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Wills & Documents from England
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1610 to 1898

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Records of the Hampshire Record Office

NAME		DESCRIPTION	DATE	FINDING No.	TYPE
SURNAME	GIVEN
ADMINISTRATION PAPERS
Churchill	John	of Sandwich Bay, Newfoundland, N America, Planter	1816	1816AD/12	Administration
Churchill	William	of St Johns, Newfoundland, N America, Planter	1816	1816AD/13	Administration
London	William	of Sound Island, Newfoundland, N America, mariner	1816	1816AD/33	Administration
PROBATE PAPERS
Barnes	John	of Ringwood, gent	1768-1770	79M79/F13	Probate
Bemister	Benjamin	of Christchurch, Hampshire, Carpenter	1733	1733AD/010	Probate
Bishop	Thomas	of Sopley, Hampshire, Planter	1753	1753AD/07	Probate
Edwards	William	of Holdenhurst, Hampshire, mariner	1736	1736AD/047	Probate
Flick	John	of Ringwood, Hampshire, mariner	1733	1733AD/045	Probate
Grant	Augustus	of Lyndhurst, Hampshire, mariner	1732	1732AD/044	Probate
Mitchell	Thomas	of Fordingbridge, Hampshire	1743	1743AD/116	Probate
Peckham	Henry	of Ringwood, Hampshire	1737	1737AD/098	Probate
Pitt	Joseph	of Shelley ?, Christchurch, Hampshire	1739	1739AD/093	Probate
Sexey	Edmund	of Newfoundland, N America, Labourer	1734	1734AD/122	Probate
WILLS
Badrick	William	of Christchurch, Hampshire, mariner, Seaman 'Newfoundland'	1683	1683A/005	Will
Belben	Thomas	of Carbonear Island, Newfoundland, N America, Planter	1710	1710P/06	Will
Brent	John	of Upper Kingston, Ringwood, Hampshire, Planter	1738	1738P/06	Will
Burge	Richard	of HMS Rumley ()ship	1745	1745P/027	Will
Christophers	George	of Palmers, Christchurch, Hampshire, Planter	1724	1724HP/1	Will
Corben	John	of Muccleshell, Holdenhurst, Hampshire, yeoman	1752	1752HP/1	Will
Coward	Thomas	of Milton, Hampshire, Planter (in Newfoundland)	1703	1703B/13	Will
Croucher	James	of Ripley, Sopley, Hampshire, Planter	1746	1746A/036	Will
Fennell (Finnell)	William	of Christchurch, Hampshire, Planter	1752	1752A/037	Will
Fulford	James	of St Johns, Newfoundland, N America, Endorsed Gosport	1707	1707P/070	Will
Godden (Godin), jun (Part 1) & (Part 2)	Nicholas	of New Perlican Hbr, Newfoundland, N America, mariner, mariner	1718	1718B/21	Will
Harris	John	of HMS Yarmouth, (ship), off Newfoundland	1703	1703P/055	Will
Hayward	Benjamin	of Blashford, Ellingham, Hampshire, Planter in Newfoundland	1695	1695B/47	Will
Hayward	Thomas	of Kingston, Ringwood, Hampshire, Planter	1712	1712P/20	Will
Hopkins	Harry	of South Bockhampton, Christchurch, Hampshire, yeoman	1728	1728A/062	Will
Kerley	John	of Christchurch, Hampshire, Planter in Newfoundland	1707	1707AD/137	Will
Kerley (Kerly)	Robert	of Purewell, Christchurch, Hampshire	1736	1736A/055	Will
Minshaw (Minshew)	Stephen	of Bay De Verde, Newfoundland, N America, Bequest To Boldre	1696	1696B/39	Will
Morgan	William	of HMS Medway (prize), (ship), mariner	1709	1709B/52	Will
Norton	William	of Sway, Boldre, Hampshire, Planter	1710	1710A/62	Will
Palmer	Phillip	of Palmer's Ford, Christchurch, Hampshire, Planter (in Newfoundland)	1706	1706B/47	Will
Pelley	John	of Winkton, Christchurch, Hampshire, Planter	1738	1738A/084	Will
Rickman	John	Milford, yeoman	[1787, 1791]	24M61/E/T113	Will
Shelley	Michael	late of Derrit Lane, Bransore, Sopley near Christchurch, formerly of Englee on the French shore of Newfoundland	1891	5M62/25 page 778	Will
Sibly	Robert	of Ripley, Sopley, Hampshire, Fisherman	1754	1754A/103	Will
Suffield (Suffoll)	John	of Everton, Milford, Hampshire, sick in Newfoundland	1682	1682A/102	Will
Veal	Nicholas	of Boldre, Hampshire, mariner	1745	1745B/83	Will
Witherington	Thomas	of Christchurch, Hampshire, Planter	1738	1738A/123	Will
OTHER DOCUMENTS
Swanley	Robert	Appointment by Philip Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, Sir Richard Ingoldsby and John Claypool, junior, of Northborough, Northants, esq of Captain Robert Swanley of London, mariner as Deputy Governor of Newfoundland, with all privileges as granted by Charles I by letters patent 13 Nov 1637, paying annually a half of all profits	1665	15M50/1646	Appointment
		Appointment to uses to bar dower relating to cottage and land, 18 perches at Newfoundland	1849	4M49/42	Appointment
Cooper	Henry	son of Ann of Fordingbridge, widow to James Croucher of Ripley, Sopley, mariner, to learn the trade of mariner or fisher at Newfoundland	1756	24M82/PO32/55	Apprenticeship
Elefs (junior)	John	to Roger Warn to be his apprentice in Newfoundland	1737	24M82/PO16/61	Apprenticeship
Jeffries	Giles	son of Thomas to Joseph Tilley of Christchurch Twynham to learn the trade of planter in Newfoundland, America	1715	24M82/PO16/48	Apprenticeship
Kebby	Jeremiah	to John Crouchen of Sopley to learn the trade of fisherman in Newfoundland	1732	24M82/PO16/56	Apprenticeship
Bower	Joseph	Bond for the administration of the estate of Joseph Bower of Newfoundland, America, 'Shipfaringman'	18 Jan 1780	21M65/D4/1780/7	Bond
		Auction sale book number 298	26 Sep1894-2 Oct 1895	93M92/B30	Book
		Conveyance of a cottage and 18 perches of land at Newfoundland, bounded by the public road from Normandy to the salterns on the E and N and by propertylate of John Beckley on the S and W	1861	4M49/43	Conveyance
		House at Woodside, Lymington, with land: release being part of a conveyance by lease and release	12 Dec 1809	24M61/E/T114	Conveyance
		Conveyance by way of lease and release on property as in 24M61/E/T114 with additions	1825	24M61/E/T118	Conveyance
		Conveyance in trust: messuage, barn and land at Woodside, mainly in Lymington, partly in Milford	17 Jan 1845	24M61/E/T120	Conveyance
Coote	Eyre	Eyre Coote, Hulse etc. New Forest deeds	late 12th century-19th century	11M61	Deeds
Walcott	Edmund	Bundle of title deeds of a messuage and 20 perches of land in Winkton, a mortgage term of which (by deed of 1734) assigned to Edmund Walcott by James Perkins of Beech House, Christchurch, 26 Jul 1802	1734-1802	19M60/208-218	Deeds
		Deeds relating to cottage and garden at Bransgore	1823 and 1847	23M75/1	Deeds
		for 2000 years of a cottage on west side of Milhams Street with garden	3 Jun 1707	19M56/E/T40	Demise
Vincent	John	of Woodside, Lymington, yeoman with the 'Liverpool and London Globe' Co on a private dwelling house, Newfoundland, in the tenure of a Charles Gates, labourer	1870	4M49/50	Fire Policy
Melendy	Thomas	of Boldre, Hampshire, Goods, Newfoundland	1687	1687AD/58	Inventory
Moores	G. V.	Various items re G V Moore's time as surgeon on board 'Great Eastern' while she was laying Atlantic Cable	1866	39M85/PC/F24	Items
		Attested copy of counterpart lease of a piece of ground called Newfoundland Piece, and another, since enclosed, in Porter Green, Bramshaw, for 99 years	25 Mar 1776	13M56/7	Lease
		of lands at Winkton, Christchurch	3 Apr 1777	16M57/21	Lease
		Lease: allotment number 208 on Great Canford Heath	28 Apr 1831	130M93/159	Lease
		Release: allotment number 208 on Great Canford Heath	29 Apr 1831	130M93/160	Lease
		Counterpart lease for 21 years of properties and land in the parishes of Lymington and Milford	23 Jun 1791	20M98/A5	Lease
		Assignment in trust and release of Gore Close (5 acres), Battramsley, Boldre	3-4 Oct 1721	129A05/1/4	Lease
Dyson	Marrianne	in Petworth to Anne Sturges Bourne in Testwood.	29 Dec 1830	9M55/F37/10	Letter
Howard	Lady Henry	to 3rd countess	27 Nov [1832]	75M91/L2/53	Letter
Keble	Revd John	to Sir William Heathcote	29 Dec 1862	118M86/198	Letter
Sherfield	Tristram	to Henry Sherfield concerning his safe arrival in Newfoundland. Newfoundland	20 Aug 1610	44M69/L41/10	Letter
Sturges	Anne	to Marianne Dyson: from Westbrook ( as above) to Lavington, Petworth (as above)	16 May 1825	9M55/F3/5	Letter
Morris	Runton	Bundle of letters from Revd Runton Morris to William Willmott senior at Borough in London, from Newport Pagnel, Plymouth and Newfoundland	1798-1801	19M61/4472	Letters
		Assignment of mortgage by (i) to (iii) of Gore Close (5 acres), Battramsley, Boldre	24 Jun 1710	129A05/1/3	Mortgage
Brooks	James	Receipt from James Brooks to Joshua Manger for £400 charged on messuages, etc, in Boldre, purchased by Joshua Manger for Richard Budden	18 Feb 1771	19M51/187	Receipt
		Jacob's scrapbook number one	c1567-1789	W/K5/2	Scrapbook
Bartlett	William	sawyer, age 42	1795	4M81/PO35/41	Settlement
Boyt	David	of Holdenhurst, labourer: born at Bellchalwell, Dorset	1774	9M75/PO6/3	Settlement
Cottle	John	of Holdenhurst, labourer	1774	9M75/PO6/4	Settlement
Green alias Ford	Mary	aged 73, widow	1820	22M84/PO113A/62	Settlement
Hancock	Adam	born at Lyndhurst	1736	25M84/PO12/1	Settlement
Morris	William	mariner	6 Sep 1757	56M83/PO25/6	Settlement
Rogers	Mary	(38) of Holdenhurst born Holdenhurst	1821	9M75/PO6/18	Settlement
Swift	John	resident of Lyndhurst, sawyer, age 35	3 Mar 1804	25M84/PO44/94	Settlement
Tarrant	Robert		1 Oct 1739	56M83/PO25/2	Settlement
Walton	Mary	Lyndhurst	15 Jan 1805	25M84/PO44/97a	Settlement
Waterman	Mary	widow	4 Dec 1773	25M84/PO44/46	Settlement
Wareham	Jonathan	Abstract of title claiming that his daughter Maria Wareham, who passed as Maria Baker, wife of John Baker and died in 1862, left to him freehold hereditaments at Newfoundland, a cottage and 18 perches	1870	4M49/46	Title
Newton	John Pelly	of Christchurch, by Robert Newton, late of Christchurch, now of Fogo, Newfoundland, seaman, his father	19 October 1784	21M65/D7/119
Newton	Mary	of Christchurch, by Robert Newton, late of Christchurch, now of Fogo, Newfoundland, seaman, her husband	19 October 1784	21M65/D7/120
		Luff, Raymond and Williams, solicitors	1814-1889	23M75
		Particulars and plans of Burgate House, outbuildings, pleasure grounds, Bridge House, Burgate Farm cottages land, Burgate Cross Farm, Yew Tree cottage, Newfoundland House, Sandle Dairy Farm, Sandle Manor Lodge, Sandle Manor Farm, situated in Fordingbridge	1898	35M78/E4

YEAR	INFO	OTHER DETAILS
FROM HAMPSHIRE RECORD OFFICE CATALOGUE
1820	Finding number	22M84/PO113A/62
	Title	Settlement examination: Mary Green alias Ford aged 73, widow
	Date	1820
	Description	She was born at Ringwood; 19 years old married Simon Ford of Ringwood, cordwainer (who at the time of their marriage was apprentice to David Stone, certified person at Ringwood, who purchased a house and land in Ringwood); she lived with her husband for 2 years, then he left her and went to Newfoundland, and she has not seen him in 52 years, but she heard that he died at Newfoundland 8 years ago; 4 May 1812 hired herself as a cook to the Rev Nathaniel Fletcher of Donhead Saint [Andrew] (commonly known as Lower Donhead), Wilts. She worked there for 1 year and 8 months, at a wage of 12 guineas a year

 

Page Transcribed by Craig Peterman and Linda Elkins-Schmitt (2008)

Hampshire Record Office Catalogue Transcribed by Kim Parker (2020)

Page Last Updated May 30, 2020 (Ivy F. Benoit)

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