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Dorset / Re: Where did they come from?
« on: Friday 20 June 08 12:50 BST (UK)  »
 :) Hello Paul,

There is one John STUCKLEY in the Hearth Tax Assessments for 1662-4 in Bere Regis - one hearth, so not badly off.  This is the only information it gives. There is no STOCKLEY or variant that I can see, and John is the only STUCKLEY.

Don't forget that people would walk miles in those days, or even more recently.

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Dorset / Re: Conuence? Shining?
« on: Sunday 15 June 08 11:36 BST (UK)  »
Paul,

I don't think this is a legal will, mainly because there's no preamble, and also because there is the Admon (inventory). But that doesn't mean it's any less precious! These are examples of how fairly ordinary people - but the cream of the ordinary people, because they had access to people who could write - of how they lived, what they found essential for life. Interesting that there are no mason's tools in the Admon.

BTW, Paul, you can find the christening of the 'troublesome son' (we all have them - nothing changes!) at the Corfe Castle section of the Dorset online parish clerk records at

http://www.opcdorset.com/CorfeCastleFiles/CorfeCastleBaptisms1700-1739.htm

John, christened 28th Oct 1702, and
George, 23rd Jun 1706,
 and
Mary, 18th Mar 1715

Very big gap between christenings of George and Mary ...

Also, at

http://www.opcdorset.com/CorfeCastleFiles/CorfeCastleBurials1668-1744.htm

there's a burial recorded for a John Stockley.

For the Admons I've seen, Simon had a lot of goods, and a four-room house - that's big for those days! Does it say who did the inventory of goods?  No need for an address - in those days, everyone would have known where Simon and Mary lived. Small village.

It's very frustrating not to be able to work out those words - 'crock' and 'skillett'. The words need to be taken in the context of the writing style of whoever wrote the list. And as for 'shining' - seems to me to be the work of someone concentrating so hard on writing that he doesn't realise he's made a mistake, simple as that. It definitely means shilling!

I hope you realise how lucky you are, to have such wonderful pieces of paper from over 250 years ago!


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Dorset / Token shilling left in Will
« on: Saturday 14 June 08 12:40 BST (UK)  »
Paul,

What a wonderful find!

In Jean Cole and John Titford's book, "Tracing Your Family History", they say "... a token shilling may be left ... to a son who had already been given land or financial help during the testator's life", so that accounts for the single shilling.

feelng very envious,

Viv

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Dorset / Re: Dorset OPC
« on: Wednesday 12 March 08 13:18 GMT (UK)  »

I've read on the rootsweb Dorset list that the opc for Dorset is changing servers, and it's not going as smoothly as she'd hoped. Bit of patience is what we need!

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Dorset / Re: Greatest Natural Disaster
« on: Tuesday 23 October 07 16:07 BST (UK)  »
Tony,

I expect you already know this, but the 1841 and 1891 Warwickshire censuses are online at

http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/index.html

for your Hurst/Payne families   :)

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Dorset / Re: Greatest Natural Disaster
« on: Tuesday 09 October 07 16:57 BST (UK)  »
Yes, you're right! Severe memory probs here! The Somerset one was on 20th January 1607, according to the internet. Sorry!

Defoe didn't have a great deal to say about Dorset, but here's a link to what he did write about it:  http://www.buildinghistory.org/Primary/Defoe/Dorset.htm

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Dorset Lookup Requests / Re: Dorset Hearth Tax Lookup Please THREAD COMPLETED
« on: Tuesday 09 October 07 10:56 BST (UK)  »
This Hearth Tax record was only an assessment, for the government to see how much they might be able to raise for a war against the Dutch.

Symondsbury tithing, Whitchurch hundred:

Henry Goare, two hearths

Stocatrum (sic) tithing, Whitchurch hundred:

Francis Gore, two hearths

Have taken variants of surnames into account, but there weren't any! Hope at least one of these people helps you.

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Dorset Lookup Requests / Re: Dorset Hearth Tax Lookup Please THREAD COMPLETED
« on: Monday 08 October 07 17:20 BST (UK)  »
Dorset Hearth Tax Assessments 1662-4:

Catstocke tithing, hundred of Sherborne:

Willm' FOSSE, two hearths - so, reasonably well off.

Will try to do GORE tomorrow.

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Dorset / Re: Greatest Natural Disaster
« on: Monday 08 October 07 17:05 BST (UK)  »
The BBC did a programme about this, in its "Coast" series earlier this year - but they concentrated on the effects in the Bristol Channel. The programme referred to the storm as a tsunami. There are certain places on the Somerset coast where there are definite signs of a massive flood - but sorry, that's all I remember! And they never mentioned Dorset ...

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