John Blake is the testator and already know as the father of Ann Blake who left her will dated 11 Mar 1812 and blogged earlier:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/11/will-of-ann-blake-spinster-new-sarum.html
John, the testator, names his wife as Margaret whereas online trees suggest that the wife of John Blake was Sarah Cartwright (second name of the eldest son John was Cartwright) but John could have married a second time (could not locate any information in that regard). John identifies his children as John Cartwright Blake, Robert Blake, Ann Blake, Margaret (married to Edward Addicott Kitson) and Henrietta (married to Charles William Shuckburg stated in Ann’s will). This does prove that the book A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, Volume 2, by John Burke was correct in naming Henrietta’s father as John.
A couple of items mentioned in the will below:
Map online of Brichin Lane and the Coffee Houses located thereon.
http://mapco.net/cornhill/fire.htm
The Carolina Coffee House can be found in “A Catalogue of the Library of the Corporation of London, by Guildhall Library (Forgotten Books), page 4 (available online):
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CFMQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forgottenbooks.org%2Fdownload_pdf%2FA_Catalogue_of_the_Library_of_the_Corporation_of_London_1000291447.pdf&ei=VfypUoiYDsu9qAGa0oCIBA&usg=AFQjCNF-az_MXtbLN4P2GqK6tuf6nXcG9Q&sig2=Z8yefq9eNjFa_bya2C6Dcw&bvm=bv.57967247,d.aWM
How does this family link in with others at New Sarum? Are they a Wiltshire Blake family?
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 12 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1386/193
Testator: John Blake, Esquire
Place: New Sarum (Salisbury), Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 5 Jun 1798, probated 9 Feb 1803
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: Esquire
1 This is the Last Will
2 and Testament of me John Blake of the City of
3 New Sarum in the County of wilts Gentleman
4 whilst I am of sound and disposing Mind Memory and Understanding
5 which I make and ordain in manner following
6 (that is to say) I give to my Eldest Son John
7 Cartwright Blake the Sum of One hundred
8 pounds and my best Ring with a yellow Stone
9 set round with diamonds Also I give and devise
10 unto my Son Robert Blake and my Son in Law
11 The Reverend Edward Addicott Kitson all that
12 my Freehold Messuage or Tenement at
13 Twickenham in the County of Middlesex late in
14 my own occupation and also all my Freehold
15 and Leasehold Messuages or Tenements and
16 Gardens in the said City of New Sarum now
17 in my own occupation and also all that
18 Freehold Messuage or Ten[ement] called the Bell Inn
19 in
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20 in New Sarum aforesaid and also all my
21 Freehold and Leasehold Estates at West Grimstead
22 in the said County of Wilts and also all that my
23 Freehold Messuage at Brentford in the County
24 of Middlesex lately purchased by me of Charles
25 Woodcock Esquire To hold unto and to the use of
26 the said Robert Blake and Edward Addicott
27 Kitson their heirs Executors Administrators and
28 Assigns according to my Estate and Interest
29 therein respectively upon the Trusts hereinafter
30 mentioned Also I give and bequeath unto the
31 said Robert Blake and Edward Addicott Kitson
32 their Executors Administrators and Assigns all that
33 my Farm and Land at Hampton in Arden in the
34 County of Warwick which I hold by Lease under the
35 Crown and all my right and Interest therein To hold
36 unto the said Robert Blake and Edward Addicott
37 Kitson their Executors Administrators and Assigns
38 upon the Trusts hereinafter mentioned (that is to
39 say) upon Trust to Convey Sell and dispose of the
40 same several Freehold and Leasehold Messuages or
41 Tenements and Premises hereinbefore mentioned
42 as soon as may be after my decease in such
43 manner and at such times as my said Trustees
44 shall see fit and as to the Money arising from
45 such several Sales upon Trust to apply the issue
46 in such manner and for such purposes as herein
47 after directed of and concerning the Residue of my
48 Personal Estate and I hereby direct that the Receipt
49 or Receipts of my said Trustees and the Survivor
50 of them his heirs Executors and Administrators
51 shall be good and sufficient discharges from time
52 to time to the respective purchasers of my said
53 Freehold and Leasehold Estates and all the respective
54 purchasers shall not be obliged to see to the
55 application thereof nor be answerable for the nonapplication of misapplication thereof Also I give and bequeath to
56 my Wife Margaret Blake the Sum of three
57 hundred pounds to be paid her as soon as may be
58 after my decease Also I give and bequeath to my
59 said Son Robert Blake the sum of One hundred
60 pounds which stand insured on his life on
61 Policy Number sixty six in the Society of Annuitants
62 increasing by Survivorship kept at the Carolina
63 Coffee House in Birchin Lane Also I give to my
64 daughter Ann a life Sum of one hundred pounds
65 which stands insured on her life by a Policy
66 Number Sixty two in the said Society Also I give
67 to my daughter Margaret the like Sum of one
68 hundred pounds which I have put on her life in
69 the Richmond Bridge Tontine Also I give to my
70 daughter Henrietta the like Sum of one hundred
71 pounds which I have put upon her life in the
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72 Kew Bridge Tontine Also I give unto my said
73 Wife the two hundred pounds which I have placed
74 on her life in the same Tontine and the several
75 Annuities payable in respect thereof Also I give
76 unto my said Wife for her own use all my
77 Household Goods Furniture Books Prints Liquors
78 other things ready Money Bank and Bankers Notes
79 in and about my said dwelling house Also I give
80 and bequeath to Mr Charles Millett the Sum of
81 Fifty pounds as a token of my regard for him and
82 hope he will be assistant to my Trustees Also I give
83 devise and bequeath unto my said Trustees their heirs
84 and Assigns all that the Rectory and Manor of Poorstock
85 in the County of Dorset held by me for the lives of my
86 three daughters under a Lease from the dean and
87 Chapter of Sarum and all my Estate and Interest
88 therein To hold unto and to the use of the said Robert
89 Blake and Edward Addicott Kitson their heirs and
90 assigns upon the Trusts hereinafter mentioned
91 concerning the same (that is to say) upon Trust to pay
92 the Rents and profits thereof or otherwise permit and
93 Suffer the same to be received by my said Wife
94 Margaret Blake for and during her life and from
95 and after her decease Upon Trust to convey the said
96 Estate unto my said three daughters Ann Margaret
97 and Henrietta their heirs and Assigns equally to be
98 divided between them share and share alike provided
99 always and my Mind and Will is that if either of the
100 said three lives shall die in the life time of my said
101 wife it shall and may be lawful to and for my said
102 Trustees by and out of the Money arising from the
103 Sale of my other Estates hereby directed to be sold to
104 pay the Fine and Fees for adding a new life or lives
105 in the said Rectory and Manor of Poorstock upon
106 the Trusts hereinbefore mentioned concerning the same
107 Also I give and bequeath unto my said daughter
108 Ann Blake the Sum of two thousand pounds with
109 Interest for the same at five per cent per annum
110 from the day of my death and as to all the Rest
111 and Residue of my Personal Estate and of the
112 Moneys arising from the Sale of my Freehold and
113 Leasehold Estates hereby made Saleable after
114 payment of my Debts Legacies and Funeral Expences
115 I give and bequeath the same to the said Robert
116 Blake and Edward Addicott Kitson In Trust to
117 divide and pay the same unto and equally between
118 my said Son Robert Blake and my said three
119 daughters Ann Margaret and Henrietta and I
120 nominate and appoint my said Wife Margaret
121 Blake and my said Son and Daughter Robert Blake
122 and Ann Blake Executors of this my Will hereby
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123 revoking all other Wills by me before made and I
124 declare this to be my last Will and Testament In
125 witness whereof I the said John Blake have to this
126 my last Will and Testament contained in this and
127 the two preceding sheets of paper and also to a
128 duplicate thereof of the same tenor and date to
129 the two first sheets set my hand and to this third
130 and last Sheet thereof my hand and Seal the twenty
131 Fifth day of June in the Year of our Lord One
132 thousand seven hundred and ninety eight John
133 Blake Signed Sealed Published and declared
134 by the said Testator John Blake as and for his
135 last Will and Testament in the presence of us who
136 have subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto in
137 the presence of the said Testator and of each other
138 Lewis Sansom Wm B____ S W Chubb
139 This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament
140 of me John Blake at the City of New Sarum
141 Gentleman whereas my Son Robert Blake is in a
142 very prosperous way of Business I therefore revoke the
143 bequest to him in and by my will of one fourth part
144 or share of the Residue of my Personal Estate and
145 of the Moneys arising from the Sale of my Freehold
146 and Leasehold Estates thereby made Saleable and I
147 do hereby will that the Trustees therein named shall
148 pay unto my Wife Margaret Blake the Interest
149 and proceeds of such fourth part of share during
150 her life and after her decease I give and bequeath
151 the same part of share unto my said Son Robert
152 Blake his Executors Administrators and Assigns
153 Also I revoke the bequest in my said Will to my
154 Eldest Son of my best Ring with a Yellow Stone set
155 round with diamonds and I give and bequeath
156 the same unto my said Son Robert Blake In
157 Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
158 Seal the tenth day of February in the Year of our
159 Lord One thousand eight hundred and one John
160 Blake Signed Sealed Published and declared
161 by the Testator John Blake as and for a Codicil to
162 his last Will and Testament in the presence of us
163 who have subscribed our names as witnesses as
164 thereto in the presence of the said
165 Testator and of each other Jno Wm Carrington
166 Lewis Sansom Thos Chub
167 This Will was proved at London with a
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168 Codicil the ninth day of February in the year of
169 our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three before
170 the Right honourable Sir William Wynne Knight
171 doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
172 Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
173 by the Oaths of Margaret Blake widow the Relict
174 of the deceased Ann Blake Spinster the Daughter
175 and Robert Blake the Son of the said deceased and
176 the Executors named in the said Will to whom
177 Administration of all and singular the Goods
178 Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased was
179 granted they having been first sworn (that is to say)
180 the said Margaret Blake and Ann Blake by
181 Commission and the said Robert Blake Esquire
182 before the Worshipful John Sewell Doctor of Laws
183 and Surrogate of the said Commissary duly to Adm[iniste]r
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