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Title: Where did they come from?
Post by: Paul Caswell on Monday 05 May 08 18:35 BST (UK)

Hi All,

This is more a quest for ideas than a question.

I have a large family of Stockleys (over 500 at last count) from Corfe Castle. Almost all of them descend originally from George Stockley and Mary. Their first child, John, was baptised 13 Dec 1668. There are no Stockleys in the Corfe records prior to this time. This makes George and Mary born before 1651.

I would like to try to find where George came from and who Mary was.

There is an area near Bere Regis (about 11 miles from Corfe) that was once treated as a district called Stockley:

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From 1614 to 1657 the term Stockley was given to a large district for the purpose of church rate assessment, and included the whole of the Bere Heath area as well as Chamberlaynes and Doddings.

I will be investigating this area first and, intriguingly, there is a Stuckley listed in the protestations of Bere Regis of 1641.

I would like any other ideas as to where they may have come from or how I may be able to find out.

Paul

Title: Re: Where did they come from?
Post by: mcmp on Saturday 10 May 08 01:20 BST (UK)

Perhaps you could consider Stockley (in Calne hundred, Wiltshire) as a possible original source for your Stockleys.  I have a similar problem with a sudden appearance in Dorset in the late 16th C, only to find that they came from Cornwall.

This link will show you that Stockley in Wilts has been there for a while:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18030&strquery=stockley

Michael

Title: Re: Where did they come from?
Post by: Paul Caswell on Saturday 10 May 08 11:35 BST (UK)

Thanks Michael. That is certainly another avenue to investigate.

The more the better at this stage.

Paul

Title: Re: Where did they come from?
Post by: VivP 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.

Title: Re: Where did they come from?
Post by: Paul Caswell on Friday 20 June 08 22:51 BST (UK)

Hi VivP,

I contacted the Bere Regis OPC about this one. He has only just started and hasn't yet had much time to work on transcribing. He promised me he will get back if he finds any Stockleys/Stuckleys.

There's also a William Stuckley in the Corfe 1641 protestation returns. Tantalising isnt it. :)

Paul

Title: Re: Where did they come from?
Post by: MorganOfMonmouth on Thursday 26 February 15 20:49 GMT (UK)

I am related to the Stockley's of Corfe Castle (Edwin Swyer Stockley). Any help would be greatly appreciated ( line back to Simon Stockley).