Spetisbury

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 lists below provide details of wills of Chilfrome residents, but may not be exhaustive.

TABLE I. WILLS PROVED IN THE PCC

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.

TABLE II. WILLS PROVED IN BRISTOL DIOCESIAN COURTS 1568-1792 (now held at Blandford)

(A) Consistory Court of the late Diocese of Bristol 1681 – 1792

CATER John, Spettisbury 1732

DAVIS Elizabeth, Spettisbury 1688

GALTON Thomas, Spettisbury A. 1760

HARRIS John, Spettisbury 1729

SATER Henry, Spetisbury 1729

SMITH Elizabeth, Spetisbury 1735

SMITH Henry, Spetisbury 1724

SPINNEY John, Spetisbury 1732

THORN Edith, Spettisbury A. 1711

 

(B) Archdeaconry Court of the late Diocese of Bristol 1568 – 1792 (Wills)

ALLEN Hugh, Spetisbury 34 1710

ALLEN Joshua, Spetisbury 47 1714

ALLEN Joshua, Spetisbury 64 1731

ALLEN Martha, Spetisbury 32 1720

ALLNER James, Spetisbury 63 1734

ANGELL Elizabeth, Spetisbury 43 1763

BUTLER Elizabeth, Spetisbury 67 1762

BUTLER Theophilus, Spetisbury 74 1748

CANDY Joseph, Spetisbury 38 1740

CHAPPELL Edith, Spetisbury 18 1696

CLARK Richard, Spetisbury 46 1669

CLARKE Charity, Spetisbury 62 1736

CLARKE Christopher, Spetisbury 54 1728

CLARKE Katherine, Spetisbury 61 1671

CLARKE Richard, Spetisbury 48 1695

DAVIS Edward, Spetisbury 41 1712

DURRANT Syth, Spetisbury 36 1664

ERNLE Lucia, Spetisbury 41 1674

EVANS Joseph, Spetisbury 33 1770

FILL Ann, Spetisbury 39 1698

FILL Mary, Spetisbury 60 1761

FRAMPTON Joseph, Spetisbury 20 1699

FRAMPTON William, Spetisbury 14 1708

FREEBORNE John, Spetisbury 58 1773

GALTON George, Spetisbury 59 1780

GOADINCH Thomas, Spetisbury 26 1665

HARDEN Robert, Spetisbury 28 1735

HARRIS Isaac, Spetisbury 28 1676

HARRIS Jane, Spetisbury 18 1711

HARRIS John, Spetisbury 36 1746

HARRIS Mary, Spetisbury 61 1739

HARRIS Thomas, Spetisbury 58 1725

HARRIS William, Spetisbury 59 1671

HARRIS William, Spetisbury 29 1706

HIXON John, Spetisbury 55 1728

HOLLOWAY William, Spetisbury 64 1734

KNAPP John, Spetisbury 71 1742

MARTIN John, Spetisbury 65 1731

MEECH John, Spetisbury 62 1769

MITCHELL David, Spetisbury 45 1723

MITCHELL Edward, Spetisbury 56 1728

MITCHELL Jane, Spettisbury 39 1740

MITCHELL John, Spetisbury 52 1771

MITCHELL Thomas, Spetisbury 48 1707

MITCHELL Ursula, Spetisbury 25 1726

OLIVER Thomas, Spetisbury 47 1760

REDMAN William, Spetisbury 53 1772

SALTER John, Spetisbury 61 1761

SCAMMELL Thomas, Spetisbury 30 1666

SNOOK Thomas, Spettisbury 35 1664

STROUD Elizabeth, Spetisbury 64 1767

STROUD John, Spetisbury 57 1754

STROUD Mary, Widow of Spetisbury 54 1786

THOMAS John, Spetisbury 48 1778

WATTS William, Spetisbury 55 1790

 

(C) Archdeaconry Court of the late Diocese of Bristol 1660 – 1792

ANGELL Robert, Spetisbury 37 1761

BOWYER John, Spetisbury 48 1692

CRABB William, Spettisbury 69 1690

ERNLE Luce, Spetisbury 56 1674

FILL Mary, Spetisbury 55 1675

FILL Thomas senior, Spetisbury 34 1669

GALTON Henry, Spetisbury 34 1762

HARRIS Henry, Spetisbury 28 1696

HARRIS William, Spetisbury 40 1742

HARVEY Henry, Spetisbury 54 1687

HILL Mary, Spetisbury 9 1792

HIXON James senior, Spetisbury 41 1751

HOLLOWAY Joseph, Spetisbury 20 1781

JENKINS Thomas, Spetisbury 83 1681

JORDAN Edward, Spetisbury 16 1781

LODER Henry, Spettisbury 17 1780

LOVELL Joan, Spetisbury 19 1697

MARSH William, Spetisbury 67 1672

MASTERS George, Spetisbury 55 1687

PARSONS Mary, Spetisbury 56 1687

RAYMOND Henry, Spetisbury 80 1681

RUSSELL Ann, Spetisbury 45 1688

SHARP Thomas, Spetisbury 55 1674

STROUD John, Spetisbury 27 1767

THOMAS Elizabeth, Widow of Spetisbury 24 1782

 

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