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1629 - William DERBY [Note:- Town Clerk of Dorchester until 1648] (1638) 1649 - Richard SCOVILE [SKOVILE] [Note:- The Municipal Records of Dorchester show that he was appointed Town Clerk, (presumably on a temporary basis) on 9th Nov 1638 until " Tuesday after Michaelmas next". He permanently took over on 16th June 1649 "in place of William DERBY deceased". Richard Scovell, son of John and Susannah (Bradstock) Scovell, was born about the year 1605, probably at Wichampton. He died at Broadmayne in 1678, will dated Aug. 20, 1678. He married Elizabeth, sister of Rev. Thomas Wheatley. Richard Scovell lived at Broadmayne, Weymouth, and Dorchester, of which city he was town clerk. He was a man of importance, property, and social distinction. Sources:- MRD & Homer Worthington Brainard. A survey of the Scovils or Scovills in England and America : seven hundred years of history and genealogy] 1656 - Joseph DERBIE [Note:- Son of William DERBY above] 1676 - Andrew LODER 1694 - Robert LODER 1711 - Robert COLSON 1722 - John COLSON 1723 - Robert COLSON 1724 - Walter CROWE 1727 - Laurence SNOOK 1728 - Walter CROWE 1741 - Robert LODER 1751 - George COOPER 1777 - George STICKLAND 1792 - George STICKLAND the younger 1815 - Nathaniel STICKLAND 1816 - George STICKLAND [Note:- Mr. George STICKLAND a Magistrate & Town Clerk of this Borough; of High W. Street in the parish of Holy Trinity; buried 16 Jan 1824; age 62 ] 1824 - Joseph STONE 1853 - Giles SYMONDS (nephew of Joseph Stone, m. Jane Stickland, d. of Charles Stickland) 1892 - Henry SYMONDS (son of Giles Symonds) 1899 - Arthur George SYMONDS (son of Giles & brother of Henry) 1908 - Henry SYMONDS 1911 - Arthur George SYMONDS (son of Giles & brother of Henry – served overseas 1914-1919) 1922 - J Adrian HANDS 1949 - F P LAKE-SYDENHAM 1971 - Reginald W BROOM 1974 - Ivor BEAVIS 1982 - Peter C PAGE 1987 - Dennis HOLMES |