Parish of Turner's Puddle

WILLS PROVED IN THE PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY

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.

Wills proved in the PCC can be downloaded from the Documents online service of the National Archives for a small fee: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/
 

NAME	DESCRIPTION	DATE	REFERENCE
BARNES	Will of John Barnes, Husbandman of Turners Puddle, Dorset	09 February 1620	PROB 11/135
DIBBE	Will of Nicholas Dibbe, Weaver of Toners Puddle, Dorset	13 February 1587	PROB 11/70
FORD	Will of Edmund Ford, Yeoman of Turners Puddle, Dorset	03 July 1684	PROB 11/376
FULFORD	Will of Amias Fulford of Turners Puddle, Dorset	10 April 1668	PROB 11/326
HOGGARD	Will of Richard Vivian alias Hoggard, Yeoman of Turners Puddle, Dorset	28 September 1653	PROB 11/228
KNOWLES	Will of John Knowles, Yeoman of Turners Puddle, Dorset	18 July 1662	PROB 11/308
KNOWLES	Will of John Knowles, Husbandman of Turners Puddle, Dorset	24 October 1689	PROB 11/397
SALSBURY	Will of John Salsbury, Yeoman of Turners Puddle, Dorset	20 November 1655	PROB 11/251
SAMWAIES	Will of Morgine Samwaies of Turners Puddle, Dorset	06 April 1611	PROB 11/117
SAUNDERS	Will of Thomas Saunders, Yeoman of Turners Puddle, Dorset	05 July 1817	PROB 11/1594
SKEENE	Will of Margarett Skeene, Widow of Turners Puddle, Dorset	01 May 1602	PROB 11/99
SKERNE	Will of John Skerne, Gentleman of Turners Puddle, Dorset	01 May 1594	PROB 11/83
SKERNE	Sentence of John Skerne of Turnerspuddle, Dorset	26 May 1596	PROB 11/87
VIVIAN	Will of Richard Vivian alias Hoggard, Yeoman of Turners Puddle, Dorset	28 September 1653	PROB 11/228
VY or VYE	Will of Mary Vy or Vye, Widow of Turners Puddle, Dorset	04 February 1639	PROB 11/179
WILLOUGHBYE or WILLOUGHBY	Will of Leonarde Willoughbye or Willoughby of Turners Puddle, Dorset	25 November 1560	PROB 11/43
WILLOUGHBIE	Will of Sir Robert Willoughbie of Turnerspiddle, Dorset	11 December 1657	PROB 11/271
WILTON	Will of John Wilton of Toners Puddle, Dorset	16 June 1604	PROB 11/104

 

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NAME	DATE	OCCUPATION	DESCRIPTON	PLACE	REFERENCE
Alner, Robert	1760		Will	Turners Puddle	P5/1760/1
Alner or Alder, Joseph	1778		Administration bond	Turners Puddle	P5/1778/1
	1778		Grant of administration	Turners Puddle	P5/17Reg/159C
Audley, John	1591		Will	Turners Puddle	P5/5Reg/98B
	1591		Inventory, will	Turners Puddle	P5/1591/2
Austen, John	1568		Will	Turners Puddle	P5/2Reg/30D
Banger, Frances	1616		Administration bond, gift	Turners Puddle	P5/1616/11
Barnes, Henry	1619	Gentleman	Administration bond, inventory, renunciation	Turners Puddle	P5/1619/7
	1619		Grant of administration	Turners Puddle	P5/9Reg/229B
Bess, William	1717	Yeoman	Administration bond, inventory	Turners Puddle	P5/1717/4
Bess, Lucy	1729	Widow	Will	Turners Puddle	P5/16Reg/226A
Bess, Luce	1729	Widow	Will	Turners Puddle	P5/1729/7
Bolt, Edward	1594		Administration bond, inventory	Turners Puddle	P5/1593/15
	1594		Grant of administration	Turners Puddle	P5/6Reg/54B
Bonger, Robert	1611	Husbandman	Will	Turners Puddle	P5/9Reg/52B
	1611	Husbandman	Inventory, will	Turners Puddle	P5/1612/3
Bradford, William	1686	Clerk	Administration bond, inventory	Turners Puddle	P5/1686/7
Buck, Nicholas	1583	Tucker	Will	Turners Puddle	P5/4Reg/66A
	1583	Tucker	Administration bond, inventory	Turners Puddle	P5/1583/6
Burden, Charles	1855	Yeoman	Affidavit, inventory, will, wrapper	Turners Puddle	P5/1855/9
Burly, Amy	1679	Widow	Administration bond, inventory	Turners Puddle	P5/1679/3
Daw, John	1628	Yeoman	Will	Turners Puddle	P5/11Reg/72C
	1628	Yeoman	Inventory, will	Turners Puddle	P5/1628/36
Dibbes, William	1572		Grant of administration	Turners Puddle	P5/3Reg/5A
Fancy, Christopher	1682		Inventory, will	Turners Puddle	P5/1682/41
Ford, John	1719	Yeoman	Will	Turners Puddle	P5/16Reg/12B
	1719	Yeoman	Administration bond, will	Turners Puddle	P5/1719/30
Haggard, Thomas	1637	Fuller	Will	Turners Puddle	P5/13Reg/49B
	1637	Fuller	Administration bond, commission, will	Turners Puddle	P5/1637/18
Hallam, John	1694		Administration bond, inventory	Turners Puddle	P5/1694/3
Hallom, Anne	1701	Widow	Administration bond, inventory	Turners Puddle	P5/1701/32
Hunt, William	1750		Administration bond	Turners Puddle	P5/1750/18
Knolles, Robert	1571	Bachelor	Will	Turners Puddle	P5/2Reg/93A
Loyd, Benjamin	1672		Administration bond	Turners Puddle	P5/1672/28
Meader, Jeffrey	1597		Will	Turners Puddle	P5/6Reg/152E
	1597		Inventory, will	Turners Puddle	P5/1597/84
Meader, Thomas	1572		Will	Turners Puddle	P5/3Reg/4B
Meech, Henry	1634		Administration bond, inventory	Turners Puddle	P5/1634/65
Minterne, Thomas	1683		Administration bond, commission	Turners Puddle	P5/1683/39
Phelps, John	[1629]	Yeoman	Will	Turners Puddle	P5/11Reg/102C
	[1629]	Yeoman	Deed of gift	Turners Puddle	P5/1629/43
Phelps, John	1688	Yeoman	Administration bond, inventory	Turners Puddle	P5/1688/63
Phelps, Dorothy	1699	Widow	Will	Turners Puddle	P5/1699/33
Poole, William	1680	Rector	Inventory, will	Turners Puddle	P5/1680/41
	1682		Administration bond	Turners Puddle	P5/1682/85
Salisbury, John	1671		Administration bond, two inventories	Turners Puddle	P5/1671/77
Serle, Luce	1686		Inventory, will	Turners Puddle	P5/1686/54
Serrell, Henry	1679		Administration bond, inventory	Turners Puddle	P5/1679/85
Snelling, John	1639		Administration bond, commission, inventory	Turners Puddle	P5/1639/80
	1639		Grant of administration	Turners Puddle	P5/13Reg/212B
Spear, Robert	1751		Administration bond	Turners Puddle	P5/1750/32
Squibb, Stephen	1691		Administration bond, inventory	Turners Puddle	P5/1691/55
Tewkesbury, Edith	1732	Widow	Administration bond, inventory	Turners Puddle	P5/1732/48
Twexbury, Henry	1597		Will	Turners Puddle	P5/6Reg/165A
	1597	Husbandman	Inventory, will	Turners Puddle	P5/1597/108
Whit, Thomas	[1569]		Will	Turners Puddle	P5/1569/2
White, Nicholas	1568		Will	Turners Puddle	P5/2Reg/31A
White, Rober	1601		Grant of administration	Turners Puddle	P5/7Reg/23B
	1601		Inventory, draft inventory, tuition bond	Turners Puddle	P5/1601/52
Woodrow, George	1761	Shoemaker	Inventory, will	Turners Puddle	P5/1761/40