This will too was misfiled and is for John Blake the Elder of Chesham, Buckinghamshire. This will adds greatly to the knowledge of the earlier will of Job Blake published earlier as a blog:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/01/will-of-job-blake-elder-clothier.html
The present testator John (married to Rebecca perhaps as his second wife since Job calls her his mother in law) names two sons John and Job and a son in law John Payne so perhaps his daughter has died.
This brings us back closer to the time of the will of Alexander Blake 1600 and blogged earlier:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/will-of-alexander-blake-of-chesham.html
also of Chesham and he mentions his children Samuel, Joshua, Thomas, Mary, and Martha. All of these children were born between 1588 and 1598 and one of the two sons Joshua or Thomas could be the father of the present testator. Samuel was buried 8 Feb 1604. Alexander Blake married Elizabeth Hick 17 May 1587 at Chesham.
There was a marriage of John Blake, testator, to Rebecca Wheeler 28 Oct 1686 at Chesham (Family Search (M02080-2).
There was a baptism of John Blake son of William and Martha Blake baptized 22 Jan 1625 at Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Who is William?
Some new information taking Job back another generation but still the mystery of Alexander and whether he was the ancestor of this John.
I have included the latin probate although there are likely errors as I do not recognize a couple of the words. But it does explain that Job's wife Mary probated both wills with the permission of the court because her husband Job had died before probating his father's will over which he was executor.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 9 Jan 2014
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/501/397
Testator: John Blake the Elder, Weaver
Place: Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 18 Jul 1704, probated 22 Jun 1708
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent]
[Margin]: Joh[ann]is Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I John Blake the Elder of Chesham in the County of
3 Bucks Weaver being of a sound and perfect disposing
4 mind memory and understanding (thanks be therefor
5 given to Almighty God) do make and ordain this my
6 Last Will and Testament in manner and form following
7 (that is to say) First and principally I commend my
8 soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator
9 trusting to Enjoy Everlasting Life through the Meritts
10 of Jesus Christ my ever blessed Saviour and Redeemer
11 And my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried in
12 the Church Yard of Chesham aforesaid in such manner as
13 to my Executor herein after Named shall seem meet And
14 as to the worldly Estate wherewith God in his mercy hath
15 blessed me withal I do hereby give devise and dispose the
16 same in manner and form following viz[ a vi]t Imprimis I
17 give and devise unto my Son in Law John Payne of
18 Chesham aforesaid Brewer Yearly and every Year during
19 the Term of his natural Life the summe of Five and
20 Thirty shillings of lawfull English Money to be paid to
21 him by my Executor herein after Named by equall quarterly
22 payments at the Four usuall Feasts or dayes of payment
23 in the Yeare (that is to say) at the Feast of St Michael the
24 Archangell St Thomas the Apostle the Annunciation of
25 our blessed Lady St Mary the Virgin and St John the
26 Baptist the first payment to begin and be made at
27 such of the said Feasts or dayes of payment which
28 shall First and next happen after my decease Item I
29 give and bequeath unto my Son John Blake of Chesham
30 aforesaid Clothworker my Standing Bedsted with the
31 Matt and Cord one Flock Bed two bolsters two blankets
32 one Coverlett my drawing Table and Frame my joined
33 Form my boowded Chest two paire of sheets and my best
34 brass Kettle provided he suffer my Son Job Blake and
35 his Assignes quietly to take down and carry a way to and
36 for his own use the little Furnace hanging in the now
37 dwelling house of my said Son John (the which my said
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38 Son Job bought and sett there at his own charge) together
39 with the frame of bricks wherein it hangs and also his
40 Racks or Conters now standing on my Coippyhold Land
41 Item I give and bequeath unto my said Son John Blake
43 after the decease of Rebecca my Wife my Jack with the
44 Lines and weights and one Firkin Item I give and
45 bequeath unto my said Son John Blake the summe of
46 Twenty pounds of lawfull English Money to be paid unto
47 him by my Executor herein after Named within six
48 Months next after my decease Item I give unto the
49 Four Children of my said Son John Blake (viz[ a vi]t) to
50 John Job George and Edward the summe of Four
51 pounds a peece of like lawfull English Money to be paid
52 unto them respectively by my Executor herein after
53 Named within one Year next after my decease Item
54 I give and devise unto my Son Job Blake and to his
55 Heires and Assignes for ever all that my Cottage or
56 Tenement with the Appurtenances in Chesham
57 aforesaid wherein I now dwell with all Outhouses Edificies
58 buildings Yards gardens and backsides thereto belonging
59 Item I give to my Grandchildren Job Mary Lydia
60 Caleb Joshua Ursula and Sarah Children of my said
61 Son Job Blake the summe of Four pounds a peece of
62 like Money Item I give and bequeath unto my said
63 Wife Rebecca all such household Goods Furniture
64 and implements of household which were her own
65 before our intermarriage Item I give to my said
66 Wife Rebecca the use of three pairs of my Sheets which
67 she shall choose two kettles two Skilletts one warming pan
68 one scummer one pottage pott three pewter platters
69 two fruit dishes one pewter Flaggon one quart pott
70 one Table three Joyned Stools one little Table with a
71 drawer Five Chairs one pott hanger one pair of
72 Bellows fire shovel and Tongs one paire of Andirons
73 one Jack with the Lines and weights one Spitt two small
74 drink before the three Rivers two Boles one Flannell blanket
75 Six Napkins one pillow and pillowbear one Chest and
76 one box during her natural Life if she shall continue a
77 Widow sole and unmarried and continue her hatita[t]ion
78 and abode in the house wherein wee now dwell but if it
79 shall so happen that she shall Marry again or remove
80 her habitation out of the said house that then in either
81 of the said Cases my Executor herein after Named shall
82 take into his Custody all the said Goods last mentioned
83 and forthwith dispose the same or such of them as are
84 herein before directed to be disposed of after my said
85 Wifes decease to my said respective Legatees wording as
86 they were to have had the same after her decease Item I
87 give to my said Wife the summe of Forty shillings of like
88 Money to be paid to her by my Executor herein after
89 Named forthwith after my decease All the Rest and
90 Residue of my goods chattles moneys and personal Estate
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91 whatsoever undisposed of after my debts Legacies and
92 Funeral Expences shall be thereout first satisfied paid and
93 discharged I do hereby give and bequeath unto my said Son
94 Job Blake And I do Nominate constitute ordain and
95 appoint my said Son Job Blake to be sole Executor of this
96 my Will And I do hereby revoke anull and make void all
97 former and other Wills by me made In Witness whereof
98 to this my last Will and Testatment contained in three Sheets
99 of paper to each sheet have sett my hand and to the First
100 and last sheets have sett my Seal the Eighteenth day of July in
101 the third Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lady Anne by
102 the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland
103 Queen defender of the Faith etc Anno d[omi]ni One thousand Seven
104 hundred and Four the mark of John Blake the Elder Signed
105 and sealed and by the above Named John Blake the
106 Testator published and declared to be his last Will and
107 Testament in the presence of us whose Names are under
108 written and were subscribed as Wittnesses thereunto in the
109 presence of the said Testator Willim Hill Jno Smith
110 Anne Clifton
111 Vicesimo Secundo die Mensis Junij Anno
112 d[omi]ni Millesimo Septinantisimo Octavo Einanavit Commissio
113 Maria Blake Vidua Relictae et Executrici Nominata in
114 Testamento Job Blake defuncti (dum vixit) Filij et Extoris
115 inici Nominati in Testamento Johannis Blake weaver de
116 Chesham in Com Bucks defuncti habentis etc ad adstrandinn
117 bona juxa et credita dicti defuncti juxta tenorem et effectum
118 Testamenti ipenis defuncti (eo quod dictus Job Blake Executor
119 in dicto Testamento Nominatus antegnam omis Executioris
120 dicti Testamenti in se atteptasset mortem etiam abut) de bene
121 et fideliter administrando eadem ad Sancta dei Evangelia
122 Jurat
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