The testator Valentine Blake is a clerk at Winchcombe. He names his wife as Elizabeth and his sons Valentine the eldest and John the youngest. In 1614 both sons are less than 21 years of age.
In the Annals of Winchcombe and Sudeley, chapter xxiv, mention is given of a school and the appointment of Valentine Blake as schoolmaster in 1539. Since the present testator is said to be 50 years of age in 1612 this eliminates him but could it be that he is a descendant of this schoolmaster (Valentine was born at Fladbury Worcestershire circa 1562). It is 12 miles from Fladbury to Winchcombe. I did not pursue that thought at this time.
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The testator is listed in the Clergy of the Church of England Database as being a curate at Winchcombe with Gretton 1603-1613. His Record ID 221643.
FindingRef GDR/114/page 208
Title CASE: William Browne & Peter Bowle v John Browne: Testamentary (Margaret Page): 18 June 1612
Date 1612
Description DEPONENTS Mary Craker, widow, of Winchcombe. Lived there 20 years. Born Peopleton, Worcs. Aged 40. Valentine Blake, curate of Winchcombe. Lived there 15 years. Born Fladbury, Worcs. Aged 50. Bridget Ardway, single, of Winchcombe. Lived there 7 years. Born Bengeworth, Worcs. Aged 24. On the part of Browne & Bowle
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 1 Feb 2015
Source: Diocese of Bristol Wills on Ancestry
Testator: Valentine Blake
Place: Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 24 Jun 1614, probated 20 Sep 1615
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
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[Top]: Testamentum sive ultima volu[n]tas Valentine Blake clerci
1 T[estate]r Vallantine Blake clirc
2 debts owinge unto mee Valentine Blake of Winchcombe in
3 the Countie of Glouc[este]r clerke the xxiij th daie of June 1614
4 Anno Regni Jacobi Regis [a]n[g]li[, scotia, hibernie] duodecimo
5 By speciallitie
6 Imprimis my Ante Cotterely of Dumble Milles by her husbandes
bond due at Mic[hael]mas next x li
7 It[em] then for the use thereof xx s
8 It[em] John Sewell and by his bonde nowe in suite v li
9 lent him since in monie w[i]thout specialltie x s
10 It[em] Richarde Harvie by his bonde iiij li
11 It[em] for the use thereof viij s
12 It[em] Richarde Barnes of Didbroke by his bonde iij li
13 It[em] for the use thereof vj s
14 It[em] Hewbie Grendmye by his bonde xl s
15 It[em] for the use thereof iiij s
16 It[em] John Williams of Condicote by his bonde xvj li
17 It[em] An Shilie by her husbandes bonde iij li
18 It[em] Bartholomew Blake by his bonde iij li
19 It[em] John Harrison and Morris by their bonde iij li
20 It[em] Thomas Hide by his bonde xxx s
21 It[em] for the use thereof for two yeares and allredy vj s
22 It[em] Giles Brodeware the elder by his bill xlj s
23 in Gages Somme 55 li 5 s
24 Mr Richard Powell upon iij peeces of silv[e]r plate vij li
25 Richard Gibbes on viij peeces of pewt[e]r xx s
26 Thomas Higges on a paire of Sheetes xx s
27 Mrs Aven on iiij silv[e[r spones xx s
28 John Burton on a Ringe xx s
29 John Trewman on a bras pot x s
30 w[i]thout specialltie Some vj li x s
31 John Harrison of ould debt iij li
32 It[em] more for the use thereof hee is to cure
my fyll corne and hae iiij li
33 It[e]m more for my shie pasture which hee is beehinde with mee xvij s
34 It[em] Elizabeth Boughe my sest[e]r vij li
35 It[em] Ursula Bucbee of Dumblely milles due at michelmas iiij li
36 It[em] for the use thereof iiij s
37 It[em] Will[ia]m Bowler iij li
38 It[em] Simons Ricketts xl s
39 It[em] Steeven Coffon xxx s
40 It[em] for the use thereof due at michelmas iiij s
41 It[em] John Cowell xx s
42 It[em] Daniell Trappe xx s
43 It[em] Thomas Hickes in monie lent xx s
44 It[em] him more for ij yeres lent for his tithes xvj s
45 Some xxx li x s
46 more w[i]thout specialltie
47 It[em] widow Carpent[e]r xx s
48 It[em] Anthonie Thune xx s
49 It[em] Thomas Milton in mony lent xiij s
50 It[em] Edmunde Katernes for ij calves x s
51 It[em] Rob[er]t Jones in monie lent xiij s viij d
52 It[em] Hendrie Hide of Getton in monie lent x s iiij d
53 It[em] Mr Williams in monie lent as two times x s
54 It[em] Richarde Gibbes for malt x s
55 It[em] monie for my lords lente cloth x s
56 It[em] Oliver Best for ij buchelles of Barley vj s
57 It[em] him more in monie iiij s
58 It[em] Will[ia]m Heath vj s
59 It[em] John Drone v s
60 It[em] Water Terneley for whom I gave my word to gibbes iiij s
61 It[em] Mr Woodley for haye viij s
62 It[em] lent him more in monie vj s vj d
63 It[em] W[ilia]m Barkesdale in monie lent vj s vj d
64 It[em] James Aishley in monie lent vj s viij d
65 It[em] Thomas Bint of Parsher iiij s
66 It[em] Nathanaell Stowe in monie lent and for other reccivinges x s
67 It[em] __an Tierlen in monie at div[er]se times vij s vj d
68 It[em] for an axelhed towards w[hi]ch he sharpened ij d beefends viij d
69 It[em] more for est[e]r reccvinnges too yeares ij s
70 Some vij li xv s ij d
Section omitted as this was in tabular form and does not come across when extracted as text in a readable format but names found here are as follows: Richard Contas and Philip his sonne, Richard More in Hawkins, William Cotton, Grettan Gage, Widow Bendlow, Richard Smith, William Greeneny, Hendri Trinton, John Dolbins, John Hale, George Bowlets, Richard Hide, Henry Barkedale, Harry Best, Oliver Best, Widow Pendry,
91 A note of my cattell
92 vj kine
93 1 melch heifer 2 yeres ould
94 1 yeareling
95 1 allmost a yere ould
96 and two weaning calves
97 Bokes lent to Mr Williams which hee keepeth
98 Babington on genesis iiij s
99 T__ebules works on St James and other places j s vj d
100 a boke of common places valet vj s viij d
101 Buishopes ____ szmons on Some psalmes xvj d
102 an other boke of comon places called Syntagma valet v s
103 one ould latin fza__ booke valet _______
104 calvin upon the epistles Santi pauli pred[e]s[tin]ati[on] etc valet vj s viij d
105 I doe owe for 13 logges of wodde to Mr Thorne
106 besides I ow nothing to any but good wil to all 24 Juinij 1614
[Testamentum sive ultima volu[n]tas Valentine Blake clerci]
107 In dei nomine Amen I Valentine Blake of Winchcombe Clerke in the County
108 of Glouc[est]er doe this p[re]sent 24 of June 1614 make and ordaine this my last will
109 and testam[en]t in man[ner] and forme following First I commend and bequeath my
110 soule to almighty God my maker and by faith in Jesus Christ my only savior[u]r
111 I hope to bee saved and my body to the earth to bee buried in the Chancell of
112 Winchcombe at my seates end there and as for my worldly goodes I bequeath
113 them as followeth first I give to the repacons of the Church of Winchomb
114 aforesaid x s It[em] I give to the pore people of Winchcombe xiij s iiij d
115 to bee paied them on the daie of my buriall I give and bequeath to Valentine
116 my eldest sonne lij li half all my bokes j fth[er]bed, j boulst[e]rs, j pillow, j
117 pillow cover j cord of blankets and a coverlet and iij paire of flaxen and
118 one paire of hemp sheets one wied bed in the Chambr where fud is made
119 my best cofer and also my best bras pot my table bord w[it]h the forme
120 3 rond stowles and my best chaer It[em] I give unto my iongest sonne John
121 l li j featherbed j boulstrs j pillow j pillow cuver j courd of blankets one bolster
122 iij paire of sheetes ij of flax j of hemp iij forme stowles j chuner my second
123 best cofer and also the other half of all my books and one chare It[em] I
124 give unto my sayd sonnes j peece of gould of a peece of xx s a peece to bee kept
125 of them for a remembrance of mee my will is that they shalbe paid their porc[i]ons
126 affare as my debtes may bee taken up and resoved and it may be put out
127 for their p[ro]fit in some mennes handses And if it shall happen that each of my said
128 sonnes to dye before they come to the age of xxi yeares or bee married that then his
129 por[t]ion that shall he die shall come and remaine to him that shall survive
130 The residue of all my goodes not given nor bequeathed and chattels
131 whatsoever I give to Elizabeth my loving wif whom I mak my sole
132 executrix of this my last will and testam[en]t putting her in trust that and
133 my afforesaide two sonnes their porcion of legacies and to she then put
134 out to some honest trade as shall like her or her friendes best and to see
135 mee comely and honestly buried
136 per me Valentine Blake clerce
137 It[em] more debts owinge unto me 24 Junij 1614
138 Humfrie Goldeneye xiij s j d in monie lent
139 It[em] Henry Cowell x s in monie lent
140 It[em] Will[ia]m Cowell x s viij d in mony lent
141 It[em] Humfri Goldeneye for the re_ennyes xiij s j d
142 per me Valentine Blake
143 Probatum fuit humoi testamentum apud Glouc
144 vicesimmo die Septembris anno domini 1615 coram
145 A[r]ch[ibald]e Cerman cleric derbio [sp] prius Milems [sp] Glouc
146 Ep[isco]p[i] Vicario in spiritualis g[ener]alis __ p[er] eum approbatu[m] et
147 Insinuatum commissaque fuit et est Adm[inistrac]io et
148 Debite prius jurat
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