Combs &c. Wills, Administrations, Inventories County of Dorset, England

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Compiled by Claire Smith-Burns who adds; It is fairly complete up to 1940 -- I have compiled it from various sources and also had the Dorset History Centre photocopy their Wills Index cards for all COOMBS variants for me.

COOMBS & var. Wills, Administrations, Inventories for the County of Dorset, England
Listed by Place
Compiled by Claire Smith-Burns, 2006
Court & Source Abbreviations:					Type Abbreviations:
DA= Dorset Archdeaconry Court (1660-1857)			NE = Netherbury in Ecclesia Prebendal Court (1608-1857)		W = Will
BC = Bristol Consistory Court (1681-1857)			YE = Yetminster & Grimston Prebendal Court (1654-1856)		A = Administration
PCC = Prerogative Court of Canterbury (1383-1857)			CK = Chardstock Prebendal Court (1672-1699)		I = Inventory
DS = Dean of Sarum			MA = Milton Abbas Peculiar Court (1683-1857)
SC = Salisbury Consistory Court			WM = Wimborne Minster Peculiar Court (1666-1857)
PPC = Principal Probate Court (1858-1940)			CP = Canford & Poole Peculiar Court (1650-1857)
BEWE = Bank of England Will Extracts			PIME = Probate Inventories & Manorial Excerpts of Chetnole, Leigh & Yetminster (R. Machin, 1976)

Place	Surname	First Name	Occupation/Condition/Rank/Note	Type	Date Proven	No.	Court/Source
Dorset	COOMBE	Lewis	HMS "Lightning Bomb"	A	1747	50	DA
Dorset	COOMBE	Joseph	Late in Newfoundland	A	1783	20	DA
Dorset	COOMBS	George	Labrador (Newfoundland)	A	1818	8	DA
Abbotsbury	COOMBS	Charlotte	Widow, Housekeeper	W	30 Oct 1840	PROB 11/1934	PCC
Allington	COOMBS	John			1862	423	PPC
Ashmore	COMBE	John		W	19 Aug 1608	PROB 11/111	PCC
Beaminster	COOMBE	John	als. DAVIS	W	1710	1 203	DS
Beaminster	COOMBS	Charles	Gentleman	W	1868		PPC
Beaminster	COOMBS	Sarah Lucy	Spinster	W	1872	250	PPC
Beaminster	COOMBS	Thomas	Yeoman	W	1873	158	PPC
Beaminster	COOMBS	Esther			1878	244	PPC
Beaminster	COOMBS	Edwin	Millwright, Draper & Twine Manufacturer	W	22 Jul 1886	208	PPC
Beaminster	COOMBS	Ann			1910	222	PPC
Beaminster	COOMBS	William Wheadon			1917	323	PPC
Belchalwell	COOMBE	Thomas		A & I	1708	C147	BC
Bere Hackett	COOMBS	Tristram		A	1699		DS
Bere Regis	COMBES	William		A	1617	9 216	DS
Bere Regis	COMBES	Richard		W	1639	13 199	DS
Bere Regis	COMBES	William	Subbrouck	W	1633/1655?	172	PCC
Bere Regis	COOMBES	John		A	1688		DS
Bere Regis	COOMBES	William		W	1708	1 81	DS
Bettiscombe	COMBE	John	Clerk Parson	W	22 Feb 1555	PROB 11/37	PCC
Blandford	COOMES	Richard		A & I	1688	2 10	DA
Blandford Forum	COOMBS	James		A	1 Oct 1696	C148	BC
Blandford	COOMBS	Edmund George			1930-1	423	PPC
Bothenwood	COMBE	Richard	In Holt	W	1736	102	PCC
Bothernhampton	COOMBS	Matthew	Yeoman	W	9 Feb 1852	PROB 11/2147	PCC
Bourton	COOMBS	William			1905	356	PPC
Bradpole	COOMBS	Benjamin	Reverend, Baptist Minister	W	11 Oct 1850	PROB 11/2120	PCC
Brians Puddle	COOMBS	Richard		W	1743	8	DA
Bridport	COOMBS	John			1883	253	PPC
Broadwinsor	COOMBE	John		A	1671	13	DA
Broadwinsor	COOMBES	Susan			1911	226	PPC
Bryanston	COOMBES	William	Malster	A	1691	13	DA
Bryanston	COOMBS	William		I	1723	8	DA
Bryanston	COOMBS	Mary		W	1725	8	DA
Bryanston	COOMBS	Elizabeth		W	1755	14	DA
Burton Bradstock	COOMBE	Giles		W	1727	12	DA
Burton Bradstock	COOMBS	Edward		A	15 Feb 1803	M49
Canford	COMBE	Anne	Widow	W	20 Jul 1641	PROB 11/186	PCC
Canford Magna	COMBE	Andrew		A	1682	163	PCC
Caundle Purse	COOMBES	John		W	1799	14	DA
Caundle Purse	COOMBS	George		A	1803	7	DA
Caundle Purse	COOMBS	Mary		W	1820	18	DA
Cerne Abbas	COOMBES	Mary	Widow	Unproven W	28 Sep 1732		DA
Cerne Abbas	COOMBS	Thomas	Malster and Innholder	W	19 May 1742	14	DA
Cerne Abbas	COOMBS	Thomas	Malster and Innholder	Vide W	1742	43	DA
Cerne Abbas	COOMBS	Thomas	Ante W	A	1751	51	DA
Cerne Abbas	COOMBS	Thomas	Malster	W	6 Oct 1764	19	AC
Cerne Abbas	COMBE	Thomas	Malster	W	1777	346 Collier	PCC
Cerne Abbas	COOMBS	Robert	Millwright	W	21 Jul 1788	C152	BC
Cerne Abbas	COOMBS	Thomas	Millwright	W	19 May 1792	11	DA
Cerne Abbas	COOMBS	Thomas	Brewer	W	24 Jul 1809	PROB 11/1500	PCC
Cerne Abbas	COOMBS	Betty	Widow and Relict of Thomas COOMBS, Brewer	W	17 Jan 1818	PROB 11/1600	PCC
Cerne Abbas	COOMBS	James	Common Brewer	W	23 Jan 1829	PROB 11/1750	PCC
Cerne Abbas	COOMBS	Emily	Spinster	W	8 Dec 1837	14	DA
Chardstock	COOMB	William		W	1605	8 80	DS
Charmouth	COMBE	William	Reverend, Clerk, Rector of Charmouth	W	10 Oct 1783	PROB 11/109	PCC
Charmouth	COMBE	Frances	Spinster, afterwards wife of John WARREN	W	1807	1 L-Z, 99	BEWE
Charmouth	COOMBS	Catherine	Widow	W	19 Apr 1814	PROB 11/1554	PCC
Charmouth	COMBE	Brian	Reverend, Clerk	W	17 Feb 1818	PROB 11/1601	PCC
Chideock	COOMBS	Elias		W	1736	21	DA
Chideock	COOMBS	Sarah		W	1739	24	DA
Chilfrome	COOMBE	Matthew		I	1698	16	DA
Chilfrome	COOMB	Matthew		W	1733	22	DA
Corscombe North	COMBE	John	Yeoman	W	26 Jun 1646	PROB 11/196	PCC
Cranborne	COOMBS	William			1873	47	PPC
Dorchester	COMBE	Bryan/Brian	Gentleman	W	30 May 1739	PROB 11/696	PCC
Dorchester	COOMBS	George	Innholder	W	1745	16	DA
Dorchester	COOMBS	Philip	Gentleman	W	1760	C151	BC
Dorchester	COOMBS	Thomas	Innholder, Gentleman	W	1769	20	DA
Dorchester	COOMBES	Thomas		W	1774	19	DA
Dorchester	COOMBS	Thomas	Gentleman	W	5 Jun 1852	PROB 11/2154	PCC
Dorchester	COOMBS	Thomas	Solicitor		1876	213	PPC
Dorchester	COOMBS	Thomas			1898	326	PPC
Dorchester	COOMBS	Harriett			1908	353	PPC
Dorchester	COOMBS	Grace Elizabeth			1913	305	PPC
Dorchester	COOMBES	Henrietta			1920	213	PPC
Dorchester	COOMBS	Priscilla			1933	141	PPC
Dorchester	COOMBS	James			1933?	107	PPC
Drimpton	COOMBS	John			1921	155	PPC
Evershot	COOMBE	Briant		W	1665	11	DA
Farnham	COMBE	Richard	Yeoman	W	2 May 1635	PROB 11/168	PCC
Farnham	COMBE	Richard	Yeoman	W	14 Nov 1668	PROB 11/328	PCC
Farringdon	COOMB	David		A	1665	6	DA
Fifehead Magdalen	COOMBE	Edward		A	1679	21	DA
Fifehead Magdalen	COOMBS	Edward	Yeoman	W	14 Aug 1829	PROB 11/1759	PCC
Fordington	COOMBES	Lawrence		A	1662		DS
Frome Vauchurch	COOMBE	Thomas		A	1675	29	DA
Gillingham	COMBE	John	als COMBIE	W	28 Oct 1561	PROB 11/44	PCC
Gillingham	COMBE	William		W	28 Oct 1561	PROB 11/44	PCC
Gillingham	COMBS	Edmund		W	1613		SC
Gillingham	COOMBES	John	Gentleman	W	1 Oct 1819	PROB 11/1621	PCC
Gillingham	COOMBS	John			1883	31	PPC
Gillingham	COOMBES	Sidney John			1892	34	PPC
Gillingham	COOMBES	Joseph			1894	155	PPC
Gillingham	COOMBS	John			1896	180	PPC
Great Canford & Poole	COOMBES	Mary	als. PELLY (Thomas PELLY)	W	15 Jun ??	10	CP
Great Canford & Poole	COOMBES	John	Mary COOMBES, relict, 30 Jun 1756	W	2 Dec 1755	38	CP
Hampreston	COMBE	Walter		A	1646	156	PCC?
Hampreston	COMBES	Walter		A	1651	121	PCC?
Hampreston	COMBES	Ellianor	Widow	W	25 Feb 1659	PROB 11/287	PCC
Hanley	COMBE	Bennet	Esquire	W	1746-1756	11, 389, 65/2	BEWE
Hanley	COMBE	Bennet	Esquire	W	1748-1755	14, 131, 65/4	BEWE
Hinton St. Mary	COOMBE	Avice		A	1668	13	PCC
Holwell	COOMBS	Elizabeth		W	1720	14	DA
Holwell	COOMBS	William		W	1734	36	DA
Holwell	COOMBS	Benjamin Sr.		W	1748	41	DA
Holwell	COOMBS	John		A	1750	22	DA
Holwell	COOMBS	Priscilla		W	1751	35	DA
Holwell	COOMBS	Joseph	Yeoman	W	4 Apr 1771	PROB 11/966	PCC
Holwell	COOMBES	Benjamin	Yeoman of Buckshaw Dairy Farm		30 Dec 1775	PROB 11/1014	PCC
Holwell	COOMBES	William		W	1790	28	DA
Holwell	COOMBES	George		W	1808	11	DA
Holwell	COOMBES	Benjamin	Gentleman	W	31 Aug 1815	PROB 11/1571	PCC
Holwell	COOMBS	William		W	1825	21	DA
Holwell	COOMBS	William		A	1834	5	DA
Holwell	COOMBS	Joseph			1862	335	PPC
Holwell	COOMBS	Isaac			1888	36	PPC
Holwell	COOMBS	John Langhorne		W	1889	286	PPC
Holwell	COOMBS	Mary Ann			1905	52	PPC
Holwell	COOMBS	Susanna Elizabeth			1914	368	PPC
Horton	COOMBS	Thomas			1913	190	PPC
Ibberton	COOMBS	John		W	1730	55	DA
Iwerne Courtney	COOMBS	Josiah			1894	246	PPC
Iwerne Minster	COOMBS	Samuel		W	1719	12	DA
Kington Magna	COOMBS	James			1930-1	332	PPC
Langton Matravers	COOMBS	Mary		A	1680	35	DA
Langton Matravers	COMBES	John	Clerk	A	29 Jun 1774	C131	BC
Langton Matravers	COOMBES	Frances		A	1807	14	DA
Leigh	COOME	Elizabeth	Widow	I	26 Jul 1603		PIME
Lydlinch	COMBE	John	Rector of Lydlinch	W	5 Jun 1745	PROB 11/740	PCC
Lyme Regis	COOMBE	Francis	Pt. 2	W	1634	12 15	DS
Lyme Regis	COOMBE	Arthur Edward			1936	116	PPC
Lyng?	COMBE	Mary	als. BARRINGTON		1693	48	Taunton
Maiden Newton	COOMBS	James		A	1790	12	DA
Maiden Newton	COOMBES	George		W	1819	34	DA
Mapperton South	COMBE	Bryan		Sentence	10 Dec 1736	PROB 11/678	PCC
Mapperton South	COMBE	Bryan	Widower, Former Grant	A	Feb 1738		PCC
Mapperton South	COMBE	Bryan	Widower, Former Grant 1738, formerly of Co. Wilts.	Grant	1763		PCC
Mappowder	COOMBS	John		W	1761	40	DA
Marnhull	COOMB	Richard		A	1707	39	DA
Marnhull	COOMBS	George		W	1765	42	DA
Marnhull	COOMBS	Mathew		W	1782	40	DA
Marnhull	COOMBES	Margaret Caroline Jane			1940	120	PPC
Milton Abbas	COMBE	John		A	1648	92	PCC?
Moredon	COOMBS	Cornelius		A	1745	20	DA
Netherbury	COOMBE	Samuel	Clerk	A	1684	2 14	NE
Netherbury	COOMBE	William	als. HILLARY	A	1689	3	NE
Netherbury	COOMBE	Annie	als. HILLARY	A	1691	3 37	NE
North Wootton	COMBE	John Sr.		W	1631	12 24	DS
North Wootton	COOMB	John		W	1679		DS
Northpetherton	COMBE	Edward			1715	28	Taunton
Northpetherton	COMBE	John			1771	24	Taunton
Northpetherton	COOMBE	Sarah		A	1776	12	Taunton
Northpetherton	COOMBE	Robert		A	1795	10	Taunton
Piddletrenthide	COMBE	Bennet		W	30 Jul 1750	PROB 11/780	PCC
Poole	COOMBE	John	Yeoman	W	12 Feb 1612	PROB 11/119	PCC
Poorstock	COOMBE	Joane		I	1691	81	DA
Poorstock	COOMBES	Elias		W	1769	56	DA
Portland	COOMBE	William			1911	169	PPC
Portland	COOMBE	Emanuel			1917	223	PPC
Portland	COOMBE	Abraham Gibbs			1920	200	PPC
Portland	COOMBE	Catherine			1930-1	671	PPC
Portland	COOMBS	Alice Hearn			1930-1	151	PPC
Portland	COMBE	Amelia Henrietta Sweet			1934	58	PPC
Pulham	COOME	William	Yeoman	W	20 Jun 1567	PROB 11/49	PCC
Pulham	COOMBE	Thomas		A	1659	18	PCC
Pulham	COOMB	William		A	1670	44	DA
Pulham	COMBE	Robert		A	1689	38	PCC
Pulham	COMBE	Joseph	Bachelor	A	1691	96	PCC
Pulham	COOMBES	Alice		A	1692	44	DA
Pulham	COMBES	Peter		A	Dec 1724	C132	BC
Pulham	COOMBS	Joseph	Yeoman, Intestate	A	28 Jun 1760	C149	BC
Pulham	COOMBS	Walter		W	1780	53	DA
Pulham	COOMBS	Nicholas		A	1782	22	DA
Pulham	COOMBS	Thomas		A (1784)	1785	18	DA
Pulham	COOMBS	Robert	Yeoman Adm de bonis non 1 Sep 1827	W	27 Jun 1811	36	DA
Pulham	COOMBS	Robert		A	1827	9	DA
Puncknowle	COOMBS	James			1889	18	PPC
Radipole & Ilminster (SOM)	COOMBS	Charlotte			1868	156	PPC
Rampisham	COOMB	William		Unproven Will	1767		DA
Ryme Intrinsica	COOMBES	Elizabeth		A	1809	44	DS
Shaftsbury	COMBS	Henry		W	1695	87	DA
Shaston	COOMBE	Richard		A	1673	36	DA
Shaston	COOMB	John		A	1684	95	DA
Shaston	COMBE	Henry			1691	91	DA
Shaston	COMBE	Henry		W	1695	44	DA
Shaston	COMBE	William		W	1712	39	DA
Shaston	COOMBS	Martha		W	1719	18	DA
Shaston St. James	COOMBS	Joseph			1872	3	PPC
Sherborne	COOMBS	Emily			1940	260	PPC
Shillingstone	COOMBS	Philip	Yeoman (Will 1815 & Will 1818)	W	12 May 1815	PROB 11/1568	PCC
Sixpenny Handley	COOMBS	Robert		W	1823	21	DA
South Perrott	COOMBS	Benjamin			1873	311	PPC
Stalbridge	COOMBE	Joan		W	1698	40	DA
Stalbridge	COMBE	Richard	Gentleman	W	30 Apr 1719	PROB 11/568	PCC
Stalbridge	COOMBE	Thomas		W	1724	22	DA
Stalbridge	COOMBE	Margery	Spinster	W, A & I	4 Sep 1732	C146	BC
Stalbridge	COOMBE	Margaret		W	16 Aug 1746	37	DA
Stalbridge	COOMBE	Thomas		W	1748	75	DA
Stock Gaylard	COOMBES	George			1899	3	PPC
Stockland	COOMBE	Jeremiah		W	1772	54	DA
Stoke Abbott	COOMBS	John		W	1840	28	DA
Stourpaine	COOMBS	John			1867	123	PPC
Stourton Caundle	COOMBS	Edward		A	1832	4	DA
Studland	COMBS	George	Died in Ship "Elizabeth"	A	1709	79	PCC
Sturminster Newton	COOMBS	Mary		A	1677	61	DA
Sturminster Newton	COOMBES	Thomas	Clerk, Sturminster Newton Castle	A	17 Jun 1760	C133	BC
Sturminster Newton	COOMBS	John		A	1802	24	DA
Sturminster Newton	COOMBS	Elizabeth	Widow; see also PORTER	A	1817		PCC
Sturminster Newton	COOMBS	Mary		W	1836		BC
Sturminster Newton	COMBES	George		W	1889	12	PPC
Sturminster Newton	COOMBES	Charles			1933	159	PPC
Sturminster Newton	COOMBS	Laura			1940	274	PPC
Tarrant Hinton	COUMBS	Margaret	Widow	W	4 Sep 1732	C150	BC
Taunton Magdalen	COMBE	Benjamin	Fifehead Magdalen?		1744	42	Taunton
Thornford	COMBE	Tristram		A	1636	12 255	DS
Thornford	COOMBES	Benjamin		A	1735		DS
Toller Fratrum	COOMBES	John		W	1848	34	BC
Toller Porcorum	COMBE	Bryant	Yeoman	W	20 Feb 1662	PROB 11/307	PCC
Toller Porcorum	COOMBS	Mary	Spinster	W	1857		PPC
Toller Porcorum	COOMBES	George			1919	371	PPC
Upwey	COOMBES	James			1922	51	PPC
Wambrook	COOMBE	John		W	1700	4 43	CK
Wambrook	COOMBE	William		W	1726	5 43	CK
Wareham	COOMBES	Robert	Mercer		9 Feb 1716	PROB 11/550	PCC
West Lulworth	COOMBS	Elizabeth		A	1751	47	DA
West Orchard	COOMBE	Henry		A	1673	43	DA
Weymouth	COOMES	William			15 Dec 1655		PCC
Weymouth & Melcombe Regis	COOMBES	Thomas	Ship Carpenter	W	24 Apr 1657	PROB 11/263	PCC
Weymouth	COOMBE	William		W	1749	46	DA
Weymouth	COOMBE	Morgan		W	1755	72	DA
Weymouth?	COOMBE	Thomas	Son of Edith COOMBE, Widow, legatee of Margaret COOMBE, Stalbridge; Bond, Wm. BESSANT, Jr., Mariner & John BRENTON, Joiner, Weymouth	Guardian Bond	29 Mar 1756		DA
Weymouth	COOMBES	Edith		W	1781	68	DA
Weymouth	COOMBE	Thomas		A	1810	16	DA
Weymouth	COOMBS	William			1917	207	PPC
Whitstanton	COMBE	Mary			1725	86	Taunton
Wimborne Minster	COMBE	Collet		W	24 Feb 1599	44	WM
Wimborne Minster	COOMBE	William		W	22 May 1614	54	WM
Wimborne Minster	COOME	Lawrence	Joan COOME, 29 Apr 1626	W	8 Jul 1625	53	WM
Wimborne Minster	COMES	William	John COMES, 5 Oct 1632	A	10 Jul 1630	46	WM
Wimborne Minster	COMBE	Lawrence	15 Aug 1636	W	18 May 1636	47	WM
Wimborne Minster	COOMBE	Joannah	Re. Will of Alice BURGIS, 1 Apr 1639	W	21 Nov 1639	146	WM
Wimborne Minster	COMBE	Margaret		W	18 Oct 1645	45	WM
Wimborne Minster	COOMBES	Richard	Re. Will of Robert WEEKES, 7 May 1674 (also John SNOOKE)	W	7 May 1674	6	WM
Wimborne Minster	COMBE	Richard	11 Mar 1702	W	6 Apr 1703	48	WM
Wimborne Minster	COMBES	John	Elizabeth COMBES, Ad.	A	19 Jul 1720	11	WM
Wimborne Minster	COMBE	Richard	Yeoman	W	3 May 1736	PROB 11/677	PCC
Wimborne Minster	COMBES	William	Yeoman	W	12 Jun 1751	PROB 11/788	PCC
Wimborne Minster	COMBES	George	Died at Bristol	A	1774		PCC
Wimborne Minster	COMBES	Richard	Organist	W	19 Jan 1802	PROB 11/1368	PCC
Wimborne Minster	COMBE	Richard		W	1807	17	PCC
Wimborne Minster	COOMBS	Jenny	Widow	W	11 Dec 1819	PROB 11/1623	PCC
Winterborne Kingston	COOMBES	Mary	Spinster	W	1789	4 124	DS
Woollen	COOMBS	Thomas	Thomas COOMBS, son & Richard SPEAR, prin. Cred. & Adm.; Joane COOMBS, relict	A & I	19 Apr 1729	13	MA
Wyke Regis	COMBES	Matthew		W	1778	70	DA
Wyke Regis	COOMBS	John		A	1794	31	DA
Yetminster	COOMBE	William Sr.	Carpenter	W	2 Dec 1592	6 34	DS
Yetminster	COOME	Elizabeth		W	1603	7 71	DS
Yetminster	COOMBS	William	Yeoman	A & I	12 Jul 1697	3 29	YE
Yetminster	COOMBE	Joseph		A & W	1732	5 19	YE
Yetminster	COOMBES	William		W	1786	8 7	YE
Yetminster	COOMBES	Benjamin		W	1792	8 13	YE
Yetminster	COOMBES	William	Brickmaker	W	1882		PPC
Yetminster	COOMBS	William			1891	235	PPC

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