Dorset is in South-West England.
Abbotsbury, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
On 10th March 1504 Henry Strangeways (age 39) died at Abbotsbury, Dorset.
Abbotsbury Abbey, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Abbotsbury Abbey, Dorset is also in Abbeys in England.
On 31st October 1413 Humphrey Stafford (age 70) died at Abbotsbury Abbey, Dorset [Map].
In 1428 Elizabeth Maltravers (age 44) died at Abbotsbury Abbey, Dorset [Map].
Grey Mare and her Colts Long Barrow, Abbotsbury, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Grey Mare and her Colts Long Barrow is also in South England Neolithic Long Barrows.
Grey Mare and her Colts Long Barrow [Map] is a chambered long barrow located near Abbotsbury, Dorset. The monument includes a chambered tomb situated on the upper north west facing slopes of a prominent hill, overlooking a dry valley leading to the head waters of the River Bride and forms part of a group of similar monuments dispersed along the South Dorset Ridgeway. The chambered tomb survives as a roughly rectangular mound measuring up to 24m long which tapers slightly in width from 13m at the south eastern end to 8m wide at the north western end. The mound stands up to 1m high. To the south east end of the mound four massive Sarsen stones, three upright and one recumbent, represent a shallow crescent-shaped facade with a further recumbent stone behind thought to be the capstone of a collapsed chamber.
Athelhampton, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
In 1652 James Long was born to James Long 2nd Baronet (age 35) in Athelhampton, Dorset.
In 1673 Robert Long 3rd Baronet was born to James Long (age 21) in Athelhampton, Dorset.
In 1675 Giles Long 4th Baronet was born to James Long (age 23) in Athelhampton, Dorset.
In 1682 James Long 5th Baronet was born to James Long (age 30) in Athelhampton, Dorset. He was baptised in Melbury House, Sampford.
Avon, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Wiltshire River Avon is formed from the confluence of the River Avon West, Wiltshire and River Avon East, Wiltshire one kilometre before Upavon, Wiltshire [Map] after which it flows broadly south past East Chisenbury, Wiltshire [Map], Enford, Wiltshire [Map], Fifield, Wiltshire [Map], Fittleton, Wiltshire [Map], Netheravon, Wiltshire [Map], Figheldean, Wiltshire [Map], Durrington Walls, around Amesbury, Wiltshire [Map] and past Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire [Map], Wilsford, Wiltshire [Map], Great Durnford, Wiltshire [Map], Middle Woodford, Wiltshire [Map], Little Durnford, Wiltshire [Map], Old Sarum [Map], Stratford sub Castle, Wiltshire [Map], through Salisbury where it is joined by the River Nadder
After Salisbury the Wiltshire River Avon flows south in multiple channels past Longford Castle, Wiltshire [Map], after which it is joined by the River Eble, then Charlton-All-Saints, Wiltshire [Map], Downton, Wiltshire [Map], Breamore, Hampshire [Map], Burgate, Hampshire [Map], Fordingbridge, Hampshire [Map], Bickton, Hampshire [Map], Ibsley, Hampshire [Map], Ringwood, Hampshire [Map], Bistern, Hampshire [Map], Sopley, Hampshire [Map], Avon, Dorset [Map] and Christchurch, Dorset [Map] before reaching Christchurch Harbour where it joins the English Channel.
Batcombe, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Wriggle River rises at Batcombe, Dorset [Map] from where it flows past Harris Farm, Batcombe [Map], Chetnole, Dorset [Map], Yetminster, Dorset [Map] before joining the River Yeo at Bradford Abbas, Dorset [Map].
Harris Farm, Batcombe, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Wriggle River rises at Batcombe, Dorset [Map] from where it flows past Harris Farm, Batcombe [Map], Chetnole, Dorset [Map], Yetminster, Dorset [Map] before joining the River Yeo at Bradford Abbas, Dorset [Map].
Beaminster, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
In 1635 Bishop Thomas Sprat was born in Beaminster, Dorset.
Bere Regis, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Bishop James Turbeville was born at Bere Regis, Dorset.
Blandford Forum, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
On 5th July 1653 Thomas "Diamond" Pitt was born to Reverend John Pitt (age 43) at Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map].
On 26th January 1657 Archbishop William Wake was born in Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map].
On 8th August 1793 Richard Anning (age 27) and Mary Moore (age 29) were married at Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map]. They had ten children.
The Dorset River Stour rises at Stourhead, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows through Bourton, Berkshire [Map], past Milton-on-Stour, Dorset [Map], Gillingham, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by Shreen Water. From Gillingham, Dorset [Map] it flows south where it is joined by the Wiltshire River Lodden before Ecliffe, Dorset [Map]. The river continues past West Stour, Dorset [Map], Stour Provost, Dorset [Map], Marnhull, Dorset [Map], Henstridge Marsh, Somerset [Map], where it is joined by the River Cale.
The Dorset River Stour continues south to Sturminster [Map] where it heads south-east to Shillingstone, Dorset [Map] then Durweston, Dorset [Map], around Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map], Charlton Marshall, Dorset [Map], Spetisbury, Dorset [Map], Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [Map], Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map], Canford Magna, Dorset [Map], Knighton, Dorset [Map], West Parley, Dorset [Map], Parley Green, Dorset [Map], Holdenhurst, Dorset [Map] before passing through Christchurch, Dorset [Map] into Christchurch Harbour.
Stourpaine, Blandford Forum, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Stourpaine Cottage, Stourpaine, Blandford Forum, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
On 11th June 2006 Bruce Shand (age 89) died at Stourpaine Cottage, Stourpaine,
Bournemouth, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Bournemouth Airport, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The River Crane rises near Oakley Down Barrow Cemetery, Dorset [Map] from where it flows through Cranbourne, Dorset [Map], to which it gives it name, past Romford, Dorset [Map], Verwood, Dorset [Map] after which its name changes from River Crane to Moors River for some unknown reason, past Woolsbridge, Dorset [Map], St Leonards, Dorset [Map], and around Bournemouth Airport, Dorset [Map] after which it flows past Hurn, Dorset [Map] after which it joins the Dorset River Stour.
Rothwell Dene, Bournemouth, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
On 22nd September 1934 Cecil Herbert Edward Chubb 1st Baronet (age 58) died at his home Rothwell Dene, Bournemouth. He was buried at Devizes Road Cemetery, Salisbury. His son John (age 30) succeeded 2nd Baronet Chubb of Stonehenge in Wiltshire.
Brandensburton, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Around 1316 Margery Lisle was born to Warin Lisle (age 45) and Alice Tyeys at Brandensburton, Dorset.
Buzbury Rings, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Buzbury Rings is also in Iron Age Hill Forts Dorset.
Buzbury Rings [Map] is an Iron Age Hill Fort in Dorset.
Canford Magna, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Dorset River Stour rises at Stourhead, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows through Bourton, Berkshire [Map], past Milton-on-Stour, Dorset [Map], Gillingham, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by Shreen Water. From Gillingham, Dorset [Map] it flows south where it is joined by the Wiltshire River Lodden before Ecliffe, Dorset [Map]. The river continues past West Stour, Dorset [Map], Stour Provost, Dorset [Map], Marnhull, Dorset [Map], Henstridge Marsh, Somerset [Map], where it is joined by the River Cale.
The Dorset River Stour continues south to Sturminster [Map] where it heads south-east to Shillingstone, Dorset [Map] then Durweston, Dorset [Map], around Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map], Charlton Marshall, Dorset [Map], Spetisbury, Dorset [Map], Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [Map], Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map], Canford Magna, Dorset [Map], Knighton, Dorset [Map], West Parley, Dorset [Map], Parley Green, Dorset [Map], Holdenhurst, Dorset [Map] before passing through Christchurch, Dorset [Map] into Christchurch Harbour.
Cashmoor, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Gussage Long Barrows and Earthworks, Cashmoor, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Gussage Down Long Barrow 1, Gussage Long Barrows and Earthworks, Cashmoor, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
3300BC. The Dorset Cursus is a 10km Cursus that extends across of Cranborne Chase from Dorset Cursus North-Western End Martin Down [Map], over North Farm, Cashmoor [Map]. At Gussage Down Long Barrow 1 changes direction to Wyke Down Barrow 1 [Map], contining to the Thickthorn Down Long Barrows [Map]. The cursus consisted of a pair of parallel banks 1.5m high 80 m apart with external ditches 1.5m deep and 2m wide.
North Farm, Cashmoor, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
3300BC. The Dorset Cursus is a 10km Cursus that extends across of Cranborne Chase from Dorset Cursus North-Western End Martin Down [Map], over North Farm, Cashmoor [Map]. At Gussage Down Long Barrow 1 changes direction to Wyke Down Barrow 1 [Map], contining to the Thickthorn Down Long Barrows [Map]. The cursus consisted of a pair of parallel banks 1.5m high 80 m apart with external ditches 1.5m deep and 2m wide.
Thickthorn Down Long Barrows, Cashmoor, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Thickthorn Down Long Barrows is also in South England Neolithic Long Barrows.
The Thickthorn Down Long Barrows [Map] are two Neolithic long barrows near the south-western end of the Dorset Cursus.
3300BC. The Dorset Cursus is a 10km Cursus that extends across of Cranborne Chase from Dorset Cursus North-Western End Martin Down [Map], over North Farm, Cashmoor [Map]. At Gussage Down Long Barrow 1 changes direction to Wyke Down Barrow 1 [Map], contining to the Thickthorn Down Long Barrows [Map]. The cursus consisted of a pair of parallel banks 1.5m high 80 m apart with external ditches 1.5m deep and 2m wide.
Cerne Abbas, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
In 1625 John Freke (age 34) purchased Cerne Abbas, Dorset from the Crown.
Cerne Abbey, Dorset, Cerne Abbas, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Cerne Abbey, Dorset is also in Abbeys in England.
History of the Arrival of Edward IV Part 4. The Qwene, Margarete, and hir sonne went from there she landyd to an abbey nere by, callyd Seern [Map]38, and all the lords, and the remenaunt of the fellowshipe with them. Thethar came unto them Edmond, callyd Duke of Somerset, Thomas Courteney, callyd th'Erle of Devonshire, with othar, and welcomyd them into England; comfortyd them, and put them in good hope that, albe it they had lost one felde, whereof the Qwene had knowledge the same day, Monday, the xv. day of Aprell, and was therefore right hevy and sory, yet it was to thinke that they shuld have ryght good spede, and that, for that los, theyr partye was nevar the feblar, but rathar strongar, and that they dowted nothinge but that they shuld assemble so great puissaunce of people in dyvars partis of England, trewly asswred unto theyr partye, that it shuld nat mowe lye in the Kynge powere to resyste them; and in that contrye they would begyne. And so, forthewith, they sent alabout in Somarsetshere, Dorsetshire, and parte of Wiltshire, for to arredy and arays the people by a certayne day, suche, algats, as the sayde lords, and theyr partakers, afore that had greatly laboryd to that entent, prepparinge the contry by all meanes to them posseble. And, for that they would gather and arrays up the powere of Devonshire and Cornewaile, they drew from thens more west ward to the citie of Excestar, movinge Edward, callyd Prince, and his mothar, the Qwene, to doo the same; trustynge that theyr presence-shewinge in the contrye shuld cawse moche more, and the sonnar, the people to com to theyr helpe and assistaunce.
Note 38. Seern, i.e. Cerne Abbey [Map].
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Volume 26 1903. Hall, Grafton and other chroniclers tell us that she proceeded to Beaulieu Abbey, in the New Forest, but this is evidently a mistake. An unknown chronicler, who calls himself a servante of "Edward the Fourth" and claims to have been an eye-witness of the events he relates, tells us that Margaret took up her quarters at Cerne Abbey [Map], in Dorset1. It was the Countess of Warwick, who had landed a few days sooner, at Portsmouth, who had taken sanctuary at Beaulieu.
Note 1. Fleetwood's MS., printed by the Camden Society as their first volume, and entitled Historie of the arrival of Edward IV. in England and the finall Recoucrye of his Kingdomes from Henry VI., A.D. 1471.
Charlton Marshall, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Dorset River Stour rises at Stourhead, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows through Bourton, Berkshire [Map], past Milton-on-Stour, Dorset [Map], Gillingham, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by Shreen Water. From Gillingham, Dorset [Map] it flows south where it is joined by the Wiltshire River Lodden before Ecliffe, Dorset [Map]. The river continues past West Stour, Dorset [Map], Stour Provost, Dorset [Map], Marnhull, Dorset [Map], Henstridge Marsh, Somerset [Map], where it is joined by the River Cale.
The Dorset River Stour continues south to Sturminster [Map] where it heads south-east to Shillingstone, Dorset [Map] then Durweston, Dorset [Map], around Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map], Charlton Marshall, Dorset [Map], Spetisbury, Dorset [Map], Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [Map], Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map], Canford Magna, Dorset [Map], Knighton, Dorset [Map], West Parley, Dorset [Map], Parley Green, Dorset [Map], Holdenhurst, Dorset [Map] before passing through Christchurch, Dorset [Map] into Christchurch Harbour.
Charminster, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Charmouth, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 836. In this year, King Ecgbryht (age 63) fought against thirty-five shiploads [of Danes] at Charmouth, and there a great slaughter took place, and the Danes held the battlefield; and Hereferth and Wigthegn, two bishops, passed away, and Dudda and Osmund, two aldermen, passed away.
Manuscript A. 833. Her gefeaht Ecgbryht cyning wiþ .xxxv. sciphlæsta æt Carrum 7 þær wearþ micel węl geslægen, 7 þa Denescan ahton węlstowe gewald; 7 Hereferþ 7 Wigþen tuegen biscepas forþferdon, 7 Dudda 7 Osmod tuegen aldormen forþferdon.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 840. This year King Ethelwulf fought at Charmouth with thirty-five ship's-crews, and the Danes remained masters of the place. The Emperor Louis (age 62) died this year.
Chedington, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The River Parrett rises in the hills around Chedington, Dorset [Map] after which it flows broadly north past Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset [Map], Muchelney, Somerset [Map], through Langport, Somerset [Map], Stathe, Somerset [Map], Burrow Bridge, Somerset [Map], then under Somerset Bridge [Map], through Bridgwater, Somerset [Map], past Dunball, Somerset [Map] and Combwich, Somerset [Map] before joining the Severn Estuary two kilometres south of Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset [Map].
Chetnole, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Wriggle River rises at Batcombe, Dorset [Map] from where it flows past Harris Farm, Batcombe [Map], Chetnole, Dorset [Map], Yetminster, Dorset [Map] before joining the River Yeo at Bradford Abbas, Dorset [Map].
Child Okeford, Dorest, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Hambledon Hill, Child Okeford, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Hambledon Hill is also in Iron Age Hill Forts Dorset.
Hambledon Hill Causewayed Enclosure, Child Okeford, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Hambledon Hill Causewayed Enclosure is also in South England Neolithic Causewayed Enclosures.
Around 2850BC. Hambledon Hill Causewayed Enclosure [Map] is two causewayed enclosures linked by a bank and ditch running northwest-southeast. A third enclosure is now known to underlie later earthworks. In all, the area of activity covered more than 1 km2. Radiocarbon analysis gives a date of 2850 BC - see Hambledon Hill Causewayed Enclosure Carbon Dates.
Wessex from the Air Plates 2 and 3. Hambledon Hill [Map]. By Eric Gardner, M.B. (Cantab.), F.S.A.
Christchurch, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 901. Then Prince Ethelwald, the son of his paternal uncle, rode against the towns of Winburn and of Twineham [Map], without leave of the king and his council. Then rode the king with his army; so that he encamped the same night at Badbury [Map] near Winburn; and Ethelwald remained within the town with the men that were under him, and had all the gates shut upon him, saying, that he would either there live or there die. But in the meantime he stole away in the night, and sought the army in Northumberland. The king gave orders to ride after him; but they were not able to overtake him. The Danes, however, received him as their king. They then rode after the wife that Ethelwald had taken without the king's leave, and against the command of the bishops; for she was formerly consecrated a nun. In this year also died Ethered, who was alderman of Devonshire, four weeks before King Alfred.
The Wiltshire River Avon is formed from the confluence of the River Avon West, Wiltshire and River Avon East, Wiltshire one kilometre before Upavon, Wiltshire [Map] after which it flows broadly south past East Chisenbury, Wiltshire [Map], Enford, Wiltshire [Map], Fifield, Wiltshire [Map], Fittleton, Wiltshire [Map], Netheravon, Wiltshire [Map], Figheldean, Wiltshire [Map], Durrington Walls, around Amesbury, Wiltshire [Map] and past Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire [Map], Wilsford, Wiltshire [Map], Great Durnford, Wiltshire [Map], Middle Woodford, Wiltshire [Map], Little Durnford, Wiltshire [Map], Old Sarum [Map], Stratford sub Castle, Wiltshire [Map], through Salisbury where it is joined by the River Nadder
After Salisbury the Wiltshire River Avon flows south in multiple channels past Longford Castle, Wiltshire [Map], after which it is joined by the River Eble, then Charlton-All-Saints, Wiltshire [Map], Downton, Wiltshire [Map], Breamore, Hampshire [Map], Burgate, Hampshire [Map], Fordingbridge, Hampshire [Map], Bickton, Hampshire [Map], Ibsley, Hampshire [Map], Ringwood, Hampshire [Map], Bistern, Hampshire [Map], Sopley, Hampshire [Map], Avon, Dorset [Map] and Christchurch, Dorset [Map] before reaching Christchurch Harbour where it joins the English Channel.
The Dorset River Stour rises at Stourhead, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows through Bourton, Berkshire [Map], past Milton-on-Stour, Dorset [Map], Gillingham, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by Shreen Water. From Gillingham, Dorset [Map] it flows south where it is joined by the Wiltshire River Lodden before Ecliffe, Dorset [Map]. The river continues past West Stour, Dorset [Map], Stour Provost, Dorset [Map], Marnhull, Dorset [Map], Henstridge Marsh, Somerset [Map], where it is joined by the River Cale.
The Dorset River Stour continues south to Sturminster [Map] where it heads south-east to Shillingstone, Dorset [Map] then Durweston, Dorset [Map], around Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map], Charlton Marshall, Dorset [Map], Spetisbury, Dorset [Map], Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [Map], Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map], Canford Magna, Dorset [Map], Knighton, Dorset [Map], West Parley, Dorset [Map], Parley Green, Dorset [Map], Holdenhurst, Dorset [Map] before passing through Christchurch, Dorset [Map] into Christchurch Harbour.
Clapgate, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The River Allen, Dorset rises at Monkton Up Dorset [Map] from where it flows past Wimborne St Giles, Dorset [Map], Knowlton Circles [Map], Horton Inn, Dorset [Map], Crichel Mill, Dorset [Map], Newtown, Dorset [Map], Witchampton, Dorset [Map], Hinton Parva, Dorset [Map], Clapgate, Dorset [Map] through Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map] after which it joins the Dorset River Stour.
Clifton Maybank, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The River Yeo rises near Henstridge Bowden, Somerset [Map] then flows south-west past through Sherborne Lake [Map], past Sherborne Castle [Map] and Sherborne, Dorset [Map], Sherborne Railway Station [Map], Thornford, Dorset [Map], Bradford Abbas, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by the Wriggle River, Clifton Maybank, Dorset [Map], past the east of Yeovil, Somerset [Map], then Mudford, Somerset [Map], Limington, Somerset [Map], Ilchester, Somerset [Map], Long Load, Somerset [Map] before joining the River Parrett 1km south-east of Langport, Somerset [Map].
Corfe, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Cranbourne, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The River Crane rises near Oakley Down Barrow Cemetery, Dorset [Map] from where it flows through Cranbourne, Dorset [Map], to which it gives it name, past Romford, Dorset [Map], Verwood, Dorset [Map] after which its name changes from River Crane to Moors River for some unknown reason, past Woolsbridge, Dorset [Map], St Leonards, Dorset [Map], and around Bournemouth Airport, Dorset [Map] after which it flows past Hurn, Dorset [Map] after which it joins the Dorset River Stour.
Cranbourne Chase, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Rushmore Lodge, Cranbourne Chase, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
On 6th September 1860 Frances Rigby died at Rushmore Lodge, Cranbourne Chase.
Crichel Mill, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The River Allen, Dorset rises at Monkton Up Dorset [Map] from where it flows past Wimborne St Giles, Dorset [Map], Knowlton Circles [Map], Horton Inn, Dorset [Map], Crichel Mill, Dorset [Map], Newtown, Dorset [Map], Witchampton, Dorset [Map], Hinton Parva, Dorset [Map], Clapgate, Dorset [Map] through Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map] after which it joins the Dorset River Stour.
Dorchester, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Port Way, Margary's RM4, starts in London and travels through Silchester Roman Fort [Map] aka Calleva Atrebatum, Andover, Hampshire [Map], Winterbourne Gunner, Wiltshire [Map], Old Sarum [Map], Badbury Rings [Map], Dorchester, Dorset [Map], Poole Harbour, Dorset [Map] to Exeter, Devon [Map].
In 1337 Elizabeth Maltravers was born to John Maltravers (age 71) and Joan Foliot (age 33) at Dorchester, Dorset [Map].
On 17th December 1806 Thomas Beach (age 68) died in Dorchester, Dorset [Map].
All Saints Church, Dorchester, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
On 21st August 1915 Hubert Acland 4th Baronet (age 25) and Lalage Mary Kathleen Acland (age 26) were married at All Saints Church, Dorchester. They were second cousins.
Martinstown, Dorset, Dorchester, South-West England, British Isles
Clandon Barrow, Martinstown, Dorchester, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Clandon Barrow is also in Dorset Bronze Age Barrows.
Clandon Barrow is a very large bowl barrow dating from the Bronze Age, which overlooks the village of Martinstown, near Dorchester in Dorset, and which lies on the same ridge as Maiden Castle. It was excavated by Edward Cunnington in 1882. Gold objects were found including a cup and the Clandon Lozenge; a similar artefact to that found at Bush Barrow aka Normanton 158 aka Wilsford G5 [Map].
Wessex before the Celts. Clandon Barrow. Plate 43. Head of mace or sceptre of polished jet or shale with inlaid gold studs. Width 3 in. Plate 44. Dorchester Museum.Gold plate. The plate is 6 in. across and was probably sewn on a garment. Dorchester Museum.
St John's Hospital, Dorchester, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
In 1473 Bishop Oliver King (age 41) was appointed Warden of St John's Hospital, Dorchester.
Duntish, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
In 1275 John Latimer was born to William Latimer 1st Baron Latimer of Corby (age 32) and Alicia Ledet Baroness Latimer Corby (age 24) at Duntish, Dorset.
In 1316 Robert Latimer was born to John Latimer (age 41) at Duntish, Dorset.
In 1317 John Latimer (age 42) died at Duntish, Dorset.
Around 1350 Robert Latimer was born to Robert Latimer (age 34) at Duntish, Dorset.
Around 1432 Nicholas Latimer was born to John Latimer (age 47) at Duntish, Dorset.
In 1443 Robert Latimer (age 93) died at Duntish, Dorset.
Around 1450 Edith Latimer was born to Nicholas Latimer (age 18) and Joan Hody at Duntish, Dorset.
In 1505 Nicholas Latimer (age 73) died at Duntish, Dorset.
Durweston, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Dorset River Stour rises at Stourhead, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows through Bourton, Berkshire [Map], past Milton-on-Stour, Dorset [Map], Gillingham, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by Shreen Water. From Gillingham, Dorset [Map] it flows south where it is joined by the Wiltshire River Lodden before Ecliffe, Dorset [Map]. The river continues past West Stour, Dorset [Map], Stour Provost, Dorset [Map], Marnhull, Dorset [Map], Henstridge Marsh, Somerset [Map], where it is joined by the River Cale.
The Dorset River Stour continues south to Sturminster [Map] where it heads south-east to Shillingstone, Dorset [Map] then Durweston, Dorset [Map], around Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map], Charlton Marshall, Dorset [Map], Spetisbury, Dorset [Map], Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [Map], Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map], Canford Magna, Dorset [Map], Knighton, Dorset [Map], West Parley, Dorset [Map], Parley Green, Dorset [Map], Holdenhurst, Dorset [Map] before passing through Christchurch, Dorset [Map] into Christchurch Harbour.
Hod Hill, Durweston, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Hod Hill is also in Iron Age Hill Forts Dorset.
Around 500BC. Hod Hill [Map] is an Iron Age Hill Fort in Dorset that was occupied by the Durotriges. Radiocarbon analysis suggests a date of 500 BC for the main rampart.
Wessex from the Air Plate 1. Hod Hill [Map].
Lydsbury Rings, Hod Hill, Durweston, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Wessex from the Air Plate 1. The disappointing plan given in Hutchins's History of Dorset was "taken in 1858, just as the workmen were paring the turf preparatory to cropping the western portion of the area, and prior to the ancient traces being obliterated" Lydsbury Rings [Map] had not then been disturbed, but its area was subsequently ploughed over. In the preface to Dorsetshire: Its Vestiges, Celtic, Roman, Saxon, and Danish, by Charles Warne, 1865, he says: "Thus, and that very recently, the Roman Castrum within the Celtic camp and Oppidum on Hod Hill has, to the lasting disgrace of those concerned, been ruthlessly destroyed; the plough has passed over its Praetorium, and the site once occupied by the surrounding host, with all its details so well defined, is now no longer to be traced; thus an example of Roman castrametation "the finest of its kind, in fact unique, has been obliterated, and that without a voice being raised or an effort made to stay the hand of the despoilers."
'Accordingly, from these two extracts we may assume that the whole of the area of the Roman camp and part of that of the outer camp have been ploughed over.' The actual area once ploughed can clearly be seen on the air-photograph. It occupies about half the total area of the outer camp; the straight furrow-lines can still be distinguished, giving to the western portion a texture or graining quite different from that given by the unploughed turf of the eastern half.
Wessex from the Air Plate 1. After reading the foregoing description of what was to be seen within the area of this small Roman camp, it is very disappointing to turn to the plan that was taken in 1858 (Hutchins, p. 307). The area is a mere blank! Hutchins gives some account of numerous relics that have been dug up from time to time within the area of the camp on Hod Hill. They were in Mr. Durden's collection at Blandford, but are now in the British Museum. Roach Smith (Collectanea Antiqua, vol. vi) says of them "These antiquities have been collected by Mr. Durden during a considerable number of years in the course of agricultural operations." From which it appears that there had not up to then been any systematic excavation at Hod Hill. The iron weapons found point to occupation during the later portion of the prehistoric Iron Age. The Roman camp, or Lydsbury Rings [Map], as it is called, yielded a number of Roman relics, turned up apparently by the plough. The coins found give a very early date to the Roman occupation of this portion of Hod Hill.
Wessex from the Air Plate 1. THE ROMAN CAMP [Map]
Mr. Sumner then describes the smaller enclosure in the north-western corner, which has been proved, both by its castrametation and contents, to be a Roman camp of the first or early second century. The camp was formed by cutting off a corner of the bigger one; and it has therefore only two 'Roman' sides. Otherwise, both in size and appearance, it closely resembles the westernmost (D) of the Agricolan camps at Cawthorne, Yorkshire (see Fig. 4). Mr. Sumner calls to our notice the resemblance in execution between this camp and Soldier's Ring (Plate XLIX). Both have the characteristic neatness and precision of Roman earth-work.
Ecliffe, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Dorset River Stour rises at Stourhead, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows through Bourton, Berkshire [Map], past Milton-on-Stour, Dorset [Map], Gillingham, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by Shreen Water. From Gillingham, Dorset [Map] it flows south where it is joined by the Wiltshire River Lodden before Ecliffe, Dorset [Map]. The river continues past West Stour, Dorset [Map], Stour Provost, Dorset [Map], Marnhull, Dorset [Map], Henstridge Marsh, Somerset [Map], where it is joined by the River Cale.
The Dorset River Stour continues south to Sturminster [Map] where it heads south-east to Shillingstone, Dorset [Map] then Durweston, Dorset [Map], around Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map], Charlton Marshall, Dorset [Map], Spetisbury, Dorset [Map], Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [Map], Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map], Canford Magna, Dorset [Map], Knighton, Dorset [Map], West Parley, Dorset [Map], Parley Green, Dorset [Map], Holdenhurst, Dorset [Map] before passing through Christchurch, Dorset [Map] into Christchurch Harbour.
The Wiltshire River Lodden rises at West Knoyle, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows south-west past Gutchpool Farm, Gillingham [Map] then between Ham Common, Dorset [Map] and Gillingham, Dorset [Map] joining the Dorset River Stour at Ecliffe, Dorset [Map].
Evershot, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Melbury Sampford, Evershot, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
On 29th September 1327 Alice Maltravers was born to John Maltravers (age 61) and Joan Foliot (age 23) at Melbury Sampford, Evershot.
Around 1465 Henry Strangeways was born to Thomas Strangeways (age 30) and Eleanor Tailboys at Melbury Sampford, Evershot.
Melbury House, Sampford, Melbury Sampford, Evershot, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
In 1682 James Long 5th Baronet was born to James Long (age 30) in Athelhampton, Dorset. He was baptised in Melbury House, Sampford.
On 11th February 1800 Henry Fox Talbot was born to William Davenport Talbot of Lacock Abbey (age 36) and Elizabeth Theresa Fox-Strangways (age 26) at Melbury House, Sampford.
Fitzpaine, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
On 3rd December 1382 Robert Poynings 4th Baron Poynings was born to Richard Poynings 3rd Baron Poynings (age 23) and Isabel Grey Baroness Poynings at Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset.
Around 1393 Eleanor Grey Baroness Poynings was born to Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn (age 31) and Margaret Ros Baroness Grey Ruthyn at Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset.
Gillingham, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Dorset River Stour rises at Stourhead, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows through Bourton, Berkshire [Map], past Milton-on-Stour, Dorset [Map], Gillingham, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by Shreen Water. From Gillingham, Dorset [Map] it flows south where it is joined by the Wiltshire River Lodden before Ecliffe, Dorset [Map]. The river continues past West Stour, Dorset [Map], Stour Provost, Dorset [Map], Marnhull, Dorset [Map], Henstridge Marsh, Somerset [Map], where it is joined by the River Cale.
The Dorset River Stour continues south to Sturminster [Map] where it heads south-east to Shillingstone, Dorset [Map] then Durweston, Dorset [Map], around Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map], Charlton Marshall, Dorset [Map], Spetisbury, Dorset [Map], Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [Map], Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map], Canford Magna, Dorset [Map], Knighton, Dorset [Map], West Parley, Dorset [Map], Parley Green, Dorset [Map], Holdenhurst, Dorset [Map] before passing through Christchurch, Dorset [Map] into Christchurch Harbour.
Shreen Water rises at Mere, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows south to join the Dorset River Stour at Gillingham, Dorset [Map].
Gillingham School, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Around 1621 Edward Hyde 1st Earl Clarendon (age 11) educated at Gillingham School, Dorset.
Gutchpool Farm, Gillingham, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Wiltshire River Lodden rises at West Knoyle, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows south-west past Gutchpool Farm, Gillingham [Map] then between Ham Common, Dorset [Map] and Gillingham, Dorset [Map] joining the Dorset River Stour at Ecliffe, Dorset [Map].
Ham Common, Dorset, Gillingham, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Wiltshire River Lodden rises at West Knoyle, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows south-west past Gutchpool Farm, Gillingham [Map] then between Ham Common, Dorset [Map] and Gillingham, Dorset [Map] joining the Dorset River Stour at Ecliffe, Dorset [Map].
Herringston, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
On 21st November 1786 Edward Wilmot 1st Baronet (age 93) died at Herringston, Dorset. He was buried at Church of St Simon and St Jude, Winterbourne Monkton, Dorset. His son Robert (age 55) succeeded 2nd Baronet Wilmot of Chaddesden in Derbyshire.
Higher Nyland, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The River Cale rises around a kilometre north-west of Penselwood, Somerset [Map] from where it flows through Southmarsh, Somerset [Map], Wincanton, Somerset [Map] to Higher Nyland, Dorset [Map] where it is joined by Holton Bow Brook and Yenston Bow Brook after which the River Cale joins the Dorset River Stour.
Holton Bow Brook rises near Holton, Somerset [Map] from where it flows through Lattiford, Somerset [Map], Horsington Marsh, Somerset [Map] to Higher Nyland, Dorset [Map], between which it is joined by an unamed body of water from Templecombe, Somerset [Map], where it joins the River Cale.
Hinton Parva, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The River Allen, Dorset rises at Monkton Up Dorset [Map] from where it flows past Wimborne St Giles, Dorset [Map], Knowlton Circles [Map], Horton Inn, Dorset [Map], Crichel Mill, Dorset [Map], Newtown, Dorset [Map], Witchampton, Dorset [Map], Hinton Parva, Dorset [Map], Clapgate, Dorset [Map] through Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map] after which it joins the Dorset River Stour.
Holdenhurst, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Dorset River Stour rises at Stourhead, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows through Bourton, Berkshire [Map], past Milton-on-Stour, Dorset [Map], Gillingham, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by Shreen Water. From Gillingham, Dorset [Map] it flows south where it is joined by the Wiltshire River Lodden before Ecliffe, Dorset [Map]. The river continues past West Stour, Dorset [Map], Stour Provost, Dorset [Map], Marnhull, Dorset [Map], Henstridge Marsh, Somerset [Map], where it is joined by the River Cale.
The Dorset River Stour continues south to Sturminster [Map] where it heads south-east to Shillingstone, Dorset [Map] then Durweston, Dorset [Map], around Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map], Charlton Marshall, Dorset [Map], Spetisbury, Dorset [Map], Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [Map], Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map], Canford Magna, Dorset [Map], Knighton, Dorset [Map], West Parley, Dorset [Map], Parley Green, Dorset [Map], Holdenhurst, Dorset [Map] before passing through Christchurch, Dorset [Map] into Christchurch Harbour.
Hooke, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
In 1321 John Maltravers was born to Unknown Maltravers at Hooke, Dorset. Date adjusted from 1326 to be consistent with his son John's birth in 1337.
Around 1379 Humphrey Stafford was born to Humphrey Stafford (age 36) and Alice Greville (age 34) at Hooke, Dorset.
On 10th October 1544 Charles Blount 5th Baron Mountjoy (age 26) died at Hooke, Dorset. His son James (age 11) succeeded 6th Baron Mountjoy.
In 1594 William Blount 7th Baron Mountjoy (age 33) died at Hooke, Dorset. His brother Charles (age 31) succeeded 8th Baron Mountjoy.
Horton Inn, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The River Allen, Dorset rises at Monkton Up Dorset [Map] from where it flows past Wimborne St Giles, Dorset [Map], Knowlton Circles [Map], Horton Inn, Dorset [Map], Crichel Mill, Dorset [Map], Newtown, Dorset [Map], Witchampton, Dorset [Map], Hinton Parva, Dorset [Map], Clapgate, Dorset [Map] through Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map] after which it joins the Dorset River Stour.
Hurn, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The River Crane rises near Oakley Down Barrow Cemetery, Dorset [Map] from where it flows through Cranbourne, Dorset [Map], to which it gives it name, past Romford, Dorset [Map], Verwood, Dorset [Map] after which its name changes from River Crane to Moors River for some unknown reason, past Woolsbridge, Dorset [Map], St Leonards, Dorset [Map], and around Bournemouth Airport, Dorset [Map] after which it flows past Hurn, Dorset [Map] after which it joins the Dorset River Stour.
Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Swanage, Dorset, Isle of Purbeck, South-West England, British Isles
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 877. This year came the Danish army into Exeter [Map] from Wareham [Map]; whilst the navy sailed west about, until they met with a great mist at sea, and there perished one hundred and twenty ships at Swanwich.36 Meanwhile King Alfred (age 28) with his army rode after the cavalry as far as Exeter; but he could not overtake them before their arrival in the fortress, where they could not be come at. There they gave him as many hostages as he required, swearing with solemn oaths to observe the strictest amity. In the harvest the army entered Mercia; some of which they divided among them, and some they gave to Ceolwulf.
Note 36. It is now generally written, as pronounced, "Swanage".
Worth Matravers Parish, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Langton Matravers, Isle of Purbeck, Worth Matravers Parish, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Dunshay Manor, Langton Matravers, Worth Matravers Parish, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
In 1923 George Spencer Watson (age 53) puchased Dunshay Manor [Map] in the hills of the Isle of Purbeck.
On 7th March 2006 Mary Spencer Watson (age 92) died. She bequeathed Dunshay Manor [Map] to the Landmark Trust.
Knighton, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Dorset River Stour rises at Stourhead, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows through Bourton, Berkshire [Map], past Milton-on-Stour, Dorset [Map], Gillingham, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by Shreen Water. From Gillingham, Dorset [Map] it flows south where it is joined by the Wiltshire River Lodden before Ecliffe, Dorset [Map]. The river continues past West Stour, Dorset [Map], Stour Provost, Dorset [Map], Marnhull, Dorset [Map], Henstridge Marsh, Somerset [Map], where it is joined by the River Cale.
The Dorset River Stour continues south to Sturminster [Map] where it heads south-east to Shillingstone, Dorset [Map] then Durweston, Dorset [Map], around Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map], Charlton Marshall, Dorset [Map], Spetisbury, Dorset [Map], Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [Map], Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map], Canford Magna, Dorset [Map], Knighton, Dorset [Map], West Parley, Dorset [Map], Parley Green, Dorset [Map], Holdenhurst, Dorset [Map] before passing through Christchurch, Dorset [Map] into Christchurch Harbour.
Knowlton, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Knowlton Circles, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Knowlton Circles is also in South England Henges.
Around 2400BC. The Knowlton Circles [Map] aka Knowlton Henges aka Knowlton Rings are a complex of henges and earthworks in Knowlton, Dorset. The henge enclosing Knowlton Church is the best known and best preserved, but there are at least two other henges in the vicinity as well as numerous round barrows.
The River Allen, Dorset rises at Monkton Up Dorset [Map] from where it flows past Wimborne St Giles, Dorset [Map], Knowlton Circles [Map], Horton Inn, Dorset [Map], Crichel Mill, Dorset [Map], Newtown, Dorset [Map], Witchampton, Dorset [Map], Hinton Parva, Dorset [Map], Clapgate, Dorset [Map] through Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map] after which it joins the Dorset River Stour.
Long Bredy, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Long Bredy Long Barrow, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Long Bredy Long Barrow is also in South England Neolithic Long Barrows.
Long Bredy Long Barrow [Map].
Lychett, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
On 27th July 1578 Frances Howard Duchess Lennox and Richmond was born to Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon (age 58) and Mabel Burton Viscountess Howard Bindon (age 38) at Lychett, Dorset.
Lyme Regis, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
John Evelyn's Diary. 14th June 1685. There was now certaine intelligence of the Duke of Monmouth (age 36) landing at Lyme in Dorsetshire, and of his having set up his standard as King of England. I pray God deliver us from the confusion which these beginnings threaten! Such a dearth for want of raine was never in my memory.
On 21st May 1799 Mary Anning was born to Richard Anning (age 33) and Mary Moore (age 35) in Lyme Regis, Dorset.
Mary Anning: In 1811 Joseph Anning found a 1.2 m skull of an Ichthyosaur. He told his sister Mary Anning of the discovery and she located the remainder of the skeleton. The family hired workmen to dig it out in November that year. 26th December 1823. Letter and drawing from Mary Anning announcing the discovery of a fossil animal now known as Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus. On 9th March 1847 he died. She was buried at St Michael the Archangel's Church, Lyme Regis [Map].
Richard Anning: Around 1766 he was born. On 8th August 1793 he and Mary Moore were married at Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map]. They had ten children. In 1810 he died.
Mary Moore: Around 1764 she was born. In 1842 she died.
St Michael the Archangel's Church, Lyme Regis, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
St Michael the Archangel's Church, Lyme Regis is also in Churches in Dorset.
On 9th March 1847 Mary Anning (age 47) died. She was buried at St Michael the Archangel's Church, Lyme Regis [Map].
Lytchett Maltravers, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
In 1180 John Gifford was born at Lytchett Maltravers, Dorset.
In 1238 John Maltravers was born at Lytchett Maltravers, Dorset.
Around 1263 Anastasia Maltravers was born to John Maltravers (age 25) and Joan Gorges at Lytchett Maltravers, Dorset.
On 16th February 1365 John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers (age 75) died. He was buried at Lytchett Maltravers, Dorset. Baron Maltravers abeyant between Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 20) and Joan Maltravers.
Around 1384 Elizabeth Maltravers was born to John Maltravers (age 46) and Elizabeth Aumale (age 35) at Lytchett Maltravers, Dorset.
On 14th February 1408 John Fitzalan 7th or 14th Earl of Arundel was born to John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel (age 22) and Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel (age 26) at Lytchett Maltravers, Dorset.
Marnhull, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Dorset River Stour rises at Stourhead, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows through Bourton, Berkshire [Map], past Milton-on-Stour, Dorset [Map], Gillingham, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by Shreen Water. From Gillingham, Dorset [Map] it flows south where it is joined by the Wiltshire River Lodden before Ecliffe, Dorset [Map]. The river continues past West Stour, Dorset [Map], Stour Provost, Dorset [Map], Marnhull, Dorset [Map], Henstridge Marsh, Somerset [Map], where it is joined by the River Cale.
The Dorset River Stour continues south to Sturminster [Map] where it heads south-east to Shillingstone, Dorset [Map] then Durweston, Dorset [Map], around Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map], Charlton Marshall, Dorset [Map], Spetisbury, Dorset [Map], Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [Map], Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map], Canford Magna, Dorset [Map], Knighton, Dorset [Map], West Parley, Dorset [Map], Parley Green, Dorset [Map], Holdenhurst, Dorset [Map] before passing through Christchurch, Dorset [Map] into Christchurch Harbour.
Martin, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Dorset Cursus North-Western End Martin Down, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
3300BC. The Dorset Cursus is a 10km Cursus that extends across of Cranborne Chase from Dorset Cursus North-Western End Martin Down [Map], over North Farm, Cashmoor [Map]. At Gussage Down Long Barrow 1 changes direction to Wyke Down Barrow 1 [Map], contining to the Thickthorn Down Long Barrows [Map]. The cursus consisted of a pair of parallel banks 1.5m high 80 m apart with external ditches 1.5m deep and 2m wide.
Melbury Abbas, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
In 1616 Bishop Walter Blandford was born at Melbury Abbas, Dorset.
Melpash, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
In 1603 George Paulet of Holberry (age 69) died at Melpash, Dorset.
Milborne St Andrew, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Weatherby Castle, Dorset, Milborne St Andrew, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Weatherby Castle, Dorset is also in Iron Age Hill Forts Dorset, Castles in Dorset.
Weatherby Castle, Dorset [Map] is an Iron Age Hil Fort.
The monument includes Weatherby Castle, a small multivallate hillfort which occupies a prominent position at the higher southern end of a chalk spur. The hillfort has two roughly concentric ramparts and ditches, separated by a gap of up to 27m enclosing an irregular sub-rectangular area of about 7ha, on the highest part of the hill. The inner enclosure covers an area of about 2.5ha and is defined by a rampart, up to 25m wide, up to 2.5m high from the interior and about 6m high externally. The external ditch is about 12m wide and 1.5m deep with a discontinuous counterscarp bank, up to 8m wide and 0.6m high. The outer rampart, where best preserved, is up to 25m wide, 2m high from the interior and up to 9m high from the outside, although for much of its length it has been reduced on the interior, presumably by past cultivation, to an outward facing scarp. An external ditch, with a counterscarp bank, noted by Hutchins in the 18th century, is no longer clearly visible on the surface but will survive as a buried feature up to 20m wide. The original entrance on the western side of the hillfort has also been disturbed. The inner ramparts curve outwards creating a narrow passage 12m wide, approached from the outside by a ramp. There is a corresponding gap in the outer bank which is protected by a third bank covering the gap, now an outward facing scarp 125m long and up to 3m high. A gap in the inner rampart to the north of this is not original. There is a low bank, 2.5m wide and 0.4m high, running around the inside of the hillfort, adjacent to the rampart. This is of unknown date and may be a plantation enclosure. The domed interior shows no visible signs of occupation features although they may be masked by the vegetation. Within the enclosure there is a brick built obelisk with a stone inscribed `EMP 1761', probably referring to the owner at the time, Edmund Morton Pleydell. This is a Listed Building Grade II. All fence posts and the obelisk are excluded from the scheduling although the ground beneath these features is included.
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Milton Abbas, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
In 1573 Henry Bingham 1st Baronet was born to George Bingham (age 60) at Milton Abbas, Dorset.
Milton Abbey, Dorset, Milton Abbas, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Milton Abbey, Dorset is also in Abbeys in England.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 964. This year drove King Edgar (age 21) the priests of Winchester out of the old minster, and also out of the new minster; and from Chertsey [Map]; and from Milton [Map]; and replaced them with monks. And he appointed Ethelgar abbot to the new minster, and Ordbert to Chertsey, and Cyneward to Milton [Map].
In 964 Bishop Cyneweard was appointed Abbot of Milton Abbey, Dorset [Map].
Milton-on-Stour, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Dorset River Stour rises at Stourhead, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows through Bourton, Berkshire [Map], past Milton-on-Stour, Dorset [Map], Gillingham, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by Shreen Water. From Gillingham, Dorset [Map] it flows south where it is joined by the Wiltshire River Lodden before Ecliffe, Dorset [Map]. The river continues past West Stour, Dorset [Map], Stour Provost, Dorset [Map], Marnhull, Dorset [Map], Henstridge Marsh, Somerset [Map], where it is joined by the River Cale.
The Dorset River Stour continues south to Sturminster [Map] where it heads south-east to Shillingstone, Dorset [Map] then Durweston, Dorset [Map], around Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map], Charlton Marshall, Dorset [Map], Spetisbury, Dorset [Map], Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [Map], Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map], Canford Magna, Dorset [Map], Knighton, Dorset [Map], West Parley, Dorset [Map], Parley Green, Dorset [Map], Holdenhurst, Dorset [Map] before passing through Christchurch, Dorset [Map] into Christchurch Harbour.
Monkton Up Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The River Allen, Dorset rises at Monkton Up Dorset [Map] from where it flows past Wimborne St Giles, Dorset [Map], Knowlton Circles [Map], Horton Inn, Dorset [Map], Crichel Mill, Dorset [Map], Newtown, Dorset [Map], Witchampton, Dorset [Map], Hinton Parva, Dorset [Map], Clapgate, Dorset [Map] through Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map] after which it joins the Dorset River Stour.
Moor Crichel, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
On 24th February 1728 Nathaniel Napier 3rd Baronet (age 60) died at Moor Crichel, Dorset. His son William (age 28) succeeded 4th Baronet Napier of Middle Marsh in Dorset.
Church of St Mary, Moor Crichel, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
On 15th June 1760 Charles Stuart FitzRoy Douglas-Hamilton James (age 21) and Catherine Napier (age 17) were married at Church of St Mary, Moor Crichel.
Motcombe, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
St Mary's Church, Motcombe, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
On 12th August 1899 Harold St George Gray (age 27) and Florence Harriet Young (age 24) were married at St Mary's Church, Motcombe. The witnesses were her sister Elizabeth, and the bride and groom's fathers.
Newtown, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The River Allen, Dorset rises at Monkton Up Dorset [Map] from where it flows past Wimborne St Giles, Dorset [Map], Knowlton Circles [Map], Horton Inn, Dorset [Map], Crichel Mill, Dorset [Map], Newtown, Dorset [Map], Witchampton, Dorset [Map], Hinton Parva, Dorset [Map], Clapgate, Dorset [Map] through Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map] after which it joins the Dorset River Stour.
Parley, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Parley Green, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Dorset River Stour rises at Stourhead, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows through Bourton, Berkshire [Map], past Milton-on-Stour, Dorset [Map], Gillingham, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by Shreen Water. From Gillingham, Dorset [Map] it flows south where it is joined by the Wiltshire River Lodden before Ecliffe, Dorset [Map]. The river continues past West Stour, Dorset [Map], Stour Provost, Dorset [Map], Marnhull, Dorset [Map], Henstridge Marsh, Somerset [Map], where it is joined by the River Cale.
The Dorset River Stour continues south to Sturminster [Map] where it heads south-east to Shillingstone, Dorset [Map] then Durweston, Dorset [Map], around Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map], Charlton Marshall, Dorset [Map], Spetisbury, Dorset [Map], Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [Map], Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map], Canford Magna, Dorset [Map], Knighton, Dorset [Map], West Parley, Dorset [Map], Parley Green, Dorset [Map], Holdenhurst, Dorset [Map] before passing through Christchurch, Dorset [Map] into Christchurch Harbour.
West Parley, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Dorset River Stour rises at Stourhead, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows through Bourton, Berkshire [Map], past Milton-on-Stour, Dorset [Map], Gillingham, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by Shreen Water. From Gillingham, Dorset [Map] it flows south where it is joined by the Wiltshire River Lodden before Ecliffe, Dorset [Map]. The river continues past West Stour, Dorset [Map], Stour Provost, Dorset [Map], Marnhull, Dorset [Map], Henstridge Marsh, Somerset [Map], where it is joined by the River Cale.
The Dorset River Stour continues south to Sturminster [Map] where it heads south-east to Shillingstone, Dorset [Map] then Durweston, Dorset [Map], around Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map], Charlton Marshall, Dorset [Map], Spetisbury, Dorset [Map], Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [Map], Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map], Canford Magna, Dorset [Map], Knighton, Dorset [Map], West Parley, Dorset [Map], Parley Green, Dorset [Map], Holdenhurst, Dorset [Map] before passing through Christchurch, Dorset [Map] into Christchurch Harbour.
Parnham, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Parnham House Parnham, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Before 1410 Richard Strode (age 19) and Margaret Gerard (age 9) were married by which Parnham House Parnham, Dorset passed to the Strode family.
In 1522 Robert Strode (age 22) and Elizabeth Hody were married. She bringing a considerable forture with which Robert Strode commissioned the rebuilding of Parnham House Parnham, Dorset.
On 5th July 1645 Anne Wyndham was killed defending Parnham House Parnham, Dorset by a soldier under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax during the Civil War.
Poole, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
On 1st April 1941 Evelyn Gascoyne-Cecil 1st Baron Rockley (age 75) died at Poole, Dorset. His son Robert (age 40) succeeded 2nd Baron Rockley of Lychett Heath in Dorset.
Lychet Maltravers Poole, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
On 30th March 1649 John Trenchard was born in Lychet Maltravers Poole.
Poole Harbour, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Port Way, Margary's RM4, starts in London and travels through Silchester Roman Fort [Map] aka Calleva Atrebatum, Andover, Hampshire [Map], Winterbourne Gunner, Wiltshire [Map], Old Sarum [Map], Badbury Rings [Map], Dorchester, Dorset [Map], Poole Harbour, Dorset [Map] to Exeter, Devon [Map].
Historie of Great Britain by John Speed Book 9 Chapter 36. [12th October 1483] ... and that nothing should be laide to unprovident foresight, the coasts hee stored with Armies of men, fumished the Ports with storc of Provision, and made all things ready to withstand Earle Henries arrivall. Who now having gotten aide of five thousand Britaines, with forty vessels wel furnished, set sail from thence the twelfth of October, but was taken with so terrible a tempest,that his Fleet was disparkled some into Normandy, and some compelled to returne into Britame, only the Earles ship with one other kept the Seas, being sore tossed all night, and in the morning arrived in the mouth of Poole [Map] in the County of Dorset, where hee might behold the Shore full of men shining in armour, to his great amazement, whereupon hee lent out his shippe-boat to know whether they were friends or enemies; their answer was, that they were thither appointed by the Duke of Buckingham, toattend the comming of the Earle of Richmond, to conduct him in safety to the Duke, who lay encamped not far off, that so joyning their forces, they might prosecute Richard the usurper, who being in a maner destitute of men, was sore distrafted, and desperate in his owne designes.
Portesham, Dorest, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Hellstone Burial Mound, Portesham, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Hellstone Burial Mound is also in South England Neolithic Long Barrows.
Hellstone Burial Mound [Map] is a Neolithic dolmen on Portesham Hill in Dorset, England. The burial chamber is at the southeast end of a rectangular mound. The mound is 24 metres long and orientated northwest to southeast. The mound tapers from 12 to 8 metres in width from the southeast end to the northwest end, and it is 1 metre high. The chamber was badly restored in 1866 when eight men re-erected the stones, arranging them radially "rather like the slices of a cake" and supporting a large capstone.
Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Volume 2 1887 Pages 104-108. Notes on the Cromlech [Hellstone Burial Mound [Map]] at Portisham.
The Cromlech at Portishain (commonly called Possum) would seem to deserve more than the passing notice of a visit which was made by the Club on June 20, 1876. Therefore, as Miss Colfox has so kindly made drawings of this Cromlech, together with one by way of comparison at Morbihan, in Brittany, in presenting our readers with copies of these we propose to add a few notes upon these structures.
The Cromlech at Portisham, which rejoices in the name of the Hellstone, is situate upon an eminence to the north of the village, the foot of the hill being approached along the banks of a rivulet which runs through and over a picturesque mass of boulder stones, which, as they occur on the hills around the Cromlech in question and another in its vicinity, may doubtless have been derived from the heights above, having formerly belonged to that sandy deposit of the tertiary formation which rested on the chalk, and is perhaps of the same age as the grey wethers of Wiltshire, of which stones the ancient monument known as Avebury circles, and also some of the huge masses of Stonehenge, are formed.
Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Volume 15 1894 Pages 52-54. The Helstone [Map] on Ridge Hill, Portesham, By E. Cunnington, Esq.
Perhaops I may be permitted to say a few words in the first place as to the origin and composition of the many large rough stones, usually called Sarsens, around us at Portesham, and those following the stream down the valley to the sea. Professor Prestwich and other geologists consider them to be large masses of sand concreted together by a silicious cement. When the chalk stratum, now forming our highest hills, was at the bottom of the sea, beds of sands, clays, and gravels were deposited upon it ; when these were afterwards raised above the bed of the ocean they were denuded by the powerful action of seas, glaciers, and rivers, by which the main portion was carried away, leaving these blocks of sandy rock scattered about. In parts of Wiltshire their remains are very abundant ; they occupy for miles the bed of a valley near Clatford, Marlborough. Helstone, the name of the group of stones now before us, comes from either the Anglo-Saxon "hele," to hide or cover, or from "Hel," in Northern mythology the Goddess of the dead. Originally it was a long barrow, containing in its centre the nine stones supporting the large top or table-stone, 10½ft. long, by 6ft. broad, covering the usual interment. The lapse of many centuries has worn away the covering earth and exposed the stones to view as in many other instances. Hutchins gives us a picture of this dolmen, as I suppose it was in his time ; there it appears as perfect as a well-made mahogany table. The poor table came to grief entirely, but was re-instated as we now see it by the late Mr. Manfield, and I venture to think you will all agree that it is well done.
Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Volume 16 1895 Pages 175-177. Helstone [Map]. By E. Cunnington, Esq.
The earliest inhabitants of Britain were men living by the chase, using only stone weapons; the sole residue that we can recover are their cremated remains placed usually without any accompaniments under the nearest and easiest available material for a covering or barrow. The next in order would be the use of rough and badly-made baked urns for the cremation, llelstonc, the name of the group of stones now before us, comes from either the Anglo-Saxon hele, to hide or to cover, or from Hel, in northern mythology, the goddess of the dead. Originally this was a long barrow containing in its centre the nine stones supporting the large top or table-stone, 10 J, ft. long by 6ft. broad, covering the usual interment. The lapse of time has worn away the covering earth and exposed the stones to view as in many other instances. Hutch ins gives us a picture of this dolman as I suppose it was in his time ; he represents it to be as perfect as a well-made mahogany table. The poor table, like "Humpty Dumpty, had a great fall," and Manfield rebuilt it, nine stones and all. The grey mare and colt near Gorwcll is very similar, being a long barrow 54ft. long, 23ft. broad, and about 5ift. elevation, covering the dolman or stone-chamber within. Dolman means a stone table from two Celtic words — "daul" a table, and "maen" a stone. It has been opened, and at the south end are visible three of the megalithic uprights and tlie top or table-stone ; these are about 5ft. to 6ft high ami 2ft to 3ft. in diameter. The total number of stones composing this dolman is ten, as at the Helstone, four conglomerates and six sarsens.
Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Volume 29 1908 Pages Ixxv-lxxviii. The Helstone [Map].
Dr. Colley March, addressing the party gathered round the rude stone structure, remarked that three names were applied to these stones, "Grey Wethers," Druid stones, and Sarsen stones. The term "Grey Wethers," of course, explained itself, for at a distance the stones did look like sheep on the hillside. Again, " Sarsen " was a simple term, a corruption of the word "Saracen," which at one time was employed to designate anything that was foreign. Geologists used the word "foreign stones" as country people used the word " Saracen," both meaning pretty much the same thing. But they were not all Druid stones. One would use the word "Druid" when it was a Saracen stone or Sarsen stone that had been employed by early man for any funerary purpose. Then what was the nature of Sarsen stones ? If they looked at the hill under Hardy's Monument, they would see two or three gravel pits. The gravel was all as loose as they pleased. It could be got out with the tap of a pick-axe. It consisted of pebbles intercalated with sand. That gravel once spread all over the chalk in that region, and in places the gravel became cemented with a silicious cement. They would observe that all the pieces of flint in a sarsen stone were rounded by the action of water, and they now and then saw other stones ; for instance, quartz. After the covering over of the chalk downs with this Tertiary gravel and sand, the chalk underneath it began to wear away through the infiltration of rain, and the surface became very uneven ; and so at Blagdon they could see how the gravel dipped and followed inclines down the sides of the hills ; and in doing that, however cemented it may have been, it was bound to break up into these great blocks, which remained scattered all over the face of the country. Many of them had been built into walls and broken up in various ways. And Neolithic men, whom people sometimes called "Druids," whenever they wanted to construct anything, used these great blocks or megaliths. The Ordnance Geological Survey map called these gravels Reading Beds ; but geologists like Mr. Clement Reid and Mr. Aubrey Strahan, the author of the Geological Memoir of Weymouth, 1898, considered that they were rather Bagshot Beds. To turn to the Helstone itself, it was sometimes called a cromlech and sometimes a dolmen. Throughout England they were generally called cromlechs ; but in Cornwall and Brittany dolmens. He himself preferred the word " dolmen," which meant " table stone or cap-stone." Charles Warne, in his "Ancient Dorset," published in 1872, speaking of the Helstone before its restoration, said (page 135) : "This cromlech stands on a gently-elevated mound. The supports of the capstone have sunk on the south-west side, and are virtually buried by it, its great weight being now chiefly sustained by a single prop on the north side, so that it rests in a greatly-inclined position. It measures more than ten feet in length, about seven feet in breadth, and has an average thickness of at least two feet and a-half. Originally it must have rested upon eight or ten supports. No doubt it was devoted to sepulchral purposes, and in its original state was probably covered with a mound of earth." It was generally believed, continued Dr. Colley March, that most of these dolmens were originally covered with a mound of earth, and so resembled tumuli. If so, of course the almost entire disappearance of the mound showed the great antiquity of the dolmen. But all dolmens were not covered with mounds of earth. He had seen some in Brittany, on the top of little conical hills, which could not by any possible human agency have ever been covered with a mound ; and those that were not covered with earth had some connection with the custom of dual interment. In his preface (page ii.) Mr. Warne said : "An attempt has been made to restore its ideal construction. Incredible as it may appear, the parties concerned seem to have thought it a meritorious act, for we find their names recorded in a note attached to a photograph of their great achievement:—
"We, the undersigned, a happy and obliged company, on the 11th June, 1866, desire to record our thanks and best wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Manfield, on occasion of the initiatory restoration of the Helstone, Portesham. — (Signed) Martin F. Tupper, J. V. W. Vandelour, John Nichols, H. de Beauvoir Tupper, Eobert Gambler Sweeting, John Bull, and W. K. Tupper."
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Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Volume 42 1920 Pages 36-41. The Helstone [Map]. By Vere L. Oliver, F.S.A. (Read 16th September, 1920).
The Helstone is situated on Ridgehill, one of the spurs running up North to Blackdown from Portisham. It stands on a slight mound, which is more noticeable on the North side, but to the South there are only hollows, whence soil has evidently been removed. A held wall (older than 1803) runs across the mound North and South.
Hutchins, in his History of Dorset (1st edition), wrote, in 1774, that nearly all the upper stones were thrown down, the table-stone leaning on only one at the North, and that shepherds had dug a hole beneath it for a shelter. He gave a ridiculous plate of its supposed restoration, which looks like a round table on thick legs. In the 2nd edition, of 1803, an artistic illustration appeared showing the table-stone tilted and the existing held wall in the back-ground. What we now see may well be the remains of a long barrow which was placed N.W. and S.E. Hutchins stated that there was a terrace to to the N.W. leading to it 60ft. long, 30ft. broad at one end and 10ft. at the other; but the plough has obliterated all traces of this.
Portland, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 840. This year Alderman Wulfherd fought at Hamton with thirty-three pirates, and after great slaughter obtained the victory, but he died the same year. Alderman Ethelhelm also, with the men of Dorsetshire, fought with the Danish army in Portland isle, and for a good while put them to flight; but in the end the Danes became masters of the field, and slew the alderman.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. [19th June 1052]. In the same year advised the king and his council, that ships should be sent out to Sandwich, Kent [Map], and that Earl Ralph and Earl Odda (age 59) should be appointed headmen thereto. Then went Earl Godwin (age 51) out from Bruges [Map] with his ships to Ysendyck; and sailed forth one day before midsummer-eve, till he came to the Ness that is to the south of Romney. When it came to the knowledge of the earls out at Sandwich, Kent [Map], they went out after the other ships; and a land-force was also ordered out against the ships. Meanwhile Earl Godwin had warning, and betook himself into Pevensey [Map]: and the weather was so boisterous, that the earls could not learn what had become of Earl Godwin. But Earl Godwin then went out again until he came back to Bruges [Map]; and the other ships returned back again to Sandwich, Kent [Map]. Then it was advised that the ships should go back again to London, and that other earls and other pilots should be appointed over them. But it was delayed so long that the marine army all deserted; and they all betook themselves home. When Earl Godwin understood that, he drew up his sail and his ship: and they70 went west at once to the Isle of Wight [Map]; and landing there, they plundered so long that the people gave them as much as they required of them. Then proceeded they westward until they came to Portland, where they landed and did as much harm as they could possibly do.
Note 70 i.e. Earl Godwin and his crew.
John Evelyn's Diary. 2nd February 1696. An extraordinary wet season, though temperate as to cold. The "Royal Sovereign" man-of-war burned at Chatham, Kent [Map]. It was built in 1637, and having given occasion to the levy of ship money was perhaps the cause of all the after troubles to this day. An earthquake in Dorsetshire by Portland, or rather a sinking of the ground suddenly for a large space, near the quarries of stone, hindering the conveyance of that material for the finishing St. Paul's [Map].
Portland Bay, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 982. In this year came up in Dorsetshire three ships of the pirates, and plundered in Portland. The same year London was burned. In the same year also died two aldermen, Ethelmer in Hampshire, and Edwin in Sussex. Ethelmer's body lieth in Winchester, at New-minster, and Edwin's in the minster at Abingdon [Map]. The same year died two abbesses in Dorsetshire; Herelufa at Shaftsbury, and Wulfwina at Wareham. The same year went Otho (age 28), emperor of the Romans, into Greece; and there met he a great army of the Saracens, who came up from the sea, and would have proceeded forthwith to plunder the Christian folk; but the emperor fought with them. And there was much slaughter made on either side, but the emperor gained the field of battle. He was there, however, much harassed, ere he returned thence; and as he went homeward, his brother's son died, who was also called Otho; and he was the son of Leodulf Atheling. This Leodulf was the son of Otho the Elder and of the daughter of King Edward.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 20th March 1665. Newes is this day come of Captain Allen's (age 53) being come home from the Straights, as far as Portland, with eleven of the King's ships, and about twenty-two of merchantmen.
Portsham Steepleton, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
On 23rd July 1672 Andrew Riccard (age 68) made his will:
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Andrewe Riccard Cittizen and Merchant of London aged Threescore and Nyne yeares or thereabouts Praysed Be God of sound and perfect memory Calling to mind the frailty of all mankind my owne age And bodily infirmities Doe make and ordaine this my last Will and Testament (written in my own hand), in manner and forme following (That is to say)
First and principally I give upp and Resign my soule into the hands of Allmighty God my Creator that gave me the same Trusting in the meritts of my Alsufficient Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and renouncing and disclayming any meritt or worthiness of my owne) I say I humbly trust to be saved and to enjoy everlasting Bliss and happiness with the Saints and Angells To all Eternity.
And for my Body and earthly part I Comitt it to the earth whereof it was made To be decently buried and without much Pompe or any ostentation att the direction of my Executix hereafter named.
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my ffaithfull and beloved wife Susanna One full Third part of my Personall Estate according to the Lawdable Custome of the Citty of London my debts being paid and ffunerall Charges deducted.
ITEM I hereby give to my said deare and loveing wife one halfe part of all my Lands Tenements and hereditaments whatsoever And all the Rents and profitts of the said halfe part during her naturall life.
ITEM I give and bequeath to my said Loveing wife All my householdstuff, my Coach and Coach horses And one hundred ounces of Plate such as she shall think fitt to take.
ITEM I give to my said wife and Consort the lease of my house in Marke Lane [Map] she paying the Rent of one hundred pounds per Annum to the Landlord.
ITEM I give and bequeath to my Brother Jn. Riccard of Portsham in the County of Dorset one halfe part of the Rents and proffitts of the ffarmes of Portesham Ashton and Steepleton over and above my wife's halfe part bequeathed to her as before And my said brother to have and enjoy the said halfe parte of the Rents and proffitts of the said ffarmes and tenements the Second Third and ffourth yeare after my decease for the better support of himselfe and education of his children and no longer
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my only daughter Christian Lady Berkeley (age 34) one hundred pounds in full of her Childs part any other Consideracon whatsover In regard she had a faire part and potion out of my Estate to preferre and advance her in marriage And for some other reasons not fitt to be in this place menconed
ITEM I give and hereby will and order and by these presents bequeath unto my Second Grandsonne and Godsonne John Berkeley (age 9) All the Residue and remainder of all my Reall Estate scituate lying and being in the Parishes of Portsham Steepleton and Winterborne St Martins in the County of Dorsett To have and to hold the said ffarmes lands and tenements to him and his heires for ever And in case he shall happen to dye before he attaine to the age of twenty one yeares or without issue of his body lawfully begotten Then I give and bequeath the said ffarmes lands and tenements to my Third Grandson, Maurice Bentley1And if he chance to dye before he attaine to the age of of Twenty one yeares or without issue lawfully begotten Then and in that case I give the said ffarmes Lands and tenements to William Bentley1 my youngest grandson and his heires forever.
ITEM I hereby give bequeath and will my only granddaughter Anne Berkeley (age 7) to advance her and preferre herin marriage to a sober and prudent Gentleman such as my Executrix shall approve of if she be alive And this her portion of ffoure thousand pounds with the interest thereof I hereby order to be paid her att the day of her marriage or when she attaines to the age of Twenty one yeares And in case it shall please God she dye before she marry or attaine Twenty one yeares before paid this and in that case I will the said ffoure thousand pounds and all the proffitts and interest thereof to be paid to my surviving Grandchildren by even and equall shares and proportions att such tyme as they shall attain to Twenty one yeares of age
ITEM I give and bequeath to my neece Mary Riccard now in house with me towards a Marriage Portion two hundred pounds to be paid her by my Executrix att her daye of marriage.
ITEM I give and bequeath to each of my servants that have been with me one whole yeare or more ffive pounds a peece.
ITEM I give to the poore of the parish of St Olaves Hartstreet [Map] wherin I have long lived ffifty pounds within one yeare after my death.
ITEM I hereby give and bequeath to Mr Danll Mills Rector of the said parish ffifty pounds.
ITEM I give and bequeath to the poore of St Thomas Hospitall in Southwark to be disposed of for their Reliefe as the President and Governors of that hospitall shall judge meete one hundred Pounds to be paid within one yeare after my death.
ITEM I give to the poore of the Company of Drapers one hundred pounds to be paid them within one yeare after my death And to be disposed of for aforesaid Poore their most advantage and in such manner as the Master Wardens and Assistants shall judge meete.
ITEM I give to the East India Company ffor their poore at Poplar one hundred pounds And to be paid said Company for the use of these poore within one yeare after my decease And to be added to Almshouse Stocke.
ITEM I herby give and bequeath unto ffrancis Riccard, my nephew and servant one hundred pounds to be paid him Two yeares after my death.
ITEM I hereby give bequeath and will my only granddaughter Anne Berkeley to advance her and preferre herin marriage to a sober and prudent Gentleman such as my Executrix shall approve of if she be alive And this her portion of ffoure thousand pounds with the interest thereof I hereby order to be paid her att the day of her marriage or when she attaines to the age of Twenty one yeares And in case it shall please God she dye before she marry or attaine Twenty one yeares before paid this and in that case I will the said ffoure thousand pounds and all the proffitts and interest thereof to be paid to my surviving Grandchildren by even and equall shares and proportions att such tyme as they shall attain to Twenty one yeares of age
ITEM I give and hereby bequeath to my ffive Grandchildren Charles, John, Morris1, William (age 9) and Anne Berkely all the residue and remainder of my estate to be equally divided betweene them To each one ffifth part To be paid them by my Executrix or to such Trustees as their ffather Lord John Berkeley (age 70) and my Executrix shall agree upon or in case of death or absence of the Lord Berkeley to such trustees as my said Executrix and my daughter Berkeley shall agree upon.
And that as soone as my Estate come into the particulars whereof appeare by an estimate hereto Annexed, in default of Books of accompt which may not appeare soe Regulah as may be expected And in Case of Death the Survivors of them to enjoy it
ITEM I hereby nominate and appointe my deare and loving wife to be my sole executrix and give her power and Authority to see this my Last Will and Testament faithfully and duly executed I will and make void All former wills whatsoever
In witness whereof I have hereto sett my hand and seale This Twenty Third day of July 1672 In London Amen
[Andr: Riccard is inserted into the LH margin]
Signed Sealed published and declared, in the presence of [NO NAMES WERE INSERTED]
Note 1. Not clear whether these refers to Berkeley rather than Bentley. William Berkeley was a son of Christiana and John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton. Andrew Riccard appears to have had only one child Christiana who only had issue with her third husband John Berkeley. Maurice, or Morris, possibly a child between John and William. Christiana's husband John's father was Maurice Berkeley.
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Romford, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The River Crane rises near Oakley Down Barrow Cemetery, Dorset [Map] from where it flows through Cranbourne, Dorset [Map], to which it gives it name, past Romford, Dorset [Map], Verwood, Dorset [Map] after which its name changes from River Crane to Moors River for some unknown reason, past Woolsbridge, Dorset [Map], St Leonards, Dorset [Map], and around Bournemouth Airport, Dorset [Map] after which it flows past Hurn, Dorset [Map] after which it joins the Dorset River Stour.
Sampford, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Melbury Sampford, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
On 4th May 1486 Giles Strangeways was born to Henry Strangeways (age 21) and Dorothy Arundell at Melbury Sampford, Dorset.
Shillingstone, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Dorset River Stour rises at Stourhead, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows through Bourton, Berkshire [Map], past Milton-on-Stour, Dorset [Map], Gillingham, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by Shreen Water. From Gillingham, Dorset [Map] it flows south where it is joined by the Wiltshire River Lodden before Ecliffe, Dorset [Map]. The river continues past West Stour, Dorset [Map], Stour Provost, Dorset [Map], Marnhull, Dorset [Map], Henstridge Marsh, Somerset [Map], where it is joined by the River Cale.
The Dorset River Stour continues south to Sturminster [Map] where it heads south-east to Shillingstone, Dorset [Map] then Durweston, Dorset [Map], around Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map], Charlton Marshall, Dorset [Map], Spetisbury, Dorset [Map], Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [Map], Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map], Canford Magna, Dorset [Map], Knighton, Dorset [Map], West Parley, Dorset [Map], Parley Green, Dorset [Map], Holdenhurst, Dorset [Map] before passing through Christchurch, Dorset [Map] into Christchurch Harbour.
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Oakley Down Barrow Cemetery, Dorset, Sixpenny Handley, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Oakley Down Barrow Cemetery, Dorset is also in Dorset Bronze Age Barrows.
Between 2000BC and 800BC. Oakley Down Barrow Cemetery, Dorset [Map] is a group of around thirty Bronze Age Round Barrows. Many of the barrows were excavated in the early 19th century by Richard Colt Hoare 2nd Baronet and William Cunnington.
Wessex from the Air Plate 31. Oakley Down Barrow Cemetery, Dorset [Map]
The River Crane rises near Oakley Down Barrow Cemetery, Dorset [Map] from where it flows through Cranbourne, Dorset [Map], to which it gives it name, past Romford, Dorset [Map], Verwood, Dorset [Map] after which its name changes from River Crane to Moors River for some unknown reason, past Woolsbridge, Dorset [Map], St Leonards, Dorset [Map], and around Bournemouth Airport, Dorset [Map] after which it flows past Hurn, Dorset [Map] after which it joins the Dorset River Stour.
Wyke Down Barrow Cemetery, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Wyke Down Barrow 1, Wyke Down Barrow Cemetery, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
3300BC. The Dorset Cursus is a 10km Cursus that extends across of Cranborne Chase from Dorset Cursus North-Western End Martin Down [Map], over North Farm, Cashmoor [Map]. At Gussage Down Long Barrow 1 changes direction to Wyke Down Barrow 1 [Map], contining to the Thickthorn Down Long Barrows [Map]. The cursus consisted of a pair of parallel banks 1.5m high 80 m apart with external ditches 1.5m deep and 2m wide.
Spetisbury, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Dorset River Stour rises at Stourhead, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows through Bourton, Berkshire [Map], past Milton-on-Stour, Dorset [Map], Gillingham, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by Shreen Water. From Gillingham, Dorset [Map] it flows south where it is joined by the Wiltshire River Lodden before Ecliffe, Dorset [Map]. The river continues past West Stour, Dorset [Map], Stour Provost, Dorset [Map], Marnhull, Dorset [Map], Henstridge Marsh, Somerset [Map], where it is joined by the River Cale.
The Dorset River Stour continues south to Sturminster [Map] where it heads south-east to Shillingstone, Dorset [Map] then Durweston, Dorset [Map], around Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map], Charlton Marshall, Dorset [Map], Spetisbury, Dorset [Map], Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [Map], Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map], Canford Magna, Dorset [Map], Knighton, Dorset [Map], West Parley, Dorset [Map], Parley Green, Dorset [Map], Holdenhurst, Dorset [Map] before passing through Christchurch, Dorset [Map] into Christchurch Harbour.
Church of St John the Baptist, Spetisbury, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Church of St John the Baptist, Spetisbury is also in Churches in Dorset.
On 21st September 1837 Colonel Bryan Burrell (age 32) and Frances Mary Quantock (age 24) were married at Church of St John the Baptist, Spetisbury [Map].
Spetisbury Rings aka Crawford Castle, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Spetisbury Rings aka Crawford Castle is also in Iron Age Hill Forts Dorset, Castles in Dorset.
Spetisbury Rings aka Crawford Castle [Map] is an Iron Age Hill Fort in Dorset overlooking the River Stour.
St Leonards, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The River Crane rises near Oakley Down Barrow Cemetery, Dorset [Map] from where it flows through Cranbourne, Dorset [Map], to which it gives it name, past Romford, Dorset [Map], Verwood, Dorset [Map] after which its name changes from River Crane to Moors River for some unknown reason, past Woolsbridge, Dorset [Map], St Leonards, Dorset [Map], and around Bournemouth Airport, Dorset [Map] after which it flows past Hurn, Dorset [Map] after which it joins the Dorset River Stour.
Steepleton Iwerne, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
St Mary's Church Steepleton Iwerne, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
On 23rd March 1867 Henry Peter Pitt-Rivers 5th Baron Rivers (deceased) was buried at St Mary's Church Steepleton Iwerne, Dorset.
On 3rd March 1880 George Pitt-Rivers 6th Baron Rivers (age 65) died at 23 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia. On 11th May 1880 he was buried at St Mary's Church Steepleton Iwerne, Dorset. Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire extinct.
Stock Gaylard, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Stour Provost, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Dorset River Stour rises at Stourhead, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows through Bourton, Berkshire [Map], past Milton-on-Stour, Dorset [Map], Gillingham, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by Shreen Water. From Gillingham, Dorset [Map] it flows south where it is joined by the Wiltshire River Lodden before Ecliffe, Dorset [Map]. The river continues past West Stour, Dorset [Map], Stour Provost, Dorset [Map], Marnhull, Dorset [Map], Henstridge Marsh, Somerset [Map], where it is joined by the River Cale.
The Dorset River Stour continues south to Sturminster [Map] where it heads south-east to Shillingstone, Dorset [Map] then Durweston, Dorset [Map], around Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map], Charlton Marshall, Dorset [Map], Spetisbury, Dorset [Map], Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [Map], Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map], Canford Magna, Dorset [Map], Knighton, Dorset [Map], West Parley, Dorset [Map], Parley Green, Dorset [Map], Holdenhurst, Dorset [Map] before passing through Christchurch, Dorset [Map] into Christchurch Harbour.
Studland, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Church of St Nicholas, Studland, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Church of St Nicholas, Studland is also in Churches in Dorset.
Church of St Nicholas, Studland [Map] with carvings of the Herefordshire School of Carving.
Sturminster, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Dorset River Stour rises at Stourhead, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows through Bourton, Berkshire [Map], past Milton-on-Stour, Dorset [Map], Gillingham, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by Shreen Water. From Gillingham, Dorset [Map] it flows south where it is joined by the Wiltshire River Lodden before Ecliffe, Dorset [Map]. The river continues past West Stour, Dorset [Map], Stour Provost, Dorset [Map], Marnhull, Dorset [Map], Henstridge Marsh, Somerset [Map], where it is joined by the River Cale.
The Dorset River Stour continues south to Sturminster [Map] where it heads south-east to Shillingstone, Dorset [Map] then Durweston, Dorset [Map], around Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map], Charlton Marshall, Dorset [Map], Spetisbury, Dorset [Map], Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [Map], Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map], Canford Magna, Dorset [Map], Knighton, Dorset [Map], West Parley, Dorset [Map], Parley Green, Dorset [Map], Holdenhurst, Dorset [Map] before passing through Christchurch, Dorset [Map] into Christchurch Harbour.
Banbury Hillfort, Sturminster, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Banbury Hillfort is also in Iron Age Hill Forts Dorset.
Banbury Hillfort [Map]. The univallate fort is on a low hill: a single bank encloses a roughly circular area of about 1.2 hectares. There is an original entrance on the west side, protected by an external bank 15 metres wide and 1 metre high.
Sturminster Marshall, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Dorset River Stour rises at Stourhead, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows through Bourton, Berkshire [Map], past Milton-on-Stour, Dorset [Map], Gillingham, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by Shreen Water. From Gillingham, Dorset [Map] it flows south where it is joined by the Wiltshire River Lodden before Ecliffe, Dorset [Map]. The river continues past West Stour, Dorset [Map], Stour Provost, Dorset [Map], Marnhull, Dorset [Map], Henstridge Marsh, Somerset [Map], where it is joined by the River Cale.
The Dorset River Stour continues south to Sturminster [Map] where it heads south-east to Shillingstone, Dorset [Map] then Durweston, Dorset [Map], around Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map], Charlton Marshall, Dorset [Map], Spetisbury, Dorset [Map], Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [Map], Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map], Canford Magna, Dorset [Map], Knighton, Dorset [Map], West Parley, Dorset [Map], Parley Green, Dorset [Map], Holdenhurst, Dorset [Map] before passing through Christchurch, Dorset [Map] into Christchurch Harbour.
Tarrant Abbey, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
Tarrant Abbey, Dorset is also in Abbeys in England.
On 4th March 1238 Joan Plantagenet Queen of Scotland (age 27) died at Havering atte Bower, Essex [Map]. She was buried at Tarrant Abbey, Dorset [Map].
Verwood, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The River Crane rises near Oakley Down Barrow Cemetery, Dorset [Map] from where it flows through Cranbourne, Dorset [Map], to which it gives it name, past Romford, Dorset [Map], Verwood, Dorset [Map] after which its name changes from River Crane to Moors River for some unknown reason, past Woolsbridge, Dorset [Map], St Leonards, Dorset [Map], and around Bournemouth Airport, Dorset [Map] after which it flows past Hurn, Dorset [Map] after which it joins the Dorset River Stour.
West Stour, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Dorset River Stour rises at Stourhead, Wiltshire [Map] from where it flows through Bourton, Berkshire [Map], past Milton-on-Stour, Dorset [Map], Gillingham, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by Shreen Water. From Gillingham, Dorset [Map] it flows south where it is joined by the Wiltshire River Lodden before Ecliffe, Dorset [Map]. The river continues past West Stour, Dorset [Map], Stour Provost, Dorset [Map], Marnhull, Dorset [Map], Henstridge Marsh, Somerset [Map], where it is joined by the River Cale.
The Dorset River Stour continues south to Sturminster [Map] where it heads south-east to Shillingstone, Dorset [Map] then Durweston, Dorset [Map], around Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map], Charlton Marshall, Dorset [Map], Spetisbury, Dorset [Map], Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [Map], Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map], Canford Magna, Dorset [Map], Knighton, Dorset [Map], West Parley, Dorset [Map], Parley Green, Dorset [Map], Holdenhurst, Dorset [Map] before passing through Christchurch, Dorset [Map] into Christchurch Harbour.
Whitchurch, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
In 1038 Ralph Tillières was born at Whitchurch, Dorset.
Around 1096 Robert Giffard was born to Ralph Tillières (age 58) at Whitchurch, Dorset.
In 1122 Gervaise Giffard was born to Robert Giffard (age 26) at Whitchurch, Dorset.
Around 1187 Robert Giffard (age 91) died at Whitchurch, Dorset.
Wimborne St Giles, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
On 5th May 1807 Anthony Henry Ashley-Cooper was born to Cropley Ashley-Cooper 6th Earl Shaftesbury (age 38) and Anne Spencer-Churchill Countess Shaftesbury (age 34) at Wimborne St Giles, Dorset [Map].
The River Allen, Dorset rises at Monkton Up Dorset [Map] from where it flows past Wimborne St Giles, Dorset [Map], Knowlton Circles [Map], Horton Inn, Dorset [Map], Crichel Mill, Dorset [Map], Newtown, Dorset [Map], Witchampton, Dorset [Map], Hinton Parva, Dorset [Map], Clapgate, Dorset [Map] through Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map] after which it joins the Dorset River Stour.
Wimborne St Giles Church, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
On 13th January 1628 Anthony Ashley 1st Baronet (age 67) died. He was buried at Wimborne St Giles Church. Baronet Ashley of Wimborne St Giles in Dorset extinct.
On 23rd March 1631 John Cooper 1st Baronet (age 33) died at Cassiobury, Watford. He was buried in Wimborne St Giles Church. His son Anthony (age 9) succeeded 2nd Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton.
Wimborne, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 901. Then Prince Ethelwald, the son of his paternal uncle, rode against the towns of Winburn and of Twineham [Map], without leave of the king and his council. Then rode the king with his army; so that he encamped the same night at Badbury [Map] near Winburn; and Ethelwald remained within the town with the men that were under him, and had all the gates shut upon him, saying, that he would either there live or there die. But in the meantime he stole away in the night, and sought the army in Northumberland. The king gave orders to ride after him; but they were not able to overtake him. The Danes, however, received him as their king. They then rode after the wife that Ethelwald had taken without the king's leave, and against the command of the bishops; for she was formerly consecrated a nun. In this year also died Ethered, who was alderman of Devonshire, four weeks before King Alfred.
Badbury Rings, Wimborne, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Port Way, Margary's RM4, starts in London and travels through Silchester Roman Fort [Map] aka Calleva Atrebatum, Andover, Hampshire [Map], Winterbourne Gunner, Wiltshire [Map], Old Sarum [Map], Badbury Rings [Map], Dorchester, Dorset [Map], Poole Harbour, Dorset [Map] to Exeter, Devon [Map].
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 901. Then Prince Ethelwald, the son of his paternal uncle, rode against the towns of Winburn and of Twineham [Map], without leave of the king and his council. Then rode the king with his army; so that he encamped the same night at Badbury [Map] near Winburn; and Ethelwald remained within the town with the men that were under him, and had all the gates shut upon him, saying, that he would either there live or there die. But in the meantime he stole away in the night, and sought the army in Northumberland. The king gave orders to ride after him; but they were not able to overtake him. The Danes, however, received him as their king. They then rode after the wife that Ethelwald had taken without the king's leave, and against the command of the bishops; for she was formerly consecrated a nun. In this year also died Ethered, who was alderman of Devonshire, four weeks before King Alfred.
Wessex from the Air Plate 4. Badbury Rings [Map].
Winterborne Monkton, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Church of St Simon and St Jude, Winterbourne Monkton, Dorset, Winterborne Monkton, South-West England, British Isles
On 21st November 1786 Edward Wilmot 1st Baronet (age 93) died at Herringston, Dorset. He was buried at Church of St Simon and St Jude, Winterbourne Monkton, Dorset. His son Robert (age 55) succeeded 2nd Baronet Wilmot of Chaddesden in Derbyshire.
Winterborne St Martin, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Around 22nd March 871 Halfdan Ragnarsson defeated the Wessex army led by King Æthelred of Wessex (age 24) and King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex (age 22) at the Battle of Merton. The location of 'Marton' is not known; suggestions include Marden, Wiltshire in Wiltshire and Winterborne St Martin, Dorset. Bishop Heahmund of Wessex was killed.
On 23rd July 1672 Andrew Riccard (age 68) made his will:
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Andrewe Riccard Cittizen and Merchant of London aged Threescore and Nyne yeares or thereabouts Praysed Be God of sound and perfect memory Calling to mind the frailty of all mankind my owne age And bodily infirmities Doe make and ordaine this my last Will and Testament (written in my own hand), in manner and forme following (That is to say)
First and principally I give upp and Resign my soule into the hands of Allmighty God my Creator that gave me the same Trusting in the meritts of my Alsufficient Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and renouncing and disclayming any meritt or worthiness of my owne) I say I humbly trust to be saved and to enjoy everlasting Bliss and happiness with the Saints and Angells To all Eternity.
And for my Body and earthly part I Comitt it to the earth whereof it was made To be decently buried and without much Pompe or any ostentation att the direction of my Executix hereafter named.
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my ffaithfull and beloved wife Susanna One full Third part of my Personall Estate according to the Lawdable Custome of the Citty of London my debts being paid and ffunerall Charges deducted.
ITEM I hereby give to my said deare and loveing wife one halfe part of all my Lands Tenements and hereditaments whatsoever And all the Rents and profitts of the said halfe part during her naturall life.
ITEM I give and bequeath to my said Loveing wife All my householdstuff, my Coach and Coach horses And one hundred ounces of Plate such as she shall think fitt to take.
ITEM I give to my said wife and Consort the lease of my house in Marke Lane [Map] she paying the Rent of one hundred pounds per Annum to the Landlord.
ITEM I give and bequeath to my Brother Jn. Riccard of Portsham in the County of Dorset one halfe part of the Rents and proffitts of the ffarmes of Portesham Ashton and Steepleton over and above my wife's halfe part bequeathed to her as before And my said brother to have and enjoy the said halfe parte of the Rents and proffitts of the said ffarmes and tenements the Second Third and ffourth yeare after my decease for the better support of himselfe and education of his children and no longer
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my only daughter Christian Lady Berkeley (age 34) one hundred pounds in full of her Childs part any other Consideracon whatsover In regard she had a faire part and potion out of my Estate to preferre and advance her in marriage And for some other reasons not fitt to be in this place menconed
ITEM I give and hereby will and order and by these presents bequeath unto my Second Grandsonne and Godsonne John Berkeley (age 9) All the Residue and remainder of all my Reall Estate scituate lying and being in the Parishes of Portsham Steepleton and Winterborne St Martins in the County of Dorsett To have and to hold the said ffarmes lands and tenements to him and his heires for ever And in case he shall happen to dye before he attaine to the age of twenty one yeares or without issue of his body lawfully begotten Then I give and bequeath the said ffarmes lands and tenements to my Third Grandson, Maurice Bentley1And if he chance to dye before he attaine to the age of of Twenty one yeares or without issue lawfully begotten Then and in that case I give the said ffarmes Lands and tenements to William Bentley1 my youngest grandson and his heires forever.
ITEM I hereby give bequeath and will my only granddaughter Anne Berkeley (age 7) to advance her and preferre herin marriage to a sober and prudent Gentleman such as my Executrix shall approve of if she be alive And this her portion of ffoure thousand pounds with the interest thereof I hereby order to be paid her att the day of her marriage or when she attaines to the age of Twenty one yeares And in case it shall please God she dye before she marry or attaine Twenty one yeares before paid this and in that case I will the said ffoure thousand pounds and all the proffitts and interest thereof to be paid to my surviving Grandchildren by even and equall shares and proportions att such tyme as they shall attain to Twenty one yeares of age
ITEM I give and bequeath to my neece Mary Riccard now in house with me towards a Marriage Portion two hundred pounds to be paid her by my Executrix att her daye of marriage.
ITEM I give and bequeath to each of my servants that have been with me one whole yeare or more ffive pounds a peece.
ITEM I give to the poore of the parish of St Olaves Hartstreet [Map] wherin I have long lived ffifty pounds within one yeare after my death.
ITEM I hereby give and bequeath to Mr Danll Mills Rector of the said parish ffifty pounds.
ITEM I give and bequeath to the poore of St Thomas Hospitall in Southwark to be disposed of for their Reliefe as the President and Governors of that hospitall shall judge meete one hundred Pounds to be paid within one yeare after my death.
ITEM I give to the poore of the Company of Drapers one hundred pounds to be paid them within one yeare after my death And to be disposed of for aforesaid Poore their most advantage and in such manner as the Master Wardens and Assistants shall judge meete.
ITEM I give to the East India Company ffor their poore at Poplar one hundred pounds And to be paid said Company for the use of these poore within one yeare after my decease And to be added to Almshouse Stocke.
ITEM I herby give and bequeath unto ffrancis Riccard, my nephew and servant one hundred pounds to be paid him Two yeares after my death.
ITEM I hereby give bequeath and will my only granddaughter Anne Berkeley to advance her and preferre herin marriage to a sober and prudent Gentleman such as my Executrix shall approve of if she be alive And this her portion of ffoure thousand pounds with the interest thereof I hereby order to be paid her att the day of her marriage or when she attaines to the age of Twenty one yeares And in case it shall please God she dye before she marry or attaine Twenty one yeares before paid this and in that case I will the said ffoure thousand pounds and all the proffitts and interest thereof to be paid to my surviving Grandchildren by even and equall shares and proportions att such tyme as they shall attain to Twenty one yeares of age
ITEM I give and hereby bequeath to my ffive Grandchildren Charles, John, Morris1, William (age 9) and Anne Berkely all the residue and remainder of my estate to be equally divided betweene them To each one ffifth part To be paid them by my Executrix or to such Trustees as their ffather Lord John Berkeley (age 70) and my Executrix shall agree upon or in case of death or absence of the Lord Berkeley to such trustees as my said Executrix and my daughter Berkeley shall agree upon.
And that as soone as my Estate come into the particulars whereof appeare by an estimate hereto Annexed, in default of Books of accompt which may not appeare soe Regulah as may be expected And in Case of Death the Survivors of them to enjoy it
ITEM I hereby nominate and appointe my deare and loving wife to be my sole executrix and give her power and Authority to see this my Last Will and Testament faithfully and duly executed I will and make void All former wills whatsoever
In witness whereof I have hereto sett my hand and seale This Twenty Third day of July 1672 In London Amen
[Andr: Riccard is inserted into the LH margin]
Signed Sealed published and declared, in the presence of [NO NAMES WERE INSERTED]
Note 1. Not clear whether these refers to Berkeley rather than Bentley. William Berkeley was a son of Christiana and John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton. Andrew Riccard appears to have had only one child Christiana who only had issue with her third husband John Berkeley. Maurice, or Morris, possibly a child between John and William. Christiana's husband John's father was Maurice Berkeley.
Winterbourne Abbas, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Witchampton, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The River Allen, Dorset rises at Monkton Up Dorset [Map] from where it flows past Wimborne St Giles, Dorset [Map], Knowlton Circles [Map], Horton Inn, Dorset [Map], Crichel Mill, Dorset [Map], Newtown, Dorset [Map], Witchampton, Dorset [Map], Hinton Parva, Dorset [Map], Clapgate, Dorset [Map] through Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map] after which it joins the Dorset River Stour.
Woolcombe, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Around 1292 Edward Maltravers was born to John Maltravers (age 26) and Eleanor Gorges (age 24) at Woolcombe, Dorset.
Around 1294 Robert Maltravers was born to John Maltravers (age 28) and Eleanor Gorges (age 26) at Woolcombe, Dorset.
Around 1325 Joan Maltravers was born to John Maltravers (age 59) and Joan Foliot (age 21) at Woolcombe, Dorset.
Woolcombe Maltravers, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
Around 1264 Matilda Maltravers was born to John Maltravers (age 26) and Joan Gorges at Woolcombe Maltravers.
Around 1270 Robert Maltravers was born to John Maltravers (age 32) and Joan Gorges at Woolcombe Maltravers.
On 28th February 1297 John Maltravers (age 59) died at Woolcombe Maltravers.
Woolsbridge, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The River Crane rises near Oakley Down Barrow Cemetery, Dorset [Map] from where it flows through Cranbourne, Dorset [Map], to which it gives it name, past Romford, Dorset [Map], Verwood, Dorset [Map] after which its name changes from River Crane to Moors River for some unknown reason, past Woolsbridge, Dorset [Map], St Leonards, Dorset [Map], and around Bournemouth Airport, Dorset [Map] after which it flows past Hurn, Dorset [Map] after which it joins the Dorset River Stour.
Wynford Eagle, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles
On 10th September 1624 Thomas Sydenham "Father of English Medicine" was born to William Sydenham of Wynford Eagle in Dorset in Wynford Eagle, Dorset.
Yetminster, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]
The Wriggle River rises at Batcombe, Dorset [Map] from where it flows past Harris Farm, Batcombe [Map], Chetnole, Dorset [Map], Yetminster, Dorset [Map] before joining the River Yeo at Bradford Abbas, Dorset [Map].