The testator is William Bale a Taylor in Avely, Essex. He names his wife Mary. No children are mentioned. Aveley is a few miles from Thurrock and 16 miles east of Charing Cross, London. I did not find any helpful material on this family.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Apr 2014
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1234/135
Testator: William Blake, Tailor
Place: Aveley, Essex, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 13 Jun 1793, probated 5 Jul 1793
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 this is the last Will and Testament of me William
3 Blake (Taylor) of the parish of Avely in the County of
4 Essex Viz: First of all I commit my Immortal Soul unto
5 Almighty God the disposer of all things when it is his good
6 pleasure to take it to himself (hoping for mercy and pardon
7 for my Sins which I acknowledge are very many) after which
8 I wish for my Body to be decently Buried for which purpose
9 I leave ten pounds to defray the Expencs thereof but if the
10 said Expence should not amount unto the said ten pounds
11 then my Will and mind is for my dear beloved Wife Mary
12 Blake to have the remainder of the said Ten pounds for her
13 own proper use, and the said Ten pounds to be paid out of
14 three Bills, one of which is upon Henry Burtwell Glazier
15 one upon James Saunderson Glazier and one upon Ed
16 death Carpenter all in the parish and County aforesaid
17 I also give devise and Bequeath to my dear Beloved Wife
18 Mary Blake aforesaid all my household Furniture China
19 or whatsoever is belonging to my household for her own
20 proper use also my Certificate belonging to my Club authorizing
21 my Wife to Receive all dues arising therefrom for her
22 own proper use and Lastly I authorise and appoint Mr
23 Mr William Nuttall No 36 Hounds Ditch London and Mr
24 William Andrews No 42 Gracechurch Street London to take
25 Possession of all my Stock in trade Fixtures in my shop and
26 every thing belonging to me in the Tailoring Branch Likewise
27 all my Book debts whatsoever and to divide the Whole among
28 my Creditors according to their debts as a Witness hereof I have
29 here unto set my hand Seal this thirteenth day of June One
30 thousand Seven hundred and Ninety three W. Blake
31 Signed Sealed published and declared by the said testator
32 Wm Blake as and for his last Will and Testament in the
33 presence of us and we in the presence of each other and at
34 the Request have Subscribed our Names as Witnesses to the
35 same Wm Mayden Henry Burtwell Henry Latub
36 This Will was proved at London the fifth of July
37 One thousand Seven hundred and Ninety three before the Worshipful
38 Maurice Swaby doctor of Laws and Surrogate of the Right honourable
39 William Wynne Knight D[octo]r of Laws Master or Commissary of the
40 Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of
41 Walter Nuttall (by mistake in the Will called William Ruttall)
42 and William Anderson (by mistake in the said Will called Andrews)
43 the Ex[ecu]tors according to the Tenor of the Will to whom Admon was
44 granted having been first sworn duly to adm[iniste]r
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