96 A CALENDAR OF DORSET DEEDS. 



documents relate only to county matters, when they will 

 be found under " Dorset." 



The list of parishes, &c., is arranged alphabetically, and the 

 deeds are in chronological order under each place name. 

 The aggregate number of parchments exceeds one thousand 

 three hundred, ranging in date from Edward III. to Victoria, 

 the great majority being leases which contain many topo- 

 graphical details. The various parishes are, as might be 

 expected, somewhat unequally represented in the collection ; 

 for example, comparatively few appear under the heading of 

 the county town, while the country village of Marnhull 

 provides more than a hundred documents of the 17th and 

 18th centuries. Wimborne, Stalbridge, and Weymouth 

 (including Melcombe) are also strong in point of numbers. 



In only two instances, both relating to Wimborne, are 

 Court Rolls to be found ; one is of very early date, Richard 

 II., the other being of Henry VIII. 's period. Unfortunately 

 these rolls cover only a limited time in each case. 



Under Woodyates will be found a lease by the Abbess of 

 Tarent, dated in 16 Henry VIII., which is interesting as a 

 pre-Reformation ecclesiastical grant, and Yetminster is 

 represented by several private grants made in the 14th 

 century. 



Readers of Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries will 

 recognise that certain of the deeds have been already printed, 

 either wholly or in part, in the pages of that magazine ; 

 these items are here distinguished by an asterisk. 



It may be mentioned that the Executive will welcome 

 any gifts of a similar character by other members of the Club, 

 and more especially of documents relating to places not 

 included in the present list. 



H. S. 



