Dorset Wills.

[Stephen J F Plowman]

Paul

Thanks again for your time.

[Ermintrude46]

There are some other Pitmans and Strouds but not many.
Paul

Hi Paul,
Can I trouble you again - is there by any chance a William Pitman (not before 1744, when he married, but not sure when he died, sorry) or any Strouds (or variant spellings Strode/Strood/Strowd etc) for Bradford Peverell/Dorchester on the disc?
Many thanks,
Ermy

[Paul Caswell]

Hi Ermy,

There's a:

Pitman, William, ------ 1747

and a little less likely:

Pitman, William, Blandford 1 1772

and

No.,  Testator, Dated, Proved, Grantee
26, Pitman (William), 22 Nov 1794, 22 Jan 1796, William Pitman
27, Pitman (William), 14 Jan 1811, 8 Oct 1813, Edw. White and Daniel Goodeve

Of your Strouds:-

Stroud, John, Dorchester 14 1673
Strode, Philip, Bradford Peverel 16 1739

There are a couple of unplaced Strowds:

Strowde, John, Adm. 1580
Strowde, William, Account 1581


Also on your Strouds ... I found this which intrigued me. What a wonderful name:

Stroud, Sagweridy, Warnwell 82 1733

Paul

[Ermintrude46]

Wow, that's great, thanks Paul.  The one that I really want to get my hands on is Philip Strode's of Bradford Peverell - but he's not listed on the Wiltshire & Swindon Wills catalogue.  Did you ever get an answer from Dorset RO about where the wills on the CD are held, this one doesn't seem to be on their catalogue either?

Sagweridy??!!  Rather you, than me!

Ermy

[Paul Caswell]

Hi Ermy,

The only will that related to me was found for me by the DRO in Dorchester. I may not have gone through the normal channels (I probably didn't know them at the time). I seem to remember I just e-mailed them, they looked for it and found it. I didn't know there was a catalogue.

Perhaps someone else will know the best route. I seem to have mislaid the e-mail thread. I'd just find the most appropriate looking contact on their website, e-mail them and ask. Knowing exactly what you are looking for is a great help to them.

Paul

[Redroger]

I notice a mention of Blandford, I have the will of Osmond Luffman dated 1671 made in Blandford shortly before his death. Details were given to me by an American cousin from a document called extract from the original record (or similar). As the will pre dates the Blandford fire I feel that there may be other documents held by DRO which do not appear in their catalogues. I also believe that many archives have documents acquired before wide spread computer usage which even now are not always included in the published records.

[Ermintrude46]

Thanks guys, I've contacted Dorset RO and they do indeed have the 1739 will of Philip Strode (hooray!) on microfilm. 
Ermy

[Paul Caswell]

Good to know Ermy  Do let us know when it arrives.

Interesting thought Redroger, the more documents that survived the Blandford 'vicissitudes' the better.

Paul

[Lydart]

Just spotted Pauls' Amey's ... I've got them in Dorset ... so I suppose no link, but its an unusual name !