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