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According to David Underdown in 'Fire from Heaven' the family of ADYN had been prominent in Dorchester for over a century in the early 1600's. 'Families like the Adyns occupied civic offices more or less in rotation but took little part in the affairs of the country': William Adyn was MP for Dorchester in 1571. As Country Gentlemen I did not expect to find them being educated at Oxford or Cambridge and they do not appear in the Alumni records. They were Maltsters and the 2nd fire of Dorchester broke out in John Adyn's Malt house on 30 Jan 1623. John died in Dorchester in the summer of 1626. Whilst the Adyn family was well known to the Rev. John White it is unlikely they shared his vision. Robert ADYN for example was a catholic recusant and despite his father & brother holding high civic office he spent most of his life in Dorchester Goal because of his outspoken religious views.
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[MR] Note: See Separate Biography on this site Dennis BOND (1588-1658)
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Very little is known about Matthew BONGER's life. The earliest record I can locate about him is his marriage to Margery HARDYE in the church of Holy Trinity in Dorchester on 26 Oct 1607 when he would have been married by the newly arrived Rev. John WHITE. The average age for marriage for a male in 17th Century Dorchester was 27 so I have had to assume birth circa 1580. There is an early record which may apply to the 18th year of the Reign of James I [1619/20] which suggests that Matthew Bonger obtained a lease from the burgesses of the town for the term of his natural life for the 'Sheep market' for which he agreed to pay the Mayor and Burgesses £10 per annum.
On 2nd Nov 1621 he was formally admitted as a member of the Company of Freemen when his occupation was recorded as that of a baker. He also of course invested in the Dorchester Company in 1624. At a special court of the Governor, assistants, and Freemen of the Borough held on 24th day of September 1630 it was agreed that the tradesmen and handicraftsmen of the borough be divided into five companies each of which was to be governed by a warden. One of these was the 'Company of Fishmongers' which despite it's title covered 19 diverse trades one of which was 'bakers' and another the 'butchers'. Matthew Bonger was appointed the first ever warden of the Fishmongers Company and his role was to attend the Governors Court and report all abuses of trading within his area of responsibility by foreigners or freemen. He was clearly therefore of some standingg in the community.
On 1st June 1632 we also know that he had a servant called William Douche as he gave evidence against a number of townspeople for playing 'nine holes' on the Sabbath day. Rose Troup refers to his burial on 12 Feb 1637/8 but I have yet to confirm this and there is the following entry in the Municipal Records which may suggest otherwise. He did however marry in 1607 so its possible that this is his son who perhaps became a member of the Company of Freemen after 1635 when the records cease.
A feature of the town were the butchers shops (or standings) and shambles situated near the east end of St Peters church which were town property. On 22 July 1640 it was agreed, at the motion of Matthew Bonger, that the sergeants at Mace would on St James day next proclaim in the fair that if the country men will bring in their sheep and cattle on any market days, provision shall be made for penning of the sheep that shall be brought to the market to be sold. There were two rows of butchers shops, east and west, and on 10 June 1645 one in the west row was leased by a Matthew Bonger.
Genealogical Notes:-
[FFH] page 133: Phillimore's Marriage Registers, published in 1909: [MRD] Pages 403, 422, 494, 502, 664, 698: [HACD] p 339 [RT] p451 Note:- A Matthew BANGER was buried at powerstock dorset 1657 see NBI?
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[OXA] BOWNES, Myles, of Westmoreland pleb Queens College Oxford matriculated 29 Oct 1602 aged 17; BA 20 May 1606; MA 6 Jul 1609; (incorporated at Cambridge 1612) BD 9 Mar 1620-21 as Bowness.
[CCED] BOWNES, Myles ordained 23 Dec 1609; deacon of Staunton Harecourte 24 Dec 1609; Priest 23 Sep 1610; Instituted Rector of Hampreston 19 July 1615. His successor was appointed 2 Dec 1630. [MR] The impressive monument opposite is to him and his 8 daughters & situated inside All Saints Church in Hampreston.
[PRO] Will of Miles Bownes, Parson of Hampreston, Dorset; Date of Probate 17 November 1630; Name of Register: Scroope Quire Numbers: 64 - 117; Prob Ref 11/158
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[CCED] BRADISH, William [Willimus] Refers to earlier appointment 7 Jun 1609 as Rector of Morton Derbyshire; also Instituted as Rector of free chapel of Athelhampton Dorset 29 Jan 1624.
[CAM] BRADISH, William Adm pens at Emmanuel College Cambridge Aug 26 1594 (previously Trinity College 1592) Scholar of Emmanuel; BA 1597/8; MA 1601; BD 1608; DD 1621; Fellow of Emmanuel 1601; Vicar of Piddletown Dorset 1611-38; Died 1638.
[MR] At the National Archives [Dorset History Centre] ; Church of England, Puddletown Parish, Dorset; Two copies of the will of William Bradish D.D. of Puddletown See Ref PE/PUD/CH/2/1 1638: Also under Burials in woollen PE/PUD/RE/4/1 1678-1716 At the back: Notes on the deaths [inscriptions?] of William Bradish 1638.
[MR] In "The decline of life" by Susannah Ottaway -- " The principal endowed charity in Puddletown was Bradish's charity, set up in the 17c by the Will of William Bradish . The charity gave £4 annually to clothe six poor people in the village(upon condition they be then able to say by heart the catechism) & 20shillings distributed each Christmas to four poor persons of the parish who could read.
[RT] Elected to the New Planters Parliament at the free school 31 Mar 1634
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[MR] Note: See Separate Biography on this site. John BROWNE JP (1582-1659)[Entry 72 in listing]
[CCED] BURGES, Walterus ordained decon in Salisbury Cathedral 26 May 1605
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A grocer and apothecary by trade the earliest reference I have to him is when he took on his first apprentice (a Thomas Evans the son of a local widow) on 25 Aug 1619 for 10 years. As such by law Richard had to be a householder and at least 24 years old so he was born prior to 1595 and later information places this nearer to 1584 or perhaps slightly earlier. In 1624 he was one of the 119 investors in the 'Dorchester Company', and when there were difficulties in 1627 he was one of the main supporters with John White to reform the company. In the Survey of ships belonging to Weymouth his name appears as Richard BERRY as the owner of the 'Fellowship' the first of the ships bought by the Dorchester Company. Between 1619 and 1633 the municipal records show that he took on five apprentices in all, the fourth being a William White the son of a widow Anne on 25 June 1632.
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Note:- William White (1617-aft 1684) was the nephew of Rev John White by his elder brother Josias who died in 1622/3 leaving 4 children, the third son being called William. Although his widow Anne remarried to a Francis Drake in Surrey he also died on 17 March 1633 and like many others in the White family Anne moved to live in Dorchester close to the patriarch and her son. We know her son William became a merchant trading in Dorchester and married Dorothy one of Richard Bury's daughters before removing to live in London.
Richard Bury, a staunch puritan, was first elected Constable of Dorchester for a year on 2 Oct 1626, a post he also held during 1629-30. In 1627 he and another constable Richard Williams were required to press men for Buckingham's ill fated expedition to the Isle of Rhe.
On 6 Oct 1628 he was elected Governor of the Company of Freemen filling the role of Assistant Governor the following year and again in 1632-33. As such his name appears in the Charter granted to Dorchester by Charles I which was dated 22nd Sep 1629 where he is listed as one of the original 24 members of the Common Council of Freemen. He was also elected as a Capital Burgess of the town on 2nd January 1632/3 when he took over from John Long who had recently died. He was elected Bailiff of Dorchester on 30 Sep 1633 (and again in 1638 and 1647) and County Treasurer in 1635. He first became Mayor of Dorchester in 1640, being appointed a second time on 4 Oct 1650. Another role he was elected to was that of feoffee of the Dorchester Free School on 24 Mar 1640/1. He lived in a house that he had purchased from a Charles James in 1637 for £190 called 'Foxwell's tenement'. It was situated between houses owned by James Gould a merchant of Dorchester and the widow Elizabeth Cundytt on the east side of South High Street Dorchester.
He was one of the few that did well very out of the civil war (1642-1651) and an indication of his wealth is given in Charters 691/2 where he leased 'Court farm' in the parish of Buckhorne Weston Dorset for £1,100 and many other lands for 99 years.
He married a Dorothy and they had at least 3 sons Phineas, John & Thomas BURY and 4 daughters, these being Dorothy the wife of William White; Sarah the wife of Samuel Clarke (who was one of the witnesses of Richard Bury's will); Mary the wife of Samuel Cromleholme and Elizabeth the wife of Michael Watts. Its possible that he had a 4th son Nathaniel as he was admitted to the Company of Freemen in Dorchester on 03 Jan 1632/3 an apothecary apprenticed to his father. nathaniel married in Wiltshire in 1639 but is not listed in Richard Bury's will.
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Phineas Bury (1634-1678/9) is recorded as a scholar of Dorchester, presumably of the 'free school' there as his father was feoffee. Phineas was educated at Wadham College Oxford where he matriculated 2 Apr 1652 at the age of 18. Obtaining his BA in 1654, became a Fellow 1656, and received his MA in 1657. He was a sub warden in 1662, proctor 1665, and became Canon of Chester in 1670, and Rector of Southrop Gloucestershire in 1675. He died in London on 28 Jan 1678/9.
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John Bury (c1636) married Ann Bascombe, both described as being from Weymouth, at St Peters Church in Dorchester in August 1657. They had a son Richard Cromleholme Bury who was born on 24th Oct 1664 baptised at St Peters on 8th Nov 1664.
In 1648 he was made an officer of the new volunteer force & on 15th July marched on Shaftsbury. Municipal Records in Dorchester show that he was elected as an Alderman of the town on 29th October 1652 but was living in London in 1656 and in 1659 was described as being well into his 70's. He wrote his will on 20th March 1660 when he simply gave his residence as London. He died in 1661 his will being proved on 25th October that year. Link to Transcription of his Will. In Dorchester he was replaced as Capital Burgess because he had died on 14 Apr 1662.
Sources:-
[FFH] pages 122, 180, 208, 212, 214/5, 217, 223, 233: [HD] page 129: [MRD] : [RT] Pages 93, 101, 263, 457: [WW] pages 85, 99, 106/7, 125, 127, 134, 157,174: Phineas OXA. [SDH] page 32
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Edward and Anne had three children baptised in Fordington : (1) Elizabeth 10 months after they married on 17 Feb 1621; (2) Anne baptised 23 Nov 1623; and (3) Edward baptised 19 Jun 1625(3) . Both Edward CLARKE and Anne's brother Thomas PELHAM invested in the Dorchester Company and on 3rd March 1623/24 he was one of the 12 members elected to serve under the Govenor Sir Walter Erle on the New England Committee. On Sunday 18th July 1624 Edward baptised Margaret (Margery) the daughter of William WHITEWAY the diarist, another member of the committee.
In July 1625 he removed his family to Taunton(2) presumably as curate to the church of St Mary Magdalen as he was formally instituted as rector there on 1st April 1628(5) . He was succeeded in his post as assistant to John WHITE by Ferdinando NICHOLLS. Edward CLARKE's death is recorded in William WHITEWAY's Diary as 31st December 1630 which also shows that his wife died on 17th of the same month.(6)
Genealogical Notes:-
(1) [OXA] : (2) [WW Pages 61, 64, 75, 114, 129, 174]: (3) Bishops Transcripts Fordington: (4) DV & DV2 Pelham pages 53/54: (5) [CCED] (6) [PRO] Will of Edward Clarke, Clerk, Vicar of Taunton, Somerset; Probate date 18 Apr 1631; Name of Register: St. John Quire Numbers: 1 - 68 Ref PROB 11/159 (7) FFH Pages 63,258,453.
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This family should not be confused with the Coker's of Mappowder many of which went to university, and may well have been related. See the 1677 Visitation of Dorset pages 14/15 for their pedigree - in particular Robert Coker of mappowder who died 24 Feb 1625 and is mentioned in William Whiteways diary.
Robert COKER married into the Chubb family (circa 1603) when he wed Martha the daughter of William CHUBB of Frome Selwood in Somerset. According to the 1623 Visitation of Dorset they had seven children:- (1) Mathew 1604; (2) Robert 1607;(3) Margaret 1609 who married William PATY 6 Oct 1628; (4) Joane 1612; (5) John 1618; (6) William 1620; and (7) Martha in 1622. Robert became a close friend to another goldsmith Matthew CHUBB (the elder) who was bailiff of Dorchester 1593, 1602 and in 1610. Matthew was authorised by the King on 12 Nov 1613 to advance £1,000 for the rebuilding of Dorchester after the great fire that year. The richest man in Dorchester he rebuilt the George Inn and with his wife Margaret endowed an almshouse for women. Matthew died in 1617. By the time his widow Margaret CHUBB died in 1628 her only son and heir Matthew CHUBB junior was still under age (who William Whiteway in his diary refers to as a 'little boy') so she left in her will dated 18 April 1625 all her lands and goods to Robert COKER on the condition that his 2nd daughter Joan COKER married her son. This clearly happened as Charter 636 (item 9) refers to Joane CHUBB the widow of Matthew CHUBB conveying the premises back to her parents on 23 Jan 1633.
The municipal records show that one month before the great fire of Dorchester (1613), which burnt down half the town, Robert COKER took on an apprentice Jasper ARNOLD for 10 years. On 30 Sep 1622 he was elected Assistant Governor of the Company of Freemen, a post he also held 1627-28, and 1629-30. in 1624 he invested in the Dorchester Co and was supportive of John WHITE's efforts to establish a plantation in New England. The Charter issued to Dorchester by Charles I dated 22 Sep 1629 names him as one of the 24 members of the Common Council of Freeman. In 1634 he was elected Governor of the Company for that year. During the Civil War he supported the Royalists. Robert died intestate being buried at St Peters Church 04 Jan 1654/5.
Sources:- [DD] Pages 19 & 138 Chubb page 135 etc: [DV] : [DV2] : Nat Archives Matthew Chubb Prob 11/130 will proved 15 July 1617: Margaret Chubb Prob 11/153 will proved 14 May 1628: [FFH] pages 153, 205, 206: [HD] page 129: [MRD] page 346/8 + Numerous ref on 20 different pages [RT] pages 102. 313, 450 [WW] pages 48, 69, 92, 99, 151, 175.Note:- See Index to Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury : and now preserved in the Principal Probate Registry, Somerset House Lodon, for Administration of his estate in 1655 with (admons d.b.n. June 1670) under folio 66.
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[OXA] CONANT, John of Devon pleb. Exeter College matriculated 15 Nov 1605 aged 18; BA 5 May 1609; Fellow 1611-1620; MA 29 Jan 1611/12; BD 2 Dec 1619; Licenced to preach 27 Jun 1620; Incorporated at cambridge 1620; Rector of Lymington
[RT] CONANT, John Highly esteemed by the Puritans being appointed Rector of Exeter College and a member of the Assembly of Divines. Brother of Christopher & Roger Conant of East Budleigh. His brothers went to London to make their fortune whilst he went to Oxford. Christopher as a grocer and Roger as a dealer in salt and salted fish. Roger married Sarah Horton 11 Nov 1618 at st Anns Blackfriars and they emigrated to the Plymouth Colony arriving in April 1623. His brother Christopher arrived that July but returned to England after a few years. Roger disliking separatist rule left the colony to join those left at Cape Ann. See Book for account and description of him and the short biography of John White on this site
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[WW] Diary date: 1 Oct 1619 made Constable Diary date: 29 Sep 1620 made constable.
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[FFH] Constable 1620; Beadle 1621; 1624 dismissed as sergeant (For some words spoken against Lord chief Baron- See WW Diary page 65); sidesman Trinity Parish next few years ; Overseer Trinity 1633; 1636 constable again; supplied ammunition in Civil war 1644 - Will dated 28th May 1658 Nat Archives Prob 11/276 available on line)
[NBI] Petroelius COOKE buried Dorchester Dorset Parish of Holy Trinity 18 Feb 1658
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Will of Josias COOTH (d.1666), Mercer of Sherborne, Dorset;
In the name of God Amen I Josias COOTH of Sherborne in the County of Dorset Mercer being very infirm in body but in good and perfect memory blessed be to God do revoke all formewr wills and make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following.
First I render my soul into the hands of Almighty God my only saviour and redeemer hoping for salvation in and through the mercy and merits of Jesus Christ
And my body to be interred in the churchyard of Sherbone where the body of Elizabeth my former wife deceased lyeth.
And touching such temporal estate as God hath blest me with
Impremis I shall leave unto my loving wife Anne my copyhold tenement in Brockhampton for her yo enjoy during her widowhood according to the custom of the Manor.
And I give unto my daughter Mary all the rest and residue of my tenure which shall be to come and unexpired in certain grounds called Ffeaventh? and all my right totle and interest that I now have or hereafter might or shall have or ought to have in a parcel of ground called or known by the name of March Wood with all my household stuff and all the rest and residue of my estate real and personal moveable and unmoveable whatsoever and I do nominate and appoint her to be my executrix of this my last Will and Testament.
And for as much as my daughter is an infant my will is and I do constitute my wife Anne to be her Guarian until my daughter shall be married or until she shall accompluish the age of twenty years which shall first happen. And my will is that my loving wife Anne shall have full power and authority to make sale or any other monies to dispose of any of the estate of my daughter as she in her wisdom shall best think for the benefit and advantage of my daughter Mary my executrix.
And if my daughter Mary shall happen to die before marriage and before she accomplish the age of twenty years Then my will is that my loving wife Anne shall have and enjoy the whole remainder of my estate
And I do desire my loving friends and my cousin Jonathan COOTH and my cousin John John WHETCOMBE Junior and Mt Stroud BILSE and Mr Lionell PYNE to assist my wife with their advice if need be as they hope in God may be real friends unto them in the like.
Whereunto I have set my hand and seal the 18th day of August 1666 Josias COOTH - signed sealed published and declared in the presence of Lionell Hand junior George Gaylard William Mere the mark of Maglan Bune the mark of Mary Jeanes ---
Probate granted 20 Oct 1666, PCC Name of Register: Mico Quire Numbers: 139 - 184; PROB Ref 11/322 The parish registers for Sherbone show that Josias COOTH Gentleman was buried there on 16th Oct 1666.
[SDH] In 1625 he had a share in 5 loads exported and 14 imported from Weymouth in 1625 page 35
[MRD] pages 401; 402; 415; 424; 427; 652
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[OXA] CROSSING, Francis (Crossen) of Devon arm Balliol College Oxford matriculated 11 May 1615 aged 16; of Exeter (son of Hugh Crossing Mayor of Exeter) MP St Michael 1626; Camelford 1628-9; His will proved 15 June 1639.
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Edward DASHWOOD (d1666/7)
Probably a third (and possibly eldest) son of Edmond Dashwood above. He was elected Constable of Dorchester 6th Oct 1623 and reconfirmed in the post for another term on 4th Oct 1624(4). A clothier by trade he was also named in Charles I's Charter of 1629 as one of the first 24 members of the Common council of Freemen of Dorchester. Business prospered with him taking on an apprentice in 1631 and being elected as one of the feoffees of All Saints in 1633, the year he was elected Governor of the Company of Freemen. He also acted as Assistant to the Governor in 1629-30 and 1634-5. With this background it is understandable that when Sir Francis Ashley died he replaced him as a Capital Burgess of Dorchester (on 4th May 1636) . He was an ensign in the parliamentary forces of the borough in 1643 and held the tenure of a property on the north side of High East street in 1646 when Richard Bury acquired the tenure of the property next to him. The following year he married Joane HYATT in West Stafford on 3rd Feb 1647/8(7). He was elected Bailiff of Dorchester 1649/50; 1651/2 and 1658/9(5) and first became its Mayor when the incumbent John Allambridge died in 1642. He was returned the following year and twice more in 1653 and 1662. He was buried at Holy Trinity church Dorchester on 14th February 1666/7 and his will proved 20th May 1667. From the way his will is written his daughter Sara Somers nee Dashwood may have been from an earlier marriage. His wife Joane was buried at Holy Trinity on 24th March 1675/6 and her will proved 10 May 1676. See also Memorials for HT Church.
Genealogical Notes:- There is much confusion between father and son, even by established biographers, so I have set out the facts as I understand them above.
(1) WW page 175 and FFH page 221
(2). RT page 449 & Court case page 102 (2b) Rose Troup gives a quote to Edmund being 'thrice Mayor of Dorchester'. If he was the other times pre dated the start of records in 1629. Edward was certainly Mayor 3 times.
(3). WW page 30 + He was a signatory as a capital burgess to the constitution of the Company of Freemen dated 22nd Oct 1621 + Visitation to Dorset 9th August 1623 confirms him to already be a burgess.
(4). WW pages 54 & 65
(5). HACD Pages 350 - 354
(6). Source British History On line 'The corporation of Rye: 1631-40', The Manuscripts of Rye and Hereford Corporations, etc.: Thirteenth report, Appendix Part IV (1892), pp. 194-213. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=67151&strquery=davidge
(7). A CLDS record suggests that Joane Hyatt was the widow of Russell Hyatt and if true it is possible that this was also Edwards 2nd marriage as there is an apprenticeship record in Dorchester for 1634 for an Edward the son of Edward Dashwood merchant being apprenticed for 7 years to his father.
(8). FFH page 42 (Dorchester 1599) Death page 221 & 250
(9). John Hennings ancestry see Burke's Family Records pages 306-313 Thomazin 6th child page 307
(10). SDH Cargoes going through Weymouth: Francis Dashwood 11 Jan 1633 ship 'James' 11/- duty paid; 17th Jan 1633 ship Francis 3s duty paid; 19th Feb 1633 ship' Sarath' 6s duty paid; Thomas Dashwood 8 Oct 1637 ship 'Nonsuch' & 18 Nov 1637 ship 'Francis' paid £6 duty; Edmund Dashwood 7 Oct 1637 ship 'Little John' £1.4s duty paid
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His son Humphrey Davie came to Boston, MA. Humphrey married Elizabeth White, dau. of Edmund White, whose nephew was a supporter of Rev. John White. John Davie's dau. Isabel married Walter Yonge, son of Walter Yonge and Jane Perriam. g
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[MR] Note: See Separate Biography on this site William DERBY (1588-1649)
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Link to an account of his life by Ann Weiner
B. 1579, d. 1672. Married Elizabeth (Abigail?).
Sources:- RT: George Dier Page 459 'Mary & John' pages 197-203 and 214- FFH:Pagese 133 & 137
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[WW] Diary This spring died 1628:- Mr Frenchman preacher died 18 June 1628
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[OXA] Page 537 William FRY of Devon arm, fil. nat. max Sr Alban Hall Oxford matriculated 3 May 1605 aged 17 student of the inner temple 1609 as of Yarty, Devon son of Nicholas; buried at Membury 1 May 1672 See Fosters Inns of Court Register
[RT] Page 263 "William Fry in Membury Devon who had received the advowson as part of his wife's dower on his marriage with Mary, the daughter of John Yonge of Colyton and sister of Walter Yonge.
[WW] Page 149 1st August 1634 Young Mr Fry of Culliton coming from Exon with his man between them killed a man at Vinneton bridge. For which his man was burnt in the hand, and Mr Fry had a pardon.
[MAP] Link to Map 1765 for Stockland / Membury then part of Dorset
[GEN/UK Link to Info on his father Nicholas Fry & Elinor Brett
[CLDS] Church member entry only [suspect] but suggests his grandfather William FRY of Yarty was born c1564? Witheridge Devon - also refers to his will as being dated 12 Mar 1607 but not at National Archives PCC
JOHN GALTON of Lulworth.[Clerk] Sir John Galton of Bere Regis [Source Rev RG Bartelot] B.c.1580. Of University College Oxford, from Dorset [Source Foster's Alumni Oxoniensis] d. 1662 Chaplain of New College; Vicar of East Lulworth inst 1609. Vicar of Combe Keyes 1611.
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Rev. John GALTON MA (1578/9-1662) : Following professional research carried out for Mark Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle it has been possible to establish a four generation family tree placing Rev John GALTON as the eldest son of Hubert GALTON and grandson of John & Christian GALTON both of Winterborne Kingston in Dorset.
The Rev John GALTON matriculated at University College in Oxford on 7th April 1598 when his age was given as being 18 (Note:- Obituary states born 20 Feb 1578/9 ). He was awarded a B.A. Degree on 24th Nov 1601 and an M.A. on 31st Jan 1605/6. He joined the church and as stated in his university record was Chaplain of New College and Vicar of East Lulworth in Dorset in 1610. Few church of England records have survived about him but the Faculty office has recorded that he was granted dispensation as a 'preacher of God's word' on 27th April 1611 and became vicar of 'Comkaines in the Bristol diocese' [i.e. Coombe Keynes] on 29th April 1611. It also states that he was Chaplain to Gracie Viscountess Dowager de Bindon. The research referred to above provides transcription of a number of Wills including his fathers, and extracts from Protestation Returns signed by Rev John GALTON in 1641 for both East Lulworth and Coombe Keynes. His son Edward took over as Vicar of Coombe Keynes on 25th May 1642.
John Galton's father Hubert GALTON appears to have married several times, with Rev. John Galton being his eldest son from his first marriage. By the time his father wrote his will on 11th Feb 1618/19 John had already come of age some seventeen years earlier, chosen a career in the church, been appointed vicar of both East Lulworth & Coombe Keynes (inc the Chapel of ease at Wool) and was married with his own children. The only other known child from this marriage was Theophilia Galton who was born before 1587. His sister Theophilia was also probably settled by then and was left £20 in their fathers Will, and John appointed as one of the Overseers.
His father's Will appointed Hubbert Galton (1604-1674) as his executor who was the eldest son from his second marriage. This marriage is recorded in the parish registers for Winterborne Kingston naming Hubert's second wife as Joane Bucker? and took place on the 27th June 1602. (Note:- Surname probably Baker? as this family is of long standing in the parish - See PR Winterborne Kingston - image 32 of 117 ancestry.com). Their first child was Agnes baptised at Winterborne Kingston on 1st Apr 1603 followed by Hubert junior on 2nd July 1604, and Raynold on 2nd Apr 1606. A fourth child Richard for which I have not located a baptism.
Hubert Galton junior however was still under age when his father was buried at Winterborne Kingston on 5th Sep 1619 and this complication meant that probate was not granted until June 1620. Administration of their father's estate is finally granted to John GALTON of East Lulworth and bound with him is Thomas Strangewaies Lord of the Manor of Muston (within the Parish of Winterborne Kingston) . This letter of administration is also endorsed :- " Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us by the above bound John GALTON Clerk and John Wallis Signatures Francis Hill and Robert ? .
Rev. John GALTON MA (1578/9-1662) His wife was named Rachel (bur.1620) and we only know of her from the burial register at East Lulworth which states "1620: Rachel GALTON the wife of John GALTON Clerke was buried April xijth [12th] ". As stated by Frances Rose Troup opposite. Rev John Galton died in 1662 but I have not been able to locate a Will or Letter of Administration for his estate. An obituary however appears in the burial register for East Lulworth (image 31 of 97 on ancestry.com) which is written in Latin and shown in the column left. This has been transcribed by the Dorset Council Archive Service below:-
"John Galton, Master of Arts and onetime chaplain at the college of the Blessed Virgin (commonly called New College) Oxford. A man of integrity who lead an exemplary life. Minister at the church of East Lulworth for fifty-three years and for above thirty years the chaplain of Combe Keynes and Wool. Born 20 February 1578 (presumably 1579 as date calculated using 25 March as New Year’s Day) died 23 May 1662. Buried in the chancel of the parish church 3 July [presumably 1662]".
His replacement at East Lulworth Rev. Charles Cherry was appointed on 20th Aug 1662. They had 4 children that we know of:-
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(1) John Galton (c1608-1645) buried East Lulworth 21 Apr 1645 recorded as "John son of John Galton vicar of East Lulworth" ;
(2) Samuel Galton (c1610-1668) He married at East Lulworth on 25th Oct 1630 to Magdalen Veale and they have had 2 children baptised within the parish before his 1st wife Magdalen was buried there on 26th Mar 1641. Children:- (1) Thomas bap 24/2/1636/7 (married Elizabeth Bennett 8 Nov 1670 E/L). and (2) Samuel bap 13 Dec 1640 .
As the children were still young Samuel immediately remarried to Margery [Margaret] Arnell at East Lulworth on 9th November 1641 by whom he had 2 more children:- (3) Robert bap 25 July 1642 and (4) Edward bap 25th Oct 1645 (married Eadeth Dunying 13 Jan 1680 E/L) and buried at East Lulworth 25th Nov 1724. Margaret described as the wife of Samuel Galton was buried there on 7th May 1666. Samuel Galton died intestate and was buried at East Lulworth in Oct 1668. A letter of administration for his estate was granted on 2nd Nov 1668.
(3) Francis Galton (1612-1624) baptism recorded in the Wool Parish Register (Image 7 of 186) recorded as "Francis Gallton sone of John Gallton Clerke and vicar of Coombe Keynes and Wool was baptised the xxith [21st] of June 1612 . buried East Lulworth 4th Dec 1624) ;
(4) Rev. Edward Galton MA (1614-1680) [Elder] bap Wool/Coombe Keynes 25th Jan 1614.recorded as" Edward son of John Galton vicar of Coombe Keynes & Wool". Edward's university record states that he was the son of John of East Lulworth in Dorset sacerd. Entered Queens College Oxford (subs) 4th July 1634, aged 18 (his real age however was 20) He was awarded a BA degree 4th July 1637; and an MA from Magdalen Hall on 25th June 1640.
The parish burial registers for Winfrith Newburgh record under the year 1640 " Jone the wife of Edward Galton was buried ye 25th Dec. Edward Gaulton's name also appears on the Protestation returns for the parish of Winfrith in 1641. On the 5th May 1642 Edward Galton married his second wife recorded in the Parish Register of Wool in the year 1642: - " Edward GALTON Clerke Vicar of Coombe Keynes and Wool & Elizabeth Clavell of Winfrith Newburgh were married in Wool May 5th 1642 (Image 44 of 186 ancestry.com).Edward formally took over as vicar of Coombe Keynes from his father on 23rd May 1642 serving there until Charles Cherry was appointed on 25th June 1672. His 2nd wife Elizabeth was buried at Wool in Dorset recorded in the burial register as " Mrs. Elizabeth GALTON (eldest daughter of Edward Clavell of Winfrith Newburgh Gent: & Mrs Bridget Turberville his wife ) ye wife of Edward GALTON, Master of Arts & Vicar of Combe Keynes & Wool dyed April 11 & was buryed at Coombe Keynes in ye Chancell under ye Shroud Stone on which we Communion table stands April 13th 1654.
Both Edward's University Record and documents held on the "Clergy of the Church of England" database for Edward Galton show that he was:-
Rector of Holy Trinity Wareham 16th Oct 1661 until 23 July 1663. and
Rector of Wilby Nothants 31 Dec 1662 until 20th July 1663; and
Rector of Lower Isham 19th Dec 1665 until 16 June 1680.
I have not pursued this but there is a Will at the PCC PROB 11/333 for a Sarah GALTON the wife of Edward GALTON Rector of Wilby in the County of Northampton written on 16th May 1670 and proved on 20th June 1670. Wilby Parish Register (image 14/282) states that Mrs Sarah GALTON wife of Mr Edward GALTON Clerke and Rector of Wilby was buried May 30th 1670. This Register is signed by Edwardus GALTON Rector . No records however have been entered for the parish of Wilby on CCeD. (Sep 2022)
The Rev. Edward GALTON wrote his will on 19th Dec 1679 in which he refers to himself as Edward GALTON the Elder of Wilby in the County of Northton [i.e. Northampton] Clerke. In the Will he refers to Articles of Agreement [i.e. a Marriage Settlement] entered into on 19th Jan 1671 between himself and Samuel Ragdale of Wilby of the first part and his now wife Judith GALTON (by ye name of Judith LEWIS of the towne of Northton in ye county aforesaid widow) of the second part etc etc. I take this to mean that he remarried c1671 to Judith Lewis widow nee Ragdale. Probate of hs Will was granted at Wilby on 22nd July 1680.
Children of Edward and Elizabeth Galton nee Clavell:-
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(4.1) John Galton (1642 - 1643) Entry in the Wool Parish Register (image 67/186 ancestry.com). States:-" John GALTON the sone of Edward GALTON Vic: of Coombe Keynes & Wool of Elizabeth his Wife (being born at Winfrith Newburgh & baptised there Jan 11th the D.M. 1642) dyed at Wool & was buryed in the Chancel there November 21 Ano Domini 1643. [Note:- Holy Rood church at Wool was a parochial 'chapel of ease' belonging to Coombe Keynes until 1844]
(4.2) John Galton (1644- aft 1663) his baptism appears on ancestry.com under the parish of Wool (image 17 of 186) It states " Edward GALTON sone of Edward GALTON Vicar of Combe Keynes & Wool & Elizabeth his wife was born on Sunday November at about 4 or 5 o'clock in ye afternoon & was baptised at Combe Keynes November 16th". He matriculated at Wadham College Oxford on 22nd May 1663 aged 18.
(4.3) Edward Galton (1647-1702) [Senior] "Edward sone of Edward Galton Vicar of Combe Keynes & Wool & Elizabeth his wife was borne on Tuesday November 2nd about 4 or 5 o'clock in ye afternoon & was baptised Combe Keynes November 16th 1647. Benificiary and full and sole executor under his fathers will in 1679/80. He appears to have married as the parish registers for Wilby under the year 1680 refer to "Edward son of Edward Galton and Joyce his wife was baptised" but does not give a date. Mr Edward Galton Senior was buried at Great Doddington on 28 Oct 1702. His widow Joyce was also buried at Doddington on 21 Oct 1737.
(4.4) William Galton (1650- aft 1680) "William the sone of Edward Galton Clerk & Vicar of Combe Keynes & Elizabeth his wife was duly born July 16 about 12 o'clock at night & was baptised August 6th". Benificiary under his fathers will in 1679/80.
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William GOLSEY (Senior) (d.1607/8), Gentleman of Dorchester, was born at Winterbourne St Martin in Dorset but buried at St Peters church in Dorchester between 15th Nov 1607 (when he wrote his will ) and 8th Feb 1608 when it was proved at the PCC. He clearly became an important member of the Corporation in Dorchester as evidenced by a deed relating to a plot of land commonly known as 'East Walls Town Land' which survives in the Municipal Records of Dorchester. This is dated the 13th November in the 39th year of the reign of Elizabeth I (1596) and refers to a plot on the east side of South Street and provides for John Watts and William GOLSEY who in order to repay a debt of £150 to Mathew CHUBB the richest man in Dorchester (who often financed the towns development) enclosed, divided and sold off strips of this arable land to five individuals, retaining some portion for themselves.
His Will suggests that he was only survived by his widow Anne and a young son also called William GOLSEY, whose education and religious instruction was committed under the will to Robert CHEEKE the Master of the Free School in Dorchester (where he served until 1627). Robert Cheeke was a great puritan, friend and supporter of Rev John White and one of the main architects behind the formation of the Dorchester Company so its not suprising to find one of his earlier students investing in the company. William Golsney the son, after instruction by Robert Cheek, went onto Brasenose College in Oxford where he matriculated in 1616 and was awarded a BA degree in 1620. The entry on the left gives RG Bartelot as the source. He was a great historian and genealogist and his extensive records are at the Dorset History centre to which I do not have access. He attributes him to Holnest a small parish 5 miles south east of Sherborne. Certainly there was a family there by that name in the 1640's but it would be necessary to consult his notes at the DHC for more background. He was one of 4 witnesses in Dorchester to an indenture dated 22nd July 1625 (See Charter 712). According to William Whiteways diary William GOLSNEY was appointed undersheriff for the year at least twice. Firstly on 4th Oct 1624 and secondly on 4th Oct 1627. The Undersherrif for Dorset appointed for the year on 6 Oct 1629 was Robert Goldsborough & on 4 Oct 1630 Henry Arnold Junior
so the reference to 1630 does not seem to be correct.
Sources:- HACD; MRD; OXA; PCC Wills PROB 11/111; WW
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[WW] Diary November 1628 The end of this year there died -- Mr Edward Gould of Coombe Devon [no actual date given]
[PRO] Will of Mr Edward Gould Yeoman of Staverton Devon Probate 16th May 1628 : Perogative Court of Camterbury, Name of Register: Barrington Quire Numbers: 1 - 63: Ref PRO 11/153
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[PRO] Will of Henry Gould, Merchant of Saint Thomas the Apostle, Devon: Probate 31 Dec 1636: Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Name of Register: Pile Quire Numbers: 90 - 123: PROB Ref 11/172
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James Gould a clothier by trade was elected to serve as assistant governor of the Company of Freemen in Dorchester on 30 Oct 1622, Capital Burgess of the town on 12th Jan 1623/4 and Alderman on 26 Dec 1623. When they formed the 'New England Parliament' on 24 Mar 1624 he and William Whiteway the diarist were two of the 12 members elected to sit on the committee. He married Margery the daughter of George SAVAGE Esq in her home parish of Bloxworth on 28 Apr 1624. There was a dowry of £500 and he brought her to Dorchester to live the following day. In July she was godmother to William Whiteway the diarist's daughter Margery who was named after her. On 12th March 1627 he and hios cousin William Whiteway rode to Londonto join with the merchants of Exeter in petioning the King and the Council that they might "have as much French goods delivered us as we had arrested in France". James & Margery had six sons and 2 daughters who would have been baptised at St Peters church where parish registers have not survived prior to 1653. - His son and heir was James GOULD (1624-1707):- See below
On the 1st Oct 1627 James was first elected Bailiff of Dorchester. He was to serve in that capacity again during 1631/2 and 1635/6. On 24th February 1627/8 he became godfather to the diarist's son John Whiteway. By a new Charter issued to Dorchester by Charles I on 22 Dec 1630 he was listed as one of the Capital Burgess of the town. On the 30th December 1633 he was one of the 3 main traders to suffer substantial losses when the 'Mary of Morlaix' which was laden with '120 fardles of derbys' destined for Dorchester ran aground and broke up on Portland beach.
In 1636 he was elected Treasurer of Dorset's Western Division, a task he does not seem to have been very diligent at, as the court had to order production of the accounts by mid summer 1637. It did him no harm however as he was elected Mayor of Dorchester that year. He owned property on the east side of South Street in St Peters Parish - see indenture, 10th June, 13 Charles [1637]; Link to Charter 687 living there 19 Feb 1640. A benefactor of the town he was a Royalist during the Civil War and because of these sympathies he was removed as a Capital Burgess of the town on 24th Aug 1654 when he was replaced by Philip Stansby. At times he lived in France but he came back into favour and first sat for Parliament for Dorchester in Richard Cromwell's Parliament in 1659 but was narrowly defeated by John Whiteway in the general election of 1660 but was formally reinstated as a Capital Burgess on 8th Feb 1660/1 and successful in the election in 1661 at the age of 67 but was not an active member of the Cavalier Parliament. He was named on 18 committees, including three concerned with the woollen industry in 1661-2, those considering bills to prevent the import of wool-cards to regulate the Yorkshire cloth trade and to prohibit the export of raw wool. He probably supported the county party, but after the 1668 session his name disappears from the journals. He was clearly by this time a great man of wealth; rumour put his income AT £10,000 a year. In August 1675 he was dismissed as very aged and sick and he was buried at St Peters Church in Dorchester on 15th Feb 1675/6 and his will proved on 10 May 1676.
James GOULD (1624-1707) The History of Parliament States 'He was elected an Alderman of Dorchester in 1676, and became its Mayor 1677-78 and a second time 1696/97. He was Sheriff of Dorset 1687-88 and Freeman of Poole in 1689. The Gould's had a strong local interest in Dorchester, and James followed his father as Member for the Borough but took little part in proceedings in the House. Returned for Dorchester again in 1690 he was classed as a Whig by Lord Carmarthen (Sir Thomas Osborne) in a list of the new Parliament. His activities in this session cannot be distinguished from those of his cousin Nicholas and in any case both were inactive Members. He was listed by Carmarthen in December 1690 as a probable supporter in case of an attack against him in the Commons by Robert Harley as a Country supporter in April 1691, and by Grascombe as a placeman in 1693. The death of his cousin in 1691 allows him to be more easily identified in the Journals. He did not stand after 1695, and was buried at St Peters Dorchester 11th Aug 1707. His only daughter married first Charles Churchill brother of the Duke of Marlborough (John Churchill) and secondly the 2nd Earl of Abingdon (Montague Venables-Bertie) (4)
Sources:- (1) HACD John Hutchins (2) MRD (3) History of Parliament The House of Commons 1690-1715 Cambridge Press (4) DV2 page 132 (5) WW 13 ref to him page 56 says aged 30 in 1624, incs pedigree of William Whiteway page 170/1 (6) OPC Marriage 1624 (7) PRO John Gould of Satverton Devon proved 28 Mar 1606 Ref 11/107; John Gould of Dorchester Merchant proved 10 Nov 1630 Ref 11/158. James GOULD of Dorchester proved 10 May 1676 Ref 11/350 (8) QS (9) HD (10) SDH (11) FFH)
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[PRO] Will of Joane Gould, Widow of Dorchester, Dorset: Probate granted 22 Dec 1630: Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Name of Register: Scroope Quire Numbers: 64 - 117: PROB Ref 11/158
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[PRO] Will of Henry Gould, Merchant of Saint Thomas the Apostle, Devon: Probate granted 31 Dec 1636: Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Name of Register: Pile Quire Numbers: 90 - 123: PROB Ref 11/172
[WW] GOULD, William (d 1635) Merchant of Hayes near Exeter. son of Edward. Married Alice Taylor and had a daughter Elizabeth. Investor in the Dorchester Company.
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Giles lived at Afflington within the parish of Corfe Castle on the Isle of Purbeck and married Elizabeth Hill of Poundsford Park in Somerset. They had a daughter Sarah who married John Bland of London as she named her son Giles Bland after her father (bap St Olave Hart St Ldn. 26 Oct 1647). Giles Green was MP for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis 1621, 1626 and Corfe Castle 1625,1628. The Visitation of Dorset in 1623 however disclaimed him at Dorchester where he is listed as having "usurped the name of Gentleman without authoritie". According to William Whiteway's diary he moved to Dorchester to live 24 Sep 1634 because of his own and his wife's sickliness. He became Receiver of Yorkshire, and from 1645 was a Commissioner of the Navy. However, in December 1648 Green was one of the MPs excluded from Parliament in Pride's Purge. His son later became clerk of the New River Company and his daughter, Katherine, married another Dorset MP, Roger Hill, in 1635. He died at Motcombe leaving a Will which was proved on 20 May 1656. A Giles Green was also buried at Melcombe Regis on 20 Aug 1662 which may be his son.
Sources:- See Links above + [WW] (pages 32,61,79,95,150,156,177) DV: (pages 2 & 4) [PRO] Will of Giles Greene of Motcombe, Dorset: Probate granted 20 May 1656: Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Name of Register: Berkeley Quire Numbers: 1 - 52: PROB Ref 11/252 [RT] (pages 63,456) [MR] (pages 41,581) [IGI extraction programme Giles Bland] D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954): [DV] 1623 Listed page 2 under Weymouth but disclained at Dorchester Page 4
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[OXA] GUY, John of Bryanston had a son John Guy (born c.1615) and his son matriculated at Magdelen College 1632 aged 17; BA from Hart Hall 1636; MA 1639; student of the middle temple 1632. [Note could not trace the father]
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[OXA] HIGHMORE, Nathaniel of Southants Gentleman St Alban Hall matriculated 16 Oct 1601 aged 16; BA from Merton Hall 27 Nov 1604; MA from Queens College 17 Jun 1607; Rector of Goathill Somerset 1614; Rector of Caudle Purse Dorset 1614?.
His son is also listed :- HIGHMORE, Nathaniel (Heighmore) son of Nathaniel Highmore Caudle Purse Dorset sacred. Queens College matriculated 4 Nov 1631 aged 17; scholar Trinity College 1632; BA 6 Feb 1634/35;
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[JOS] Esq. of Chaldon Herring, He married (1) Isabel Williams, dau. of Brune Williams and Elizabeth Churchill, (2) Elizabeth Pelham, 4 Sept. 1621, Salisbury, dau. of Herbert Pelham and Elizabeth West, bpt. 27 Apr. 1604, Hellingle, Sussex. Elizabeth died 1 Nov. 1628. Her Aunt Lettice West married Henry Ludlow cousin of Roger Ludlow. He married (3) Susan Fiennes, dau. of Sir Thomas de Clinton, Earl of Lincoln and Elizabeth Knyvett. Treasurer of Dorchester Company, John became Deputy Governor of Massachussetts. John brought servants, John Legge and John King with him. He returned to England 26 Oct.1641. He died 1661, Chaldon Herring, Dorset. His brothers-in-law were Edward Clarke, who married Ann Pelham, Thomas Pelham, Isaac Johnson who married Arabella Fiennes for whom Gov. Winthope named his ship, and John Gorges (b. 1593), son of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, Lord of the Province of Maine, and Anne Bell, who married Frances Fiennes. Robert Gorges, his brother (b. 1595), came to New England in 1623 to take up the government of a patent in Massachusetts Bay, MA. (Ref: Dorset Visitations 1623, p. 57, Dorset Visitation 1677, pp. 77,53, History of York Maine, Vol. 1 by Charles Edward Banks)
[WW] HUMFRY, John (1597-c 1652) Son of Michael Humfry of Dorchester. Treasurer of the Dorchester Company. actively engaged in this and other colonizing ventures. Sailed to New England 1634, but returned 1641. His son Colonel John Humfry, was sword bearer before judges of Charles I.
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[WW] HUMFRY, Michael (d. 1626) Esquire of East Chaldon and Dorchester. alderman of Dorchester 1625. Died while MP for Dorchester. The diarist was elected to sit out his term.
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[PRO] Will of Mary Hussey, Widow of Shapwick, Dorset: Probate granted 8 May 1629; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Name of Register: Ridley Quire Numbers: 1 - 59: PROB Ref 11/155
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[Note:- Many variations in spelling makes research difficult eg Umfrey, Humfry, Humfrey, Humphrerey, Joleff, Joleffe, Jolife, Joileafe, Joliffe, Jolleiffe, Jollyffe, Joliff, Jolliffe, Jolyff, Jolyffe, Joyliffe, Oliffe etc]
The average age at which men married in Dorchester was around the age of 27 but I cannot locate evidence of Humphrey being in Dorchester prior to the great fire of 1613. In his book Fire from Heaven David Underdown refers to "John Watts, hitherto a prosperous merchant and member of the Corporation was 'much impoverished' by the fire and his house behind South Street, adjoining the Antelope yard or backside was in ruin for 2 years before he eventually sold it to a lawyer named Humphrey JOLIFFE. Jollife claims to have spent the improbable sum of £1000 on rebuilding it." By 1615 Humphrey was clearly a wealthy man and now aged 40 likely to have been married. There is a burial in Holy Trinity Church of an Amy the wife of Humphrey JOILIFFE being buried there on 2nd April 1624, but no direct evidence of children.
RGB (see left) also states that he married 'Christian' the daughter of John FRY but gives no background. There is indeed an entry in the registers for the parish of Cattistock on 11th January 1626 of a Humphrey JOYLIFFE a gentleman from the parish of Dorchester marrying a Christian FFOY [not FRY] and this appears to be the entry that RGB is referring to as Christian is brought to Dorchester and they raise a family of 9 children in Holy Trinity parish between 1628 and 1641. Christian Joliffe a widow was buried at HT Church Dorchester on 30th June 1663. A Letter of Administration for the estate of Christiana JOLYFFE of Dorchester in Dorset was granted to Henry BESTLAND a creditor on 21st April 1666.
There is no doubt that Humphrey JOLIFFE was an active and well respected lawyer regularly used by members of the Corporation and to aid research I have listed below references to him that I have located in various surviving documentation.
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(1). He was appointed Overseer of Mathew CHUBB's will dated 21st June 1617;
(2). He was a beneficiary under the Will of Roger KETE Gentleman Dated 15 Mar 1619/20 Proved 5 July 1620 "Item: I give and bequeath to Humphrey JOLIFFE Gentleman a great wine chest"
(3). In the Will of Margaret CHUBB (d.1628) Widow of Matthew CHUBB (d.1617) Goldsmith of Dorchester; Dated 18 April 1625 (Probate granted 14 May 1628 Ref PROB 11/153) "Item: I give unto Humfry JOLIFFE of the said Dorchester Gentleman my attorney whom I have found very careful and faithful in the following of my law business one hundred pounds so as he doth deliver or cause to be delivered to the executor of this my Last Will and Testament within three months next after my decease being thereunto requested all such deeds evidences Charters records Court Rolls writings scripts and investments of what nature and kind so ever which he hath in his own custody or otherwise disposed of which do concern me or my lands or any part thereof or any got of my estate and also be aiding and assisting to my said executors for the due performance of this my Last Will and Testament according to my true intent and meaning."
(4). He was one of the witnesses to the indenture or sale of Foxwell's Tenement, on the east side of South High Street to the grocer Richard Bury on 10 June 1637 - Charter 687
(5). He was one of the witnesses to the indenture of a lease of a Messuage in High South Street on 23rd March 1640/1 Charter 712-D
(6). In the year 1652/3 in the Municipal Records of Dorchester page 547 - "This day upon a debate how to relieve Mr William JOLIFFE, and to see him free from danger of his creditors in case his other debts can be satisfied by himself and Mr Humfrey JOLLIFFE, which Lawrence Righton hath assured this company will be effected --etc. This suggests that Humphrey was related to William JOLIFFE who was at one time Mayor of Dorchester but had fallen on hard times..
[MRD] Pages 547 [1652-3 - Refers to debate on how to free William JOLIFFE of his debts in London [£125] with Humphrey JOLIFFE and Lawrence RIGHTON helping to sort out his other debts]
[OXA] - Jolliffe, Humphrey of Dorset pleb. Magdalen Hall matric 7th Feb 1588-9 aged 13 ?
[QS] - Pages 120 [attorney Blandford Sessions 12/14 Jan 1630], 150 [Attorney Bridport Sessions 5/8 Oct 1630] ; 171 [Attorney at Sherborne Sessions 19/21 Apr 1631], 179 [Attorney at Shaston Sessions 12/13 July 1631] , 184 [ Attorney at Bridport Sessions 4/6 Oct 1631] , 224 [ Blandfor Sessions 8/11 Jan 1633 - Case of John Higgins:- Robert Nappier, Humphrey JOLLIFF, Robert Hill and John Salter gentlemen are Commissioners in Dorset for the lands and revenues of Theophhilus, Earl of Suffolk. They consent that John Higgins of Winfrith, labourer, being poor and aged can build a house on the waste at Winfrith of which the Earl of Suffolk is lord, and shall pay no rent. The house is to remain for the use of the poor". Note:- The original entry can now be viewed on ancestry.com
[WILLS] (1). Overseer of Mathew CHUBB's will dated 21st June 1617;
(2) Will of Roger KETE Gentleman Dated 15 Mar 1619/20 - Codicil 9 Apr 1620 - Proved 5 July 1620 "Item: I give and bequeath Humphrey JOLIFFE Gentleman a great wine chest"
(3) Will of Margaret CHUBB (d.1628) Widow of Matthew CHUBB (d.1617) Goldsmith of Dorchester; Dated 18 April 1625 (Probate granted 14 May 1628 Ref PROB 11/153) "Item: I give unto Humfry JOLIFFE of the said Dorchester Gentleman my attorney whom I have found very careful and faithful in the following of my law business one hundred pounds so as he doth deliver or cause to be delivered to the executor of this my Last Will and Testament within three months next after my decease being thereunto requested all such deeds evidences Charters records Court Rolls writings scripts and investments of what nature and kind so ever which he hath in his own custody or otherwise disposed of which do concern me or my lands or any part thereof or any got of my estate and also be aiding and assisting to my said executors for the due performance of this my Last Will and Testament according to my true intent and meaning."
(4) 21 Apr 1666 - Letter of Administration for the estate of Christiana JOLYFFE of Dorchester granted to Henry Bestland Gent a credfitor
[WITNESSED] Will Nicholas Purchase 12 Mar 1619/20 ; Charter 687 10th June 1637 ; Charter 712 Indenture 23 Mar 1640 ;
[WW] Page 178 Summary:- JOLLIFFE, Humphrey (c1583-1653) Lawyer in Dorchester. Steward of manors of Sir Edward Lawrence 1627-31. Mayor 1633 {Note this is incorrect it was William JOLIFFE who was Mayor in 1633]. Investor in the Dorchester Company. Also page 78 of Diary "In this month the privy seales came abroad of which 152 were for Dorset and in them 9 for Dorchester, Som [i.e. sum] £100 [of which Humphrey Joliffe paid £10]
[PRO] Will of John Jope, Merchant of Plymouth, Devon; Probate granted 26 jan 1631: Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Name of Register: St. John Quire Numbers: 1 - 68: PROB Ref 11/159
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[QS] Shown as a regular practising case lawyer 1627-1634 inc before the Quarter Sessions in Blandford, Dorchester, Sherborne, Beaminster, etc
[PRO] Will of Gilbert Loder, Gentleman of Dorchester, Dorset, probate granted 12 Mar 1657; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Name of Register: Ruthen Quire Numbers: 51 - 103: PROB Ref 11/262
[NBI] Gilbert LODER buried Dorchester Dorset Parish of St Peters in the year 1656 no exact date given
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NOTE:- (1). See research document - he was also Governor in 1627 under the Charter granted to Dorchester by James I, but Rose Troup refers to the new Charter drawn up in 1629 under Charles I where it states " John LONG of Dorchester shall be the first Governor to continue in office until Monday after Michaelmas & to be sworn before the Mayor".
See Research Document on John LONG [LONGE] families in Dorchester
Sources:- FFH pages 225 & 236: MRD pages 59, 82, 340, 367, 393, 395/6, 408/9, 413, 427, 642, 692, 694, 716: PRO Possible probate granted 20 Sep 1633 for a Will of John Longe or Long but does not give any location ; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury; Name of Register: Russell Quire Numbers: 58 - 117: PRPB Ref 11/164: WW p39, 48, 54, 75, 92, 106, 115, 125-127, 179.
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Henry MABER (1588-1667) He was baptised as Henry the youngest child of Marshall MABER of Hillfield on 2nd December 1588 in St Nicholas Church in the parish of Sydling St Nicholas located 8 miles north west of Dorchester. His father Marshall Maber married his mother Marie MITCHELL in St Mary's church in Charminster Dorset on 17 Nov 1577. He had an older brother William (1580) and two sisters Mary (1583) and Elizabeth (1585). A clothier by trade the Municipal Records show that he took on 4 apprentices in Dorchester (in 1623, 1629, 1631 and 1634) for 8 or 9 year terms to help in his business and learn the trade. He was elected constable of Dorchester on 2nd Oct 1626 and again the following year. He was appointed under the Charter of Charles I issued on 22 Sep 1629 as one of the original 24 members of the Common Council of Freemen and re-elected, in 1630 and 1633. He was also elected receiver of the company of Freemen in 1629 and Governor 1632-33. In 1629, whilst still a constable of Dorchester, he was accused of poaching by a local gentleman called John Williams the heir to the Herringstone estate and keeper of the King's game for the Royal Manor of Fordington. John Williams had himself stabbed a tapster to death at the George in 1623 but Maber was duly summoned to Whitehall. No formal complaint was made however so he returned home.
His father, also a clothier by trade was admitted Freemen of Dorchester 26 July 1632. On the 18th Sep 1635 Henry was elected Capital Burgess of Dorchester taking over from William Whiteway the diarist who died then. In 1635 he was also made Town Steward, before being chosen as Mayor in 1641. During the period 1648-49 he was Bailiff and on 1st Apr 1650 became Feoffee for the parsonage of Frome Whitfield before being elected as Mayor for second time on 3 October 1653. Rose Troup says he married in St peters church Dorchester on 4 Aug 1657 to the widow Martha DERBIE. If correct he would then have been 69 years old. He was buried in st peters church on 2nd Oct 1667.
Sources: DD page 141: HACD: FFH pages 143,158,187: MRD pages 59, 83, 370, 373, 396, 399, 408, 413, 415, 424, 444, 454, 561, 624, 630, 649, 651, 652, 713,714, 716. OPC Charminster marriages & Sydling St Nicholas Baptisms: RT & Rev RG Bartelot - pages 40, 263 and 449: WW pages 85,92,99,113,125,134,157, 179:
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[PRO] Will of Henry Mainford, Gentleman of Longburton, Dorset, probate granted 20 Nov 1647; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Name of Register: Fines Quire Numbers: 202 - 260: PROB Ref 11/202. Also Will of Joane MANIFORD Widow of Long urton Dorset, proved 14 Dec 1660 Nabbs Quire numbers 260-312 REf 11/302
[JOS] His daughter Mary married John Warren of Chiddington. (Ref: Dorset Visitations 1677, p. 73)
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Matthias was educated at the same university as the Rev. John WHITE (1574/5-1648) matriculating at New College Oxford on 31st Oct 1606 at the impressionable age of 19. John White had probably only just left Oxford when Matthias arrived, leaving behind him a considerable reputation at the university as a charismatic puritan preacher. Matthias was awarded a Bachelor of Canon Law on 5 May 1614 and must have been befriended by the Patriarch's father (also John WHITE 1550-1618), as he was a witness to his will which was written at Staunton St John on 30 Sep 1616. It is not surprising therefore to find him following in the patriarch's footsteps receiving a licence to preach in 1619 and being presented to the living at Mells in Somerset on 14th January 1620 after the death of the previous rector William HILL. He did not stay long however as a new rector Henry Ancketill was appointed on 27 Feb 1621 shortly before Matthias was awarded his Bachelor of Divinity on 11 July 1621. He then, according to his will, seems to have become a "Preacher of God's word" in Plymouth Devon.
He married a Martha and is said to have had the following children all baptised in St Andrews church Plymouth John (bap 20 Mar 1621 -bur 14 Sep 1631) Joanna (bap 24 Sep 1623); Matthias (bap 29 Mar 1626); Samuel (bap 17 Jul 1628) and Hanna (bap 15 Dec 1631). Matthias remained throughout in close contact with John WHITE supporting his schemes for emigration and becoming one of the 119 investors in the Dorchester Company in 1624.
His younger brother Ferdinando NICHOLLS (1598-1662) became assistant to Rev. John WHITE from 1625 to August 1627 and according to Rose Troup in her book on John WHITE, Ferdinando 'advanced to a form of Puritanism of a more violent character'.
In March 1630 Matthias greeted passengers of the "Mary & John" (the ship chartered by John WHITE) just before they set sail for New England. They assembled together with John WHITE in Plymouth for a farewell service in the "New Hospital", evidently known as the Hospital of the Poor Portion, a recently founded Puritan institution on the lines of the Hospital in Dorchester, a place for 'setting children to work' and for 'aged people to inhabit'.
Matthias died in Plymouth on 15 July 1631 leaving a Will which was proved on 10 October that year in which he left money to puritan charitable institutions in Plymouth and £13 'unto the common stock for New England, towards the advancement of that plantation'. On 12th April 1634 his widow Martha was another of those that settled in Dorchester seeking the comfort and protection of John White.
Genealogical Notes:-
Sources: CCED; CLDS members entry: OXA; PRO Ref Prob 11/160: RT23,199 411,453; WW 117,143,180;
[MR] See Separate Biography on this site.Rev. Edward PELE (1582-1643)
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[WW] PELHAM, Thomas. Of Compton Valence, Dorset. Captain in Dorset Militia 1622-29.
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[PRO] Will of John Pitt, Merchant of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, Dorset; probate granted 10 Fen 1626; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Name of Register: Hele Quire Numbers: 1 - 56; PROB Ref 11/148
[WW] PITT, John (c1547-1627). Merchant and shipowner of Lanehouse, Bridport and Weymouth. Mayor of Weymouth 1618 and MP for Poole 1623.Investor in Newfoundland fishing trade and Dorchester Company. Brother to diarist's maternal grandmother. Married Agnes Davidge. Children included Joseph, alice (d. 1626) and Phineas.
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[DV] PITT, Mathew: Alderman of Melcombe Regis, 1623. DV Ref Page 2.
[PRO] Will of Mathew Pitt, Merchant of Cricket Malherbie, Somerset; probate granted 19 Nov 1624; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Name of Register: Byrde Quire Numbers: 66 - 118; PROB Ref 11/144
[WW] PITT, Matthew. (d.1624) Merchant of Weymouth. MP 1621 and 1624. Described by diarist as "cousin".
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[DV] Grandson of Christian and Isabell Sacheverall of Chantmarrell Dorset; Son of John Dacheverall of Buckland Dorset & Anne daughter of Thomas Jessop of Chilcomb Dorset; Rector of East Stoke Dorset married Deborah Dale. Had son John born c1613 [See OXA below]
[OXA] SACHEVERELL, John son of John of East Stoke Dorset; sacred.New Inn Hall Oxford; matriculated 1 Feb 1632/33 aged 18; BA 3 Jul 1636; Rector of Langton Matravers Dorset 1646; and of Rimpton Somerset 1653; (his father formerly Cheverell Rector of East Stoke 1614, son of John Cheverell of Buckland Dorset); served the cure of donative of Wincanton, silenced 1662, died Dorchester Goal; brother of Timothy and grandfather of Henry1689
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[DV3] SAVAGE The pedigree of George Savage of Bloxworth & Mary Ashley. Shows a second marriage for his son Richard to a Mary (surname not given) States Richard buried Dewlish 17 June 1668 (also shown in NBI) and wife Mary 17 Sep 1639 (also shown in NBI as Marie Savage). Three children William bap 21 Sep 1637; Elizabeth bap 14 June 1636 & Bridget bap 1 Sep 1644. [Note:- OPC Parish register very poor quality but confirms Elizabeth d.o. Richard Savage Bap 1637]
[WW] SAVAGE, Richard (d.1669). Woolen Draper of Bloxworth. Assistant to governor of freemen 1624-25, 1627-28. Bailiff 1630-31, 1634-35. Mayor 1639-40, 1651-52. Governor of hospital 1634. Investor in Dorchester Company. Captain in militia for Parliament in Civil War. brother of William, counsellor-at-law.
[WW] Diary dates: 01 Oct 1619 present at naming of WW brother James Whiteway : 30 Sep 1622 Chosen Constable: 6 Oct 1623 Chosen Constable: 12 Apr 1633 Feoffee of the lands of All Saints: 22 Sept 1628 Mr Richard Savage was chosen to be of the Company in stead of Mr Richard Bushrod deceased
[HD] - By new Charter for Dorchester issued by Charles I on 22 Dec 1630 listed as Capital burgess
[MR] His burial is listed in the National Burial Index under Richard SAVAAGE on 7th Aug 1669. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset” by John HUTCHINS shows him as Mayor of Dorchester in 1639; 1651 and 1660. Mayo in the Municipal Records of Dorchester refers to Mr Richard Savage chosen Mayor Oct 6 1651.His brother William Savage is shown in the Oxford Alumni :- of Dorset gent, Exeter College matriculated 30 Oct 1607 aged 16; student Middle Temple 1614; [DV3] Barrister MT 1621 Sheriff 1647 son and heir of George Savage of Bloxworth; married Joane daughter of Richard Page of Uxendon in ye parish of Harrow on the hill in Middlesex. Father of George 1651.
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[PRO] Will of John Snooke, Merchant Tailor of Saint Clement Danes, Probate dated 1 sep 1665 : Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Name of Register: Hyde Quire Numbers: 57 - 107: PROB Ref 11/317
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[JOS] Son of George Southcott of Bovey Tracy and Elizabeth Seymour, dau. of Sir Henry Seymour. Married Katherine Pole, dau. of Sir William Pole and Mary Periam, bpt. 20 Aug. 1587. (Ref: Devon Visitations 1620, p. 60c).
"Sir Peter Carew was the most celebrated member of a very gifted race, and with his death in 1575 the senior branch of an extremely gifted family became extinct. Sir Peter's only sister, Cecily, inherited Mohun's Ottery. She was the wife of Thomas Kirkham, and their daughter and heiress, Thomasine, carried the property on her marriage to a family named Southcote. The house was sold in 1678 by Thomas Southcote, who died on 19 Sept 1699 and lies buried in the nave of the little village church of Monkton on the southern side of the Vale of Otter."
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John Terry died at Stockton on 10 May 1625 (Probate 5 July) and there is an obituary to him in the Stockton parish register as well as a memorial in the church which I have quoted in John Whites biography. His works listed in the Dictionary of National biography showed him to hold strong anti Roman Catholic views. On John Terry's death in 1625 he was succeeded by the Rev. Christopher Greene and Mary was required to vacate the rectory. She moved to Dorchester to live near her brother and also because her son Josias (executor to her will) also had a haberdashery business there. Her youngest son Stephen must have accompanied her as he emigrated on the Mary and John in 1630. Mary died in Dorchester on 12 Feb 1637/8. See transcript of her Will dated 6th Oct 1637.
Sources:- CCED: DNB page 567: OXA: PRO 11/146: RT Pages 24, 392, 407, 408, 416. http://kinnexions.com/ancestries/terry.htm
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For the year 1628/29 he served as constable of Dorchester and his haberdashery business continued to thrive enabling him to take on an apprentice called Mathew Newman who was bound to him for the usual 7 years on 20th Dec 1630. Two days later Charles I granted to the bailiffs, burgesses and inhabitants of Dorchester a new charter and he was named therein as one of 24 people to sit on the Common Council of Freemen for regulating trade etc in the borough. He is briefly mentioned in the Quarter Session Records for 13th to 15th January 1629/30 as some unspecified information was lodged against him with the court. He pleaded not guilty and was due to appear before William Derby JP but proceedings seem to have been dropped. His mother Mary died in 1637 when he was the executor and main benefactor of her Will dated 6th Oct 1637. . During the Civil War when danger approached Dorchester the Borough raised 2 companies each of eighty men. Josiah Terry was made Lieutenant of one under the command of Captain Joseph Paty.
He married Margaret the sister of the presbyterian merchant William Twisse but I have not been able to find out whether they had any children. This William Twisse should not be confused with William Twisse (c1580-1646) See Dictionary of National Biography who was another of John White's New College acquaintenances, afterwards chaplain to Elizabeth of Bohemia and in the 1640's Chairman of the Prebyterian Westminster Assembly.This William Twisse was a wealthy merchant in Dorchester who appears to have died in 1690. Josiah Terry's most prominent achievement was to be elected twice as Mayor of Dorchester in 1649 and 1661. He was Overseer to the will of Juliana PERKINS a widow of Dorchester written 19th Jan 1656 and proved 2nd Feb 1658 (See Wills Index) . In 1649 he was living a burgage(s) owned by William Derby (1588c-1649). During his second term he had William Twisse elected as a Capital Burgess of Dorchester. Josias died in Dorchester being buried on 25 Oct 1667 in Holy Trinity Church. His wife Margaret lived until 1673 when probate of her will was granted on 12th May. She left in her will bequests to George Hammond the ejected Minister of Holy Trinity and Abraham the son of Peter Templeman from Weymouth another apprentice that they had bound for 10 years on 29 May 1656 and four pounds to the poor of Dorchester with a provision that Holy Trinity's share to go principally to the widows of that parish.
Sources:- FFH Pages 214, 233,237,242, 250: HD Page 129: MRD: NBI: OXA W/Twisse: PRO Margarett 11/342: QS: RT Pages 308,392: WW:
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[MR] [ Note: See Separate Biography on this site William DERBY (1588-1649) of Dorchester]
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Joseph UNDERWOOD (1586-1641 ) Joseph, the son of John Underwood was baptised at Holy Trinity church Dorchester on 25th March 1586. He married in the same parish to Rachel Edwards on 25th April 1607.
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They had the following children baptized there:- (1) Joane bap 19th Apr 1608, she married Frederick Losse at Holy Trinity church on 30th Nov 1629; (2) Sara bap HT 26th Aug 1610 (3) John bap HT 18th June 1612 (4) Joseph bap HT 1st July 1613 - we know he married on 28 January 1633/4 from William Whiteway's diary and that he was a householder when he went off to fight in the Civil War in 1644, rising to the rank of captain before he was demobilised. His children were bap at HT (5) Rachell bap HT 30th March 1615 & buried there 6th May 1618 (6) Rebecca bap HT 23rd Mar 1615/16 (7) Benjamin bap HT 20 Apr 1619 and buried there 1st March 1619/20 (8) Rachell bap HT 26 March 1621 (9) Elizabeth bap HT
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A grocer by trade, apart from a short appearance in June 1617 before the magistrates when he was bound over to keep the peace with 2 other traders, he appears to have been doing very well until the early 1630's. In 1613 for example he took on Hugh the son of Daniel Phillipes of Sherborne as an apprentice for 8 years to help with his expanding business. Then in 1617 he also apprenticed John the son of Percival Harbin of Bradford Peverll for 12 years, and in 1625 John the son of William Daniel of East Coker for 8 years. As a grocer he was a member of the Company of Freemen of Dorchester being elected as Assistant Governor for the years 1626-27, 1628-29, 1630-31, 1633-34. In fact he is named in the charter issued to the Corporation of Dorchester by Charles 1st on 22nd September 1629 as one of the original 24 members of the Council of Freemen of Dorchester
From William Whiteway's diary we also know that he was elected constable of Dorchester on 4th October 1624 and re-elected to serve for another year on 9th Oct 1625. He was also elected as churchwarden and overseer in Holy Trinity Parish on 14th April 1628 . A supporter of John White he is listed as one of the 119 investors in the Dorchester Company and some of his relatives actually emigrated to New England. He was in the same tax bracket as Dennis Bond and several other members of the Corporation so clearly doing very well.
But then things started to go downhill. First the death of his wife Rachel is reported by William Whiteway on 18th April 1631 and she was buried at Holy Trinity the following day. Whether she had been a steadying influence upon him we do not know, but he was arrested for debt in 1632, and although he managed to pay up, two years later he could not. He had been buying goods from London wholesalers, who, he claimed, charged him for more than he had ordered. Summoned before Edmund Dashwood the Mayor, Underwood was indignant. He expected to be treated with courtesy in the old neighbourly way, he told the constable, not as a disgraced and broken debtor; 'If Mr Mayor had sent his boy he would go with him, but not with a constable without a warrant'. If the constable did bring a warrant he would come only if it was 'business for the King'. So his goods were distrained and although his son came rushing home from the Shire Hall and secured some of the stock before the bailiffs arrived, the shop was soon being rifled both by the agents of the London dealers and by some distictly unneighbourly neighbours. A crowd of over thirty people collected and took 'some fruit' and other small things, while the Londoners helped themselves to nutmegs and drank some of Underwoods 'hot waters'. The grocer scurried off to London and eventually satisfied his creditors; he was back in business by the end of 1636 but his civic career was at an end and he was buried at Holy Trinity Church Dorchester on 4th Sep 1641.
Sources:- Holy Trinity Parish Registers; FFH page 140; MRD pages 59; 83; 393; 410; 411; 424; 641; 661; 697; Phillimore's Marriage Registers, published in 1909; William Whiteway his diary 1618-1635: Sir Fracis Ashley's Casebook 1614-1635 Note:- In the Index to 'Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury' now preserved in the Principal Probate Registry Somerset House in London, is an entry for the year 1649 :- Joseph UNDERWOOD of Dorchester Dorset (Former grant October 1641 - Administration granted 1649 Folio 170.]
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[PRO] Possible?? Will of John Vincent of Dorchester, Dorset;probate granted 21 Jan 1663; PCC Name of Register: Juxon Quire Numbers: 1 - 51; PROB Ref 11/310 Note others in Dorset as well??
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[PRO] Will of Henry Walrond of Bradfield, Devon; Probate granted 11 July 1650; PCC Name of Register: Pembroke Quire Numbers: 110 - 156; PROB Ref 11/213
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[WW] WAY, George (d.1641) Glover of Dorchester. Governor of hospital 1626. Constable 1625-26, 1634-35. Churchwarden 1629. Investor in the Dorchester Company and other New England ventures.
[PRO] Will of George Way, Merchant of Dorchester, Dorset; Probate granted 03 December 1641; PCC Name of Register: Evelyn Quire Numbers: 105 - 155: PROB Ref 11/187
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[PRO] Will of Robert Welsted or Welsteed, Clerk of Bloxworth, Dorset; Probate granted 12 February 1652; PCC Name of Register: Bowyer Quire Numbers: 1 - 51; PROB Ref 11/220
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[PRO] Will of Robert Whetcombe, Gentleman of Sherborne, Dorset: Probate granted 14 February 1657; PCC Name of Register: Ruthen Quire Numbers: 1 - 50: PROB Ref 11/261 or
Will of Robert Whetcombe, Gentleman of Sherborne, Dorset: probate granted 10 September 1687; PCC Name of Register: Foot Quire Numbers: 90 - 132: PROB Ref 11/388
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[WW] WHITEWAY (1570-1640) Father of diarist. Merchant of Dorchester. Successful in trade, especially with France. Born at Denbury, Devon, he left home town to follow fortunes as apprentice merchant, First visited Dorchester 1585. Imprisoned as a Protestant in Honfleur, France 1590. Married Mary Mounsell (1579-1655), herself from a trading family, 1598. Settled permanently in Dorchester 1600, and soon an office holder. Listed as capital burgess in 1610 Charter, and as Alderman in 1629 Charter. Four times bailiff, including 1626 and 1635. Mayor 1631. MP for Dorchester 1624, 1625. He and his wife outlived most of their children.
[HD] Appointed Magistrate under new Charter by King James 1st 26 June 1610 - Also new Charter by Charles I on 22 Dec 1630
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[WW] WHITEWAY, William (1599-1635) The diarist. Merchant of Dorchester, where he attended free school under Robert Cheeke. First journey to France 1616. Married to Elinor Parkins (1601-bef.1647) in Holy Trinity by John White 1620. Freeman 1621. Lieutenant in militia 1622. Assistant to Governor of freemen 1622. Governor 1624. Capital burgess 1624. MP for Dorchester 1626. Steward of hospital 1626.Overseer of the Poor for Holy Trinity parish 1628. Bailiff 1629,1633. Town steward 1630. Feoffee of All Saints church 1633.
[PRO] Will of William Whiteway, Merchant of Dorchester, Dorset: Probate granted 7 Sep 1635; PCC Name of Register: Sadler Quire Numbers: 93 - 132; PROB Ref 11/169
[HD] - By new Charter for Dorchester issued by Charles I on 22 Dec 1630 listed as Capital burgess + 1st Alderman
[DD] - Attended the Free school in Dorchester between 1606 - 1615 and in 1616 made his 1st journey to France. Eleanor dau of John Parkins a Dorchester merchant - her portion [dowry/] was £500. Eleanors wedding ring has latin inscription 'I am the pledge of a strong marriage and a pure love'. had 8 children all but the eldest son and another - William and a posthumous daughter dying in infancy. Whiteways brother John married John Whites niece Mary. - wide ranging interests knowledgeable about astronomy and geology art and architecture. He owned books on logic medicine and mathematics. Had a deep interest in history & had planned to wriite a contemporary history of England. As was natural for a merchant he paid attention to to foreign affairs & as a puritan he was greatly interested in the religious controversies of the time. he was very unhappy about the advance of Arminianism and the power of the Bishops and was dismayed by Catholic victories in the 30 years war. + much more
[SDH] - Various cargoes through the port of Weymouth
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