Michael Blake, the testator, is a husbandman at Rockford in Ellingham and he mentions only his daughter Margaret and his wife Margery. Is he the father of Michaell Blake who leaves his will in 1659 already blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/01/will-of-michael-blake-yeoman-rockford.html
A very interesting will with the inventory attached. I obtained this copy from Family Search and the specifications for obtaining this copy are: Film number - 186725, Call number - E-859, Type of Record - Will, Date - 25 Sep 1593, Name - Michael Blake, Location - Rockford, Ellingham, Hampshire, England and Number on Film - 70. Thank you very much to Family Search for providing this service.
Checking British History on line for Rockford in Ellingham does not add any information to this Blake family other than that he must have been a tenant farmer. In the writing of the will the year is named as 1593 although most parts of Britain were still using the Julian Calendar but he is living close to the coast and the large port at Christ Church.
The probate still needs some work and I will return to it as my Latin improves.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 12 Jan 2014
Source: Hampshire Record Office – 1593B-08
Testator: Michael Blake, husbandman
Place: Rockford, Ellingham, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 8 Mar 1593, probated 23 Sep 1593
Condition: 16th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: 1593B-08
1 In the name of God Amen the viij th daye of March in the
2 yere of our Lord god One Thowsand five hundred Fower score
3 and Thirteene I Michaell Blake of Rockford in the p[ar]ishe of
4 Elingham in the countye of South[ampton] husbandman beying
5 sick in boddye but thankes be to god perfect in mynd and
6 memorye doe make this my last will and Testament in
7 manner and Forme Following First I bequeath my soule into
8 thandes of All mightie god my maker and redeemer and my
9 boddye to be buryed in the p[ar]ishe church yard of Elingham
10 It[e]m I gyve and bequeath unto my daughter Margarett one
11 heifer of Three yeres of Age da the residewe of my goods
12 and cattells astoeth moveable as unmovable I gyve unto
13 Margery my wyfe whome I make my whole Executor of this
14 my last will and Testament Witnesses hereunto Phillipp
15 Hyde Henry Dymock and Stephen Wyseman
16 Probatum fuit testa[ment]um suprascriptum
17 in tei pema ______ William
18 Say ar[ch]tarij _______ etc xxxij th dit
19 Septembrej Anno domini 1593 _____
20 juris domi bonop etc Margerie Blake relicta
21 et Executrix reli nominat etc de
22 bene etc ______ etc meap
23 __________ iure administrand
24 _____________
25 She____ vol fina
26 de Ellingham etc ipo
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27 1593
28 Michael Blake
29 rei etc CCiiige
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30 The Inventory of all the goods and cattells of
31 Michaell Blake late of Rockford in the county
32 of South deceased praysed and valued the
33 xiij th daye of Aprill in the xxxv th yere of
34 the raigne of our Soveraigne Lady Elizabeth
35 by the grace of god Queene of England
36 Fraunce and Ireland defender of the faithe
37 etc By Phillipp Hyde of Rockford
38 aforesaid yeoman Henry Dymock
39 of Rockford aforesaid yeoman and
40 Stephen Wiseman of the same place
41 husbandman
43 It[e]m Two kyen and Fower boollocke v li x s
44 It[e]m Two horses xx s
45 It[e]m iiij sheepe and iij Lambes xvi s
46 It[e]m iij pyggs x s
47 It[e]m a cart a Bull and ij eylhes x s
48 It[e]m five Acres of whete xxxiij s iiij d
49 It[e]m Two coverlets A peir of shetes vj s viij d
50 a Blankett and a Boulster
51 It[e]m ij Beddsteedes and ij cofers iij s iiij d
52 It[e]m one bord w[i]th all other Tree iij s iiij d
53 vessel about the house
54 It[e]m a brasse pott a brasse kyttle xij d
55 iij platters iij sawcers A peir of
56 cottrells and a broch
57 It[e]m A sweerd dagger and a halberd v s
58 It[e]m iij hennes and A cock xij d
59 It[e]m all his weyring apparel vj s viij d
60 S[u]m total xi li vj s viiij d iiij d
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