Dorchester, Dorset, England
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Note: Prefix PROB = Wills available at the National Archives - Only those up to 1858 are listed below and available to order on line-Wills after that date are on microfilm at Kew- Prefix
SPC = Calendar of Dorset Wills and Administrrations in the Salisbury Probate
Court: -- Prefix BPC = Index to Dorset Wills and Administrations in the Probate
Registry at Blandford, Dorset: -- Prefix PCC= Perogative Court of Canterbury:
-- Prefix P= Wiltshire & Swindon Archives -- Prefix D= Dorset Histroy Center Archives Dorchester Note: The dates given are likely to be the date of probate or when administration was issued rather than date of death. As such deaths are likely to be in that year or the year before, but can be many years earlier. Many of these Wills & Administrations have been indexed separately by Dorset and Wiltshire Record Offices so they will show the SPC as well as P reference numbers. These indexes are not identical. Wiltshire for example tends to include the persons trade. |
| NAME | DATE | Ref | Comments |
| Will of John Holmes, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 22 January 1801 | PROB 11/1352 | |
| Will of John Tapp, Cooper of Dorchester , Dorset | 18 March 1801 | PROB 11/1355 | |
| Will of Mary Bryer, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 20 May 1801 | PROB 11/1357 | |
| Will of Richard Cozens, Gentleman of Dorchester, Dorset | 31 August 1801 | PROB 11/1361 | |
| Will of John Sabine, Gentleman of Dorchester, Dorset | 10 April 1802 | PROB 11/1373 | |
| Will of James Parsons, Glover and Breeches Maker of Dorchester, Dorset | 14 May 1802 | PROB 11/1375 | |
| Will of Sarah Tapp, Spinster of Dorchester, Dorset | 22 June 1802 | PROB 11/1377 | |
| Will of Anna Hawkins, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 20 September 1802 | PROB 11/1380 | |
| Will of James Chafy of Dorchester, Dorset | 17 December 1802 | PROB 11/1383 | |
| Will of Sarah Willis, Spinster of Dorchester, Dorset | 03 February 1803 | PROB 11/1387 | |
| Will of Elizabeth Lovelace, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 18 May 1803 | PROB 11/1392 | |
| Will of John Curtis, Hosier of Dorchester , Dorset | 09 December 1803 | PROB 11/1402 | |
| Will of John Cole, Cordwainer of Dorchester , Dorset | 03 February 1804 | PROB 11/1404 | |
| Will of Robert Stickland of Dorchester , Dorset | 07 March 1804 | PROB 11/1406 | |
| Probate copy will: Susan CARTER of Dorchester, widow | 17 March 1804 | D/LRL/1/48 | Probate granted 29 Jul 1806 |
| Will of Roger Nichols, Shopkeeper of Dorchester , Dorset | 07 June 1804 | PROB 11/1410 | |
| Will of Elizabeth Rickword of Dorchester , Dorset | 20 June 1804 | PROB 11/1410 | |
| Will of Edward Cozens, Surgeon of Dorchester , Dorset | 26 September 1804 | PROB 11/1414 | |
| Will of Mary Richards, Gentlewoman of Holy Trinity Dorchester , Dorset | 09 October 1804 | PROB 11/1416 | |
| Will of Elizabeth Fooks, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 22 October 1804 | PROB 11/1415 | |
| Will of John Green, Malster of Dorchester , Dorset | 14 May 1805 | PROB 11/1425 | |
| Will of William Norman, Hosier of Dorchester , Dorset | 09 August 1805 | PROB 11/1430 | |
| Will of William George Meggs of Dorchester , Dorset | 31 March 1806 | PROB 11/1440 | |
| Will of Mary Snook of Dorchester , Dorset | 14 May 1806 | PROB 11/1443 | |
| Will of Morgan Yeatman or Yeateman, Wine Merchant of Dorchester , Dorset | 17 July 1806 | PROB 11/1447 | |
| Will of Agnes Sabine, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 08 January 1807 | PROB 11/1455 | |
| Will of Abraham Baker, Dealer in Earthenware of Dorchester , Dorset | 03 February 1807 | PROB 11/1455 | |
| Abstract of Will of Thomas Besant, Victualler of Dorchester, Dorset. Proved in the Court of Dorset. | April 18 1808 | IR 26/296 | Death Duty Registers National Archives available on line |
| Will of John Hart, Yeoman of Dorchester, Dorset | 19 May 1808 | PROB 11/1479 | |
| Will of Grace Vyvyan of Dorchester , Dorset | 27 May 1808 | PROB 11/1480 | |
| Will of John Callard Manfield, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 18 July 1808 | PROB 11/1482 | |
| Will of Elizabeth Smith, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 26 July 1808 | PROB 11/1483 | |
| Abstract of Will of Elizabeth Plowman, Widow of Dorchester, Dorset. Proved in the Court of Dorset. | August 08 1808 | IR 26/296 | Death Duty Registers National Archives available on line |
| Will of George Andrews, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 20 September 1808 | PROB 11/1485 | |
| Will of Catherine Manfield, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 23 September 1808 | PROB 11/1485 | |
| Will of Sophia Pittard, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 13 January 1809 | PROB 11/1491 | |
| Abstract of Administration of Martha Symmonds, Spinster of Dorchester, Dorset. Proved in the Court of Dorset. | July 11 1809 | IR 26/296 | Death Duty Registers National Archives available on line |
| Will of Robert Lambert, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 03 October 1809 | PROB 11/1504 | |
| Will of Martha Parks of Saint Peter Dorchester, Dorset | 16 December 1809 | PROB 11/1506 | |
| Will of Elizabeth Chafy, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 03 January 1810 | PROB 11/1507 | |
| Will of Francis Henry Lambert of Dorchester , Dorset | 22 May 1810 | PROB 11/1511 | |
| Will of Elizabeth Templeman, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 08 September 1810 | PROB 11/1515 | |
| Will of John Templeman, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 16 October 1810 | PROB 11/1516 | |
| Will of Thomas Brine, Yeoman of Dorchester , Dorset | 21 May 1811 | PROB 11/1521 | |
| Will of Esther Kirkwood of Dorchester , Dorset | 09 July 1811 | PROB 11/1524 | |
| Will of Christopher Arden, Surgeon of Dorchester , Dorset | 02 December 1811 | PROB 11/1528 | |
| Will of Jane Scott, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 03 February 1813 | PROB 11/1541 | |
| Will of Reverend Nathaniel Templeman, Clerk of Dorchester , Dorset | 05 July 1813 | PROB 11/1546 | Source CCED - Venn. MA from Trinity, 1753. Not to be confused with ID 51684 Adm. pens. (age 18) at TRINITY, June 14, 1746. Son of William, of Dorchester. School, Eton. ' Matric. 1747; Scholar, 1747; B.A. 1749-50; M.A. 1753. Ord. deacon (Bangor) Sept. 23, 1750; priest (Peterb.) Feb. 23, 1752. Chaplain to Viscount Leinster. Rector of Charborough 2/8/1753: Rector of Almer, Dorset, 28/8/1753 to 97. Vicar of Loders, 6/5/1754-81. Rector of Holy Trinity with St Peter, Dorchester, 20/7/1781 to death in 1813. Rector of Winterborne-Anderson, 1791-1813. R. of Long Brady with Little Brady, 16/9/1797-1813. Died Jan. 8, 1813. (F. S. Hockaday.) Rector of Child Okeford: Death recorded 12/6/1813 |
| Will of Ann Ensor, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 03 August 1813 | PROB 11/1547 | |
| Will of Mary Evomy, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 03 August 1813 | PROB 11/1547 | |
| Will of Jane Beaver, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 11 October 1813 | PROB 11/1548 | |
| Probate copy will: Richard WALLIS of Dorchester, Gentleman Will dated 18 Jun 1814 | 18 Jun 1814 | D/LRL/1/481 & PROB 11/1565 | Probate granted 3 Feb 1815 |
| Will of George Churchill, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 03 August 1814 | PROB 11/1559 | |
| Will of Edith Feaver, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 09 May 1815 | PROB 11/1568 | |
| Will of Thomas Bishop, Victualler of Dorchester , Dorset | 20 May 1815 | PROB 11/1568 | |
| Will of William Tapp of Dorchester, Dorset | 18 April 1816 | PROB 11/1579 | |
| Probate copy will: Henry DURDEN of Dorchester, plumber and glazier Will dated 20 Apr 1816 | 20 Apr 1816 | D/LRL/1/96 & PROB 11/1587 | Probate granted 24 Dec 1816 |
| Administration with will annexed: Susannah COOPER of Dorchester, wife of John Cooper Will dated 25 Apr 1816 | 25 Apr 1816 | D/LRL/1/55 | Probate granted 10 Sep 1836 |
| Will of Danil or Daniel Harris, Woolcomber of Dorchester, Dorset | 29 August 1816 | PROB 11/1583 | |
| Will of John Garland, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 28 February 1817 | PROB 11/1589 | |
| Will of Margaret Richards, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 21 April 1817 | PROB 11/1591 | |
| Will of Ann Kirkham, Widow of Dorchester, Dorset | 31 July 1817 | PROB 11/1594 | |
| Will of Betty Meech, Widow of Dorchester, Dorset | 06 August 1817 | PROB 11/1595 | |
| Will of Susanna Hawley or Susannah Dawe, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 26 June 1818 | PROB 11/1605 | |
| Will of Elizabeth Hardy, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 30 June 1818 | PROB 11/1605 | |
| Will of John Sheppard, Bankers Clerk of Dorchester , Dorset | 14 July 1818 | PROB 11/1606 | |
| Thomas Fisher the elder of Dorchester, grocer devised his lands unto his sons Thomas and John Fisher. He died 13 Aug 1818. Thomas Fisher junior died 1 Aug 1839 naming Harriet Fisher and John Fisher his executors | 13 Aug 1818 & 1 Aug 1839 |
NM2/S/11/TS/7/4 & PROB 11/1617 proved 10 June 1819 |
Lease and Release 1. Harriet Fisher late of Dorchester but now of Honiton Devon, widow and John Fisher late of Highbury Park but now of Chatham Place in Hackney, Middx, gent, devisees in the will of Thomas Fisher late of Dorchester, merchant 2. William Dingley of Sherborne, draper, Thomas Ensor of Milborne Port, Wilts, glover, Thomas Atherton, sailmaker, Thomas Ayles, shipbuilder and Henry Raggett, sculptor all of Weymouth, Levi Riggs, miller, George Riggs, baker and George Cale, cordwainer all of Dewlish, William Shutter of Piddletrenthide, butcher, George Derriman of Cerne Abbas, tinman, William Bartlett, draper and William Daw, cabinet maker both of Dorchester and Simon Hearn of Sydling, baker 3. John Mason of Dorchester, superintendent preacher Recital: That Thomas Fisher the elder of Dorchester, grocer devised his lands unto his sons Thomas and John Fisher. He died 13 Aug 1818. Thomas Fisher junior died 1 Aug 1839 naming Harriet Fisher and John Fisher his executors. Consideration 2 to 1: £275 1 to 2 and 3 Property: a piece of ground in St Peter's Parish measuring 53 feet by 44 feet 10 inches, bounded on the west by stables late in the occupation of party 1 but recently sold by auction to Robert Williams Esq, on the east by a road leading out of Durngate Street towards other land owned by John Fisher, on the south by Durngate Street and on the north by a garden belonging to Thomas Fisher deceased Covenants: To build a methodist chapel on the site |
| Will of Batt Chaffey, Yeoman of Dorchester , Dorset | 04 February 1819 | PROB 11/1613 | Note:- "Batt" is normally an abbreviation for Bartholomew. |
| Will of Jane Arden, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 06 February 1819 | PROB 11/1613 | |
| Will of Hester Bristed, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 31 August 1819 | PROB 11/1619 | |
| Will of Thomas Curme, Cabinet Maker of Dorchester , Dorset | 06 November 1819 | PROB 11/1622 | |
| Will of Anne Wilce Speed, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 09 May 1820 | PROB 11/1630 | |
| Will of Robert White of Saint Peters Dorchester , Dorset | 08 June 1820 | PROB 11/1631 | |
| Will of Rebecca Chick, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 13 June 1820 | PROB 11/1630 | |
| Will of Catherine Burnard, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 01 July 1820 | PROB 11/1631 | |
| Will of Mary Roberts, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 27 February 1821 | PROB 11/1640 | |
| Will of Elizabeth Cozens, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 21 June 1821 | PROB 11/1644 | |
| Will of Mary Locke, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 21 June 1821 | PROB 11/1644 | |
| Probate copy will: Elizabeth STORY of Dorchester, spinster Will dated 5 Oct 1822 | 5 Oct 1822 | D/LRL/1/373 | Probate granted 2 Jan 1826 |
| Probate copy will:
John FOOT of Dorchester, carpenter and joiner
Will dated 4 Nov 1822 |
4 Nov 1822 | D/LRL/1/132 | Probate granted 9 Nov 1831 - See Will of daughter Elizabeth James 15 Sep 1850 |
| Will of Jane Strickland, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 25 June 1822 | PROB 11/1658 | |
| Will of Rebecca Bartlett, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 08 July 1822 | PROB 11/1659 | |
| Will of Francis Oakley, Brewer of Dorchester , Dorset | 15 July 1822 | PROB 11/1659 | |
| Will of Matthew Baker, Auctioneer of Dorchester , Dorset | 27 March 1823 | PROB 11/1667 | |
| Will of Edward Robert Lambert, Captain half pay 21st Fuzeleers of Dorchester , Dorset | 22 April 1823 | PROB 11/1669 | |
| Will of William Taylor, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 14 July 1823 | PROB 11/1673 | |
| Will of John Greening, Collar Maker of Dorchester , Dorset | 17 September 1823 | PROB 11/1675 | |
| Will of Sibella Lambert, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 15 January 1824 | PROB 11/1680 | |
| Will of George Stickland, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 23 September 1824 | PROB 11/1690 | |
| Will of Reverend Henry John Richman, Clerk of Dorchester , Dorset | 22 December 1824 | PROB 11/1693 | Source CCED - Appointed Curate Holy Trinity Dorchester 7 July 1807: Instituted Rector 1813: Death recorded on 25 January 1825; Source OXA Henry john Richman son of Rector of Christchurch Hants Gentleman graduate of Queens College matriculated 16 Feb 1775 aged 19 Bible Clerk Corpus Christie College 1 Dec 1775 BCL 1802; Master of the "Free school" Dorchester 1790-1813, Rector of Holy Trinity Church with frome Whitfield 1813 until death 28 Nov 1824. |
| Will of Sibella Lambert of Dorchester , Dorset | 18 August 1826 | PROB 11/1715 | |
| Will of Reverend Abel Edwards, Clerk of Dorchester , Dorset | 03 October 1826 | PROB 11/1717 | No trace Church of England database or University alumni but marriage register for Holy Trinity Church Dorchester shows "The Rev Abel EDWARDS & Miss Ann CHANNING married 21-Sep 1798 by license ". Also article in The Salisbury & Winchester Journal dated 23 nov 1812 "TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by M. BAKER, at the Antelope Inn, in Dorchester, on Monday the 30th day of November, 1812, precisely at four o'clock in the afternoon, subject to such conditions as shall be then and there produced. - The Fee-Simple and Inheritance of all that MESSUAGE, Burgage, or Tenement, situate in the High West-street, in Dorchester; - consisting of two good parlours, a drawing-room, dressing-room, four good bed chambers, two garrets, kitchen, brew house, cellar, and a large room over the kitchen, which may be used as a laundry; together with a walled garden behind the same, in the occupation of Mr. Thomas Gould Read, subject to a lease of 99 years, now determinable on the death of William Channing, aged 72 years, and Ann the wife of the Rev. Abel Edwards, aged 70 years, or thereabouts. |
| Will of Margaret Williams, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 15 December 1826 | PROB 11/1719 | |
| Will of John Terrell, Victualler of Dorchester , Dorset | 01 March 1827 | PROB 11/1723 | |
| Will of Ann Bryer, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 26 May 1827 | PROB 11/1725 | |
| Will of Thomas Maidment of Dorchester , Dorset | 04 January 1828 | PROB 11/1735 | |
| Will of William White, Tiler and Plasterer of Dorchester , Dorset | 13 February 1828 | PROB 11/1737 | |
| Probate copy will: William SMITH of Dorchester, gentleman Will dated 28 Feb 1828 | 28 Feb 1828 | D/LRL/1/374 | Probate granted 12 Apr 1828 |
| Will of William Hayne, Rabbit Merchant of Dorchester , Dorset | 14 March 1828 | PROB 11/1737 | |
| Will of Mary Lovat, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 02 April 1828 | PROB 11/1739 | |
| Will of Catherine Garland, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 16 April 1828 | PROB 11/1739 | |
| Will of Henry Tooze, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 28 July 1828 | PROB 11/1743 | |
| Will of Robert Henning, Attorney at Law of Dorchester , Dorset | 18 August 1828 | PROB 11/1744 | |
| Will of John Bartlett, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 03 November 1828 | PROB 11/1747 | |
| Will of John Lock, Cork Cutter, Plumber and Glazier of Dorchester , Dorset | 23 January 1829 | PROB 11/1750 | |
| Will of Phillis Frampton, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 10 March 1829 | PROB 11/1752 | |
| Probate copy will: Martha COLLIER of Dorchester, spinster Will dated... Feb 1826 | 07 April 1829 | D/LRL/1/53 & PROB 11/1754 | Probate granted 7 Apr 1829 |
| Will of William Bower of Dorchester , Dorset | 27 April 1829 | PROB 11/1754 | |
| Probate copy will: William TREEVES of Dorchester, cabinet maker and upholsterer, Will dated 29 May 1829 | 29 May 1829 | D/LRL/1/446 | Probate granted 17 Jun 1830 |
| Will of Nathaniel Stickland of Dorchester , Dorset | 29 August 1829 | PROB 11/1760 | |
| Will of Sarah Wood, Singlewoman of Dorchester , Dorset | 24 October 1829 | PROB 11/1762 | |
| Will of Alice Henning, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 12 December 1829 | PROB 11/1764 | |
| Will of Reverend Thomas Morton Colson, Clerk of Dorchester , Dorset | 16 September 1830 | PROB 11/1775 | Son of Thomas Colson Rector of of Studland, Dorset. Graduate of Wadham College Oxford matriculated 20/6/1782, aged 18; BA 1786. Ordained deacon 5 Nov 1786 Christchurch and appointed curate of Winterbourne St Martin 13 Nov 1786; ordained priest 18 May 1788 St Peter le Poor London; appointed curate of Winterbourne Monkton 14 Jan 1797; Appointed Rector of Winterbourne Came 19 Mar 1800 his subsequent career in the church appears somewhat confused with references to periods as Rector of Linkenholt in Hants and Pilsdon as well as being perpetual curate at Stratton and Charminster. His death is recorded on their database as 10 Sep 1830 |
| Will of John Bennett, Shopkeeper of Dorchester , Dorset | 14 October 1830 | PROB 11/1776 | |
| Will of Sarah Pook, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 08 February 1831 | PROB 11/1782 | |
| Probate copy will: Edward BOSWELL of Dorchester, gentleman Will dated 25 Jun 1831 | 25 Jun 1831 | D/LRL/1/9 | Probate granted 27 May 1843 |
| Probate copy will: Thomas JOHNSON of Dorchester Innholder Will dated 4 Sep 1831 | 4 Sep 1831 | D/LRL/1/227 | Probate granted 8 Jun 1832 |
| Will of William Pettigrew, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 16 September 1831 | PROB 11/1790 | |
| Will of John Foot, Carpenter and Joiner of Dorchester , Dorset | 09 November 1831 | PROB 11/1791B | |
| Will of Jane Bristed, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 14 January 1832 | PROB 11/1794 | |
| Will of John Hazard, Baker of Dorchester , Dorset | 27 March 1832 | PROB 11/1797 | |
| Will of Elizabeth Chappell, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 05 May 1832 | PROB 11/1799 | |
| Will of Thomas Johnson, Innholder of Dorchester, Dorset | 08 June 1832 | PROB 11/1801 | |
| Will of Morgan Bullock of Dorchester , Dorset | 11 September 1832 | PROB 11/1805 | |
| Will of Edith Slade, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 10 October 1832 | PROB 11/1807 | |
| Will of Susannah Bullock, Wife of Dorchester , Dorset | 05 October 1833 | PROB 11/1822 | |
| Will of William Oliver, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 05 April 1834 | PROB 11/1830 | |
| Will of Edward Foy, Plasterer of Dorchester , Dorset | 18 November 1834 | PROB 11/1838 | |
| Will of John Willis of Dorchester , Dorset | 27 January 1835 | PROB 11/1842 | |
| Will of Sarah Jolliffe otherwise Jolliff, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 05 February 1835 | PROB 11/1842 | |
| Will of Thomas Gould Read, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 07 February 1835 | PROB 11/1843 | |
| Will of Mary Legg, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 10 March 1835 | PROB 11/1844 | |
| Will of George Greening, Collar and Harness Maker of Dorchester , Dorset | 28 April 1835 | PROB 11/1845 | |
| Administration: Robert SAYERS of Dorchester, mate on board, Don John VI, Portugese Service | 18 May 1835 | D/LRL/1/675 | Administration granted 18 May 1835 |
| Will of John Caish, Waggoner of Dorchester , Dorset | 26 May 1835 | PROB 11/1846 | |
| Will of William Masters, Innholder of Dorchester , Dorset | 02 July 1835 | PROB 11/1849 | |
| Will of Mary Grant, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 25 August 1835 | PROB 11/1850 | |
| Will of Charles Cosens of Dorchester , Dorset | 24 November 1835 | PROB 11/1853 | |
| Will of Mary Tazewell or Tarzewell, Widow of Dorchester, Dorset | 09 December 1835 | PROB 11/1855 | |
| Will of Elizabeth Warner, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 02 January 1836 | PROB 11/1857 | |
| Will of Elizabeth otherwise Eliza Story, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 02 January 1836 | PROB 11/1856 | |
| Will of John Pulman, Victualler of Dorchester , Dorset | 21 January 1836 | PROB 11/1856 | |
| Will of William Andrews, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 17 February 1836 | PROB 11/1857 | |
| Will of Richard Fudge, Butcher of Dorchester , Dorset | 19 August 1836 | PROB 11/1865 | |
| Will of Susannah Cooper late Susannah Tiley of Dorchester , Dorset | 10 September 1836 | PROB 11/1866 | |
| Probate copy will:
William BISHOP of Dorchester, nurseryman
Will dated 17 Dec 1836 |
17 Dec 1836 | D/LRL/1/8 | Probate granted 5 Jul 1837 |
| Will of Frances Shirley, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 11 October 1836 | PROB 11/1868 | |
| Will of Mary Mason, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 17 November 1836 | PROB 11/1869 | |
| DHC= Probate copy will: Letitia SOMNER of Dorcheter, spinster Will dated 27 Jan 1837 (28 docs incl copy will of William SOMNER of Okeford Fitzpaine, Clerk, dated 8 Feb 1749) NA= Will of Letitia or Letitia Wilhelmina Somner, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 27 Jan 1837 | D/LRL/1/685 & PROB 11/1882 | Probate granted 11 Jul 1837 |
| Will of William Galpin, Cooper of Dorchester , Dorset | 10 February 1837 | PROB 11/1872 | |
| Will of William Pugsley of All Saints Dorchester , Dorset | 14 February 1837 | PROB 11/1873 | |
| Will of Martha Austin of Dorchester , Dorset | 10 March 1837 | PROB 11/1873 | |
| Will of Benjamin Bowring, Gentleman of All Saints Dorchester , Dorset | 15 March 1837 | PROB 11/1873 | |
| Will of Stephen Gale, Builder of Dorchester , Dorset | 30 March 1837 | PROB 11/1874 | |
| Will of Elizabeth Redway, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 20 April 1837 | PROB 11/1877 | |
| Will of George Lock, Gentleman of Dorchester, Dorset | 19 May 1837 | PROB 11/1878 | |
| Will of Henry Kentfield, Innkeeper of Dorchester , Dorset | 13 July 1837 | PROB 11/1881 | |
| Will of William Austin, Draper and Tailor of Dorchester , Dorset | 29 August 1837 | PROB 11/1882 | |
| Will of Robert Hazard, Confectioner of Dorchester , Dorset | 21 November 1837 | PROB 11/1886 | |
| Will of John Summers otherwise John Somers Jacob, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 22 November 1837 | PROB 11/1886 | |
| Probate copy will: Joan otherwise Jane HODGE of Dorchester Spinster Will dated 12 Apr 1838 | 12 Apr 1838 | PROB 11/1895 | Probate granted 18 may 1838 |
| Will of John Foy, Carpenter and Joiner of Dorchester , Dorset | 01 September 1838 | PROB 11/1900 | |
| Will of Sarah Hazard, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 04 October 1838 | PROB 11/1901 | |
| Will of Bennett or Bennet Harvey, Ironmonger of Dorchester , Dorset | 20 October 1838 | PROB 11/1901 | |
| Administration with will annexed: Nicholas STICKLAND of Dorchester, gentleman Will dated 26 Feb 1762 | 5 Nov 1838 | D/LRL/1/364 | Administration Granted 5 Nov 1838; (First grant Jun 1769) |
| Will of Betty Amey, Widow of Dorchester, Dorset | 24 January 1839 | PROB 11/1905 | |
| Will of Martha Stickland of Dorchester , Dorset | 28 February 1839 | PROB 11/1907 | |
| Will of Dinah Hicks, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 13 March 1839 | PROB 11/1908 | |
| Will of Thomas Fisher, Merchant of Dorchester , Dorset | 06 September 1839 | PROB 11/1916 | |
| Will of Charlton Byam Wollaston of Dorchester , Dorset | 23 April 1840 | PROB 11/1926 | |
| Will of Mary Shergold, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 13 June 1840 | PROB 11/1930 | |
| Will of William Garland, Wine Merchant of Dorchester , Dorset | 30 June 1840 | PROB 11/1929 | |
| Will of Rebecca Hellard, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 26 August 1840 | PROB 11/1932 | |
| Will of Hannah Harding, Widow of Dorchester , Dors | 17 February 1841 | PROB 11/1941 | |
| Will of Sarah Gale, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 16 March 1841 | PROB 11/1942 | |
| Will of Thomas Roe, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 06 April 1841 | PROB 11/1944 | |
| Will of Susanna Miller, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 17 April 1841 | PROB 11/1944 | |
| Will of Frances Anne Garland, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 17 May 1841 | PROB 11/1945 | |
| Will of Joseph Clavell Staddon Slyfield of The Maithouse Dorchester , Dorset | 20 December 1841 | PROB 11/1955 | |
| Will of Elizabeth Meech, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 14 March 1842 | PROB 11/1959 | |
| Will of George Strickland, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 05 May 1842 | PROB 11/1963 | |
| Will of Anne Tapp, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 10 September 1842 | PROB 11/1968 | |
| Will of Thomas Bower, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 04 October 1842 | PROB 11/1969 | |
| Will of Doctor Christopher Cooper, Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Physics of Dorchester , Dorset | 01 December 1842 | PROB 11/1971 | |
| Will of Elizabeth Banger, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 09 January 1843 | PROB 11/1973 | |
| Will of Thomas Lockett, Shopkeeper of Dorchester , Dorset | 27 April 1843 | PROB 11/1978 | |
| Will of Mary or Woodward Hankins, Widow of Wollaston House Dorchester , Dorset | 11 May 1843 | PROB 11/1979 | |
| Will of Edward Boswell, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 27 May 1843 | PROB 11/1979 | |
| Will of Elizabeth Pouncy, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 06 December 1843 | PROB 11/1990 | |
| Probate copy will: Robert Childs WHETHAM of Dorchester, ? Will dated 24 Jun 1844 | 24 Jun 1844 | D/LRL/1/484 | Probate granted 19 Jun 1846 |
| Will of Elizabeth Corbin, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 14 August 1844 | PROB 11/2003 | |
| Will of Agnes Taunton, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 15 November 1844 | PROB 11/2008 | |
| Will of Walter Parry Hodges of Dorchester , Dorset | 04 April 1845 | PROB 11/2015 | |
| Will of Charles Stickland of Dorchester , Dorset | 03 September 1845 | PROB 11/2024 | |
| Will of Elizabeth Maynard, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 20 January 1846 | PROB 11/2029 | |
| Will of Charles Eldridge, Brewer of Dorchester , Dorset | 30 May 1846 | PROB 11/2035 | |
| Will of Thomas Clark, Bookseller of Dorchester , Dorset | 12 June 1846 | PROB 11/2037 | |
| Will of Joseph Jacob, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 30 June 1846 | PROB 11/2037 | |
| Will of Edith Bartlett, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 14 November 1846 | PROB 11/2044 | |
| Will of Henry Bly, Gentleman of Holy Trinity Dorchester , Dorset | 09 January 1847 | PROB 11/2048 | |
| Will of James Harvey Hawkins, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 15 January 1847 | PROB 11/2048 | |
| Will of Elias Galpin, Brewer of Dorchester , Dorset | 05 February 1847 | PROB 11/2050 | |
| Will of Reverend William Rush Hallett Churchill, Clerk of Dorchester , Dorset [1775-1847] | 17 February 1847 | PROB 11/2050 | The son of William Churchill of Coliton House Dorchester matriculated Worcester College Oxford 7 march 1792 at the age of 17 obtaining his BA 1795: Fellow of All Souls ordained deacon at Christchurch Oxford 24 December 1797 and priest 17 Feb 1799 at Delbury shropshire. Appointed Rector of Bettiscombe 31 Dec 1799; and Rector of Winterbourne Anderstone 23 Aug 1813. Died 11 Jan 1847 |
| Will of Mary Caish, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 18 September 1847 | PROB 11/2062 | |
| Will of Reverend George Wood, Clerk of Dorchester , Dorset | 25 September 1847 | PROB 11/2062 | Source CCED - Ordained deacon 18 dec 1796 St George Hanover Square London; Ordained priest 15 July 1798 Bristol Cathedral; Appointed Vicar of Winterbourne St Martin 5 Feb 1801, resigned 9 May 1806; Appointed Rector of Shaston St Rumbold 29 Oct 1806; Appointed Rector Holy Trinity Dorchester 25 January 1825: Source OXA - George WOOD son of James Wood of Dorchester Dorset pleb Oriel College Oxford matriculated 11 mar 1793 aged 19; BA 1796; MA 1804 Rector of Holy Trinity Dorchester 1824 until death 21 Aug 1847: Source HD pages 164 to 17? Long account of legal case in 1826 between Wood and John Morton Colson which rehearses the case that Holy Tinity and St peters have had the same rector since 1303 and that George Wood is Rector of Both. On Page 184 it states that he was also Chaplain to ther Right Honorable the Earl of Shaftsbury |
| Will of John Gregory, Plasterer of Dorchester , Dorset | 27 September 1847 | PROB 11/2062 | |
| Will of Margaret Tapp, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 24 May 1848 | PROB 11/2075 | |
| Will of William Reason, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 26 May 1848 | PROB 11/2075 | |
| Will of William Stephenson, Clock and Watch Maker of Dorchester , Dorset | 27 June 1848 | PROB 11/2077 | |
| Will of Thomas Curtis, Hosier of Dorchester , Dorset | 07 July 1848 | PROB 11/2077 | |
| Will of Mary Ann Moore, Widow of West Fordington Dorchester , Dorset | 01 August 1848 | PROB 11/2079 | |
| Will of Humphrey Stark, Mail Coach Guard of Dorchester , Dorset | 22 August 1848 | PROB 11/2080 | |
| Probate copy will: Ralph SHORTO of Dorchester, miller and baker Will dated 2 Apr 1849 | 2 Apr 1849 | D/LRL/1/697 | Probate granted 8 Aug 1849 |
| Will of Benjamin Jacob, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 12 July 1849 | PROB 11/2096 | |
| Will of Ann Creech, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 04 March 1850 | PROB 11/2109 | |
| Will of Henry Jacob, Gentleman of Dorchester, Dorset | 3 April 1850 | PROB 11/2111 | |
| Will of Lawrence Elford, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 09 April 1850 | PROB 11/2111 | |
| Will of William Stevens of Dorchester , Dorset | 27 June 1850 | PROB 11/2115 | |
| Will of Catherine Lodder, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 09 July 1850 | PROB 11/2116 | |
| Elizabeth JAMES of Dorchester, widow | 15 Sep 1850 | D/LRL/1/132 | (4 docs incl: Probate copy will: Elizabeth JAMES of Dorchester, widow (daughter of John Foot see will 4 Nov 1822 ) Will dated 15 Sep 1850 |
| Will of Doctor Francis Jackson, Doctor of Medicine of Dorchester , Dorset | 02 January 1851 | PROB 11/2125 | |
| Will of George Cull, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 03 May 1851 | PROB 11/2132 | |
| Will of Stephen Biggs, Confectioner of Dorchester , Dorset | 25 September 1851 | PROB 11/2139 | |
| Will of Thomas Coombs, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 05 June 1852 | PROB 11/2154 | |
| Will of John Durden, Plumber and Glazier of Dorchester , Dorset | 05 August 1852 | PROB 11/2157 | |
| Will of George Harris, Yeoman of Dorchester , Dorset | 16 August 1852 | PROB 11/2157 | |
| Probate copy will: Frances STICKLAND of Dorchester, spinster Will dated 6 Oct 1852 | 6 Oct 1852 | D/LRL/1/703 | Probate granted 27 Apr 1858 |
| Will of Theophila Farr Yeatman, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 24 February 1853 | PROB 11/2168 | |
| Will of Mary Bryer, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 09 April 1853 | PROB 11/2169 | |
| Will of Joseph Henry Firth, Lieutenant Honorable Companys Service Bengal Establishment of Dorchester , Dorset | 05 July 1853 | PROB 11/2175 | |
| Administration: Susan VIVIAN of Dorchester, widow | 6 Jul 1853 | D/LRL/1/474 | Administration granted 6 Jul 1853 |
| Will of Esau Vivian, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 09 July 1853 | PROB 11/2176 | |
| Will of Ann Stark, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 10 August 1853 | PROB 11/2177 | |
| Will of Mary Cooper, Widow of Holy Trinity Dorchester , Dorset | 27 September 1853 | PROB 11/2178 | |
| Probate copy will: Joseph STONE of Dorchester, gentleman Will dated 13 Oct 1853 | 13 Oct 1853 | D/LRL/1/381 & PROB 11/2195 | Probate granted 1 Jul 1854 |
| Probate copy will: John GREGORY of Dorchester, builder Will dated 5 Nov 1853 | 5 Nov 1853 | D/LRL/1/157 & PROB 11/2186 | Probate granted 10 Feb 1854 |
| Will of Robert Grayham or Graham of Dorchester , Dorset | 04 January 1854 | PROB 11/2184 | |
| Will of Susannah Locke, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 15 February 1854 | PROB 11/2186 | |
| Will of Mary Locke, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 14 March 1854 | PROB 11/2188 | |
| Will of Elizabeth Forrester Neave, Widow of Portesham near Dorchester , Dorset | 04 April 1854 | PROB 11/2190 | |
| Will of Reverend Edmund Bryer, Clerk of Dorchester , Dorset | 13 May 1854 | PROB 11/2190 | Rev Edmund BRYER (1775-1854) 4th child of Rev Thomas BRYER Rector of All Saints church Dorchester (from 1774 until 1818) and Mary BOWER his wife Baptised 21 May 1776 All Saints Church Dorchester. Educated at Balliol College Oxford matriculated 11 Dec 1794 aged 19 BA 1799. lived High West Street with sister Mary, unmarried. Died 30 Jan 1854. |
| Will of John Wood, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 31 March 1855 | PROB 11/2209 | |
| Probate copy will: William HAWKINS of Dorchester Appraiser Will dated 12 Apr 1855 | 12 Apr 1855 | D/LRL/1/190 | Probate granted 18 Apr 1863 |
| Will of John Burnet of Dorchester , Dorset | 14 May 1855 | PROB 11/2211 | |
| Will of Martha Davies, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 01 June 1855 | PROB 11/2213 | |
| Probate copy will:
Joseph Henry FIRTH of Dorchester, Lieut 5th Reg. Native Infantry, E India Co Will dated ? March 1853 Administration: Joseph FIRTH of Dorchester (3 docs) |
27 Aug 1855 | D/LRL/1/137 | Administration Granted 27 Aug 1855 and 26 Apr 1870 (First administrator died before administration was completed) |
| Will of Catherine Manfield, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 06 October 1855 | PROB 11/2221 | |
| Will of Sarah Stone, Spinster of Dorchester , Dorset | 19 October 1855 | PROB 11/2221 | |
| Will of Betsy Wood, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 22 January 1856 | PROB 11/2226 | |
| Will of Martha Churchill, Widow of Colliton House at Colliton in Dorchester , Dorset | 24 January 1856 | PROB 11/2225 | |
| Administration:
Henry William FIRTH of Dorchester, bachelor
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11 Feb 1856 | D/LRL/1/701 | Administration granted 11 Feb 1856 |
| Will of Mary Fisher, Widow of West Walk Dorchester , Dorset | 03 April 1856 | PROB 11/2230 | |
| Will of Joseph Clapcott, Gentleman of Dorchester , Dorset | 30 April 1856 | PROB 11/2230 | |
| Will of John James Lambert of Dorchester , Dorset | 08 December 1856 | PROB 11/2243 | |
| Will of Sarah Eldridge, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 24 January 1857 | PROB 11/2244 | |
| Will of Frances Louisa Plowman formerly Taunton, Widow of Dorchester , Dorset | 17 July 1857 | PROB 11/2255 | |
| Will of Edward Billows, Gas Engineer of Dorchester , Dorset | 20 November 1857 | PROB 11/2259 | |
| Will of Charlotte Barham Wallis formerly Cosens, Wife of Dorchester , Dorset | 08 January 1858 | PROB 11/2263 | |
| Note end of Wills available on line at National Archives | up to 1858 | Only | |
| Probate copy will: Edwin Honey BOWDEN of Dorchester, schoolmaster Will dated 25 Jan 1863 | 25 Jan 1863 | D/LRL/1/14 | Probate granted 13 Jun 1863 |
| Probate copy will: Anna FOX of Dorchester, spinster Will dated 11 Aug 1865 | 11 Aug 1865 | D/LRL/1/140 | Probate granted 3 Oct 1865 |
| Probate copy will: James DART of Dorchester, hay dealer Will dated 17 Dec 1868 | 17 Dec 1868 | D/LRL/1/715 | Probate granted 27 Jun 1881 |
| Probate copy will: George HAWKINS of Dorchester, gentleman Will dated 8 May 1869 | 8 May 1869 | D/LRL/1/679 | Probate granted 21 Nov 1885 |
| Probate copy will: George PANTON of Dorchester, surgeon Will dated 14 Sep 1871 | 14 Sep 1871 | D/LRL/1/317 | Probate granted 30 Nov 1871 |
| Probate copy will: Edward HARRIS of Dorchester, yeoman Will dated 15 Apr 1872 | 15 Apr 1872 | D/LRL/1/682 | Probate granted 28 Oct 1873 |
| Probate copy will: Maria JOHNSON of Dorchester Spinster Will dated 27 Feb 1873 | 27 Feb 1873 | D/LRL/1/230 | Probate granted 16 Jan 1875 |
| Probate copy will: Elizabeth Maria PEACH of Dorchester, spinster Will dated 1 May 1874 | 1 May 1874 | D/LRL/1/318 | Probate granted 9 Dec 1882 |
| Probate copy will: James BRETT of Dorchester, retired coachman Will dated 17 Apr 1877 | 17 Apr 1877 | D/LRL/1/19 | Probate granted 8 Mar 1878 |
| Probate copy will: Jane BEDLOE of Dorchester, widow Will dated 23 Apr 1877 | 23 Apr 1877 | D/LRL/1/21 | Probate granted 11 Jun 1879 |
| Will of George Frost of Dorchester, hotel proprietor, made 1881 with probate 1881; | 1881 | D/COO:H/F/27 | |
| Probate copy will: Job SHORTO of Dorchester, gentleman Will dated 18 Feb 1882 | 18 Feb 1882 | D/LRL/1/394 | Probate granted 10 Jun 1882 |
| Administration of John Brushett of the Star Inn, Bell Street, Dorchester, made 1884; | 1884 | D/COO:H/F/27 | |
| Probate copy will: Susan Jones FUDGE of Dorchester, widow Will dated 4 Jan 1884 | 4 Jan 1884 | D/LRL/1/147 | Probate granted 1 May 1884 |
| Administration: Catherine CRISWICK of Dorchester, widow | 8 Apr 1884 | D/LRL/1/717 | Probate granted 8 Apr 1884 |
| Probate copy will: Richard FUDGE of Dorchester, butcher and coal merchant Will dated 21 Jul 1885 | 21 Jul 1885 | D/LRL/1/147A | Probate granted 30 Sep 1887 |
| Probate copy will: Henry PITFIELD of Dorchester, warden in HM Prison Will dated 4 Mar 1886 | 4 Mar 1886 | D/LRL/1/722 | Probate granted 4 Mar 1890 |
| Abstract will of Henry B J Wynyard of The Limes, Dorchester, Major General made 1890, | 1890 | D/COO:H/F/27 | |
| Probate copy will: George MABER of Dorchester, gentleman Will dated 12 Apr 1890 | 12 Apr 1890 | D/LRL/1/274 | Probate granted 15 Mar 1893 |
| Probate copy will: John Mastus HOSSEY of Dorchester, gentleman Will dated 18 Nov 1891 | 18 Nov 1891 | D/LRL/1/724 |
Probate granted 16 Mar 1892 |