Protestation Returns 1641- 1642

Protestation Returns for Dorset 1641-2

Dorchester Division

Hundred of Ugscombe

Winterbourne Steepleton

(Transcribed by Richard Crumbleholme)

Gilbert Ironside mynister

Edward Hodder } church

John Perrat } ward

Georg Lawerne } ouseers

Willm Addams }

p170

(39 Persons)

Note : The Protestation Oath Returns 1641/2 - Parliament organised a signed protest against the possibility of "arbitary and tyrannical government". These returns were arranged by area and the originals are stored in House of Lords Library.

Source : Dorset History Centre, Dorchester (DCL Ref DR 929.3) p145 D.K.10