Dorset Administrations for the Parish of Corfe Castle (and Purbeck)
Transcribed and donated to the Dorset OPC Project by Louise Haywood and Kim Parker
The following list of DORSET ADMINISTRATIONS for Corfe Castle parish, with a few for Purbeck,
were taken from the Somerset & Dorset Notes & Queries Vols 1-6. They are grants to the estates
of Intestates (those who did not leave a Will) and were extracted by George S. Fry from the
records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury then at Somerset House in 'The Administrative Act Book'.
The records begin in the year 1559 and Fry's transcriptions stopped at 1725. The years are written
in the old-style Julian calendar which changed in 1752.
Surname of Deceased | Forename | Recorded Residence | Grantee & Relationship to Deceased | Date of Administration | Folio | SDNQ vols | ||
ARDEN | Thomas | Norden, Purbeck | William ARDEN, brother; Cicely ARDEN, mother, renouncing | 20 | May | 1656 | 92 | Vol 4, p. 307 |
BALLING | William | Purbeck | Susanna BALLING, relict | 28 | Nov | 1672 | 166 | Vol 5, p. 159 |
BARNES | John | Corfe Castle, died in the ship ‘The Hope’ in King’s service | Alice BARNES, relict | 18 | Oct | 1679 | 145 | Vol 5, p. 209 |
BARNES | John | Corfe Castle, died abroad | Ann BARNES, relict | 1 | Aug | 1688 | 131 | Vol 5, p. 304 |
BATTRICK | Robert, junior, bachelor | Corfe Castle | George BATTRICK, brother | 7 | Dec | 1709 | 231 | Vol 6, p. 210 |
BENFIELD | Isaac, bachelor | Corfe Castle | Dorothy BENFIELD | 18 | Sep | 1660 | 139 | Vol 5, p. 65 |
BEST | William | Corfe Castle | Grace BEST, relict | 25 | Jun | 1672 | 68 | Vol 5, p. 159 |
BOWER | John | Corfe Castle, died at sea on ‘Taunton’ frigate | Adry BOWER, relict | 26 | Jan | 1658 | 10 | Vol 4, p.364 |
BROWNE | Susan, widow | Corfe Castle | Stephen BROWNE, next of kin | 22 | Nov | 1564 | 86 | Vol 2, p. 15 |
BROWNE | John | Corfe Castle | Edith BROWNE, relict | 29 | Dec | 1632 | 141 | Vol 3, p. 168 |
BROWNE | Robert | Corfe Castle | Elizabeth BROWNE, relict | 11 | Jun | 1646 | 74 | Vol 3, p. 318 |
CAREY | Mary | Corfe Castle | Nathaniel CAREY, son | 8 | Oct | 1660 | 149 | Vol 5, p. 65 |
COBB | Nicholas | Wareham, died abroad in ship ‘Colchester’ | Elizabeth COBB, relict | 25 | May | 1668 | 74 | Vol 5, p. 118 |
COLLINS | Margaret | Ower, Purbeck | William COLLINS, son | 2 | Nov | 1655 | 223 | Vol 4, p. 306 |
CULLIFORD | Roger | West Linch | Anne CULLIFORD, relict | 5 | Aug | 1628 | 44 | Vol 4, p. 148 |
CULLYFORD | William | Encombe, Purbeck | John CULLYFORD, son (further grant April 1734) | 21 | Jan | 1725 | 6 | Vol 6, p. 358 |
DACKOMBE | Bruin | Corfe Castle | Ann DYER, daughter | 22 | Jun | 1670 | 95 | Vol 5, p. 120 |
DOLINGE | Henry | Wolgarston, Corfe Castle | Jane DOLINGE | 9 | Jul | 1646 | 85 | Vol 3, p. 319 |
DOLLINGE | Robert | Corfe Castell, died in the City of Sarum | Thomas & Robert DOLLINGE, sons | 25 | Jan | 1590 | 163 | Vol 2, p. 189 |
FARRA | Thomas | Corfe Castle | Sarah FARRA, relict | 1 | Dec | 1660 | 200 | Vol 5, p. 65 |
FRY | William | Corff Castle | Lawrence FRY, brother | 10 | Oct | 1646 | 131 | Vol 3, p. 319 |
GEORGE | William | Corfe Castle | John George, uncle & guardian of Henry & Elizabeth, children of the deceased | 12 | May | 1679 | 69 | Vol 5, p. 209 |
GERRARD | Alice, spinster | Corfe Castle | George GERRARD, brother | 24 | May | 1672 | 51 | Vol 5, p. 159 |
GILLAM alias PARRYS | Roger | Purbeck | Agnes GILLAM alias PARRYS, relict | 28 | Jan | 1568 | 141 | Vol 2, p. 15 |
GOVER | Jonadab | Corfe Castle | Thomasine TOMS alias PURCHAS, sister | 7 | Sep | 1626 | 104 | Vol 3, p. 146 |
HOLMES | Mathew | Ower | Thomas BULLOCK, brother | 30 | Jan | 1656 | 9 | Vol 4, p. 308 |
HOWARD | Elias | Hyde Farm, Purbeck | Joane HOWARD, relict | 26 | Jan | 1698 | 17 | Vol 6, p. 59 |
HUNHAM | John | Corfe Castle | Hester HUNHAM, relict | 12 | May | 1702 | 91 | Vol 6, p. 111 |
JONES | Richard | Corfe Castle | Mary JONES, relict | 2 | Jun | 1681 | 71 | Vol 5, p. 259 |
LANNEN | Nicholas | Kingston | Mary LANNEN, relict | 21 | Nov | 1721 | 224 | Vol 6, p. 356 |
LITTLE | William | Purbeck, died in the ship ‘Sandwich’ | John AMBROSE, attorney of Elizabeth LITTLE, relict | 7 | Jan | 1698 | 18 | Vol 6, p. 59 |
LUDLOW | Benjamin, gent. | Late of Ireland, but at the siege of Corfe Castle | Henry LUDLOW, son; Joyce LUDLOW, relict, and Edmund LUDLOW, another son, renouncing | 22 | Mar | 1660 | 6 | Vol 5, p. 66 |
MILLER | Peter | Corfe Castle | Temperance MILLER, relict | 13 | Jul | 1626 | 95 | Vol 3, p. 147 |
MOLLEDGE | John | Corff Castle | Agnes MOLLEDGE, relict | 20 | Nov | 1598 | 266 | Vol 2, p. 228 |
MUNDAY | Thomas | Isle of Purbeck | Frances MUNDAY, relict | 3 | Jan | 1617 | 153 | Vol 3, p. 50 |
NYNUM | Thomas, bachelor | Corfe Castle, died in ship ‘War-spight’ | John GOODWIN, attorney of John NYNUM, father | 30 | Mar | 1691 | 43 | Vol 5, p. 340 |
PAINTER | Richard | Corfe Castle | Ann FURSEMAN, widow, Nathaniel SMITH & Thomas COTTERELL, principal creditors; Susan PAINTER, relict, renouncing | 31 | Dec | 1698 | 239 | Vol 6, p. 59 |
PAYNE | Absolom | Corfe Castle | Elizabeth PAYNE, relict | 17 | Aug | 1620 | 82 | Vol 3, p. 51 |
PRIDYAUX alias STONE | Elizeus | Corff Castle | John NYNUM of Essinton [Eastington], Worth Matravers, creditor | 28 | Mar | 1576 | 119 | Vol 2, p. 54 |
PYKE | John | Purbeck | Margaret PYKE, relict | 5 | Jun | 1703 | 127 | Vol 6, p. 113 |
PYNSON | Samuel | Corffe Castle | Margaret FRAMPTON, wife of John FRAMPTON of Wimborne Minster and William PYNSON, kinsfolk | 26 | Nov | 1588 | 80 | Vol 2, p. 134 |
ROSE | Richard, bachelor | Corfe Castle, died in ‘Hampshire’ frigate | Thomas BROMFIELD, attorney of John ROSE, father | 27 | Jan | 1682 | 13 | Vol 5, p. 260 |
ROYCROFT | Mary, spinster | Corfe Castle | Samuel ROYCROFT | 4 | Jun | 1694 | 131 | Vol 6, p. 27 |
SACHEVERELL | Christopher | Owre | William SANDHAM and Alice, his wife, daughter of deceased | 18 | Apr | 1646 | 59 | Vol 4, p. 25 |
SERCHFEILD | Thomas | Corff Castle | John SERCHFEILD, relict | 17 | Aug | 1620 | 82 | Vol 3, p. 52 |
STREETE | John | Corfe Castle | Elizabeth STREETE, relict | 14 | May | 1656 | 91 | Vol 4, p. 308 |
STREETE | Thomas | Purbeck but died ay Harwich, Essex | John STREETE, brother | 17 | Nov | 1651 | 181 | Vol 4, p. 104 |
TALBOT | William | Isle of Purbeck | Edith TALBOT, relict | 5 | Feb | 1614 | 4 | Vol 3, p. 49 |
TEWXBURY | Edward | Corfe Castle | Edith TEWXBURY | 21 | May | 1668 | 73 | Vol 5, p. 119 |
TOOP | Margery | Purbeck | Henry GREENING, nephew on sister’s side | 21 | Jun | 1673 | 67 | Vol 5, p. 161 |
TOOPE | John | Burshaw [Bushey] | James BEWNELL & Thomas CLEMENT, uncles, during the minority of Richard, Elizabeth & Joan, children of the deceased | 14 | May | 1649 | 43 | Vol 4, p. 61 |
TREW | John | Corfe, Purbeck | Joane TREW, relict? | 3 | Jul | 1677 | 92 | Vol 5, p. 208 |
TUPP alias TOOPE | Richard | Bullen [Bushey], Corfe Castle | Alice TUPP/TOOPE, relict (further grant Feb 1671) | 18 | Apr | 1668 | 60 | Vol 5, p. 119 |
TUPP alias TOOPE | Richard | Bushier [Bushey], Corfe Castle | Edward PARRY & William SALTER, guardians of Richard & John TUPP/ TOOPE, sons of the deceased - Alice TUPP/ TOOPE, relict, not having fully administered (former grant Apr 1668) | 22 | Feb | 1671 | 28 | Vol 5, p. 159 |
TURNER | Giles | Corfe Castell | Alice TURNER, relict | 9 | Dec | 1603 | 179 | Vol 2, p. 272 |
TYLER | John | Corfe [might be Corfe Mullen] | Katherine COLE alias TYLER, relict | 17 | Dec | 1656 | 306 | Vol 4, p. 308 |
WELLS | Catherine | Purbeck | Ann WELLS, spinster, sister | 10 | Sep | 1700 | 183 | Vol 6, p. 61 |
WELSTEED | William, bachelor | Corfe Castle, died on ‘Hampshire’ frigate | Thomas BROMFIELD, attorney of Margaret WELSTEED, mother | 27 | Jan | 1682 | 14 | Vol 5, p. 260 |
WITT | John | Purbeck; died in ship ‘John & Mary’ | Edmund BUGDEN, principal creditor; Ann WITT, relict renouncing | 31 | Oct | 1685 | 133 | Vol 5, p. 302 |
WHIFFEN | Alice | New Mills, Purbeck | Peter WHIFFIN, only brother | 14 | Apr | 1657 | 79 | Vol 4, p. 363 |
WHIFFEN | Thomas | Corffe Castle | Dorothy WHIFFIN, relict | 8 | Jul | 1633 | 180 | Vol 3, p. 214 |
YOUNGE | Walter | Kingsale, Ireland; died in Isle of Purbeck | John YOUNGE, brother | 19 | Jun | 1620 | 73 | Vol 3, p. 52 |
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