

CHANNON

Lydia 

Spinster  

PROB 11/1909

30 April 1839

CHANNON

Maria 

Spinster  

PROB 11/1865

11 August 1836

CHAPEL alias HUTCHINS

William

 

Will

1742

CHAPPEL alias HUTCHINS

Mary

 

Will

1754

CHECKLEY

Margaret 

Widow 

PROB 11/92

05 December 1598

CHEEKLEY

John 

Mariner 

PROB 11/74

29 November 1589

CHURCHEY

Hugh 

Merchant 

PROB 11/171

28 May 1636

CLARKE

Reverend Thomas 

Clerk  

PROB 11/1335

14 January 1800

CLEAVE

Elizabeth 

Widow  

PROB 11/2172

19 May 1853

COADE

Ann 

Spinster  

PROB 11/1446

23 July 1806

COADE

Sarah 

Spinster  

PROB 11/1418

15 December 1804

COFFIN

Mary 

Spinster  

PROB 11/1655

06 April 1822

COLBERT

Hester

 

Will

1791

COLLINS

John

 

Will

1758

COLWILL

Roger 

Clothier 

PROB 11/73

16 April 1589

COMBE

Catherine 

Widow  

PROB 11/1554

19 April 1814

COMBE

Reverend Brian 

Clerk  

PROB 11/1601

17 February 1818

COMBE

Reverend William 

Rector  

PROB 11/1109

10 October 1783

COMINGS

George 

Mercer 

PROB 11/511

08 November 1709

COMINGS

Mary

 

Will

1711

COX

Dorcas

 

Will

1710

COX

Elizabeth 

Spinster  

PROB 11/1758

10 July 1829

COX

Robert

 

Will

1694

COX

William

 

Administration & Will

1693

CRABBE

John 

 

PROB 11/16

20 January 1510

CREED

John 

 

PROB 11/1603

17 April 1818

CROUT

Robert 

Gentleman  

PROB 11/1300

22 January 1798

CULL

Frances 

Spinster  

PROB 11/2128

21 March 1851

CULVERWELL

Mary 

Spinster  

PROB 11/1903

01 December 1838

DANKS

Sarah 

Spinster  

PROB 11/2024

02 September 1845

DANYELL

Alys 

 

PROB 11/15

22 May 1506

DANYELL

Steven 

 

PROB 11/14

19 February 1505

DARE

John

 

Will

1707

DARE

Thomas 

Gentleman  

PROB 11/1166

26 June 1788

DAVY

John

 

Administration

1711

DAVY (DAVIE)

Ruth

 

Will

1693

DENNING

Margaret 

Widow  

PROB 11/726

17 May 1743

DRAYTON

Thomas 

Merchant  

PROB 11/2077

29 July 1848

DUIME

John 

Widow 

PROB 11/16

21 October 1510

DUNYETT

Stephen 

 

PROB 11/14

08 May 1505

EDWARDS

Anthony

 

Will

1729

EDWARDS

Cecily

 

Will

1663

EDWARDS

John

 

Will

1746

EDWARDS

Reverend James 

Dissenting Minister  

PROB 11/1823

14 November 1833

EDWARDS

Thos.

 

Will

1669

EDWARDS

Wm.

 

Will

1767

ELLESDON

Anthony 

 

PROB 11/689

10 May 1738

ELLIOTT

John