John Blake, the testator, lives at Hurstborne Tarrant. He is married to Annes and has a daughter Christian and his wife is expecting another baby. His son in law is John Bayly (perhaps he married a widow with a son John). I wonder if this Blake family is related to the Blake family at and near Andover. He doesn't mention them.
His inventory is lengthy and he was likely a tenant. No property is mentioned neither freehold, leasehold or copyhold. He has a lengthy inventory list amounting to seven pounds two shillings and seven pence. In todays terms this might be using the website: www.measuringworth.com
£2,290.00 using the retail price index
£34,200.00 using average earnings
There was a Mundy family at Hurstborne Tarrant into the 1700s and a charity founded by this family in 1706. I could not find mention of the Blake family at Hurstborne Tarrant in British History online where I found the information about the Mundy family. No mention of Stratgood, Lake or Golding families there.
There are several mentions for Blake in the present village of Hurstborne Tarrant.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 3 Jan 2014
Source: Hampshire Record Office, 1559A-019
Testator: John Blake
Place: Hurstborne Tarrant, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 23 Dec 1558, probated 24 Mar 1559
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: 1559A/019/1
1 In the Name of god Amen In the yere of o[u]r lord god
2 M D and lviij th and the xxiij th day of December Y
3 John Blake beying sicke yn bodye but (thancks
4 be gevyn unto god) of a good mynde and reme[b]ra[nce]
5 do make my testament and last wyll after the
6 forme and man[ner] folowyng first y _____ and be
7 bequeath my sowle unto almyghtty god o[u]r blessyd
8 lady seynte mary and all the holy co[m]pany yn hevyn
9 and my body to be buryed y nth[e] churchyard of seyn
10 androwys yn husb[or]n tarawnt It[em] Y geve to th[e]
11 church of husb[or]n tarawnte a shepe It[e]m Y geve
12 to chrystyan yeng my dowter vj shpe and my
13 best coverlet It[e]m y geve to the child that my
14 wyfe doth wyth all vj shepe and a bullock and
15 yf yt lyve and be chryscenye It[e]m y bequeath
16 to John bayly my son yn law a cow the The
17 rest of my goods not bequethyd y geve and
18 bequeath to annes my wyfe whome y mak
19 my hole executrix these being wytnessys to
20 this my last wyll Thomas Stratgood vicar
21 Robert munday John lake and George goldyng
22 Probate geven upon the l[as]te day 1559 ________
23 etc etc
[Inventory]
24 In primis ij horssys xiij s j d
25 It[e]m xx shepe xxxiij s iiij d
26 It[e]m a weynlying calf iiij s
27 It[e]m iiij pygs x s
28 It[e]m iiij hens and a cock x s
29 It[e]m ij gese and a gander xiij s
30 It[e]m iiij acars and an halfe of whete y[n] ye fld 6 s vij d
31 It[e]m xij busshells of barley x s
32 Ite[m] a plow and a lytt and a lyttyle cart w[i]th all vij s
33 thym blongyng unto the same
34 It[em] ij brasse potts and ij posnetts v s
35 It[em] a cawdry and skyttylls x s
36 It[em] vi platters iiij potygers and iij sawcers v s
37 It[em] iij lyttyle candylstycke vi s
38 It[em] ij flocke bed and ij bolsters v s
39 It[em] iiij coverleds and iij pere of shtes vi s viij d
40 It[em] vi cofers iij s
41 It[e]m a vate ij kevers and iiij barells vi s viij d
43 and iiij kyvers and my tubes
44 It[e]m a cubbert ij s
45 It[em] ax and a byll vij d
46 It[em] a pot of led a pott hanggells xij d
47 and a broche
48 It[e]m a bedde and a forme vi s
49 Su[m] to[ta]ls vij li ij s vij d
This Blog will talk about researching my English ancestors from Canada but also the ancestors of our son in law whose families stretch back far into Colonial French Canada. My one name study of Blake and of Pincombe also dominate my blog these days. I just published the update and revision of The Siderfin Family of West Somerset and it can be downloaded using - http://www.kipp-blake-families.ca/The Siderfin Family of West Somerset - Elizabeth Kipp 4600.pdf
Friday, January 3, 2014
Will of John Blake, Hurstborne Tarrant, Hampshire - Hampshire Record Office 1559A-019, probated 24 Mar 1559 (old style)
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Bayly,
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