Canford Magna Church. A large group of Warlands are buried in the graves on the right side of the photograph

The Warlands of Canford Magna

People with the surname Warland can be found from the early 1600s (and possibly earlier) across the area from Corfe Mullen via the Canford Magna and Wimborne areas, to Hampreston and Kinson. Warland graves can be found in grounds of the church at Canford Magna, St Huberts in Corfe Mullen, and St Luke's in Hampreston confirming the connection with those areas.

The map below shows the area in which most of the Dorset Warlands lived from the late 1500s, including Wimborne Minster, Corfe Mullen, Canford Magna, and Hampreston. Other 'Warland' locations such as Almer, Spetisbury, and Winterborne Anderson are further to the west, while Poole is on the coast to the south.

It is assumed that the Warland ancestors lived on land that was originally described as 'warland' in the Domesday Book, similar to people with the same or similar surname to the north-east in Oxfordshire and around Cambridgeshire. The 'ware' in nearby Wareham may be etymologically related to the 'war' in Warland.

The Manor of Canford Magna

Canford Magna was recorded as 'Cheneford' in the Domesday Book of 1086. Names listed in relation to Cheneford in the Book included: Aelfstan; Aethelric; Almaer; Alweald; Alweard; Ansfrid; Beorhtmaer; Beorhtwig; Beorhtwine; Bernard; Burgess of Wareham; Dachelin; Dodda; Eadric; Edward of Salisbury; Ernulf de Hesdin; Hugh; King Edward as landholder; King Edward as monarch; King William as monarch; Ralph de Limesy; Ranulph; Reeve of King Edward; Robert; Robert fitzGerald; Tholf; Toli; Toxus the priest; Turstin fitzRolf; Urse; Wada; William; William Bellet; William de Eu; Wulfgeat; Wulfweard; Wulfwynn.

Cheneford (Keneford (1181), Kaneford (1195), Caneford (1200), Canford (with variations, from 1307), Great Canford (1612) and finally Canford Magna (1774)), on the banks of the river Stour, was granted to the Eureux family by William I (Domesday Book). At the time, the manor was recorded as extending as far as Poole, Hamworthy, Longfleet and Parkstone, and included the extensive Canford Heath. Canford was passed down to the Monteacute family (the Earls of Salisbury). The words 'Great' and 'Magna' signify the original importance of the manor.

The manor became the property of Ela, Countess of Salisbury, when she was orphaned by the death of the 2nd Earl of Salisbury and became a ward of King Richard I ('the Lionheart'). She also became Sherriff of Wiltshire. In time, she married the famous knight William Longespee (Longsword), the half brother of King John, who thus became the 3rd Earl of Salisbury and served three monarchs; Richard I, King John and Henry III.

Poole was granted its first charter in 1248 by William Longespée. It paid 70 marks to enable William Longespée to go on crusade to the Holy Land where he was killed in 1249. In return, Poole received a great measure of independence from the manor to which it had previously belonged; the right to appoint a 'Port Reeve' (or Mayor); the right to hold its own court rather than be subject to the manorial court of Canford Magna; and the exemption from certain tolls and customs duties on goods shipped from the Port.

The present school house was commenced by the architect who designed Abbotsford for Sir Walter Scott and completed by Sir Charles Barry who designed the Houses of Parliament. The new building was attached to the medieval house which was built in the 12th century and to which King John often came. One wing of the house is known as John of Gaunt's Kitchen although there is no evidence that John of Gaunt ever came to the place. Many historic folk did however, including the Black Prince, Margaret Beaufort, Henry VII and Henry VIII. The oldest part of the wing dates from the 14th century and the remainder is Tudor.

The manor was held (and no doubt visited) by a number of influential families, the Beauforts, Fitzroys, Montagues, Mountjoys and Salisburys before reverting to the crown. Henry VII gave the house to Margaret Beaufort, his mother, and she held it for nearly a quarter of a century. Henry VIII (who reigned from 1509 to 1547) held it himself for more than 20 years.

At some point after Henry VIII's reign, Canford Magna Manor was granted to the Webbe (or Webb) family. The Webb (also Webbe) family had a long connection with the monarchy and Parliament - William Webbe (abt 1499 - 1554), the Lord of the Odstock Manor from 1540, a wealthy man and Parliamentarian (under Henry VIII in 1529 and Edward VI in 1536), actually lent the king money in 1542. William Webbe's son John Webb (1530 - 1571) was granted property on the succession of Elizabeth I. His son, also John Webb (1556 - 1625) acquired the manor known as Langford and may have also acquired Canford Magna during his life. (The Cracrofts peerage website contained details of the Webb/Webbe line). John's son, also John Webb (1597 - 1680), may have been the first Lord of the Canford Magna Manor. He was admitted to Gray's Inn and became a General in the army. He was made a Baronet of Oldstocke (Odstock) and Great Canford on 2 April 1644 'as a reward of his family having both shed their blood in the King's cause and contribute, as far as they were able, with their purses, in his defence'. Two more Webbs, Sir John Webb (1630 - 1700) and his son Sir John Webb (1670 - 1745) retained the Lordship. John Webb (died 1745) had a only one son Sir Thomas Webb.

Canford House

Canford Magna Church and Warland graves

Canford Magna church, with Saxon and Norman origins, stands close to the entrance of the park. The monuments, brasses and windows are all reminders of the guests who restored the church and rebuilt the house.

The location of a number of Warland graves dating from the early 1700s in the Canford Magna church grounds.

December 1625 - Thomas Gillingam enters into a lease with John Webb of Odstocke, Wilts

As we will see below, Robert Warland leased 'Gillingham's tenement' from December 1722. Several references to Gillingham are included for cross reference.

On 10 December 1625, Thomas Gillingam entered into a lease with John Webb of Odstocke, Wilts for the following land: 'Closes of arable, pasture and meadow called Leighe Park, Brache, Bridge Meade, Binshopps Ham, and the Barn etc belonging to the demesne lands, at Canford Magna'. The document was witnessed by William Jaye and William wite. (Source: Canford Estate Archive, Reference D-WIM/JO-8, one of the first in this series, via the Dorset Council Archives)

April 1631 - Thomas Gillingham junior enters into a Court Leet and view of frankpledge of Edward Lord Stourton and Sir Garret Kemp

A document dated 5 April 1631 refers to Thomas Gillingham, son of Thomas Gillingham, of Okeley, gent, for the following tenement in Okeley and lands - Bantehayes, Moorcroft, Churchill, Broomclose, wood called The Grove, Symon Mead, Okeley Mead, Little Mead. The document mentions George Gillingham and John Gillingham as brothers of Thomas Gillingham junior. (Source: Canford Estate Archive, Reference D-WIM/JO-29 via the Dorset Council Archives)

March 1635 - Thomas Gillingham enters into a countepart lease with John Webb

On 25 March 1635, Thomas Gillingham of Oakley, Great Canford, gent, entered into a counterpart lease with John Webb of Great Canford, for the following lands: 'The Church House, a cottage and a close at Greene Hill, Canford Magna'. The following people were mentioned: Francis Prater, gent, and his wife Elizabeth Prater and daughter Mary Prater; Anne Younge, widow; Thomas Gillingham's sons George, Henery and Richard Gillingham. The witnesses were Anne Gillingham, Thomas Gillingham, Henry Gillinham. (Source: Canford Estate Archive, Reference D-WIM/JO-49 via the Dorset Council Archives)

From the early to mid 1600s - Warlands of Canford Magna

A number of people with the Warland surname appear in records in the Canford Magna area from the early 1600s. It is not yet known if they were related, and/or how they may be related to or connected with William Warland of Corfe Mullen who left a will in 1620, referring to his wife Isabell and at least two children, William Warland and Joan Warland who were not yet 'of age' at that time.

Around 1650 - John Warland marries Mary

A John Warland (likely c 1620/1626 - abt 1673) married Mary (surname not known)(? - abt 1683) probably before 1650 in Canford Magna. They had the following children:

From 1679 - John Warland (born 1650) marries Mary Henslow

John Warland (1650 - 1730), the first son of John and Mary Warland (married 1650), married Mary Henslow (1660 - 28 November 1753, Lake, Dorset) on 4 December 1679 in Saint Thomas, Portsmouth, but they returned to live in the Canford Magna/Wimborne area. They had the following children:

Meaning of 'surrender' and 'admittance'

Several documents below refer to admittance and surrender.

According to the link below, 'admissions and surrenders of the same piece of land were recorded on the same document', because the court roll was used to record the transactions which took place in one particular court session.

Source: 'Manuscripts and Special Collections' on the University of Nottingam website, accessed 25 June 2024.

April 1680 - Surrender and Admission

On 20 April 1680, a 'surrender and admission' document titled 'Court Leet and View of Frankpledge of Sir John Webb, manor of Canford Magna with William Ireland and Marina his wife daughter of Sir John Webb'. The document also refers to Winifrith Ireland, the daughter of William and Marina Ireland. The land described in the document matches the description of 'Jay's tenement' that would later be leased in December 1722 by William Warland - 'Clement Jay's tenement and paddock, Home Close, Great Greenhill close, Honnymeade close, Furzey How, near Widow Jay's house, small half in Peaked Acre, Netherwood, Symons Mead, Elianor Hickman's Furzie Ground, Canford Magna.'

It is not clear from this document who was the new owner or tenant, perhaps it was William and Marina Ireland. Either way, the land was later leased by Sir John Webb. This document is important for a number of reasons, including the reference to the Irelands who are also noted below.

September 1687 - James Warland enters into a lease and counterpart lease with Sir John Webb

On the same day that Nicholas entered into his lease (see below), 29 September 1687, James Warland of Cudnell, Canford Magna, husbandman, also entered into a lease with Sir John Webb of Great Canford, baronet. The lease was for a 'cottage and three closes taken out of the heath', Canford Magna. The following individuals are mentioned: Mary Nippered, wife of William Nippered; Henry Lewen; John Tatershall. The document has an endorsement 'Exhibit in Chancery proceeedings between Sir John Webb and another, and John Bankes Esq, in examination of Charles Arrowsmith gent, witness for the Plaintiffs at Ringwood, Hants, 3 January 1738'. Witnesses to the lease were William Cosens, Richard Bird, James Roy and John James Manfield. (Source: Canford Estate Archive, Reference D-WIM/JO-133A)

On the same day, 29 September 1687, James Warland also entered into a counterpart lease with Sir John Webb of Great Canford, baronet. The lease was for a 'cottage and three closes taken out of the heath', Canford Magna. The following individuals are mentioned: Mary Nippered, wife of William Nippered; Henry Lewen; John Tatershall. The document has an endorsement 'Exhibit in Chancery proceeedings between Sir John Webb and another, and John Bankes Esq, in examination of Charles Arrowsmith gent, witness for the Plaintiffs at Ringwood, Hants, 3 January 1738'. Witnesses to the lease were William Cosens, Richard Bird, James Roy and John James Manfield. (Source: Canford Estate Archive, Reference D-WIM/JO-133A)

September 1687 - Nicholas Warland enters into a lease and counterpart lease with Sir John Webb - Blakehill

On the same day that James Warland entered into his lease (above), 29 September 1687, Nicholas Warland of Great Canford, husbandman, entered into a lease with Sir John Webb of Great Canford, baronet. The lease was for a 'cottage, close and plots taken out of the waste, Blakehill', Canford Magna. Nicholas Warland's siblings, John Warland and Rebecca Warland were mentioned in the lease. Witnesses to the lease were Henry Lewen, John Tatershall. According to the record, this was a 'new lease to Nicholas Warland for lives of Abraham and Mary Warland', his children, and the 'life of Rebecca Warland, excluded'. (Source: Canford Estate Archive, Reference D-WIM/JO-134A)

On the same day, 29 September 1687, Nicholas Warland entered into a counterpart lease with Sir John Webb of Great Canford, baronet for land described in the above lease - 'cottage, close and plots taken out of the waste, Blakehill', Canford Magna. Nicholas Warland's siblings, John Warland and Rebecca Warland were mentioned in the lease. Witnesses to the lease were Henry Lewen and Henry Lewen junior. The document has an endorsement dated 3 January 1738: 'Exhibit in Chancery proceedings between Sir John Webb and another, and John Bankes esq, in examination of Charles Arrowsmith, gent, witness for the plaintiffs at Ringwood, Hants, 3 January 1738'. Witnesses were William Cosens, Richard Bird, James roy, and John James Manfield. (Source: Canford Estate Archive, Reference D-WIM/JO-134B)

From the above, we can see that:

We do not see James Warland again, but Nicholas Warland appears to have renewed the lease in 1711 (and after that) see below.

Before 1689 - Deaths of Clement Jay, Stephen Ford, Meade, Wellens and Gillingham

A release document (the second part of a Lease and Release) dated 5 March 1689, makes references to several copyhold tenements that were part of a lease and release between Sir John Webb of Great Canford and Elizabeth Fortescue of the City of London, widow. The tenements were: Meade's at Lake, Ford's at Oakley, Wellen's, Gillingham's and Jay's at Lake, and Painter's at Oakley, Canford Magna. The document notes that all of the men who previously tenanted these tenements were now deceased, and Painter was a widow. The document was unexecuted. (Source: Canford Estate Archive, Reference D-WIM/JO-141 via the Dorset Council Archives)

John Warland and his three sons took over some of these tenements, as we will see below.

1697 - Nicholas Warland marries Jane Corban

A Nicholas Warland married Jane Corban at Canford Magna on 28 January 1697. Unless he married a second time, it is not believed that this Nicholas is the same as the Nicholas above, but the name suggests there may be a link (father/son perhaps). Nicholas and Jane Warland had had at least one child:

September 1700 - John Warland a witness to a lease

On 29 September 1700, John Warland was one of two witnesses to a lease between Marina Ireland of Crofton, Yorks, a widow, and Thomas Penney of Lake, Great Canford, yeoman. The document was executed by John Ireland, son of Marina Ireland by Power of Attorney. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-156, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

July 1711 - Nicholas Warland enters into a lease and counterpart lease with Sir John Webb - Blakehill

As seen above, Nicholas Warland had entered a lease for 'a cottage, close and plots' at Blakehill (or Blake Hill) in Canford Magna in September 1687.

On 20 July 1711, Nicholas Warland of Great Canford, husbandman, entered into a lease (or perhaps renewed the existing lease) with Sir John Webb of Great Canford, baronet, for a 'cottage, garden, orchard and four plots formerly inclosed out of the heath or waste and Blakehill, Canford Magna'. Sir John Webb senior was mentioned, as were Nicholas Warland's children Abraham Warland and Mary Warland who were both now 14 years older. The witnesses were John Brown and Thomas Jolly. (Source: Canford Estate Archive, Reference D-WIM/JO-206A)

On the same day, 20 July 1711, Nicholas Warland of Great Canford, husbandman, entered into a counterpart lease with Sir John Webb of Great Canford, baronet, for the same 'cottage, garden, orchard and four plots formerly inclosed out of the heath or waste and Blakehill, Canford Magna'. Sir John Webb senior was again mentioned, as were Nicholas Warland's children Abraham Warland and Mary Warland. The witnesses were John Brown and Edmund Cottam. (Source: Canford Estate Archive, Reference D-WIM/JO-206B)

1716 - John Warland marries Sarah Painter

John Warland, (November 1683 - 6 June 1769, Canford Magna), the first son of John and Mary Warland (nee Henslow), married Sarah Painter (1685 - 8 September 1769, Canford Magna, Dorset, England) in 1716 in (Canford Magna?) Dorset. They had the following children:

A bit confusingly, John's brother Robert's children mostly born after 1722 were named Robert (x 2), John, William (x2), Mary (x3?), Christopher, Penelope, and Henry. This can make it difficult to identify who was who in historical documents.

Note - a Jane Warland married a William Winters on 29 April 1750 in Wimborne Minster. It is not yet clear who this Jane is and if her husband might have been related to Catherine Winter, above.

September 1719 - John Warland junior enters a lease with John Ireland of York - Painters tenement

On 28 September 1719, John Warland 'junior' (possibly 1683 - 1769), yeoman of Canford Magna, entered into a lease with John Ireland of York, gent for the Painters Tenement at Oakley, Canford Magna. The lease included the obligation to 'repair all ancient and great decays devastations by sudden tempests and fire excepted', to grind grist and corn and John Ireland's Canford Mills, and other agricultural obligations. Individual mentioned in the lease were: William Bullocke. The document was signed by John Browne of Canford Magna, gent, as attorney for John Ireland. The witnesses were Henry Purchase and Hanah Fluck. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-263 via the Dorset Council Archives)

Was 'Painters tenement' somehow connected with John's wife Sarah Painter?

1721 - Nicholas Warland dies

A Nicholas Warland, probably the husband of Jane (nee Corban) and father of Abraham Warland (born 1694), died in 1721. Abraham's sister Mary was still alive, see the lease in 1737 for a reference to her.

February 1721 - William Warland marries Mary Lannon

John and Mary Warland's son William Warland (1689 - 1746) married Mary Lannon (or Lannen), possibly at Canford Magna church (TBC) on 29 February 1721. They had the following children.

A William and Mary Warland had a son named William Warland who was baptised at Canford Magna on 18 June 1735. It is not yet known if this was the son of the above couple who named a second son William after the death of the first one, or if William was the son from a second mother also named Mary. Either way, William Warland is believed to have re-married another Mary around 1735 and had the following children:

Some of these children are mentioned below.

February 1722 - Robert Warland marries Joan Hancock

Robert Warland, possibly the fourth son of John Warland (1650 - 1730) and Mary Henslow (1660 - 1753), married Joan Hancock at Canford Magna on 12 February 1722. Joan was possibly the Joane Hancock, a 'base child' (i.e., illegitimate) daughter of Dorcas (?), who was baptised on 20 August 1699 at St Mary Thorncombe).

No children from this marriage have been identified yet. It is not known but assumed that this Robert could be the same person as the Robert Warland who married in February 1724, and that his first wife Joan died. Further research is required.

November 1722 - John Warland senior and William Warland (his son) enter into a lease - Ford's tenement

On 1 November 1722, John Brown of Canford Magna entered into a lease with the then 72-year-old John Warland (senior)[1650 - 1730] and John's son William Warland [1689 - 1746], yeomen of Merly, Canford Magna. The lease included 'Fords tenement with closes called Berry Field (six acres), Four Acres, Six Acres, Haganoke (three acres), Broom (three acres), Broom Moor (three acres), Church (one acre), Home (six acres), acre and a half, Netherwood (two and a half acres), Symonds Mead (half and acre), Oakely Mead (three quarters of an acre), Severall Mead (one acre), Oakely', in Canford Magna. The lease agreement was an 'agricultural covenant'. Ralph Ireland of Crofton Hall, Yorkshire was mentioned in the document. The witnesses were Robert Warland and George Grane. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-292, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

It may be worth noting that this is the first (known) lease that documents multiple locations where John Warland and his sons were farming. The very next two leases were to John's son, Robert Warland, and again with William Warland.

December 1722 - Robert Warland enters into a lease and counterpart lease with Sir John Webb - Gillingham's tenement

On 6 December 1722, Robert Warland (1694 - 1758) a yeoman of Merley, Great Canford, entered into a lease with Sir John Webb of Great Canford, baronet for the following land: 'Gillinghams tenement, adjoining paddock (one acre), close (six acres), close (four acres), Hunnymeade close (two acres), Woanton close (five acres), Coppice close (two acres), Barrowhows closes (ten acres), four acres in Netherwood meadow, one acre in Simons Mead, Lake', all in Canford Magna. The following individuals were mentioned: Giles Smith, his wife Winifred deceased, William Warland (brother of Robert Warland), William Mackrell of Wimborne Minster a butcher. Witnesses were John Noble and Jeffery Hancock. Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-295A, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

On the same day 6 December 1722, Robert Warland entered into a counterpart lease with Sir John Webb of Great Canford, baronet for the same lands described above: 'Gillinghams tenement, adjoining paddock (one acre), close (six acres), close (four acres), Hunnymeade close (two acres), Woanton close (five acres), Coppice close (two acres), Barrowhows closes (ten acres), four acres in Netherwood meadow, one acre in Simons Mead, Lake', all in Canford Magna. The following individuals were mentioned: Giles Smith, his wife Winifred deceased, William Warland (brother of Robert Warland), William Mackrell of Wimborne Minster a butcher. Witnesses were John Noble and Jeffery Hancock. Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-295B, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

It is interesting to note that the lease with Robert's brother William, taken out on the same day, appears to indicate a division of the properties.

December 1722 - William Warland enters into a lease and counterpart lease with Sir John Webb - Jay's tenement

On 6 December 1722, William Warland (1689 - 1769) a yeoman of Merley, Great Canford, entered into a lease with Sir John Webb of Great Canford, baronet for the following land: 'Jays tenement, adjoining paddock (half an acre), Home Close (nine acres), Great Greenhill Close (four acres), Hunnymeade close (one acre), Furzey How (two acres), half an acre near house of widow Jay, one little half in Peaked Acre, four acres in Netherwood Meadow, one and a quarter acres in Simon's Mead, Elianor Hickman's Furzey Ground (twelve acres)', all in Canford Magna. The following individuals were mentioned: Robert Warland (brother of William Warland), Giles Smith, his wife Winifred deceased. Witnesses were John Noble and Jeffery Hancock. Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-296A, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

On the same day 6 December 1722, William Warland entered into a counterpart lease with Sir John Webb of Great Canford, baronet for the same lands described above: 'Jays tenement, adjoining paddock (half an acre), Home Close (nine acres), Great Greenhill Close (four acres), Hunnymeade close (one acre), Furzey How (two acres), half an acre near house of widow Jay, one little half in Peaked Acre, four acres in Netherwood Meadow, one and a quarter acres in Simon's Mead, Elianor Hickman's Furzey Ground (twelve acres)', all in Canford Magna. The following individuals were mentioned: Robert Warland (brother of William Warland), Giles Smith, his wife Winifred deceased. Witnesses are undecipherable because of rodent damage. Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-296B, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

February 1724 - Robert Warland marries Ann King

Robert Warland 'of Merly' (originally called Myrle, a manor in the tithing of Great Canford), the fourth son of John Warland (1650 - 1730) and Mary Henslow (1660 - 1753), married Ann King (1701 - 17 April 1784) on 7 February 1724. Ann (or Annie) King was the daughter of Christopher King. Robert and Ann had the following children, all born in the Canford Magna area:

See below for further details of the children listed above.

October 1724 - Mary Willis enters into a lease with Sir John Webb, link with William Warland - Sanford Close

On 13 October 1724, Mary Willis, a spinster of Wimborne Minster, entered into a lease with Sir Thomas Webb for 'four acres of enclosed heath ground, bounded on the south by Sanford Close, Canford Magna'. The document mentions the following individuals: John Willis, senior; William Willis deceased, his son; Thomas Willis, his son, father of Mary Willis. The witnesses were Joseph Hill, William Dean. The document has an endorsement referring to a new lease to William Warland in March 1742 (see below, reference D-WIM/JO-496). (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-307A via the Dorset Council Archives)

By 1725 - James Warland marries Margaret in Kinson

A James Warland (c. 1698 - ?) married Margaret (details not known). They had the following children.

August 1725 - Abraham Warland marries Jane/Jenny King in Kinson

Abraham Warland (probably the person born in 1694 to Nicholas and Jane Warland (nee Corban)), married Jane/Jenny King (1701 - 1784) in nearby Kinson on 12 August 1725. Jane King may (and may not) be related to Ann King, the daughter of Christopher King, who married Robert Warland in 1724.

Abraham and Jane Warland had two or three children (based on details in official records and leases):

February 1728 - John Warland junior enters into a lease with Elizabeth Gerrard - Gerrard's tenement?

On 5 February 1728, John Warland junior (likely 1683 - 1769), a yeoman entered into a lease with Elizabeth Gerrard of St Andrew's, Holborn, Middlesex, the widow of Christopher Gerrard, gent for a 'tenement, farm and premises' at Canford Magna. Benjamin Gerrard was mentioned in the document which was 'executed but not witnessed'. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-18, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

As noted above, it seems possible that this lease was for the land owned by the Gerrards who had moved to St Andrews, Holborn, Middlesex. John's brother, Henry Warland (1693 - ) married a Penelope Gerrard and may have decided to live in Holborn, so was not noted again.

In May 1760, two sons of the John Warland (1683 - 1769), William Warland (probably 1722 - 1801) and Robert Warland (c 1721 - ?) entered into a lease for a tenement of farm known as 'late Gerretts or Gerrards', which may be the same property - see below.

August 1728 - William Warland of Merly enters into a lease and counterpart lease with Sir John Webb - Jay's tenement

William Warland (likely 1689 - 1746) had entered into a lease for Jays tenement in 1722 (see above).

On 14 August 1728, William Warland, a yeoman of Merly in Great Canford, entered into a new/revised lease with Sir John Webb for the following properties: 'Jays tenement, paddock, closes called Home, Great Greenhill, Runnymead, Furzey How, widow Jays, Peaked Acre, Netherwood Meadow, Simons Mead, Elianor Hickmans Furzey Ground near Lake' in Canford Magna. The lease include agricultural covenents to plant 20 trees of oak, ash or elm every year. The lease mentioned Mary [nee Lannon], the deceased wife of William Warland, William's daughter Hannah Warland [c 1727 - ], and William's brother Robert Warland. It also refers to Giles Smith and Winifred his wife, deceased. The witnesses were William Wickwarr and Thomas Tucker. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-335A, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

On the same day, 14 August 1728, William entered into a counterpart lease with Sir John Webb for the same properties: 'Jays tenement, paddock, closes called Home, Great Greenhill, Runnymead, Furzey How, widow Jays, Peaked Acre, Netherwood Meadow, Simons Mead, Elianor Hickmans Furzey Ground near Lake' in Canford Magna. The lease include agricultural covenents to plant 20 trees of oak, ash or elm every year. The counterpart lease mentioned Mary [nee Lannon}, the deceased wife of William Warland, William's daughter Hannah Warland (born 1727), and William's brother Robert Warland. It also refers to Giles Smith and Winifred his wife, deceased. The witnesses were John Brown and Hanah Fluck. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-335A, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

1730 - John Warland (husband of Mary) dies

John Warland (born 1650), died in 1730 and was buried Canford Magna church grounds. His death was likely the reason for the new admissions of land created in November that year - see below.

April 1730 - Abraham Warland enters into a counterpart lease with Sir John Webb - Blakehill

Nicholas Warland, the father of Abraham Warland (born c 1694 - 1765), had leased the land at Blakehill, Canford Magna, since at least 1687, renewed in July 1711 (a 25 year lease perhaps). See below for the renewal of this lease in 1737.

On 29 April 1730, Abraham Warland of Great Canford, recorded as a thatcher, entered into a new counterpart lease with Sir John Webb of Great Canford, baronet, for the following land that his father had originally leased: 'Cottage, garden, orchard and five plots of inclosed ground (four acres) part of the waste at Blakehill', Canford Magna. The lease included an additional covenant to plant six trees of oak, ash or elm each year for 99 years. The following were mentioned in the lease: Thomas Meade, Jenny [or Jane] and Abraham Warland, wife and son of Abraham Warland. Their daughter Mary is not mentioned. The witnesses were John Brown and Hannah Fluck. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-358, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

November 1730 - Separate admissions of land of Sir John Webb to William Warland and John Warland - one third of tenement each

On 24 November 1730, the Manor Court of Sir John Webb admitted William Warland (1689 - 1746), to one third of the tenement in Canford Magna. This admission is likely connected with the death of (probably William's father) John Warland in the same year and the transfer of part of the land to his son William. Also mentioned in this document were John Pinson and Jane Baily, a widow and sister of John Pinson. The admission was examined by Nicholas Russell. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-363A, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

On the same day, 24 November 1730, the Manor Court of Sir John Webb admitted John Warland (1683 - 1769, the son of John and Mary Warland) to one third of the tenement 'with Owerfield (three acres), Home Close (one and a half acres), a paddock called Tinkers, Appletree Moor (one acre), Goldmoor (1 acre), Thurtover Moor (one acre), Lower Moor (two acres), Common Close (two acres), Bawens (two acres), a meadow in Giddymead (half and acre), and an orchard', all in the Canford Magna estate. As with William's admission on the same day, this admission is likely connected with the death of John Warland in the same year. Also mentioned in this document were John Pinson and Jane Baily, a widow and sister of John Pinson. The admission was examined by Nicholas Russell. steward. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-363B, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

It is not known if the remaining third was assigned to John and William's brother Robert Warland.

March 1731 - Counterpart lease between Sir John Webb and his wife and Robert Warland of Lake - Ford's tenement

William Warland (1689 - 1746), the brother Robert Warland (1694 - 1758), had a lease for at least part of Ford's tenement since 1722 with his father John.

On 20 March 1731, Robert Warland, yeoman of Lake entered into a counterpart lease with Sir John Webb and his wife Dame Barbara Webb for the following land, which is more or less the same description as the land leased by his brother William in 1722: 'Ford's tenement (late Mr Ralph Ireland's) at Oakley, with closes called Berryfield (six acres), Haganoke (three acres), Broom (three acres), Broome Moore (three acres), Church (one acre), acre and a half, Home (six acres), six acres, four acres, two and half acres in Netherwood Meadow, half an acre in Simon's Mead, three quarters of an acre in Oakley Mead, one acre in the Severall Mead', all in Canford Magna. The lease included agricultural covenents. The witnesses were John Brown and Hanah Fluck. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-366, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

It is not yet known how Ralph Ireland fitted into this picture and if this was a transfer of responsbility to Robert now that John had 'one third of the (original?) tenement since 1730.

March 1731 - Lease and counterpart lease between Sir John Webb and Mary and Frances Ford of Great Canford, Spinsters - gravel pits

On 25 March 1731, spinsters Mary and Frances Ford of Great Canford entered into a lease with Sir John Webb for the 'cottage and garden in the heath, near the gravel pits, Canford Magna'. The lease included the covenant to grind corn or grain at Canford Mills. The following individuals were named in the lease: Mary Ford, daughter of James Ford of Ensbury, a blacksmith; Rebecca Warland (deceased). The witnesses were William Wickwar and Thomas Tucker. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-369A, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

On the same day 25 March 1731, spinsters Mary and Frances Ford of Great Canford entered into a counterpart lease with Sir John Webb for the same 'cottage and garden in the heath, near the gravel pits, Canford Magna'. The counterpart lease included the covenant to grind corn or grain at Canford Mills. The following individuals were named in the lease: Mary Ford, daughter of James Ford of Ensubry, a blacksmith; Rebecca Warland (deceased). The counterpart lease was not executed or witnessed. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-369B, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

The Rebecca Warland noted in the above lease documents may be connected with Nicholas Warland as no other Rebecca Warland appears for the other families.

April 1731 - Admission of land of Sir John Webb to John Warland - one third of tenement at Lake

On 18 April 1731, the Manor Court of Sir John Webb admitted John Warland (1683 - 1769, the son of John Warland and Mary Warland (nee Henslow)) to one third of the tenement (48 acres) at Lake, Canford Magna. This admission was likely also connected with the death of (probably John's father) John Warland in 1730 and the need to transfer of part of the land to John. Also mentioned in this document were Richard Lockyer, deceased; John Warland's sons Robert (aged 8) and William (aged 9). The admission was examined by Nicholas Russell. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-374, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

This admission may be related to the transfer of 'one third of the tenement' to John the previous year.

January 1732 - William Painter enters into a counterpart lease with Sir John Webb - Dirty Lane, Kingston

On 20 January 1732, William Painter, a husbmandman of Great Canford, entered into a counterpart lease with Sir John Webb for the following: 'Cottage and two gardens (20 luggs), Dirty Lane, Kingston, Canford Magna'. The lease included covenents to grind corn and grain at Canford Mills, to plant six trees of oak, ash or elm and to notify Sir John Webb of any persons who have taken game in the manor. The following people were mentioned in the lease: Anne Painter, wife of William Painter; John Corbin, son of Thomas Corbin of Kingston, yeoman; Robert Warland, son of John Warland of Oakely, Canford Magna, a yeoman. Witnesses were John Brown and Hanah Fluck. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-386, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

It seems possible that William Painter was related to Sarah Painter (1685 - 1769) who married John Warland (1683 - 1769) in 1716.

December 1735 - John Warland mentioned in a counterpart lease between Sir John Webb and John James Manfield of Ringwood, Hants - Oakley area

On 20 December 1735, John Warland's name was mentioned in a counterpart lease between Sir John Webb and John James Manfield of Ringwood, Hants. The land noted in the lease was as as follows: 'Tenement and buildings with Nells Howe (four acres), White Close near Harpitt Land (four acres), Batts Hayes near Oakely (six acres), another Batts Hayes (four acres), Netherwood Meadow (two acres), two and a half acres near Canford Bridge in Oakely Mead meadow', Canford Magna. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-421, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

May 1737 - Abraham Warland enters into a lease with Sir John Webb - Blakehill

Nicholas Warland, the father of Abraham Warland (born c 1694 - 1765), had leased the land at Blakehill, Canford Magna, since at least 1687 and renewed in July 1711.

On 25 May 1737, Abraham Warland senior (c 1694 - 1765) of Great Canford, a thatcher, entered into a new lease with Sir John Webb for a cottage, garden, orchard and four plots (totalling four acres) 'taken out of the heath, Blakehill, Canford Magna'. Abraham Warland was noted in the lease as being the son of Nicholas Warland, now deceased [the husband of Jane (nee Corban)]. Also mentioned in the lease were Mary (Warland?), sister of Nicholas Warland, and Abraham Warland's two children, Jane Warland and Abraham Warland. Witnesses to the lease were John Brown, John Hodgson. A note endorsed on 5 November 1792 states 'Closes named Broad, New, and Thornen'. The record also states 'Surrender by Abraham and John Warland 'the buildings being in a very bad state of repair'. It is not known (yet) if this reference to a surrender relates to the original lease or the endorsed note. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-439, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

December 1737 - John Warland enters into a lease and counterpart lease with Thomas Webb of Hammersmith - Ford's tenement

The land known as Fords tenement was leased by John Warland senior (1650 - 1730) and his son William (1689 - 1746) in 1722. This land was then leased by Robert Warland in March 1731. For unknown reasons, William and Roberts's brother John Warland (1683 - 1769) then took over the lease in December 1737.

On 3 December 1737, John Warland (1683 - 1769), a yeoman of Oakley, Great Canford, entered into a lease with Thomas Webb of Hammersmith, Middlesex, for the following land: 'Fords tenement, with closes called Berryfield (six acres), Haganoke (three acres), Broom (three acres), Broom More (three acres), Church (one acre), an acre and a half, Home (six acres), six acres, four acres, Netherwood Meadow (two and a half acres), Simons Mead (half and acre), Oakley Mead (three quarters of an acre), Severall Mead (one acre), Oakley', Canford Magna. The lease included agricultural covenents. Witnesses were Richard Grisszel and Thomas Fluck. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-431A, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

On the same day, 3 December 1737, John Warland entered into a counterpart lease with Thomas Webb of Hammersmith, Middlesex, for the same land: 'Fords tenement, with closes called Berryfield (six acres), Haganoke (three acres), Broom (three acres), Broom More (three acres), Church (one acre), an acre and a half, Home (six acres), six acres, four acres, Netherwood Meadow (two and a half acres), Simons Mead (half and acre), Oakley Mead (three quarters of an acre), Severall Mead (one acre), Oakley', Canford Magna. The lease included agricultural covenents. Witnesses were Charles and Frances Arrowsmith. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-431B, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

1739 - 99 year lease for land between Corfe Mullen and Canford Magna - Gillingam and Jay tenements

On 1 January (or possibly June) 1739, Robert Warland (1694 - 1758) entered into a 99-year 'indenture of lease' with Sir Thomas Webb Baronet, then Lord of the Manor of Great Canford in the County of Dorset, taking over the following land that had previously been '... in the tenure of Giles Smith Gentleman' and then Winifred Smith, his wife. Giles Smith is mentioned in the Robert Warland's lease of Gillingham's tenement, and William Warland's lease of Jay's tenement, both in December 1722 - but not Ford's tenement.

June 1739 - Robert Warland enters into a counterpart lease with Sir John Webb - Ensbury

On 26 June 1739, Robert Warland (1694 - 1758) of Ensbury, Great Canford, a yeoman, entered into a lease with Sir John Webb for 'a cottage, garden, orchard and half and acre of arable land inclosed out of Canford Heath, Ensbury, Canford Magna'. The lease refers to Mary Warland (aged 15*) the daughter of Robert Warland, as well as Robert's brother William Warland of Canford, a yeoman, and William's son (Robert's nephew) also William Warland (aged 16, known to have been born 1724/5). Witnesses to the lease were E Philipps and Charles Arrowsmith. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-455 via the Dorset Council Archives)

*Robert and his wife Ann King had three daughters named Mary: (1) Mary Warland who was born and died in 1729, (2) Mary Warland who was born and died in 1738, and (3) Mary Warland who was born in 1740 and died in 1772, after marrying Thomas Gillingham. The original document may need to be sighted to confirm this detail.

From 1741 - William Dean

William Dean (1723 - 1760) was the son of William Dean and Elizabeth Hookey (further details unknown). He married Elizabeth Pottle on 30 July 1741 at West Parley Dorset. Elizabeth Dean (nee Pottle) she died in 1748. They had no children.

William then married Mary Pelley/Pelly (1728 - 1770) in Canford Magna in 1750. They had two children:

Mary Dean (nee Pelley) would marry into the Warland family after the death of William Dean. See below.

March 1742 - William Warland enters into a counterpart lease with Sir John Webb - Heath ground to north of Sanford Close

On 24 March 1742, William Warland (1689 - 1746), yeoman of Marly [sic - Merly] in Great Canford, entered into a counterpart lease with Sir John Webb for the following land: 'Heath ground (four acres) formerly enclosed out of Canford Heath, bounded on the south by Sanford Close, Canford Magna'. The following individuals were mentioned: Mary Willis of Wimborne Minster, spinster and now wife of William Warland; John Willis senior, Mary's grandfather; and the following children of William Warland - William Warland (aged 6), Mary Warland (aged 3). The witnesses were Charles Arrowsmith and Elizabeth King. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-496 via the Dorset Council Archives)

The above lease appears to indicate that William leased the land leased by Mary Willis in October 1724 - see above.

October 1743 - John Warland senior of Oakley enters into a lease with Sir John Webb - various plots at Canford Magna

On 9 October 1743, John Warland senior (1683 - 1769), a yeoman of Oakley, Great Canford, and his sons John Warland (1720 - 1761) and William Warland (1722 - 1801), entered into a lease for 'three tenements but excluding Kinstrage's house, John Lane's house, a plot near Thomas Lockyer's, Little Coppice, and the Home ground (four acres)' at Canford Magna. The following individuals were mentioned: William Gillingham; Mary wife of Abraham Kinstrage. The witnesses were Charles Arrowsmith and Richard Grisszell. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-514 via the Dorset Council Archives)

1745 - Death of Sir John Webb

Sir John Webb (born 1670) died in 1745. He was succeeded by his son, Sir Thomas Webb. All existing leases needed to be renewed, as can be seen below.

December 1745 - Death of William Warland (born 1689)

William Warland (born 1689), the son of John and Mary Warland (nee Henslow) and the husband of Mary Lannon, died on 28 December 1746 at Merley, Dorset.

June 1747 - Robert Warland enters into a lease and counterpart lease with Sir Thomas Webb - Gillingham's tenement

Robert Warland (1694 - 1758) had leased the land at Gillingham's tenement since 1722.

On 18 June 1747, and likely connected with the deaths of both Sir John Webb and his own brother William, Robert Warland, a yeomen of Merley, entered into a new lease with Sir Thomas Webb, baronet, for the following land: 'Gillinghams tenement, parrock/paddock (one acre), close (six acres), close (four acres), closes called Hunny Mead (two acres), Wounton (five acres), Coppice (two acres), Barrows Hows (10 acres), in Netherwood (four acres), in Simons Mead (one acre), all in Lake', Canford Magna. The following individuals were mentioned in the lease: Sir John Webb, deceased father of Sir Thomas Webb; William Warland (deceased) and Robert Warland (aged 16, born c 1731) 'brother (of William?) and son of Robert Warland'; William Mackress of Wimborne Minster, butcher; Giles Smith, gent and Winifred his wife. The witnesses were Charles Arrowsmith and Michael Kennedy. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-538A via the Dorset Council Archives)

On the same day, 18 June 1747, Robert Warland entered into a counterpart lease with Sir Thomas Webb, baronet, for the same land: 'Gillinghams tenement, parrock/paddock (one acre), close (six acres), close (four acres), closes called Hunny Mead (two acres), Wounton (five acres), Coppice (two acres), Barrows Hows (10 acres), in Netherwood (four acres), in Simons Mead (one acre), all in Lake', Canford Magna. The following individuals were mentioned in the lease: Sir John Webb, deceased father of Sir Thomas Webb; William Warland (deceased); Robert Warland (aged 16, born c 1731) 'brother (of William?) and son of Robert Warland'; William Mackress of Wimborne Minster, butcher; Giles Smith, gent and Winifred his wife. The witnesses were Charles Arrowsmith and James Hockley. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-538B via the Dorset Council Archives)

July 1748 - Abraham Warland enters into a lease with Sir Thomas Webb - Blake Hill

Abraham Warland (born c 1694 - 1765) and his father before him had leased the land at Blakehill, Canford Magna, since at least 1687, renewed in July 1711 and again in 1737. With the death of Sir John Webb, the lease needed to be renewed.

On 20 July 1748, Abraham Warland, a thatcher of Great Canford, entered into a counterpart lease with Sir Thomas Webb of Canford Magna, baronet, for the following land: 'Cottage, garden, orchard and five plots (four acres) of arable or pasture, near Blake Hill formerly part of waste of Canford Heath, Canford Magna'. The following individuals were mentioned in this document: John Lane (deceased); Abraham Warland (aged 22), Sarah Warland (aged 20), and Jenny Warland (aged 14), the children of Abraham Warland. The witnesses were Charles Arrowsmith and Francis King. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-553 via the Dorset Council Archives)

From 1748 - Abraham Warland marries Sarah Ware

Abraham Warland (1726 - 1803), the son of Abraham and Jane Warland from Canford Magna married Sarah Ware from Knighton Parish in Kinson on 7 September 1748. Abraham and Sarah had the following children, all baptised at Canford Magna:

From 1748 - Burials in Kinson

The following burials are recorded in the Kinson Burials registers.

August 1749 - Joseph Webb (a minor) enters into a lease and counterpart lease (with a trustee) with Sir Thomas Webb - three tenements at Canford Magna

On 28 August 1749, Joseph Webb (aged 11), the youngest son of Sir Thomas Webb, with the Rev Henry Fitch of High Hall as his trustee, entered into a lease with his father for the following land: 'Three tenements (but excluding two dwellinghouses and the Little Coppice, and the Home Close (four acres))', at Canford Magna. The following individuals were mentioned in this lease: John Lane; William Gillingham; John Warland; Mary, wife of Abraham Kingstrage; Thomas Lockyar. The witnesses were Charles Arrowsmith and M. Kennedy. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-564A via the Dorset Council Archives)

On the same day, 28 August 1749, Joseph Webb entered into a counterpart lease (with the Rev Fitch as trustee) with his father for the following land: 'Three tenements (but excluding two dwellinghouses and the Little Coppice, and the Home Close (four acres))', at Canford Magna. The following individuals were mentioned in this lease: John Lane; William Gillingham; John Warland; Mary, wife of Abraham Kingstrage; Thomas Lockyar. The witnesses were Charles Arrowsmith and M. Kennedy. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-564B via the Dorset Council Archives)

June 1750 - Assignment of lease from William Warland (deceased 1745) - Lake area

On 8 June 1750, Robert Warland (1694 - 1758) of Merly, Great Canford, and William Warland's brother, arranged for the assignment of a lease as the executor of their brother William who had died in 1746. The lease was assigned to Richard Wright of Bisham, Berkshire, a yeoman, and included 'meads, tenement etc' [see D-WIM/JO-567 above] at Lake etc, Canford Magna. The lease assignment mentioned Sir John Webb of Canford Magna, baronet, now deceased, and William, son of William Harvey, and Richard Reeks. The witnesses were John Tarrant and Robert Thorpe Tarrant. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-569 via the Dorset Council Archives)

October 1750 - John Warland's Surrender and Readmission for two thirds of a tenement

On 16 October 1750, a 'surrender and readmission' document established by the Court Baron of Canford Magna between Sir Thomas Webb, baronet, and John Warland, surrendered or re-admitted two thirds of a tenement at Canford Magna to or from John Warland. The document mentions the following individuals: John Pinson; John's brothers William Warland (aged 26, so born 1724) and Robert Warland (aged 22, so born 1728); James Willis, Steward of the Manor and gent. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-574 via the Dorset Council Archives)

It is not clear who these three brothers were given the ages quoted. Brothers John Warland (1683 - 1769) and Robert Warland (1694 - 1758) both had boys with the same names, who would have been the ages shown below in 1750:

March 1751 - Robert Warland witnesses a counterpart lease

On 25 March 1751, Robert Warland and Robert Hayward witnessed a counterpart lease between Sir Thomas Webb of Great Canford, baronet, and John Jenkins of Lake, Great Canford and his wife Charity. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-576 via the Dorset Council Archives)

1753 - Robert Warland and John Warland witness a lease

Brothers Robert (1694 - 1758) and John Warland (1683 - 1769) witnessed a lease between Sir Thomas Webb of Great Canford, and John Osmond of Aishington, Great Canford, a labourer, for the moiety of a cottage with two small gardens at Aishington, Canford Magna. Also mentioned in the lease were John Barnes (senior), and John Osmond's sons John Osmond (aged 12) and Phillip Osmond (aged 6).

November 1755 - Robert Warland enters into a lease and counterpart lease with Sir Thomas Webb - Jay's tenement

On 11 November 1755, Robert Warland entered into a lease and counterpart lease with Sir Thomas Webb for the following lands: 'Jay's tenement and paddock (half an acre), Home Close (nine acres), Great Greenhill (four acres), Hunny Mead (one acre), Furzey How (two acres), half and acre near Widow Jay's house, little half in Picked acre, in Netherwood meadow (four acres), in Symonds Mead (one and a quarter acres), Elianor Hackman's Furzy Ground (12 acres)' all near Lake, Canford Magna. The following people were mentioned: Hannah Austin, wife of Henry Austin of Poole, gent (Hannah may have been the daughter of Robert's brother William, born 1727); Robert Warland's son Christopher Warland (aged 19); Giles Smith, gent and Winifrid deceased, his wife. Witnesses: Charles Arrowsmith, William Fry.

1758 - Death of Robert Warland

Robert Warland (born 1694) died in 1758 and was buried at Canford Magna. His wife Ann died 26 years later aged 83 in 1784 and was buried with him.

1758 - Lands mentioned in the 1739 indenture are divided between the brothers

According to a revised indenture of lease drawn up in 1808 (see below), after Robert's death in 1758 his sons Robert, William, Christopher and Henry made '... a partition and Division of the same (lands) under which Partition or Division the said Robert Warland became intitled [sic] to the entirety of the Leasehold premises comprised in the said Indenture of the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and thirty nine [1 January 1739] for the residue which was then to come and unexpired of the said Term of Ninety Nine years'.

January 1759 - Robert, William, Christopher and Henry Warland enter into a counterpart lease with Sir Thomas Webb - Gillingham's and Jay's tenements

As noted earlier, the lease taken out by Robert Warland senior (1694 - 1758) in 1739 with Sir John Webb was for 99 years. At the death of Robert Warland, responsbility for the his lease on the land known as Gillingham's tenement, that he had leased since 1722, needed to be taken over or transferred to his sons.

On 1 January 1759, Robert, William, Christopher and Henry Warland [four of the five sons of Robert and Ann Warland (nee King)], all yeomen of Merley, entered into a counterpart lease with Sir Thomas Webb for the following land: 'Gillingham's tenement, paddock (one acre), close (six acres), closes called Hunny Mead (two acres), Wounton (five acres), Coppice (two acres), Barrows Hows (10 acres), in Netherwood (four acres), in Simons Mead (one acre), all in Lake', Canford Magna. The following individuals were mentioned in the lease: Sir John Webb, deceased father of Sir Thomas Webb; William Warland (deceased)*; William Mackrell of Wimborne Minster, butcher; Giles Smith, gent and Winifred his wife. The witnesses were Charles Arrowsmith and William Fry. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-623 via the Dorset Council Archives)

*The reference to William Warland may be to Robert Warland senior's brother, William Warland, who died in 1746 but it is not clear why his name was included here as William never leased Gillinghams.

On the same day, 1 January 1759, Robert, William, Christopher and Henry Warland [four of the five sons of Robert and Ann Warland (nee King)], all yeomen of Merley, entered into a counterpart lease with Sir Thomas Webb for the following land: 'Jay's tenement and paddock (half an acre), Home Close (nine acres), Great Greenhill (four acres), Hunny Mead (one acre), Furzey How (two acres), half and acre near Widow Jay's house, little half in Picked acre, in Netherwood meadow (four acres), in Symonds Mead (one and a quarter acres), Elianor Hackman's Furzy Ground (12 acres)' all near Lake, Canford Magna. The following individuals were mentioned in the lease: Sir Thomas Webb; Giles Smith, gent and Winifred his wife; Hannah, wife of Henry Austen of Poole, gent (possibly the daughter of William Warland). The witnesses were Charles Arrowsmith and William Fry. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-624 via the Dorset Council Archives)

May 1759 - Robert Warland (1731 - 1782) marries Ann French

Robert Warland (1731 - 1782), the third surviving son of Robert Warland and Ann King, married Ann French (? - ?) on 28 May 1759 in Canford Magna. The witnesses were John French and Richard French. They had two children:

Ann Warland (nee French) may have died after the birth of Mary. Details are yet to be found or confirmed, but it seems to tie in with Robert re-marrying the widow Mary Dean in 1763 - see below.

1760 - Death of William Dean

William Dean died in 1760. His widow Mary Dean (nee Pelley) then married Robert Warland.

May 1760 - William Warland and Robert Warland enter into counterpart leases with Sir Thomas Webb - three tenements at Canford Magna

William Warland and Robert Warland, yeoman of Ashley entered into a counterpart lease on 10 May 1760 (with an 'agricultural convenant') with Sir Thomas Webb for 'three tenements (but excluding a house and garden plot and Little Coppice, and excluding a house with barn, garden, orchard and plot, and a close called Home Ground (four acres) in Canford Magna. The following people were mentioned: John Lane, William Gillingham, Mary (wife of Abraham Kingstrage), Thomas Lockyer. Witnesses were Charles Arrowsmith and Thomas Duffett. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-632 via the Dorset Council Archives)

On the same day, 10 May 1760, William Warland and Robert Warland, both yeomen of Ashley, Great Canford, entered into a counterpart lease with Sir Thomas Webb for a tenement of farm ('late Gerretts or Gerrards') at Canford Magna. John Warland is mentioned in this document; it may be the John Warland who entered into a lease with Elizabeth Gerrard in February 1728 (see above), so William and Robert may be John's sons*. Witnesses to the lease were Charles Arrowsmith and Thomas Duffett. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-633 via the Dorset Council Archives)

*A legal document dated 1731 (see above) states that a Robert Warland, then aged 8, was the son of John Warland. Given that these leases were taken out on the same day, and John Warland had a link with Elizabeth Gerrard from 1728, it seems likely that both documents refer to the sons of John Warland (1683 - 1769).

1760 - William Warland (1722 - 1801) marries Jane/Jenny Dunford

The second son of John and Sarah Warland (nee Painter), William Warland (1722 - 1801), married Jane (Jenny) Dunford (? - 14 February 1796) in 1760. They had the following children, most of whom were baptised in Canford Magna:

From 1763 - Robert Warland (1731 - 1782) marries Mary Dean

Robert Warland (1731 - 1782), the third son of Robert and Ann Warland (nee King), married the widow Mary Dean (1728 - 1770) on 2 June 1763 in Canford Magna, Dorset. The witnesses were Thomas Pelley (possibly Mary's brother or other relative) and John French.

Robert and Mary Warland had the following daughters in addition to Mary's step children (perhaps still living with them) and Robert's children Robert and Mary (which doesn't quite make sense if he and Mary had another child named Mary. This needs to be researched further).

1766 - Penelope Warland (1738 - ) marries John Place

Penelope Warland, the daughter of Robert Warland (1694 - 1758) and Ann King (1701 - 1784), married John Place (1730 - 1800) on 1 or 7 November 1766 at St Andrews, Kinson and they had one son:

Click the link above for details of the Place, Coombe and Pilkington lines.

Penelope's brother Henry Warland, who died in 1819, left money in his will to Matthew Wasse Place and Matthew's son Henry Place. See below for more details.

October 1781 - Mary Warland marries William Fry

Mary Warland (baptised 28 December 1761, the 'daughter of Robert and Anne' (assumed to be Anne French above)), married William Fry at Canford Magna on 23 October 1781. Both were recorded 'of this parish'. The witnesses were Joseph Card and John French. The following children have been found:

Note that a Mary Fry was born to William and Elizabeth Fry in Chettle, Dorset, and was baptised on 7 October 1781.

1782 - Death of Robert Warland (born 1731), brothers take on an indenture in trust for his daughters

Robert Warland (born 1731), the son of Robert and Ann Warland (nee King) and the husband of Mary (Dean, nee Pelley), died in 1782.

In his will, Robert appointed his brothers John Warland [1726 - 1794] and Christopher Warland [1736 - 1816] to be trustees in his affairs. However, Robert Warland did not '... make any particular disposition of the said Leasehold premises' noted in the original 1739 indenture or the updated 1760 version.

The 1808 version of the indenture (see below) noted that 'Robert Warland departed this life soon after published his said will without revoking or in any wise altering the same leasing', and implying that his daughters Mary (born 1766, now aged 16 who later married Edward Tory) and Jane (born 1768, now aged 14 who later married William Mackrell) would take on responsibility for the lease.

Robert's brother's John and Christopher Warland were then granted, via Letters of Administration from the prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the area of land that had been possessed by their brother Robert, and then 'possessed themselves of the said Leasehold premises In Trust' for Mary and Jane Warland.

See below in 1784 for a continuation.

From 1782 - William Warland (1733 - 1794) marries Dorothy Eyers

In 1782, Robert and Ann Warland's fifth son William Warland (1733 - 1794), then aged 49, married Dorothy Eyers (or Ayers) (1758 - 22 March 1830, Canford Magna). They had the following children, all born in the Canford Magna area:

As we will see below, William's brother Henry married Dorothy's sister Ann Ayers in 1792.

August 1784 - Mary Warland marries Edward Tory, changes to the lease

Mary Warland (1766 - ) was the daughter of Robert Warland (1731 - 1782), the third son of Robert and Ann Warland (nee King). After her father Robert Warland died in 1782, Mary's uncles Christopher Warland (1736 - 1816) and John Warland (1726 - 1794) took on responsibility for the lands described in the lease. Their younger brother, Henry Warland (1742 - 1819) appears to have been left out, perhaps because Christopher and John were the executors.

Mary Warland planned to marry Edward Tory in August 1784. Perhaps because of concern that Edward Tory might somehow take advantage of the leasehold, or not take responsbility for it, a new indenture was made on 9 August 1784 between between the Edward Tory of the first part, the said Mary (now his wife) then Mary Warland Spinster of the second part, and the said John Warland and Christopher Warland of the third part, '... being the settlement executed previously to the marriage of the said Edward Tory and Mary his wife'.

The indenture states that John Warland and Christopher Warland would continue to possess in trust the moiety or half part of the land previously held by Mary's father Robert Warland (1731 - 1782), for the remainder of the ninety-nine year lease, and that their niece Mary would '... receive the said rents and profits for her own separate use and not to be subject to the debts or engagements of the said Edward Tory her then intended Husband but her receipt alone notwithstanding her intended Coverture to be a sufficient discharge for the same'. The rest of the indenture described what might happen should Mary die or have children.

Mary Warland married Edward Tory ('of Christchurch in Hants') under licence on 4 August 1784 at Sturminster Marshall; there is also a record of marriage at Wimborne Minster on 10 August 1784. The witnesses to the 10 August ceremony were Christopher Warland (probably her uncle born 1736) and Jane Warland (likely her younger sister born 1768, although it is not clear if she would have been eligible to be a witness as she was 16 at the time. Jane married William Mackrell in 1790 - see below.

The following children have been found for Edward and Mary Tory. It appears they baptised some of the children at the same time:

1786 - John Webb - Lord of the Manor

In 1786 Thomas' son, John Webb, became the Lord of the Manor and had one daughter, Barbara Webb (1762 - 1819). Barbara Webb married Anthony Ashley [Cooper], 5th Earl of Shaftesbury. Barbara's father, John Webb, died in 1797. Barbara and Anthony Cooper's daughter, Lady Barbara Cooper (1788 - 1844), married William Francis Spencer [Ponsonby] (1761 - 1811), 1st Baron De Mauley, and had issue. Lady Cooper died in 1844 and was buried at Wimborne St Giles, Dorset.

1789 - John Warland (1763 - 1843) marries Mary Dolan

The second son of William and Jane Warland (nee Dunford), John Warland (1763 - 1843) married Mary Dolan in 1789 in Canford Magna, Dorset, England. They had the following children:

June 1790 - Jane Warland (born 1768) marries Edward Mackrell

Jane Warland (born 1768), the youngest daughter of Robert Warland (1731 - 1782) and sister of Mary Warland who married Edward Tory in 1784, married Edward Mackrell, a butcher of Sturminster Marshall Parish on 24 June 1790 in Wimborne Minster. The witnesses were S Reeks, Mary Fryer and Mary Dean (presumably her mother or another relative of her mother, perhaps a cousin?). Given that Jane's sister Mary appears to have married first in Sturminster Marshall, it seems possible that she met Edward then. So far no children have been found from this marriage. However, a William Mackrell married Susan and they had a son named Edward Tory Mackrell, baptised on 26 August 1828. Is this a coincidence of names?

After 1790 - Leasehold modified again

After Jane married, Christopher and John Warland arranged for the leasehold to be modified again via the prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury 'in trust for them the said Mary (Warland)(,) the wife of the said Edward Tory(,) and Jane (nee Warland) the wife of the said William Mackrell'.

From 1792 - Christopher Warland marries Sarah Willis/Welles

At the age of 56, Christopher Warland (born 25 June 1736), the son of Robert Warland (1694 - 1758) and Ann King (1701 - 1784), married Sarah Willis/Welles (c. 1750 - 11 May 1812) in Hampreston on 10 July 1792. It is not clear if Christopher was already living in that location but he appears to have remained in that location. Click this link for details of Warlands in Little Canford, Hampreston.

Christopher Warland died in 1816.

1790s - Henry Warland (1742 - 1819)

Robert Warland's last child, Henry Warland (1742 - 1819), married Ann Eyers/Ayers, the sister of Dorothy (nee Ayers), his brother William's wife. It is not known if they had any children

See also this page for a possible link with another Henry Warland, mariner, who had a son George Henry Warland, who in turn had two children, one named Henry Carroll Warland who migrated to Australia.

The 1808 contract described below. The full text of the 1808 indenture may be read at this link

1808 - A new (and final) indenture of lease - Gillingham's tenement

As noted above in 1739, Robert Warland (1694 - 1758) entered into an indenture for the lease of farming lands roughly between Corfe Mullen and Wimborne Minster.

By 1808, William Warland (born 1733) had already died and Christopher Warland (now aged 72) was living in the Hampreston area to the east of Canford Magna. William Mackrell, the husband of Jane Mackrell (nee Warland, William's daughter) had also died. The 1808 indenture notes that, as William Mackrell and Robert Warland had died, 'the residue and remainder now to come and unexpired of the said term of ninety-nine years is dependent on the life of the said Christopher Warland'.

Christopher Warland continued to take responsibility for the 99 year lease. The land included in the contract, the original 'Gillingham's tenement' from 1722, was described in the 1808 version as follows - see below (1808):

All that Messuage ['A dwelling house together with its outbuildings, curtilage, and the adjacent land appropriated to its use'] or Tenement commonly called or known by the name of Gillinghams and one parrock ['A croft, or small field'] thereto adjoining containing one acre, a Close adjoining containing six acres, another Close adjoining containing (four) acres, a Close called Hunny Mead containing two acres, a Close called Wounton (?) containing by estimation five acres, a Close called Coppice Close containing by estimation two acres and three roads, a Close called Barrows Hows containing by estimation ten acres in the meadow called Metterwood [sic - likely Netherwood Mead] four acres and in Simons Mead one acre with the rights members and appurtenances whatsoever to the said Messuage or Tenement Lands Hereditaments and premises belonging or in any wise appurtences which said Messuage or Tenements Hereditaments and Premises are situate at or near Lake in the said Parish of Great Canford ... except in the Timber and other Trees growing and standing in and upon the said Lands and Premises.

The approximate location of the land described above, is shown here on two overlapped 1887 ordnance survey maps. Note Merley Hall Farm and Merley Park ('Robert Warland of Merly') to the right, Lake or Lake Farm, known to be connected with Warland families, is near the centre. Canford Magna is to the right of Merley Park and not visible in this map. Corfe Mullen and St Huberts where Warlands are buried is to the left, as indicated.

1816 - Christopher Warland (born 1736) dies

Christopher Warland (born 25 June 1736), the son of Robert Warland (1694 - 1758) and Ann King (1701 - 1784) who married Sarah Willis in 1792 in Hampreston, died in 1816. It is not yet clear who took responsibility for the 99 year lease that would expire in 1838.

January 1816 - Christopher Warland marries Eliza Head

Christopher Warland (26 December 1792 - 17 October 1848, Little Canford, Dorset, England) had married Eliza Head on 4 January 1816 and they had one child, William Henry Warland, (1816 - 1818).

1819 - Death of Henry Warland (1742 - 1819)

Henry Warland, born in 1742 and the youngest child of Robert and Sarah Warland (nee Stickland), died in 1819. He was the last of Robert and Sarah's children. His will makes no mention of his wife Ann (Ayers) or any children. His beneficiaries are listed as follows:

Witnesses to his will were: John Eaton (bricklayer); John Abbott (yeoman); William Freeman (Attorney's Clerk of Blandford Forum).

It is believed that, after Henry's death, his wife Ann (nee Ayers) lived with her sister Dorothy Warland (the wife of the late William Warland (1733 - 1794)) and the mother-in-law of her nephew Christopher Warland (mentioned in the will above, and the only surviving child of William and Dorothy Warland).

1821 - Schedule to an unknown affidavit from the Manor of Great Canford

Schedules to an unknown affidavit from the Manor of Great Canford in 1821 refer to unidentified premises in Canford Magna, listing tenants, current and abated rents. The document mentions the following individuals: James and William Wareham; William Fryer; Christopher and John Hill; William Thompson (inc. clay pits); James Meaby; Messrs Banks and Hutchins; Francis Turner; Christopher Warland; Dorothy Warland; Thomas Martin; Joseph and James Cobb; George Jesty; Peregrine John Baker; James Russ; William Dean; John Saunders; Richard Strong; Richard Haiden; John Merryweather; Thomas Hooper; J F Hart junior; Thomas Nethercliff. (Source: Canford Estate Archives, Reference D-WIM/JO-1306, via the Dorset Council Archives.)

It is not known if Christopher Warland and his sister-in-law Dorothy are mentioned because he and his brother William were the last two people responsible for the lease agreement. Either way, the link with Canford Manor had now ended.

1830 - William Warland (1797 - 1870) marries Mary Griffen

William Warland (1797 - 1870), the son of John and Mary Warland (nee Dolan), and a carpenter, first married Mary Griffen (1800 - 1847) on 19 May 1829 in Dorset. William and Mary Warland (nee Griffen) had the following children. Note that the family appears to have been erroneously recorded as 'Harland' in the 1841 census. They are recorded in Corfe Mullen in the 1851 census.

Mary Warland (nee Griffen) died on 27 October 1847. William then married Jane Measher ( - 1888, burial location not yet known) in Hampreston. Jane had a son named George Measher, father not recorded. William and Jane had three children:

William (aged 64) and Jane (aaged 43) along with infant son Thomas (aged 1) are recorded in the 1861 census in Dorset. William is recorded as a journeyman carpenter.

1831 - James Warland (1804 - ) marries Jane Foot

James Warland (1804 - ?), the son of John and Mary Warland (nee Dolan), married Jane Foot (possibly born 1806 according to 1841 census). They had the following children:

James and Jane Warland (nee Foot) and family were recorded in the 1841 and 1851 census in Dorset, and thereafter in Hampshire (Isle of Wight).

1832 - Louisa Warland (1806 - 1862) marries Josiah Jolliffe

Louisa Warland (1806 - 17 August 1862), the daughter of John and Mary Warland (nee Dolan), married Josiah Jolliffe (1806 - ) in 1832 at St Thomas Portsmouth. They had the following children (text of information about children was provided by Jim Jolliffe in New Zealand - see below):

James Edward Jolliffe (8 February 1858, Southsea, Portsmouth - 4 March 1935, Gosport, buried Kingston Cemetery), married Ellen Ann Hutchens (4 November 1866 - 16 July 1916) on 22 August 1886 at Holy Trinity Church Gosport. James Edward Jolliffe and his wife Ellen Ann had children. One of these children migrated from Portsmouth to Western Australia in 1922, having served in the 29th British Division. He was wounded at Cape Helles, Gallipoli and transferred to Royal Flying Corps which became the Royal Air Force in 1918. He was discharged from the R.A.F. in 1922.

The son of James Edward Jolliffe, James (Jim) Jolliffe, (born about 1929) lived in New Zealand. He visited Portsmouth England in 1989 and met a first cousin Leonard Jolliffe there, since deceased.

1844 - Sale of Canford Magna

By the time Lady Cooper died in 1844, there were very few Warlands living on the Canford Magna estate - most of the farming Warlands had moved to other parts of England or to Australia. The Canford Magna estate was sold to Sir Josiah John Guest, a South Wales iron-master, and his wife Lady Charlotte Guest. Their son, Ivor Bertie Guest, was created 1st Baron Wimborne of Canford Magna and married Lady Cornelia Spencer-Churchill, eldest daughter of the Seventh Duke of Marlborough and the aunt of Winston Churchill. The great staircase at Canford Magna, elaborately carved in walnut by a Venetian craftsman, was installed towards the end of the 19th century in memory of Sir Henry Layard who married a daughter of the Guests and often stayed at the house. Canford House was sold in 1922 and it became a school. (Source: https://www.streets-of-bournemouth.org.uk/assets/sob/pdf/original/30007.pdf)

1848 - Death of Edward Tory Mackrell

The Gentleman's Magazine of 1849 (Volume 31) noted the death on 11 December 1848 in the obituaries section of Edward Tory Mackrell, the second son of the late William Mackrell esq of Sturminster Marshall, Dorset. According to the Dorset OPC records, his parents were William and Susan Mackrell and he was baptised on 26 August 1828. This person must have had some connection back to the Tory/Mackrell connection already described above.

From 1853 - Louisa Warland marries Samuel Jacobs

Louisa Warland (1833 - 1892) was the third child of William Warland (1797 - 1870) and Mary Griffen (1800 - 1847). Louisa married Samuel Jacobs (1826 - 1902) at West Parley on 26 July 1853. They had the following children (details kindly provided by Paula Bailey):

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