One week hiatus until 6th May

Life has just become very very busy and I shall not likely be blogging again until the 6th of May unless of course something comes in that I just have to blog about.

Will of Moses Chorley, Yeoman, Sampford Arundell - The National Archives PROB 11/1415/181, probated 10 Oct 1804

There are twelve wills in my folder for the Chorley/Churley/Chorly/Churly family and none for the Charley/Charly/Charlie family from the National Archives at Kew. However, there are 25 wills for the Charlie/Charley family on the Devon Wills Genuki website.  There are six for Chorley and 30 for Churly/Churley also on the Devon Wills Genuki website. The name was spelled interchangeably it would appear but thus far little work has been done on this family in Devon. I am always hopeful that someone will take it on as a one name study. Given the book written up on the Charley family I think it would probably be very interesting but I would do Buller before I did Charley and I haven't got time to do Buller! I barely have time to do what I am doing and this in retirement!

I will add these 15 wills to my blog in hopes that one day someone will find it advantageous to them. I do not think any of them are related to my line at Bishops Nympton/Kentisbury/Coombe Martin.

These two records following for the marriages of Moses Chorley from the transcriptions of Roy Parkhouse (http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Wellington/Transcripts/copyrite.htm). This is perhaps Moses Chorley baptized 30 Apr 1731 at Kittisford Somerset and son of Moses and Amey Chorley who were themselves married 14 Nov 1722 at Saint Peter Cathedral, Exeter she being Amiah Mynard.

A Moses Chorley married Mary Saunders 29 Jun 1785 at Wellington Somerset (both sojourners). There is a second marriage for Moses Chorley and Sarah Baker 23 Jan 1795 at by license at Wellington and Moses is from Sampford Arundel.

There is a marriage for Ann Chorley and Edward Trood 12 Apr 1799 at Sampford Arundel according to an online record for the Troode/Trood family (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/r/o/Peter-W-Troode/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0454.html). But as with all things online you must be cautious as the children are somewhat suspect having been born 30 years after they were married.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 26 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1415/181
Testator:  Moses Chorley, Yeoman
Place: Sampford Arundell, Somerset
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 20 Feb 1800, probated 10 Oct 1804
Read: Electronic copy images
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Moses
[Margin]: Chorley

1    This is the last Will and Testament
2    of me Moses Chorley of Sampford Arundell in the
3    County of Somerset yeoman made and published
4    this twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord
5    one thousand Eight hundred First I will and direct
6    that I may be decently buried without pomp or
7    state at the discretion of my Executor hereinafter
8    named and as touching such worldly Estate which
9    it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and
10    bequeath in manner following (that is to say)
11    give and bequeath unto my dear wife Sarah all
12    such household Furniture as was her property before
13    my Intermarriage with her Also I give and bequeath
14    unto my daughter Ann now the wife of Edward
15    Trood of Churchstanton in the County of Devon
16    yeoman the sum of two hundred pounds to be paid
17    to her in Twelve Months after my death by my
18    Executor hereinafter named with Interest for the
19    same in the mean Time and whereas by my Marriage
20    Settlement I have covenanted and agreed to be paid
21    the sum of two hundred pounds unto Hugh Bellett
22    and Baker Bellett Trustees herein named for the Intent
23    and purpose of putting the same at Interest and the
24    Interest and profits thereof to pay unto my said
25    Wife Sarah for and during her Life in case she shall
26    Survive me and from and after her death then
27    In Trust to pay the said principal Sum of Two
28    hundred pounds as I by my last Will should give
29    or appoint the same Now I do hereby give direct
30    and appoint the same in manner and to form
31    following (that is to say) as to one Moiety thereof I give unto my said daur
32    Ann The other Moiety thereof I give unto my Executor
33    hereinafter named all the Rest Residue and
34    Remainder of my Messuages Lands Tenements and
35    hereditaments Goods Chattels Rights Credits Monies
36    and Securities for Money personal and Testamentary
37    Estate and Effects whatsoever and of what nature
38    or kind soever and wheresoever situate lying and
39    being (after payment of all my debts Legacies and
40    Funeral Expences) I give devise and bequeath unto
41    my Son Moses his heirs Executors Administrators
42    and Assigns whom I nominate constitute and appoint
43    whole and Sole Executor of this my will hereby
44    abrogating and making null and void all former Wills
45    by me at any Time heretofore made or executed and do
46    declare this to be my only true last Will and Testament
47    And lastly I do constitute and appoint Prior Fry of
48    Sampford Arundell aforesaid Gentleman to be Guardian
49    and Overseer of my said son Moses and his Estate and
50    Effects during his Minority In witness whereof I have
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51    to this my last Will and Testament contained in
52    two sheets of paper to the first sheet thereof set
53    my hand and to the second sheet thereof my hand
54    and seal the day and year first above written
55    The Mark and Seal of Moses X Chorley Signed
56    sealed published and declared by the Testator Moses
57    Chorley as and to be his last Will and Testament in
58    the presence of us who have hereunto at his request
59    in his presence and in the presence of each other
60    subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereunto Jno Symes
61    Sarah Symes  Rebecca Hill
62    This Will was proved at London on the
63    Tenth day of October in the year of our Lord one
64    Thousand Eight hundred and four before the Right
65    honorable Sir William Wynne Knight doctor of Laws
66    Master keeper or commissary of the prerogative Court
67    of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of
68    Moses Chorley the Son of the deceased and the sole
69    Executor named in the said Will to whom admon
70    was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels
71    and Credits of the said deceased having been sworn
72    by Commission duly to administer

Charlie/Charley/Chorley/Churley Family of Bishops Nympton, Kentisbury, Coombe Martin

The last research day for the Charley-Charlie family of Bishops Nympton, Kentisbury, Coombe Martin was 30 Apr 2011 http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2011/04/charley-charlie-family-at-bishops.html shortly before I ceased doing my research process on selected surnames (namely my 4x great grandparents who were known to me). At that time I mentioned the wills that we collected at Kew on our visit there in 2010. I will use this time to transcribe those wills.

I also mentioned the book that I was able to purchase "The Romance of the Charley Family"blogged on 12 Apr 2012:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/romance-of-charley-family-charley.html

and that has been the sum and total of my work on the Charlie/Charley family. Of note, Mary Charlie married John Pincombe 8 Nov 1767 at Bishops Nympton and they were my 4x great grandparents.

Will of Joseph Blake, Timber Hewer, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire - The National Archives PROB 11/1508/245, probated 14 Feb 1810

Joseph Blake the testator is at Beaconsfield, Northamptonshire. The first will that I blogged from Buckinghamshire was by Eleanor Lavinia Blake and probated in 1830. The parents of Lavinia were Henry Blake and Sarah Hare. They had ten children at Beaconsfield and may have owned/operated the Swan Inn. This will, I suspect, adds to the story of the family of Henry Blake at Beaconsfield detailing all of his siblings (see more below).

The will of James Blake the elder, Shoemaker at Chenies was blogged on the 23rd of April 2012 and at the time I did not have any information on that family either. Chenies is 7 miles NE  of Beaconsfield and Winslow is 31 miles NW. Is the Blake family at Chenies related to this Blake family at Beaconsfield. James mentions nephews James Blake the younger at Chenies and Ezekiel Blake at Hemel Hempstead (this is only 12 miles distance with Hemel Hempstead being NNE of Chenies).  James' will was probated in 1799. The distance does make one wonder but the forenames do not fit with the families as mentioned below.

The family in this present will consists of Joseph Blake (testator) and his siblings Henry Blake, Samuel Blake, David Blake, Sarah Watts (married to Thomas Watts),  and Ann Yeates (married to James Yeates).

There is a Samuel Blake on the 1841 Census at Beaconsfield and he is listed as 60 years of age with no one living with him (hence he was born in Buckinghamshire circa 1781 and below in a family grouping there is a Samuel Blake baptized in 1777 with the rounding up or down of ages in the 1841 census this is within that year span).

The apprentice indentures (1710 - 1811) list a David Blake of Beaconsfield Wheelwright with an apprentice Joseph Blake and the date 19 June 1759. The will does mention that David Blake is a wheelwright. Another entry  in the apprentice indentures for David Blake of Beaconsfield as Wheelwright with apprentice Henry Blake 5 Feb 1762.

The 1841 census lists a David Blake (age 65 so born circa 1776 at Buckinghamshire and one of the family groupings below has a David baptized in 1775) living in Beaconsfield with his wife Mary (55 years of age) and son William 35 years of age. Also living with this family James Clifford 9 and Susanna Crouch 50. Susanna being listed as a Female Servant. David is a Publican.

From Find my Past there was a David Blake married to Mary Spring 1728 at Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire (Society of Genealogists). I could not find this marriage on Ancestry so no further details.

Moving to Family Search I found the following children for David and Mary Blake at Beaconsfield baptized between 1729 and 1743:

Andrew baptized 29 Jan 1729
David baptized 22 Dec 1731; buried 4 Jul 1743
Susanna baptized 20 Feb 1733
Joseph baptized 30 Mar 1736
Elizabeth baptized 11 Mar 1738
Hannah baptized 25 Feb 1740
Henry baptized 11 Jul 1743

I now have the thought is the David Blake who married Mary Spring in 1728 at Beaconsfield, the grandfather of Joseph the testator in the will below? Looking at the sons of this David Blake namely Henry, Andrew and Joseph the following groups can be extracted from the Beaconsfield Parish Registers on Family Search. I could not locate these marriages.

There is an Andrew Blake married to Elizabeth baptizing children at Beaconsfield:

Mary baptized 29 Aug 1760
Elizabeth baptized 30 Apr 1762; buried 27 Apr 1772
John baptized 11 Dec 1763
Joseph baptized 11 Aug 1765
David baptized 3 Jul 1767
Hannah baptized 23 Apr 1769; buried 3 Sep 1769
William baptized 17 Mar 1771
Henry baptized 16 May 1773; buried 1 Jun 1773
Elizabeth baptized 8 May 1774
Frances baptized 27 May 1776
Hannah baptized 28 Feb 1779

There is a Joseph Blake married to Anne baptizing children at Beaconsfield:

Joseph baptized 20 Sep 1767
Henry baptized 15 May 1769
Sarah baptized 2 Jan 1771
William baptized 10 Jan 1773
David baptized 15 Mar 1775
Samuel baptized 16 Apr 1777
James baptized 15 Oct 1779

This family looks the most promising to match the siblings of Joseph the testator in the will below: Henry Blake, Samuel Blake, David Blake, Sarah Watts (married to Thomas Watts), Ann Yeates (married to James Yeates) with Ann being the only missing child (of note the mother's name was Anne). There was a Joseph Blake apprenticed to David Blake in 1759 so the dates of the baptisms of the children would have followed the completion of an apprenticeship and this also fits quite well (Joseph would have been 23 years of age when he apprenticed as a wheelwright). The Joseph leaving the will below was baptized in 1767 and hence 43 years of age if this is the correct Joseph Blake.

There is a Henry Blake married to Margaret baptizing children at Beaconsfield:

Joseph baptized 10 May 1778
Mary baptized 10 May 1778
David baptized 22 Mar 1780

I did find a query online concerning Sarah Blake (born 2 Jan 1771 at Beaconsfield)  married to Thomas Watts 3 Sep 1794 at Beaconsfield and their children: Joseph baptized 21 Sep 1795 in Beaconsfield, Isabella baptized 29 Jan 1797 in Beaconsfield, Ann baptized 24 Jun 1800 in Beaconsfield, Samuel baptized 27 Dec 1801, James baptized 26 Mar 1804 and Eliza baptized 8 Feb 1807.

There is a tree online at in the World Connect Project which looks at this Beaconsfield family

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mjb&id=I013

This tree adds two more children to this family of Joseph and Ann Blake namely Anne baptized 24 Oct 1781 and Benjamin baptized 30 Jan 1785. The submitter has the parents of these children -Andrew, Joseph and Henry in boldface above  as David Blake and Mary Spring with marriage date 6 Jan 1728 (old style) with the notation that David was baptized 7 Mar 1703 in Beaconsfield. The parents of David are listed as John and Elizabeth Blake. The burial for David is listed as 26 Sep 1784 in Beaconsfield. No further information on John and Elizabeth Blake.

The informant has listed descendants for Andrew, Joseph and Henry sons of David Blake and Mary Spring. She has Elizabeth Wade as the wife of Andrew Blake and their marriage 31 Dec 1759 in Beaconsfield. No marriage date or surname for the wife of Joseph Blake married to Ann. Henry is listed as married to Margaret Roman 21 Oct 1776 in Beaconsfield. There are another ten children listed for this couple: Henry baptized 6 Jun 1781, Sarah baptized 26 May 1782, Nancy baptized 18 Sep 1783, Thomas baptized 30 Oct 1785, Margaret baptized 25 Nov 1786, Sarah baptized 25 Nov 1786, Benjamin baptized 27 Mar 1789, Elizabeth baptized 1 Apr 1791, William baptized 27 Feb 1793, and John baptized 10 Oct 1795 all in Beaconsfield. She also lists the marriage of David (baptized 22 Mar 1780) to Sophia Watts and their children: Elizabeth baptized 31 Mar 1809, Mary baptized 14 Oct 1810, Ann Watts 29 Jul 1812, Joseph baptized 7 Jul 1816, Margaret baptized 7 Jun 1818, William baptized 12 Sep 1819, Charlotte baptized 8 Sep 1821, and James baptized 20 Jul 1828 all in Beaconsfield. William (baptized 12 Sep 1819) is listed as marrying Louisa (from Free BMD this is Louisa Bragg and they were married September quarter 1850 in Amersham RD) and their children: George born 1852, Sophia b 1853, Laura b 1855, William b 1856, Eliza b 1858, Henry b 1859, David b 1861, and Mary b 1864 all in Beaconsfield. George (b 1852) is shown as marrying Elizabeth (from Free BMD this is George David Blake and Elizabeth Butcher who married Sep quarter 1875 at Wallingford and with children: Albert b 1880, Annie b 1879, Ethel S b 1877, Harry J b 1886 (twin), Jessie b 1886 (twin), Lizzie b 1884, Margaret b 1882 and Nellie C b 1888).

Although the name James has been used in this Beaconsfield family I do not see anything to connect the Blake family at Chenies/Hemel Hempstead with the Blake family at Beaconsfield.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 26 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1508/245
Testator:  Joseph Blake, Timber Hewer
Place: Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document:  28 Oct 1809, probated 14 Feb 1810
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Joseph
[Margin]: Blake

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I Joseph Blake of Beaconsfield in the County of
3    Bucks Timber hewer being weak in body but of sound
4    and disposing mind memory and understanding praised
5    be Almighty God for the same do make this my last
6    Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say)
7    my Just debts Funeral and Testamentary Expenses being
8    first
    [Page 2]
9    first paid and satisfied Then I give devise and bequeath
10    all those my five Cottages or Tenements with their
11    appurtenances in the several occupations of Margaret
12    Blake William Freeman Martha Dean David Blake
13    Wheelwright and Mary Floyd situate on the South side
14    of the Street or end called London End in Beaconsfield
15    aforesaid and all other my real Estates wheresoever situate
16    unto my Brothers and Sisters Henry Blake Sarah the
17    wife of Thomas Watts David Blake Samuel Blake and
18    Ann the wife of James Yeates their heirs and assigns for
19    ever as Tenants in common and not as joint Tenants Also
20    I give and bequeath unto my said Brothers and Sisters the
21    said Henry Blake Sarah Watts David Blake Samuel
22    Blake and Ann Yeates all and singular my household
23    Goods and Chattels ready Monies Bonds Notes and
24    Securities for Money and all other my Personal Estate
25    and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever situate and being
26    to be equally divided between them Share and Share
27    alike and I do hereby nominate and appoint my said
28    Brothers Henry Blake and Samuel Blake Executors of
30    this my Will hereby revoking and making void all former
31    and other Wills and Codicils by me at any time
32    heretofore made hereby declaring these presents to be and
33    contain my last Will and Testament In Witness
34    whereof I the said Joseph Blake have hereunto set my
35    hand and Seal the twenty Eighty day of October in the
36    year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and nine
37    The Mark of X Joseph Blake Signed Sealed
38    published and declared by the said Testator Joseph
39    Blake as and for his last Will and Testament in the
40    presence of us who in his presence at his request and
41    in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names
42    as Witnesses hereto George Slatter of Beaconsfield Cordw[ainde]r
43    Jno Charsley  J Randall both of the same place
44    Att[orne]ys at Law
45    This Will was proved at London on the
46    fourteenth day of February in the Year of our Lord
47    One thousand Eight hundred and ten before the
48    Worshipful Samuel Pearce Parson doctor of Laws and
49    Surrogate of the Right honorable Sir John Nicholl
50    Knight and doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary
51    of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
52    by the Oath of Henry Blake the Brother and one of the
53    Executors named in the said will to whom administration
54    was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
55    Credits of the deceased he having been first sworn duly
56    to administer power reserved of making the like Grant
57    to Samuel Blake the Brother also and other Executor
58    named in the said Will when he shall apply for the same

Will of John Blake, Baker, Winslow, Buckinghamshire - The National Archives PROB 11/1564/128, probated 11 Jan 1815

John Blake the testator is the son of Robert Blake (and Martha Seir) mentioned in the will of John Blake blogged yesterday. John Blake is married to Sarah. John's siblings were Elizabeth, Thomas, Martha (died as an infant), Gabriel, George (died as an infant), and Martha. He has three children Susannah, Martha and John.

This information is from the website called Winslow History mentioned yesterday: http://www.winslow-history.org.uk/winslow_blake.shtm#john5

This website is part of the Winslow History Project and will probably be available for some time. What a marvelous website to set up for Winslow, Buckinghamshire. Of interest, the Blake and Burnham family have been written up. They do request you send any information that you have on people. I will add this Blake family to my Legacy one name Blake study as well as I am able to do so.

George Jones mentioned in the will is the husband of Elizabeth Blake (John's first cousin and daughter of  his father Robert's oldest brother Thomas). She married George Jones by licence 25 Nov 1794 in Wicken, Northamptonshire.

According to this website Sarah had died in 1807 and John in 1815 but he hadn't revised his will so his eldest daughter Susannah took the will to probate as heir at law. John (her younger brother) was not 21 in 1815 nor was Martha her younger sister. Susannah married Charles Neal 24 Apr 1816 at Winslow and they had four children (not named). Martha married Joseph Fletcher and they had 11 children. John does not appear to have married.

Checking through on Google, Family Search, Ancestry and Find My Past and I did not find any new information to add to this family.


Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 25 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1564/128
Testator:  John Blake, Baker
Place: Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document:  2 Feb 1804, probated 11 Jan 1815
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 5

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I John Blake of Winslow in the County of Bucks Baker being
3    of sound Mind Memory and Understanding Praised be God for the
4    same do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in
5    manner and form following First I give and bequeath unto my
6    two daughters Susanna Blake and Martha Blake the Sum of one
7    hundred and twenty pounds each and to my Son John Blake the Sum
8    of Eighty Pounds of Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid to them
9    respectively by my Executrix hereinafter named when they shall attain
10    the Age of Twenty one Years Also I do nominate constitute and appoint
11    George Jones of Winslow in the said County Bucks Lace Buyer sole
12    Trustee of this my last Will and Testament Also I give and bequeath unto
13    my beloved Wife All that my Messuage or Tenement situate standing and
14    being in Great Horn Street in the Parish of Winslow in the said County
15    of Bucks now in my own occupation with all and every the Rights
16    Members and appurtenances thereunto belonging To hold to my said
17    Wife Sarah Blake for and during the Term of her natural life and from
18    and immediately after her decease then I do hereby give and devise of the same
19    Premises to the said George Jones his Executors Admors or Assigns In Trust
20    that he do with all convenient speed sell and dispose of the same for the
21    best price that can or may be had or gotten for the same either by Public Auction
22    or Private Contract and the Money arising by Sale of such Prem[iss]es as
23    aforesaid to be equally divided between such of my said Children as shall be
24    living at the time of her decease and Lastly I do hereby nominate constitute
25    and appoint my said my said Wife full and Sole Executrix of this my
26    last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all former
27    and other Wills by me at any time wheretofore made and I do declare this
28    to be my last Will and Testament only In Witness whereof I the said John
30    Blake the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand and
31    Seal this second day of February one thousand eight hundred and four
32    The Mark of X John Blake Signed Sealed published and declared
33    by
    [Page 2]
34    by the said John Blake the Testator as and for his last Will and
35    Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our
36    Names as Witnesses thereto at the request and in the presence of the
37    said Testator and also in the presence of each other Matt[he]w Mead
38    Rob[er]t Irath  Tho[ma]s Rawbone
39    On the 11th January 1815 admon (with the Will annexed) of the
40    Goods of John Blake late of Winslow in the County of Buckingham
41    deceased was granted to Susanna Blake Spinster the natural and lawful
42    daughter and one of the next of kin of the said deceased having been
43    first sworn (by Com[miss]ion duly to administer Sarah Blake widow the
44    Relict and sole Executrix died without having taken upon her the Probate
45    and Execution of the said Will and no Residuary Legatee being named
46    in the said Will

Will of William Pecke, Shepherd, Milston - Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office P2/8Reg/109B, probated 14 May 1610 and Peck family at Milston

Martha Peck married George Lywood 26 Oct 1817 at Milston. George had fought at the Battle of Waterloo 18 Jun 1815 and was discharged 6 Oct 1816 (his discharge was for a medical reason - he had asthma). One year later he is back in Milston and marrying Martha.

Martha was baptized 1 Jul 1792 at Milston the daughter of Elizabeth Peck and she was buried 17 Feb 1867 also at Milston. Their daughter Elizabeth Lywood was my 2x great grandmother.

Whilst we were at the WDYTYA Conference in London this past February, I purchased the Milston Baptisms and Burials from the Wiltshire Family History Society.

The earliest baptismal entry is for Anna Pecke in 1578 and the last entry is for Martha Peck in 1792. The earliest burial entry is for Mater Pecke in 1559 and the last entry is for Elizabeth Peck in 1830 (mother of Martha). The cutoff for the entries is 1837.

I do have a will for William Peck from 1610 and an Administration for Bridget Peck his wife in 1611. I did blog the will of William. William and Bridget Peck were my 12 x great grandparents.

I blogged on the Peck family when I first started my rotation through family surnames:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2011/04/peck-family-of-milston-and-blake-one.html

I still can not really add anything although the will of William Peck I will definitely proofread and update as I see at least one blank. My skill at reading old wills has improved steadily over the past two years. The will itself is probated in the Parochial Court at Fisherton Anger which is a bit of a surprise as Milston is ten miles north of Fisherton Anger. The administration of Bridget Peck will follow on the next research day.

Transcribed: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 23 Sep 2008
Source: Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office P2/8Reg/109B
Testator: William Peck
Place: Milston, Wiltshire, England
Type of record: Will
Dated: 14 Feb 1610, probated 14 May 1610
Condition: early 17th century, legible

[Margin]: Pecke      
[Margin]: 1098
[Margin]: Valor  I iiij
[Margin]: £ xxv  vij s  iij d

1    In the name of God Amen,
2    The fourteenth day of February in the yeare of our
3    Lord god one thousand six hundred and nine. I William
4    Peake of Mylston, in the Countie of Wilts Shephard
    [Page 2]
5    being sicke of bodie but of  p[er]fect mynde and memorie, doe ordayne
6    and make this my last will and testamente in manner and forme
7    followinge viz[ a v]it. First I bequeath my sowle into the hands of
8    Christ Jesus my saviour trustinge to have redemption through his
9    merits and my bodie to be buried in the p[ar]ish churchyard of
10    Milston aforesaid, and as touchinge my worldly goods I give
11    and bequeath them in manner and forme following viz[ a v]it Imprimis
12    I give unto the Cathedrall Church of New Sarum the some of
13    Fower pence. Then I give unto Cecely Worte, daughter of John
14    Worte of Amsburie in the Countie aforesaid wheeler, one chilner
15    sheepe. Then all the rest of my goods and chattels moveable
16    And not moveable not given and bequeathed, my debtes legacies,
17    And funeralls discharged I give and bequeath unto Brigett my
18    wife and William Pecke my sonne, whome I make my full
19    and whole executors ioyntly the one as forforth at the other
20    and further my Will is that my said wife shall have the use
21    of all towards the keepinge of my said sonne untill he shalbe
22    of the age of twentie and one yeares, and I request Roger
23    Pinckney of Milston and William Lawes of the same to be
24    my ov[er]seers to see this my last will and testament p[er]formed
25    accordingly Those being witnesses John Pecke, William
26    Lawes, Thomas Lawes, and Roger Pinckney
27    Probatum fuit testamentum supra scriptum
28    Coram veneli viro Mr Willimo Wilkinson Legum doctore
29    Offili dni Archini Sarum et c[etra] in dictia pa[ro]chiali de Fisherton
30    Anger ratione pisitationis dicti dni Archini Sarum et c[etra]
31    die veneris viz[ a v]it quarto die mensis Maij Anno d[omi]ni 1610
32    Co[m]missaq[u]e fuit et c[etra] Executrici et c[etra] iurait et c[etra] Salvo
33    iure Cuiuscumq[u]e

Will of John Blake, Tanner, Winslow, Buckinghamshire - The National Archives PROB 11/866/367, probated 22 Jun 1761

John Blake the testator has left a memorable will of six pages naming all of his siblings and some other relatives including nephews. He is a well to do Tanner and does not appear to have a wife or children (none are named).

His brothers and sisters in order of appearance:

Thomas
Robert (John son of Robert)
Francis
Ann Carpenter (married to John Carpenter, mother of George Carpenter)
George (married to Mary)
Elizabeth Dancer
William
Edward

Uncles/Aunts

Edward Bennell (married to Elizabeth)
George Bennell (deceased lately)

An interesting website which tells me about this family in Winslow:

http://www.winslow-history.org.uk/winslow_blake.shtm

I have located John Blake the testator in this writeup and he was the fourth child of Thomas Blake and Elizabeth Bennell said to be born in 1718 and died 1761 living at Winslow with the occupation Tanner. This fits with the will as written below.

Children of Thomas Blake and Elizabeth Bennell (16 in total):

Thomas (eldest) born 1715, died 1784 all at Winslow, married to Elizabeth Bradbury 11 Jun 1770 in Great Horwood (late marriage for Thomas and no earlier marriage known, children of this couple Mary born 1771 and died 1810 and Elizabeth born 1774 and d after 1851 and they both married) [Thomas left a will in 1780 proven in 1784 naming his brother William Blake and Thomas Bradbury brother in law as executors http://www.winslow-history.org.uk/winslow_will_blake1784.shtm]

Elizabeth born 1716 in Winslow and married to Robert Dancer 1735 in Hoggeston and he was said to be born 1715 in North Marston (one child is mentioned Robert Dancer, b 1738 at North Marston)

George b 1717 but his wife Mary is not mentioned

John born 1718, died 1761 all at Winslow (testator of this will below)

Mary b 1720, died 1720 at Winslow (infant)

William b 1721 Winslow died 1797 Shipton near Winslow married Anne and left his will written in 1793, proven in 1797 mentioning Thomas' daughters Mary and Elizabeth, Gabriel and John (sons of his brother Robert), his brother Edward but no children mentioned for William and his wife Anne (his will and this at the County Record Office http://www.winslow-history.org.uk/winslow_will_blake1793.shtm - one of the witnesses for this will is also James Burnham (same as this will below))

Robert b 1723 Winslow and married to Martha Seir by licence 23 Feb 1746 and they had seven children: Elizabeth, Thomas, John (mentioned in the will below), Martha (died as an infant), Gabriel, George (died as an infant), Martha

Edward b c 1724 Winslow, d July 1725 Winslow

Edmund b c 1725 Winslow, d c 1725 Winslow (possibly twin)

Jonathan bc 1725 Winslow, d c 1725 Winslow (possibly twin)

Ann b 1726 and married to John Carpenter by licence 11 May 1754 in Swanbourne and they had eight children: John, William, George (mentioned in the will below), Elizabeth, Ann, John, Thomas (died as an infant), Rebecca

Mary b c 1728 winslow, d 1729 winslow

Mary b 1729 Winslow and married to George Harris circa 1750 and they had two children Mary and Thomas

Francis b 1731 Winslow and died after 1801 perhaps in London married to Mary White 17 Apr 1759 in Newbottle Northamptonshire and they had ten children: Elizabeth, John, Frances, Thomas, James, Mary, Anne (died as an infant), George, Ann (died as an infant), William (died as an infant)

Edward b 1733 and married to Susannah Mumford 1761 and they had three children Thomas, William and Elizabeth

Edmund b 1734

There is still a home known as Blake House and now Tinkers Corner in Winslow and can be seen on the website mentioned above.

Working backwards Thomas (the father of John testator of the will below) was married to Elizabeth Bennell by licence 2 Dec 1714 in Quainton (she was the daughter of John Bennell and Elizabeth Toms and sister to Edward and George Bennell mentioned in the will below). There is a document showing that he conveyed a tanyard to his son John in 1740 (this being the testator in the will below) on the website: http://www.winslow-history.org.uk/winslow_tanneries.shtm

This Thomas was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth and he had three siblings Elizabeth married to Richard Barton and they had three children: John, Mary and Richard; Anne married to George Stone and John who died as an infant at Winslow. Thomas (son of Thomas) died 1762 at Winslow and left a will dated April 1761 naming his children, grandchildren (noted on website). This will is not available at the National Archives either.

Moving back one more generation looking at Thomas who died 1709 at Winslow and Elizabeth who died 1716 at Winslow. I do have the will of this Thomas and will be transcribing it with the Buckinghamshire wills. He was said to be a local landowner and this probably helps to explain all the property which is mentioned by John in the will below. The website names his brother as George who was married to Maria and they had six children Robert, George, John, Maria, William and Joanna. George and John are traced down one generation.

This website is part of the Winslow History Project and will probably be available for some time. What a marvelous website to set up for Winslow, Buckinghamshire. Of interest, the Blake and Burnham family have been written up. They do request you send any information that you have on people. I will add this Blake family to my Legacy one name Blake study as well as I am able to do so.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/866/367
Testator:  John Blake, Tanner
Place: Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 14 Apr 1761, probated 22 Jun 1761
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Condition: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: John Blake


1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I John Blake of Winslow in the County of Bucks Tanner
3    being indisposed in body but of a sound and disposing Mind
4    Memory and Understanding (for which I bless God) and being
5    desirous to settle my Worldly Affairs whilst I have Strength
6    and Capacity so to do therefore make and ordain this my last
7    Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is
8    to say) First and principally I commend my Soul into the
9    hands of Almighty god my Creator and my body I commit to
10    the Earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my
11    Trustees and Executors hereinafter named and as to such
12    Temporal Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to intrust
13    me I dispose of the same as followeth First I give devise
14    and bequeath unto my Brother Thomas Blake all and every
15    my Freehold and Copyhold Messuages Lands Tenements
16    Tanyard hereditaments and premisses whatsoever situate
17    lying and being in the parish of Winslow aforesaid with
18    their and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances
19    late in the occupation of me the said John Blake and now in
20    the Tenure or occupation of Richard Norwood together with
21    all such Rent as shall be due and in arrear to the same
22    premisses at the time of my decease To hold the said
23    Messuages Lands Tenements Tanyard hereditaments and
24    premisses with the Appurtenances unto my said Brother
25    Thomas Blake his heirs and Assigns forever Also I give devise
26    and bequeath unto my Brother Robert Blake All that my
27    Freehold Messuage or Tenement and Close of pasture Ground
28    thereto adjoining situate lying and being in Northmarston in
30    the said County of Bucks together with the Commons profits
31    priviledges and appurtenances thereto belonging now in
32    the Tenure or occupation of John Symmonds or his Assigns
33    and also all such Rent as shall be due and in arrear for the
34    same premisses at the time of my decease To hold the said
35    Messuage or Tenement and Close of Pasture Ground with
36    the appurtenances unto my said Brother Robert Blake
37    for and during the Term of his natural life he keeping
38    the same in good Repair And from and immediately after
39    his decease I give devise and bequeath the same Messuage
40    Tenement and Close of pasture Ground with the appurtenances
41    unto my Nephew John Blake (son of the said Robert
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42    Blake) and his heirs forever Also I give devise and bequeath
43    unto my Brother Francis Blake all those my three inclosed
44    closes of pasture ground situate lying and being in the parish
45    of Northmarston aforesaid adjoining each other which I
46    lately purchased of John Bennell Edward Bennell and
47    Francis Collins commonly called or know by the several names
48    of Sannder's Close and Mappy closes with the Commons
49    profits and Appurtenances thereto belonging and now in the
50    Tenure or Occupation of James Grace and Joseph Foster And
51    also all and every my Copyhold Messuages Lands Tenements
52    hereditaments and premisses whatsoever situate lying and
53    being in the Town and Common Fields of King Sutton in
54    the County of Northampton and held of the Mannor of
55    King Sutton aforesaid (which I have already Surrendered to
56    the use of this my Will) and which are now in the several
57    Tenures possessions or occupations of the said Francis Blake
58    Richard Grimley and me the said John Blake with their
59    and every of their Appurtenances And also all that Freehold
60    Messuage or Tenement with its Appurtenances situate and
61    being in King Sutton aforesaid now in the Tenure or Occupation
62    of John Turbitt which I am intitled unto upon the decease of
63    Elizabeth Bennell my Aunt And also all those Freehold and
64    Copyhold Messuages Cottages Lands Tenements hereditaments
65    and premisses whatsoever with their and every of their
66    Appurtenances situate lying and being in Astrop and in the
67    open and Common fields of Astrop in the parish of Kingsutton
68    aforesaid now in the tenure or occupation of my Uncle Edward
69    Bennell and which I am intitled unto upon his decease by
70    virtue of the last Will and Testament of my late Uncle
71    George Bennell deceased And also all and every my Freehold
72    Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments whatsoever
73    with their and every of their Appurtenances lying and being in
74    Owen Hall in the parish of Wootton Wawen in the County of
75    Warwick now or late in the occupation of William Pardy or
76    his assigns To hold the said Closes Messuages Lands
77    Tenements hereditaments and premisses with their and
78    every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances and all
79    my Estate Right Title Interest and Revertion therein unto
80    my said Brother Francis Blake his heirs and assigns forever
81    Also I give devise and bequeath unto my Nephew George
82    Carpenter son of my Brother in Law John Carpenter of
83    Swanburne in the said County of Bucks Farmer and Ann
84    his Wife All that my Messuage Tenement or Farmhouse
85    situate standing and being in Northmarston aforesaid And
86    also all those my inclosed Closes of pasture Ground called
87    Wools Closes And also all those several pieces and parcells
88    of Arable Land Ley Meadow and pasture Ground lying and
89    being dispersedley in the common Fields and parish of
90    Northmarston aforesaid belonging to the said Messuage or
91    Tenement or Farmhouse containing by Estimation Three
92    Yard Land and one Quarter of a Yard Land And also all those
93    Two Acres of Arable Land lying and being in the Common fields
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94    of Northmarston aforesaid which I lately purchased of my Uncle
95    Edward Bennell now in the Tenure or Occupation of James Grace
96    And also all that Messuage or Tenement situate and being in
97    Northmarston aforesaid with the homeclose and pightle of
98    pasture Ground thereto belonging and adjoining which I lately
99    purchased of Esther Holland and Jonathan Holland her son
100    now also in the Tenure or Occupation of James Grace his
101    undertenants or Assigns with their and every of their Appurtenances
102    And also all such Rent as shall be due and in Arrear for all and
103    singular the same premisses at the time of my decease To hold
104    the said Messuages Farm Closes Land Tenements hereditaments
105    and premisses in Northmarston aforesaid with their and every
106    of their Appurtenances unto my said Nephew George Carpenter
107    his heirs and Assigns forever Subject nevertheless and I do
108    hereby charge the said Messuages Closes Lands Tenements
109    hereditaments and premisses so devised to my said Grandson
110    George Carpenter to and with the payment of the two
111    Annuitys or yearly Rent Charges and the several Legacies
112    or Sums of Money  hereinafter in this my Will by me given
113    (that is to say) I give and bequeath unto my Brother George
114    Blake and Mary his Wife for and during the term of their
115    natural Lives and the life of the longer liver of them One
116    Annuity or yearly Rent Charge of Ten pounds of lawfull
117    Money of Great Britain free of Taxes and all other deductions
118    whatsoever parliamentary or otherwise to be issuing and
119    payable yearly and every year from and after the decease
120    of the said Elizabeth Bennell the wife of my said late Uncle
121    (Uncle George Benwell deceased) out of all and every the said
122    last mentioned Messuages Closes Lands Tenements hereditaments
123    and premisses Also I give and bequeath unto my Sister Ann
124    Carpenter for and during the Term of her natural life One
125    Annuity or yearly Rent Charge of Ten pounds of like Money
126    free of all Taxes and deduction whatsoever parliamentary or
127    otherwise to be issuing and payable yearly and every year from
128    and after the decease of the said Elizabeth Bennell my Aunt out
129    of all and every the said last mentioned Messuages Closes Lands
130    Tenements hereditaments and premisses And it is my Will and
131    desire that the aforesaid Two Annuity shall be respectively
132    paid and payable by two equal half yearly payments on the
133    two most usual Feasts or days of payment in the year (that
134    is to say) the Feasts of the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin
135    Mary and Saint Michael the Archangell in every Year the
136    first payment to begin and to be made on such of the said
137    Feasts as shall first happen next after the decease of the
138    said Elizabeth Bennell my Aunt And my further Will is that
139    in case the same Annuitys or yearly Rent Charges or either
140    of them or any part of them or either of them shall be
141    behind or unpaid by the Space of One Month next over or
142    after either of the aforesaid Feasts or days of payment whereon
143    the same is hereinbefore directed to be paid as aforesaid
144    Then and so often it shall and may be lawfull to and for
145    my said Brother George Blake and Mary his Wife and the
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146    Survivor of them and my said Sister Ann Carpenter to enter
147    upon all and every or any part of the said premisses charged
148    with the said Annuitys as aforesaid and to distrain for the
149    same or for so much thereof as shall be so in Arrear and all
150    Costs and Charges occasioned by Nonpayment thereof Also
151    I give and bequeath unto my Brother Robert Blake the
152    Sum of Twenty pounds of lawfull Money of Great Britain
153    to be paid to him within Six Months after my decease Also I
154    give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth Dancer and to
155    William Blake and Edward Blake my Brothers the Sum of
156    Twenty pounds each of like lawfull Money to be paid to each
157    of them respectively immediately after the decease of the said
158    Elizabeth Bennell my Aunt Also I give and bequeath unto the
159    poor of the parish of Winslow aforesaid the Sum of Five
160    pounds of like lawfull Money to be laid out in Bread and to
161    be distributed in such manner and proportions and to such
162    objects of Charity as my Executors and Trustees hereinafter named
163    or the Survivor of them shall think fit Also it is my Will
164    and I do hereby Authorize impower and direct my said Trustees
165    and Executors hereinafter named and the Survivor of them his
166    Executors and Administrators from and after my decease and
167    untill my said Nephew George Carpenter shall attain his Age of
168    Twenty one years to manage and improve the Estate of
169    him my said Nephew for his use and benefit and to Lease
170    all or any part of the Messuages closes Lands Tenements
171    hereditaments and premisses to him by me hereinbefore
172    given and devised and to lend and place out upon Security or
173    Securitys at Interest or otherwise improve according to his
174    or their discretions all or any part of the Monies belonging
175    or arising from the Estate of my said Nephew and to pay
176    and account with him for all such Rents Interest produce
177    and Improvements after deducting the expences of his Board
178    Education and Maintenance as shall arise or be made
179    from his said Estate when he shall attain his Age of
181    Twenty one years And lastly All the Rest Residue and
182    Remainder of my Real Estate whatsoever and also All my
183    Goods Chattels Ready Money debts and Securitys for Money
184    Stock in Trade Cattle Implements of husbandry Corn
185    Grain and Hay and all other my personal Estate
186    whatsoever and wheresoever (after payment of my just
187    debts Funeral Expences and Charges of proving this my Will
188    and all other Charges and Expences incident thereto) I give
189    and bequeath the same and every part and parcell thereof
190    unto my said Brother Francis Blake his heirs Executors
191    Administrators and Assigns And I do hereby nominate
192    constitute and appoint my said Brother Francis Blake and
193    my said Brother in Law John Carpenter joint Trustees
194    and Executors of this my Last Will and Testament hereby
195    Revoking and making void all former and other Wills by
196    me at any time heretofore made And do publish and declare
197    this only to be my last Will and Testament In Witness
198    whereof I the said John Blake have to this my Will contained
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199    in Five Sheets of paper to the First four Sheets thereof set
200    my hand only and to the Fifth and last Sheet my hand
201    and Seal this Fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord
202    One Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty one, Jn Blake
203    Signed Sealed published and declared by the said John Blake
204    the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the
205    presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as
206    Witnesses thereto in the presence and at the Request of the
207    said Testator and also in the presence of each other R[ichar]d
208    Shelton, William King, James Burnham
209    This Will was proved at London the Twenty
210    Second day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand
211    Seven hundred and Sixty one before the Worshipfull James
212    Marriott doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull
213    Edward Simpson doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary
214    of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by
215    the Oaths of Francis Blake the Brother of the deceased and
216    John Carpenter the Executors named in the said Will To
217    whom Administration of all and Singular the Goods Chattels
218    and Credits of the said deceased was granted having been
219    first Sworn duly to Administer  -- Ed[war]d

Will of John Lywood, Mariner on board His Majesty's Ship Queen - The National Archives PROB 11/457/280, probated 7 Oct 1700

There isn't a John Lywood in the family tree that I have that would fit this particular testator. He lived in Southwark which for the time (1700) was distant from the Wiltshire area where the Lywood family was generally found. He names his wife as Sarah and not a great deal more information on this individual.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/457/280
Testator:  John Lywood, Mariner
Place: on board His Majesty's Ship Queen
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 6 Jul 1695, probated 7 Oct 1700
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Condition: 17th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent]
[Margin]: Johis Lywood

1    Know all men by these presents That I John
2    Lywood Mariner on board his M[aj]esties shipp the Queen have and by these
3    presents doe make ordaine and constitute my welbeloved Wife Sarah Lywood
4    of St Margovers Southwark my true and lawfull Attorney for me in my name
5    and to my use and behoose To aske demand and receive of and from the honorable
6    the com[m]isso[ar]y of his ma[jes]ties Navy the Treasurer or Paymaster of the same
7    or whom it shall or may concerne All such Sume and sumes of money wages
8    County pension Salary and other demands whatsoever as now are where after
9    shall be due payable or belonging to me for owne service done in his Majes
10    said shipp or in any other of his Ma[jes]ties Shipps Friggotts or Vessells or in any
11    Merchant Shipp or Vessell whatsoever And alsoe to demand recover and receive
12    of all other person and persons whatsoever whom it shall concerne All and singular
13    such other sume and sumes of money goods wares effects debts dues and
14    demands whatsoever which n ow are or hereafter shall be due oweing or belonging
15    to me by any waies or meanes howsoever And moreover for me in my name
16    and to my use to demise or let by Let by Lease in writeing or otherwise All or
17    any of my Messuages Lands Tenements or hereditaments whatsoever to such
18    person or persons for such terme of yeares and time and by and under suche
19    conditions reservations and covenants as my said Attorney or her counselle
20    shall think requisite Giveing and herby granting to my said Attorney my full
21    power and authority in the premisses to recover and receive All and singular
22    the sume and sumes of money matters and things aforesaid And upon
23    receipt of the same or any part thereof acquittances releases or other
24    receavable discharges for me and in my name to make seale and deliver
25    and one Attorney or more under her to substitute and the same other pleasure
26    to revoke And generally to doe execute and performe all such other lawfull Acts
27    matters and things whatsoever as shall be requisite to be done in or concerning
28    the premisses as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as I my selfe
29    might or could doe in person Ratifieing and alloweing all and whatsoever mye
30    said Attorney shall lawfully doe or cause to be done in or about the execution of
31    the premisses by virtue of these presents And I the said John Lywood considering
32    the uncertainity of this life doe hereby make and declare this my last Will and
33    Testament in manner following That is to say All such sume and sumes of money
34    wages Lands tenements goods chattells and other Estate whatsoever both reall
35    and personall as I shall be possessed of or which shall any wise belong to mee
36    at the time of my decease (my debts and Funerall expences being first paid) I
37    fully and wholly give devise and bequeath unto my Wife Sarah Lywood aforesaid
38    and to her heires executors Administrators and assignes for ever To their owne
39    use and behoose And doe hereby nominate and appoint my said Wife Sarah
40    Lywood to be the Sole Executrix of this my last Will Revokeing all former Wills
41    Deeds of guift and bequests by me heretofore made and ordaine these presents
42    only to be and remaine as my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have
43    hereunto set my hand and seale dated the sixth day of July Anno d[o]mi[ni] one
44    thousand six hundred Ninety Five And in the seventh year of the raigne of our
45    Soveraigne Lord William of England etc King the marke of John Lywood signed
46    Sealed published and declared in the presence of us J Wishart J Jenkins
47    John Lanquack

Canham family of West Harnham, Wiltshire

Elizabeth Canham married George Lywood 18 Jul 1780 at West Harnham, Wiltshire. I know only a couple of items about Elizabeth.

1. Elizabeth and George had three known children:

Jane was born circa 1781 at West Harnham and married James Tyneham 9 Aug 1797 at West Harnham

John was baptized 22 Jan 1784 at West Harnham and married Ann Meaden 28 Sep 1808 at Odstock (they had six children: Mary Ann, William, Thomas, John (died as an infant), Andrew and Emma)

 George baptized 7 May 1786 at West Harnham and married to Martha Peck 26 Oct 1817 at Milston (they had four children David, John Elizabeth (my great great grandmother) and George)
 
2. Elizabeth was buried 9 Feb 1829 at Odstock, Wiltshire and she was 77 years of age so born circa 1752.

All of the Information on Elizabeth was acquired from Warwick Lywood who runs the Lywood one name study at the Guild of one name studies. He did not at that time know her parent's names.

In my first research post on this family I mention Fugglestone St Peter but that is because George (whom she married) was baptized 11 Nov 1750 at Fugglestone St Peter).

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2011/04/canham-at-fugglestone-st-peter.html

In the past two years I have not looked at this family as life has just been too busy. I think that I will spend my hour research time looking to see if anything new has appeared. Then I will change this research day to another surname if I am not finding anything.These records following all from Find My Past.

There was an Elizabeth Canham baptized 18 Feb 1750 at St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Canham (born 7 Feb 1750). There was a Canham family still in London (Boyd's Inhabitants) early in the 1800s with John Canham and Elizabeth his wife (John was born 1777). They lived at St Benet's Pauls Wharf. An Elizabeth Canham of Middlesex left a will December 1780 (SOG). There were 31 marriages for Elizabeth Canham between 1762 and 1814. 17 of the marriages were in Suffolk, 4 in Cambridgeshire, 4 in London or Middlesex, 3 in Lincolnshire, 2 in Essex and 1 in Kent.

The Public Profiler for Great Britain shows that the highest frequency for the Canham surname continues to be Suffolk with very few in Wiltshire in 1998 and in 1881 there were none in Wiltshire with again Suffolk being the location for the highest frequency. I believe that I shall leave this surname and move on to another.

For my next research day I shall look at the Carter surname with two of my 4x great grandmothers being Ann Carter married to Thomas Blake and Mary Carter married to Thomas King. These families being at Andover and Upper Clatford respectively.

To speed up looking at the Lywood family I will transcribe the next Lywood will today.

Will of James Blake the Elder, Shoemaker, Chenies, Buckinghamshire - The National Archives PROB 11/1331/172, probated 19 Oct 1799

No ideas on this family. I did find Ezekiel Blake in Hemel Hempstead with his wife and a son Ezekiel being baptized. Is this family from Devon where the name Ezekiel Blake is also found? As more of the Buckinghamshire wills are transcribed I might have further information on this family.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1331/172
Testator:  James Blake the Elder, Shoemaker
Place: Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 3 Aug 1799, probated 19 Oct 1799
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Condition: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: James
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: the Elder

1    This is the last Will
2    and Testament of me James Blake the Elder of
3    Chenies in the County of Bucks Shoemaker First I
4    give unto my dear wife Sarah Blake all my household
5    Goods Furniture plate Linnen China Books and all
6    other Goods and Furniture of every description whatsoever
7    that I may die possessed of for her own use and
8    benefit during the term of her natural life except my
9    wearing apparel which I give at my decease unto
10    James Blake the younger my Nephew of Chenies
11    aforesaid Shoemaker and from and after the decease
12    of my said Wife I give unto my Niece Maria Blake
13    of Chenies aforesaid all the before mentioned household
14    Furniture Goods Furniture plate Linnen China Books
15    and all other Goods and Furniture of every description
16    (except my wearing apparel before excepted and also
17    except the desk up Stairs and half my Books which
18    I give and bequeath at the decease of my said Wife
19    unto the said James Blake the younger aforesaid I
20    also give and bequeath unto my dear Wife Sarah
21    Blake aforesaid all the Interest of my Monies whether
22    upon Bonds or in the Stocks of the Bank of England
23    or elsewhere during the term of her natural life to
24    be received by her or her order at any time as they
25    become due after my decease and if  my said Wife
26    requires of my hereinafter named Executors any
27    part or parts of my principal Money whether upon
28    Bonds or in the Stocks of the Bank of England or
30    elsewhere from which such Interest shall arise I
31    hereby authorize and commission my said Executors
32    to provide such a sufficiency for her better maintenance
33    as they shall think proper and from and after the
34    decease of my said Wife I give and bequeath the
35    following Legacies to be paid out of the property
36    which then remains within twelve Months next
37    after my said wifes decease to Ezekiel Blake my
38    Nephew of Hemel Hempstead in the County of Hertford
39    Shoemaker One hundred pounds to my Niece Elizabeth
40    Phillips (wife of Edward Phillips) Officer of Excise
41    One hundred pounds to my aforesaid Niece Maria
42    Blake of Chenies One hundred pounds to my Niece
43    Mary Putnam daughter of James Putnam of
44    Chesham in the county of Bucks aforesaid One
45    hundred pounds to Nathan Sharman of Chenies aforesaid
46    dissenting teacher ten pounds to Richard Wagstaff of
47    Watford in the said County of Hertford Shoemaker Forty
48    pounds to Lucy Mansell Widow of John Mansell deceased
49    now or late of College Street Southwark Ten pounds
50    but in case the said Lucy Mansell shall happen to
51    be dead at the time of my said Wife's decease or if
52    then living shall die before her Legacy of Ten pounds
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53    aforesaid shall become payable I then give the
54    last said Legacy of Ten pounds unto my aforesaid
55    Nephew James Blake and I hereby empower and
56    commission my said after named Executors as soon as
57    conveniently may be after the decease of my said
58    Wife to collect all my Monies whether upon Bonds
59    Notes of hand in the Stocks of the Bank of England
60    or elsewhere and dispose of it agreeable to this my
61    last Will and Testament and when the aforesaid
62    Legacies shall have been paid I give and bequeath
63    all the Remainder and Residue of my property
64    whatsoever and wheresoever unto my aforesaid
65    Nephew James Blake and my mind and will further
66    is that in case any or either of my said Nephews
67    or Nieces shall happen to die before his her or
68    their Legacy or Legacys become payable without
69    Issue then I direct that the share of such Nephew
70    or Niece Nephews or Nieces so dying be equally
71    divided between the Survivors of them share and share
72    alike and in case any or either of my said Nephews
73    or Nieces shall die before his her or their Legacy or
74    Legacies become payable as aforesaid leaving one or
75    more Child or Children then in that case my Mind
76    and Will is that such Child or Children shall be entitled
77    to their Father or Father's Mother or Mother's share
78    or shares as he she or they would have been
79    intitled to if living at the time of my said Wife's
80    decease And I do hereby nominate constitute and
81    appoint William Davis and my said Nephews James
82    Blake both of Chenies aforesaid Executors of this my
83    last Will and Testament and do direct that they my
84    said Executors and Trustees shall not be answerable
85    for any loss of damage that may happen in the
86    Execution of this Trust hereby in them reposed so that
87    the same be not through their or either of their
88    wilful neglects and that neither of them my said
89    Trustees shall be answerable to the one for the other of
90    them nor for the acts deeds Receipts or wilful neglects
91    of the other of them but each for his own acts,
92    deeds Receipts or wilful neglects only And I do direct
93    that my said Trustees shall reimburse themselves all
94    necessary Charges and Expences that they may be
95    put into in and about the Execution of the said
96    Trusts hereby in them reposed and I hereby revoke
97    make null and void all former and other Will or
98    Wills by me at any time or times heretofore made
99    And do declare this to be my last Will and Testament
100    only In Witness whereof I have to this  my last Will
101    and Testament contained on three sheets of paper
102    to the two first sheets thereof set my hand and to
103    the last sheet thereof my hand and seal this twenty
104    third day of August in the Year of Our Lord One
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105    thousand seven hundred and ninety nine James
106    Blake S[enio]r Signed Sealed published and declared
107    by the said James Blake as and for his last Will
108    and Testament in the presence of us who in his
109    presence at his request and in the presence of each
110    other Witness the same observing the two words "said
111    Wife" interlined in the fourth line of the second page
112    before the Signing hereof Thos Dell Chenies Joseph
113    Baldwin Baker Chenies
114    This Will was proved at London the
115    nineteenth day of October in the Year of Our Lord
116    One thousand seven hundred and ninety nine before
117    the Worshipful William Territt Doctor of Laws
118    Surrogate of the Right honorable Sir William
119    Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
120    Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
121    lawfully Constituted by the Oaths of William Davis
122    and James Blake the Nephew of the deceased and
123    the Executors named in the said Will to whom
124    administration was granted of all and singular
125    the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased
126    having been first sworn duly to administer

Will of John Lywood, Esquire, Barton Stacey - The National Archives PROB 11/1776/81, probated 3 Sep 1830

John Lywood (testator) was married to Elizabeth Bennett 6 Dec 1798 at Froyle, Hampshire.

Their children (and all are mentioned in the will below):

John baptized 7 Nov 1799 (born 4 Oct 1799) Andover
Elizabeth baptized 29 Sep 1803 (born 30 Aug 1803) Andover
Leonard baptized 23 Feb 1802 (born 18 Aug 1801) Andover
Mary baptized 25 Jul 1806 (born 4 Apr 1806) Andover

John Lywood married Elizabeth Dowling 1 Jan 1823 at Goodworth Clatford
Elizabeth Lywood married John Lewis 10 Jan 1822 at Barton Stacey
Leonard Lywood married Anne Courtney 9 Nov 1830 at Barton Stacey
Mary Lywood married Anthony Mist Lewis 7 Jul 1825 at Barton Stacey

There are four possibilities for the parents of John Lywood (Testator) on Find My Past (and the first one is eliminated by the last leaving two possibilities one at Knights Enham and one at Chawton):

John Lywood baptized 16 Aug 1752 and the son of Jesse and Mary Lywood at Nether Wallop (married 22 Dec 1760 Jesse Lywood and Mary Cook (widow) at Nether Wallop)
John Lywood baptized 15 Sep 1757 and the son of John and Mary Lywood at Knights Enham (married 21 Oct 1756 John Lywood and Mary Pearce at Knights Enham)
John Lywood baptized 9 May 1760 and the son of John and Ann Lywood at Chawton (married 10 Jul 1759 John Lywood and Ann Cousins at Chawton)
John Lywood baptized 2 Mar 1777 and the son of John and Ruth Lywood at Houghton (married 13 May 1776 John Lywood and Ruth Warwick at Nether Wallop)

Knights Enham is interesting being so close to Andover. However, Froyle where they married is only 4.3 miles NE of Chawton and Andover is 25 miles East of Froyle. So no guesses here on that one!

The will might give us some information on his origins if he mentions siblings. Barton Stacey is 5.5 miles south east of Andover just to place this location. He does not however mention any family other than his children and wife in his will below.

I have no ideas on the ancestry of this Lywood family but I vaguely recall Warwick mentioning that this Hampshire Lywood family may not share ancestry until back before the 1600s. I haven't spoken to him in at least seven years (via email) so he may have more information now and can be found on the Guild of one name studies website.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1776/81
Testator:  John Lywood, Esquire
Place: Barton Stacey, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 28 Oct 1826, probated 3 Sep 1830
Read: Electronic copy images
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Lywood
[Margin]: Esquire
[Margin]: 54

1    This is the last Will and Testament
2    of me John Lywood of Barton Stacey in the parish of Barton Stacey in the County
3    of Southampton Esquire made in sound and disposing mind memory and understanding
4    as follows that is to say First I will and direct that all my just debts the expences of my
5    Funeral and all my testamentary expences as also the pecuniary Legacies by me herein
6    after given shall be paid out of the residue of my personal Estate And it is my will that
7    if such Residue of my personal Estate shall not be sufficient for that purpose the
8    deficiency shall be made good by my Children in equal shares and proportions out of the
9    Estates and property hereinafter devised and bequeathed to them Also I do hereby give and
10    bequeath unto the following persons the under mentioned specific Legacies that is to say To
11    my dear wife Elizabeth Lywood my Single Horse Chaire and Harness and such Horse as
12    shall have been usually driven therein a short time before or at the time of my decease
13    To my eldest Son John Lywood my Gold watch To my youngest Son Leonard Lywood
14    my Silver Watch my Silver Soup Ladle and my Silver Quart Tankard To my eldest
15    daughter Elizabeth Lewis one of my Silver pint Cups and one of my silver half pint
16    Cups To my youngest daughter Mary Lewis my other silver pint Cup and an other silver
17    half pint Cup Also I give and bequeath unto my said wife all my household Goods and
18    Furniture household Implements plate (not hereinbefore disposed of) Silver and China now
19    being or which at the time of my decease shall be in and about my present dwelling
20    house and premises at Barton Stacey aforesaid Also I give and bequeath unto my Son
21    Leonard Lywood all the household Goods and furniture household Implements plate not
22    hereinbefore disposed of Silver and China now being in and about my late dwellinghouse
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23    at Barton Stacey in the parish of Barton Stacey aforesaid and now in the permitted
24    possession of the said Leonard Lywood Also I give and bequeath unto my present Servant
25    William Hamborn whether he shall be in my Service at the at the time of my decease or not the
26    Legacy or Sum of Twenty pounds To Ann the wife of James Smith of Barton Stacey afores[ai]d
27    the Legacy or Sum of one guinea and to James Bower five pounds if in my Service or that
28    of my Son Leonard Lywood at the time of my decease And whereas my Son in Law
29    John Lewis is indebted to me Two hundred pounds Now I do hereby give and bequeath
30    one hundred pounds part of the said debt to the said John Lewis And I give and bequeath
31    one hundred pounds residue thereof to my Son in Law Anthony Lewis Also I give and
32    bequeath unto my said wife for and during the term of her natural life determinable
33    nevertheless as hereinafter mentioned one annuity or clear yearly Sum of Ninety pounds over
34    and besides all Taxes or Duties payable for or in respect of the same or any part thereof
35    and free and clear from such duties and all charges and deductions whatsoever and which
36    said Annuity or clear yearly Sum of Ninety pounds I do hereby charge upon and make
37    payable out of my Freehold Messuages Farms Lands hereditaments and premises with the
38    appurtenances situate at Upper Clatford in the said County of Southampton called Norman
39    Court Farm by four equal quarterly payments in every year that is to say the twenty fifth
40    day of March the twenty fourth day of June the twenty ninth day of September and the
41    twenty fifth day of December the first payment thereof to be made on such of the said
42    quarterly days of payment as shall first happen next after my decease Also I give and
43    bequeath unto my said wife for and during the term of her natural life determinable
44    nevertheless as hereinafter mentioned One other Annuity or clear yearly Sum of Sixty
45    pounds over and besides all Taxes or duties payable or to be payable for or in respect of
46    the same or any part thereof and free and clear from such Taxes duties and all charges
47    and deductions whatsoever which said last mentioned Annuity or clear yearly Sum of
48    Sixty pounds I do hereby charge upon and make payable out of my Freehold Messuages
49    Farms Lands hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances situate at Barton
50    Stacey aforesaid by the like four quarterly payments in every year by which the said last
51    mentioned Annuity of Ninety pounds hereinbefore charged upon the said hereditaments and
52    premises at Upper Clatford aforesaid to make payable provided always that if the said
53    annuities or clear yearly Sums of Ninety pounds and Sixty pounds or either of them
54    shall be in arrear and unpaid in part or in all for the space of twenty one days next
55    over or after either of the said days of payment on which the same respectively ought to
56    be paid as aforesaid Then and in such case and as often as the same shall happen it shall
57    and may be lawful to and for my said wife Elizabeth Lywood and her assigns over and
58    besides all other remedies which she may be entitled to have or take for recovery of
59    the same to enter into and upon the said several Messuages Farms Lands Tenements and
60    hereditaments with the appurtenances charged with the payment of the same respectively
61    or any part thereof and distrain for such of the said respective annuity or annuities or
62    such part of parts thereof respectively which shall be so in arrear and unpaid as afores[ai]d
63    and the distress and distresses then and there find to impound take lead drive and carry
64    away sell and dispose of according to Law in like manner as in case of Rent in
65    arrear until such Annuity and Annuities respectively and all arrears of the same
66    together with all costs charges and expences attending the making keeping sale and disposal
67    of such distress or distresses shall be fully paid and satisfied provided also that when
68    and as soon as the Annuity or clear yearly Sum of one hundred and fifty pounds
69    hereinafter given to my said Wife shall become payable and my said wife shall be in
70    the actual receipt and perception thereof by virtue of the bequest hereinafter contained
71    Then the said several Annuities of Ninety pounds and Sixty pounds and each of them
72    shall be no longer paid or payable to her and the same severally together with the powers
73    and remedies for recovery of the same respectively shall cease and be determined and void
74    provided also that the said two several annuities or clear yearly Sums of Ninety pounds
75    and Sixty pounds and the Annuity or clear yearly Sum of One hundred and fifty pounds
76    hereinafter given to my said Wife instead of and in lieu of the same in the event of the
77    death of Thomas Bennett Gentleman hereinafter named and as hereinafter mentioned
78    are given and bequeathed to her and shall be by her accepted and taken in full and entire
79    bar and satisfaction of all Dower and right and Title to Dower and Thirds at the
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80    Common Law which she may have or claim to have into or out of all or any or either
81    of my Freehold Estates but not of her widowhood or Freehold in any Copyhold Estate or
82    Estates which I may be seized or possessed of which it is my will and desire she shall and
83    may hold and enjoy over and besides the said several Annuities or such of them as
84    remain and shall be payable according to the custom of the respective Manor or Manors
85    under which the said Copyhold Estate or Estates are or may be held by me at the time
86    of my decease and subject to the first mentioned Annuity of clear yearly sum of Ninety
87    pounds and the remedies for the recovery of the same determinable nevertheless as herein
88    before and hereinafter mentioned I give and devise my said Freehold Messuages Farms Lands
89    hereditaments and premises situate at Upper Clatford aforesaid unto and to the use of
90    my said eldest Son John Lywood his heirs and assigns for ever Also I give bequeath and
91    confirm unto my said Son John Lywood his executors administrators and assigns all the
92    live and dead Stock and Implements of husbandry corn grain grass and hay and all other
93    my Farming Stock and Effects whatsoever now in the possession of the said John
94    Lywood and which have been for some time past or now art or may at the time of my decease
95    be in or upon or used by my said Son John Lywood by my permission in or about my said
96    Farm Lands hereditaments and premises or any part thereof at Upper Clatford aforesaid and
97    also all such monies as have arisen or been received by my said Son John Lywood or his
98    assigns or which shall or may arise or be raised by him or them by the sale and disposal
99    thereof and subject (as to the said Freehold premises charged therewith) to the said last one
100    mentioned annuity or clear yearly Sum of Sixty pounds and the remedies for recovery of the
101    same determinable nevertheless as hereinbefore and hereinafter is mentioned I give devise and
102    bequeath my said Freehold Messuages Farms Lands hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances situate at Newton Stacey and in the parish of Barton Stacey aforesaid and also all and singular my Leasehold Titles hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances which I hold under the Dean and Chapter of Winchester my Lease of
103    which or part of which I am about to renew with the said Dean and Chapter and all other
104    my leasehold property situate at Newton Stacey and in the parish of Barton Stacey aforesaid
105    unto and to the use of my said Son Leonard Lywood his heirs executors administrators and
106    assigns forever for and during my present or any renewed Estates or Estate and interest in the
107    same respectively according to the nature description and quality of the same Also I give
108    bequeath and confirm unto my said Son Leonard Lywood all the live and dead Stock and
109    Implements of husbandry corn grain grass and hay and all other my Farming Stock and Effects
110    save and except such are hereinbefore specifically otherwise disposed of which have been for some
111    time past or now are or at the time of my decease may be in or upon or used by my said Son
112    Leonard Lywood by my permission in or about the Farms Lands and premises late in my
113    occupation and now in the occupation of my said Son Leonard Lywood at Newton Stacey and
114    in the parish of Barton Stacey aforesaid or any part thereof and also all such monies as
115    have arisen or been received by the said Leonard Lywood or his assigns or shall or may
116    arise and be received by him or them by the sale and disposal thereof  Also I give and devise
117    unto my said daughters Elizabeth Lewis and Mary Lewis and their several heirs and
118    assigns All that my Freehold Messuages Farms Lands hereditaments and premises with
119    the appurtenances situate at or near Leckford in the County of Southampton To hold the
120    same with their and every of their appurtenances unto and to the use of my said daughters
121    Elizabeth Lewis and Mary Lewis and their several and respective heirs and assigns for ever equally
122    share and share alike as tenants in common and not as joint tenants And whereas as heir at
123    Law of my late Sister Mary the late Wife of the said Thomas Bennett or otherwise I am
124    also entitled to an Estate of Inheritance in fee simple expectant upon the decease of the
125    said Thomas Bennett in and to several Freehold Messuages and a Freehold Estate Farm
126    Lands hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances situate lying and being at or near Martyr
127    Worthy aforesaid Now I do hereby give and bequeath unto my said Wife Elizabeth Lywood an annuity or
128    clear year Sum of one hundred and fifty pounds over and besides all Taxes and duties
129    payable or to be payable for or in respect of the same or any part thereof and free and
130    clear of and from such Taxes duties and all charges and deductions whatsoever and which
131    said annuity or clear yearly Sum of One hundred and fifty pounds I do hereby charge
132    upon and make payable out of my said Freehold Messuages Estate Farm Lands heredit-ament]s
133    and premises with the appurtenances at or near Martyr Worthy aforesaid To hold the
134    said annuity or clear yearly Sum of One hundred and fifty pounds unto my said wife
135    Elizabeth Lywood from and after the death of the said Thomas Bennett for and
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136    during the term of her natural life and to be paid and payable to her by the like quarterly
137    payments and with the like remedies and powers for recovery of the same as is hereinbefore
138    mentioned and expressed respecting the said several annuities of Ninety pounds and Sixty
139    pounds herein before mentioned and subject to the said annuity or clear yearly Sum of one
140    hundred and fifty pounds to my said Wife during her life as aforesaid and to the remedies and
141    powers for recovery of the same I do hereby give and devise the said Freehold Messuages
142    Estate Farm Lands hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances at or near
143    Martyr Worthy aforesaid unto my said daughters Elizabeth Lewis and Mary Lewis and
144    their several heirs and assigns To hold the same with their and every of their appurtenances
145    unto and to the use of my said daughters Elizabeth Lewis and Mary Lewis and their
146    several and respective heirs and assigns for ever equally share and share alike as tenants
147    in common and not as joint tenants Also I give and bequeath all the ready money and
148    cash Notes which I may have in m y house at the time of my decease unto and
149    amongst my said wife and children equally share and share alike to be divided between
150    them as soon as may be after my decease All the Rest Residue and Remainder of
151    my Monies Securities for Money and all other my personal Estate and Effects whatsoever
152    not hereinbefore disposed of I give and bequeath unto my said wife and children upon
153    trust to apply the same and the produce thereof in and towards payment of my just debts
154    Legacies Funeral and Testamentary Expences and in case the same shall be more than
155    sufficient for that purpose to divide the surplus thereof to and amongst them my said
156    wife and children equally share and share alike And I do hereby nominate my said
157    Wife and Children Executors of this my last Will and Testament provided always and I
158    do hereby declare my will to be that in case the said Residue of my personal Estate
159    shall not be sufficient for payment of my pecuniary Legacies just debts and funeral and
160    testamentary expences that any deficiency which  may happen or be in such residue of
161    my said personal Estate for the said purposes or any or either of them shall be paid
162    and made good by my said Children equally share and share alike out of the several
163    devised bequests and other provisions hereinbefore made for them respectively and that
164    the Estates property and Effects hereinbefore given to them respectively shall be chargeable
165    with and subject and liable to the payment of his her or their respective several shares
166    and proportions of such deficiency according to the intent and meaning of this my will and
167    that my said pecuniary Legatees or the pecuniary Legacies to them respectively given
168    shall not be affected thereby or any abatement made from the same in consequence of
169    such deficiency provided also that my said Executors or either of them shall not
170    be answerable or accountable for more of my Estate and Effects than what they shall
171    respectively receive nor with any loss which shall of may happen of the same or any
172    part thereof except such loss happen through their his or her wilful default or neglect
173    nor one of them for the other of them or the acts receipts defaults or disbursements of
174    the other of them and I declare it to be my will and intention that my said Executors
175    and each of them shall and may from time to time by without out of my personal
176    Estate retain and reimburse to himself herself and themselves and also pay to his her
177    or their co-executors all such costs charges damages and expences as they any or
178    either of them shall or may pay sustain lay out expend or be put unto in and about
179    the execution of this my will In witness whereof I the said John Lywood the
181    Testator have to two parts of this my last will and Testament each of them written and
182    contained in six sheets of paper to the first five sheets of each of the said parts set
183    my hand and to the last sheets thereof set my hand and seal the twenty eighth day of
184    October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty six
185    John Lywood Signed sealed published and declared by the Testator John
186    Lywood as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of us who at his
187    request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed
188    our names as witnesses thereto James Jolliffe Curate of Barton Stacey Robt Bird
189    Attorney at Law Winchester Charles Russell Clerk to Mr Bird
190    I the said John Lywood the Testator having since the date and
191    publication of my Will above written surrendered the Lease by which I hold my
192    Leasehold Tytles hereditaments and premises at Barton Stacey and in the parish
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193    of Barton Stacey in the County of Southampton under the Dean and Chapter of Winchester
194    given and devised by my said will to my said Son Leonard Lywood and taken a renewed
195    Lease of the saide premises for another Term of years in the said Renewed Lease mentioned I
196    do hereby give and devise the said Tytles hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances
197    to the said Leonard Lywood his executors administrators and assigns during all my estate and
198    interest therein and in all other respects I do hereby confirm my said will In witness
199    whereof I have to this codicil to my said will set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of
200    december in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six John Lywood
201    Signed sealed published and declared by the said John Lywood the Testator as and for a
202    Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence
203    and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto
204    Robt Bird Jane Bird C Russell
205    I John Lywood now residing at Barton Stacey in the county of Southampton
206    Esquire being of sound mind and memory do make this further Codicil to my last Will and
207    Testament bearing date the twenty eighth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty
208    six as follows whereas I have declared in and by my said will that all my just debts the expences
209    of my Funeral and all my testamentary expences as also the pecuniary Legacies by me therein
210    given should be paid out of the residue of my personal Estate and that if such residue of
211    my personal Estate should not be sufficient for that purpose the deficiency should be made
212    good by all my children in equal shares and proportions out of the Estates and properties
213    therein devised and bequeathed to them and I did in and by my said will further declare
214    that any deficiency which might happen or be in such residue of my said personal Estate
215    for payment of the same pecuniary Legacies just debts funeral and testamentary expences
216    should be paid and made good by my said children equally share and share alike out of
217    the several devised bequests and other provisions therein made for them respectively and
218    that the Estates therein given to them respectively should be chargeable with and subject
219    and liable to the payment of his her of their respective several shares and proportions of
220    such deficiency Now I do hereby revoke and make void so much and such part and
221    parts only of the said declaration or declarations in my said will contained in which
222    it is declared to be my will that such deficiences should be made good by all my said
223    children equally share and share alike and that the Estates property and Effects therein
224    given to them respectively should be chargeable with and subject and liable to the
225    payment of his her or their several shares and proportions of such deficiency and instead
226    and lieu thereof do hereby declare my will to be that such deficiency shall be borne paid and
227    made good by my said children in manner and by the proportions following that is to
228    say one third part thereof by my Son John Lywood one other third part thereof by
229    my Son Leonard Lywood and the remaining third part thereof by my daughters
230    Elizabeth Lewis and Mary Lewis in equal shares and proportions and that such
231    deficiency shall be charged and chargeable upon the Estates property and Effects herein
232    before given to them the said John Lywood Leonard Lywood Elizabeth Lewis and
233    Mary Lewis in such shares and proportions hereby lastly above expressed accordingly
234    and I do hereby confirm my said Will and my other codicil made thereto on the
235    thirteenth day of december one thousand eight hundred and twenty six in all other respects
236    whatsoever In witness whereof I the said John Lywood the Testator have to this
237    codicil to my last will and Testament written and contained in two sheets of paper to the
238    first sheet thereof set my hand and to the second and last sheet thereof set my hand a
239    seal this eighteenth day of december in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
240    and twenty seven John Lywood Signed sealed published and declared by the said
241    John Lywood the Testator as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the
242    presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have
243    hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto James Jolliffe Robt Bird
244    C Russell Clerk to Mr Bird
245    I the above named Testator John Lywood do make this further codicil to
246    my will that is to say I revoke and make void the Legacy by my said will given to
247    my Servant Ann Smith and in all other respects confirm my said Will Witness my hand
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248    this ninth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight John
249    Lywood
250    I John Lywood now residing at Barton Stacey in the County of
251    Southampton Esquire being of sound mind and memory do make this further Codicil to my
252    last Will and Testament bearing date the twenty eighth day of October one thousand eight
253    hundred and twenty six as follows whereas in and by my said Will I gave unto Ann
254    the wife of James Smith of Newton Stacy in the Parish of Barton Stacey aforesaid
255    the legacy or sum of one guinea Now I do hereby revoke and make void the said legacy
256    and whereas in and by my said Will after writing that my Son in Law John Lewis
257    was indebted to me two hundred pounds I gave and bequeathed one hundred pounds
258    part of the said debt to the said John Lewis and one hundred pounds residue thereof
259    to my Son in Law Anthony Mist Lewis thereby called Anthony Lewis and whereas the
260    said John Lewis is about to pay off the said debt and it is my intention thereupon
261    to give one moiety of the said Two hundred pounds to the said John Lewis and
262    the other moiety to the said Anthony Mist Lewis for their immediate advancement
263    Now I do hereby declare that in case such my intentions shall be carried into effect
264    during my life that the said bequest of the said Sum of Two hundred pounds to the said
265    John Lewis and the said Anthony Mist Lewis in the proportions aforesaid shall be
266    void and of none effect And I confirm my said Will in all respects wherein the same is
267    not altered by this or any other codicil thereto In witness whereof I have to this
268    further codicil to my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal this thirtieth day of
269    October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight John
270    Lywood signed sealed published and declared by the said John Lywood the testator
271    as and for a further codicil to his last will and Testament in the presence of us who at
272    his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our
273    Names in Witness thereto Robt Bird Attorney at Law Winchester C Russell
274    Clerk for Mr Bird
275    Proved at London with 4 Cod[ici]ls 3rd Sept 1830 before the Judge by the oaths of John
276    Lywood and Leonard Lywood the Sons two of the Executors to whom Admon was
277    granted having been first sworn by comm duly to adm[iste]r power reserved of making the
278    like Grant to Elizabeth Lywood widow the Relict Elizabeth Lewis (wife of John Lewis)
279    and Mary Lewis (wife of Anthony Mist Lewis) the daughters the other Executors when they or
280    either of them shall apply for the same