Always nice when two wills fit together and this is the husband of Elizabeth Blake of Standish who left her will dated 27 Sep 1592. Elizabeth mentions her son Richard Harris, her daughter Anne Blake and her son Walter Blake. Elizabeth’s will was blogged earlier:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/06/will-of-elizabeth-blake-of-standish.html
Standish is four miles from Stroud, 5 miles from Coaley, and 7 miles from Gloucester.
Source: Consistory Court of Gloucester, Will, 1592, Will Number 86, GDR/Wills/1592 (86).
Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Gloucestershire Probate Records. Diocese of Gloucestershire, Finding Reference GDR, Wills and Inventories. Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucester, UK.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 14 Jul 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator: John Blake
Place: Standish, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document: 3 Aug 1592; probated 30 Apr 1592
Condition: 16th century English, legible copy
[Top]: T[estament] John Blake
[Top]: 86
1 In the name of god Amen the third day of Auguste in the
2 yeare
3 of our lord god 1592 I John Blake of Standishe in the diocese
4 of glouc being sick and weke in body by the visitacion of god
5 but of good p[er]fecte mem[orie] thankes be given unto god doe make
6 my Laste will and testament in manner and forme folowyng First
7 and principallye I yeld my soule into the handes of
8 almightie god my creater and onely savior and my body to be
9 buried in convenient _____
10 Ite[m] I gyve and bequeathe unto Rich Strfford my sonne in lawe my beste
11 coate the biggest broche Ite[m] I gyve and bequeathe unto John Stretford my
12 godson one yearelyng bullock Ite[m] I gyve and bequeathe unto Richard Gibbins
13 my beste breeches Ite[m] I gyve unto the ij children of the sayd Richard Gibbins
14 eyther of them a sheepe Ite[m] I gybe unto Johane brovens my servant one
15 lambe Ite[m] I gyve and bequeath to ____ ____ry Blake one sheepe, Ite[m] I gyve
16 and bequeathe unto Richard Harryes my sonne in law my Fryes coate best dublett
17 and one sheepe Ite[m] I gyve unto my sonne Walter blake a warming panne
18 Ite[m] I gyve and bequeathe unto my son in law William Harryes my blacke
19 Jyrkyn and breeches and a peare of stkings Ite[m] I gyve and bequeathe unto
20 Elizabeth harryes one pewter platte All the Residue of my goods cattels and
21 chattels Iymoveable and unmoveable my dbtes being payd and my funeral and bequeathes
22 discharged I gyve and bequeathe unto Ane Blake my daughter whom I doe ordayne
23 and make my sole and wholl executrix to p[er]form and fulfill this my laste will and testa
24 ment condicionally that she shall p[er]mitt and asser her mother to have hold of
25 and occupie the sayd goods and lyving during her life (Excepte so muche
26 as shall suffice to paye my debtes) and that she diligently attend and succour
27 her mother during her life prov[i]ded allwayes that it shall not be lawfull
28 for her mother to sell or otherwise to dispose any parte of the goods or cattels
29 which in any parte belongeth unto my sayd daughter Anne by the executorshipe
30 of this my will and testament but that same may wholly remayne unto her
31 accordingly Ite[m] I gyve and bequeathe unto Thoms Blake one lambe to be deliv[er]ed to hym at
32 holy rode daye next Ite[m] I doe desire and appynte John Harrise and Richard Stretford
33 my sonne in law to be my overseers of this my will and I gyve unto John Harryes
34 for his paynes my cesten
35 debtes which I oughe as foloweth
36 First to my sonne in law Richard
37 Gibbins v li
38 of his marriage money
39 To John Harryes xvij s vj d
40 To John Myles xx s
41 To Richard Stretford xjs viij d
42 Witnesses to this my last
43 will and Testament
44 John Harryes
45 Richard Stretford
46 Jo: Johnson eler
47 Memorandum that the fift day of agust the yeare foresaid the will above written was red
48 and heard by us undersubscribees and allowed and continened by the testator
49 J: Winston
50 Fanc: Yate
51 [Mark made probably by John Blake but not a particular symbol] ]
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52 T: John Blake de Stanishe
53 Probat[um] etc _____ Mr Wm Blackleeth
54
55 vic[ar] etc April _____ xxx th
56 ____ 1592
57 Commiss ecal ___ etc execut etc
58 debite iurat etc
This Blog will talk about researching my English ancestors from Canada but also the ancestors of our son in law whose families stretch back far into Colonial French Canada. My one name study of Blake and of Pincombe also dominate my blog these days. I published the update and revision of The Siderfin Family of West Somerset and it can be downloaded using - http://www.kipp-blake-families.ca/The Siderfin Family of West Somerset - Elizabeth Kipp 4600.pdf
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