The testator, Henry Blake, is descendant of the Galway Blake family being a 12th great grandson of Richard Caddell alias Blake. Henry, the testator, was the son of Henry Blake and Charity Annesley and his sister Charity married Thomas Newburgh. Neither of the children had any descendants and, as mentioned, the property of the testator is passing to his kinsman Valentine Blake son of Mark Blake.
The grandfather of the testator was Patrick Blake and Patrick was the son of Henry Blake who had emigrated to Montserrat about 1668, returning to Galway in 1676 where he purchased the estate of Lehinch, Co Mayo and the estate of Renvyle, Co Galway. This Henry had three sons Patrick, John and Nicholas and a daughter Katherine. None of these sons had a line that continued past the current testator.
Henry was the son of John Blake and Mary French. John had been the Mayor of Galway and was elected MP. His family included four sons and four daughters. The eldest son was named Thomas Blake with Henry being the second eldest. The present testator had selected the descendant of Thomas to be his successor to his estates. Thomas married Mary Blake (his cousin) and their eldest son was John Blake and he married Eveline Lynch. Their second eldest son was Mark Blake and he had married Joan French. Their second eldest son was Valentine Blake mentioned in the will below.
Relationship Chart
Valentine Blake [120] is the 3rd cousin of Henry Blake [1602]
Common Ancestor
* John Blake [73]
( -1680/1681)
* Mary French [84]
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* Henry Blake [86] * Thomas Blake [85]
( -1704) ( -Abt 1690)
Mary Blake [876]
Married likely 10 Feb 1658 [54]
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* Patrick Blake [87] * John Blake [107]
( -1693) ( -Aft 1720)
Eveline Lynch [114]
Married 28 Dec 1695 [57]
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* Henry Blake [88] * Mark Blake [116]
Charity Annesley [1600] Joan French [117]
( -1732) Married 18 Sep 1731 [58]
Married 1721 [731]
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* Henry Blake [1602] * Valentine Blake [120]
( -Bef 1780) ( -1800)
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 14 Feb 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1075
Name of testator: Henry Blake
Place: Lehinch, Mayo, Ireland
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 5 May 1779, probated 14 Mar 1781
[In margin] Henry Blake Esqr
[Top] Extracted from the Registry of his Majestys Court of Prerogative in Ireland
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Henry Blake of Lehinch in the County of Mayo Esqr
3 do make and publish this my last Will and Testament
4 and dispose of my real and personal Estates in manner
5 following hereby revoking all former Wills First I devise
6 all my Lands and my Estates in the Countys of
7 Mayo and Galway Subject to and chargeable with
8 all my Just debts which I order and will to be paid
9 out of the Rents and proceeds thereof and Subject
10 also to such Legacies and annuities as are herein
11 after bequeathed and charged upon the same unto the
12 Honourable James Brown of __n Street in the City
13 of Dublin Councellor at Law and Arthur McGuire
14 of Dawson Street in the said City Esqr and their
15 heirs to the use of and In Trust for my Kinsman
16 Valentine Blake late of the Island of Jamaica
17 Merchant but now at Lehinch above mentioned for and
18 during the Term of his natural life and from and
19 after the determination of that Estate to my said
20 Trustees James Brown and Arthur McGuire and
21 their heirs during the life of the said Valentine Blake
22 to preserve the contingent Remainders herein after
23 limited from being destroyed and for that purpose
24 to make Entries and bring actions as the case
25 shall require yet nevertheless in Trust to permit the said
26 Valentine Blake and his assigns to receive the Rents
27 and profits thereof to his and their own proper use
28 and benefit during his life and from and after his
29 decease to the use of the first and every other Son of
30 the said Valentine Blake severally and Successively
31 one after the other according to their priority of
32 Birth and the heirs Male of their Several and
33 respective Bodies in regular Tail Male provided
34 always that such Sons of said Valentine Blake
35 be begotten the Body of a protestant Wife born of
36 a protestant Father and Mother and not otherwise
37 and I do hereby give full power to said Valentine
38 Vale to charge my said Estates in the hands of my
39 Trustees aforesaid with a Jointure to the life of
40 any such protestant wife as is above discribed whom
41 he may Marry to consist of any annual
42 he may think fit not Exceeding however Five
43 hundred pounds a Year and also to charge them
44 with the Sum of Five thousand pounds for any
45 Younger Children he may have by such protestant
46 Wife to be divided amongst them in such shares
47 and to be payable at such times as he shall by any
48 authentick writing appoint and also to make Leases
49 of any of my said Lands for Twenty one Years or two
50 Lives at the best Improved Rent but no in Reversion
51 But if my said Kinsman Valentine Blake should not
52 Marry such a protestant Wife or so Marrying should
53 not leave Issue Male by her or that such Issue being
54 had should die before full Age without leaving Issue
55 Male then and in any of such cases my Will is that all
56 my said Lands and Real Estates shall be and go to the
57 use of my Kinsman John Blake Son of Mark
58 Blake of the Town of Galway and Younger Brother
59 of the aforesaid Valentine Blake for and during his
60 natural life with the same provisions for preserving
61 contingent remainders as have been herein before
62 mentioned in my devise to his Elder Brother Valentine
63 Blake provided the said John shall become a protestant
64 within three Months after the said Lands shall fall
65 to him and after his decease to the use of his Sons
66 Successively in regular Tail Male following Exactly the
67 same Line of Succession as is mentioned in my devise
68 to the Sons of his Brother Valentine and Subject
69 to the same Condition of such Son being born of
70 such a protestant Wife as is above described and in
71 case the said John Blake shall Marry ever a protestant
72 Wife I then give him the same powers for Settling
73 a Jointure charging with portions for Younger
74 Children and making of Leases that I have herein
75 above given to his Elder Brother Valentine but if he the
76 said John Blake should not so conform or not
77 Marry such a protestant Wife or so Marrying there
78 should be a Failure of Issue Male by such Marriage
79 then my Will is that all my said Lands and Estates
80 in the Countys aforesaid shall be and go to the use
81 of Arthur Mr Guire Esqr my Trustee above mentioned
82 and his heirs for ever Secondly I devise my share of
83 and all my Interest in the Lands of Lullimore and
84 Lullibog lying in the County of Kildare to my
85 Kinsman Arthur McGuire Esqr my Trustee before
86 mentioned and in heirs for ever the said Lands being
87 used by John Annesley of Ballysax in the said County
88 of Kildare Esqr Thirdly I hereby charge my said
89 Lands and Estates in the Countys of Mayo and Galway
90 aforesaid with the following Legacies and annual
91 Rent charges to be paid out of the Rents of said
92 Lands and order that the Rent charges shall
93 commence on the first day of May which shall next
94 ensue the day of my decease and shall thence forward
95 be payable half Yearly and be recoverable by Distress
96 Viz[ a vi]t I bequeath to my Cousin Dorothy Rutledge of
97 Killala in the County of Mayo aforesaid but now of
98 Lehnich before mentioned a Rent charge of Sixty
99 pounds a Year for and during her life to her sole and
100 Separate use as if unmarried to be paid into no
101 hands but her own and upon her own Receipt only
102 and this I give her in lieu of the annuity I now
103 allow her which is to cease on my death and I
104 hereby ratify the Gift of one hundred pounds which
105 I formerly promised her in my Letter to her Brother
106 Francis Knox Esqre a bequeath to each of her
107 daughters Mary and Charity Rutledge the Sum of
108 two hundred pounds to be paid to them on the days
109 of their Marriage respectively provided they Marry
110 with the previous advice and intire consent of their
111 mother above mentioned and of their uncle Francis
112 Knox Esqre and if they should not Marry in the
113 life time of their said Mother then the said two
114 hundred pounds so bequeathed to each of them shall
115 bear Interest from their said Mothers decease and
116 not before I bequeath to James Rutledge the
117 Brother of the aforesaid Mary and Charity Rutledge
118 the Sum of three hundred pounds to bear Interest
119 from the day of my decease but not to be payable
120 except upon some rational Scheme for his advancement
121 to be approved of by his uncle Francis Knox aforesaid
122 and by my Executors herein after mentioned or any
123 two of them I bequeath to my Cousins Ann Cuff and
124 Bridget Cuff of Stephens Green in the City of Dublin
125 a Rent charge of twenty pounds a year to each of
126 them Severally for and during their lives respectively
127 requesting their kind acceptance of this small Token
128 of my regard and Esteem I bequeath to my Servant
129 Hugh Kane now living with me at Lehinch
130 aforesaid a Rent charge of Fifteen pounds a year
131 during his life over and above his wages which I
132 hereby order to be continued and paid to him
133 Yearly as long as he lives out of the Rents of
134 my Lands aforesaid and I leave him besides
135 Forty pounds to Build a house I order that all
136 the Servants living with me at the time of my
137 decease shall each of them receive a Years wages
138 over and above what may be then due to them
139 Fourthly as to all the personal Estate I may die
140 possessed of in the Kingdom of England or Ireland
141 I dispose of it in the manner following I give to
142 my friend and Kinsman the hon[our]able George
143 Browne of Claremont in the County of Mayo all
144 my plate Jewells and Trinkets that are in my
145 Iron Chest at Arthur McGuire Esqre in Dawson
146 Street Dublin to be applied to the use of his
147 daughter Margaret Browne as he may think fit
148 I give to my Kinsman Francis Blake of Ralena
149 in the County of Roscommon Esqre one hundred
150 Guineas and I give the like Sum of one hundred
151 Guineas to my friend Fitzherbert Richards now of half
152 Moon Street in the City of London Esqre and I give
153 the like Sum to the hon[oura]ble James Browne my
154 Trustee herein before mentioned requesting of each of
155 them that they would respectively lay out this Money
156 in the purchase a Ring a Snuff Box or something
157 of that sort to be kept as a Memorial of their Friend
158 I give to my Kinsman John Knox of Dorset Street
159 in the City of Dublin Second Son of James Knox
160 of Moyne in the County of Mayo Esqre Five hundred
161 pounds I give to my friend Parsons Sterling of
162 Sackville Street in the City of London Esqre the eight
163 hundred pounds Stock which I have there in the
164 four per Cent Bank Consolidated Annuities In Trust
165 to his Son James Sterling to be applied to the sole
166 use and advancement of the said James and to
167 no other purpose whatever I give to my Friend
168 Arthur McGuire Esqre above mentioned Six hundred
169 pounds together with all the Interest and Costs
170 which may be due at my decease on the Several
171 Bonds left including Settlement Bonds or all __of them as have not be applied by
172 me to the exs of my Mothers Will or the Expences
173 of the Executorship thereof I order my Executors to
174 deliver up to those Intitled to them by virtue of my
175 Mothers Will first deducting out of the Contents of
176 said Bonds whatever may remain due to me for
177 the said Expences of the Executorship and the debts
178 and Legacies discharged by me as to all the rest of
179 my said personal Fortune be it where it will or of
180 what nature it may I give to my Kinsman
181 Valentine Blake aforesaid and do hereby appoint
182 my residuary Legatee thereof Lastly I appoint the
183 Hon[oura]ble George Browne also before mentioned Arthur
184 McGuire Esqre herein also before mentioned and the
185 said Valentine Blake to be the Executors of this
186 my last Will and In Witness whereof I have hereunto
187 put my hand and Seal the Fifth day of May
188 one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy nine 1779
189 when the words benefit and the the words so
190 conform or not and the words and not before and
191 the word there and the word be were Interlined
192 in different places with my own hand H Blake
193 Signed Sealed published and declared by the
194 above named Henry Blake as his last Will and
195 Testament in the presence of us who Subscribe our
196 names as Witnesses in his presence and in the
197 presence of each other Christ Howe Thom Lindsey
198 Willm Fish
199 In the Name of God Amen
200 I Henry Blake of Lehinch in the Kingdom of
201 Ireland but now of Maddox Street Hanover Square
202 in the City of London do make and publish this
203 Codicil to my last Will and Testament which I
204 deposited in the hands of the hon[oura]ble George
205 Browne of Claremont in the Kingdom of
206 Ireland First I order that I may be Buried in a
207 very private manner at Bromley or Eltham in
208 Kent at the option of such of my Relations and
209 Friends as may be kind enough to see these last
210 offices performed to me and in hopes that my
211 Bones may be the more likely to remain undisturbed
212 I desire that my Grave may be made very deep and
213 desire that there may be no Inscription on the Flat
214 Stone to be placed over my Grave but these words
215 Sir Edgment Henricus Blake armiger ob nt Vpa
216 with my arms Engraved at Top in the plain manner
217 they are on my Seal 2dly I order that the following
218 Tenants at Lehinch shall be Forgiven all the
219 arrears of Rent which they may owe at the May
220 or November proceeding my death viz Robert Dyrcoll
221 Samuel Johnston George Buchard Patrick and
222 John Hagarty Brothers at Cloneen and Cormick
223 Hugllos of the same place and also Michael
224 Hugllos of Towne Daikin and Henry Pott Mallett
225 (Kirwan the Son of the Sick old Mary) and I desire each
226 of the poor cotters of Siss__tava may be Forgiven
227 half a years Rent in their account next occurring
228 my decease Also the three last named persons are
229 all of Carrowkell[y] 3dly I bequeath to the two Miss
230 Morgans with whom I lodge all the Furniture that
231 belongs to me in the dining Room here viz[ a vi]t my
232 large Book Case my large reading desk with the
233 Cabinet of Drawers underneath it my Small
234 writing desk and all my Framed and Glazed
235 prints in the Dineing Room and Closet and all the
236 Ireland Tea Trays and the Table Tray I likewise
237 bequeath to Miss Ann Morgan Fifty Guineas and
238 to her Sister Miss Elizabeth Morgan thirty Guineas
239 for their Great care of me during my Illness to be
240 paid them directly and the Furniture to be delivered
241 up to them as soon as my Executors has taken out
242 the Contents 4thly I give to my Servant Patrick
243 Donoghoe if living with me at the time of my
244 death all my Linnen and wearing apparel of
245 every kind that I have in England I order that
246 his wages and Boys wages be continued till my
247 Executor comes to England and has Settled my
248 affairs here provided said Patrick will remain here
249 as long as I hope he will I order he may get
250 ten pounds to buy him Mourning and Ten
251 pounds more to be on his Expences back to Ireland
252 and that when he gets there he may get two
253 years wages over and above what may be then due to
254 him 5thly I order that Hugh McCoy shall stand
255 rent free in his Freehold during his life he paying
256 only for those acres which he holds over and above his
257 Freehold 6thly if I should not die in London or near
258 it I desire that I may be buried at the nearest
259 Village Church to the place of my decease 7thly I
260 appoint my Kinsman Valentine Blake now of
261 Lehinch Executor to this Codicil 8thly I leave the
262 following Trifles to some of my Friends which
263 I request they will kindly accept as Small
264 Memorandums of the regard of their departed
265 Friend and if I should have made any different
266 disposition of the Following things in will (which
267 I cannot now recollect not having a copy of my
268 Will by me) I desire that the present disposition may
269 stand good notwithstanding said Will viz[ a vi]t I leave
270 my Graham watch and Seals except the Seals
271 with my arms and Cypher which I leave to my
272 Executor to my Friends the hon[oura]ble Richard Gow
273 now of this City I leave my Gold Headed Cane
274 to my Friend Parsons Sterlings Esqre now also of
275 this City and I leave the diamond Ring that was
276 in _isters which will be found in one of the
277 drawers of my large Reading desk to my Friend
278 Francis Knox Esqre now likewise of this City but I
279 desire that before it is presented to him my Executor
280 would get it now set in a handsome manner
281 with small Stones Round it either as a Mourning
282 Ring or as a Socket at the choise of my said
283 Friend 9thly I desire that all my Books and prints
284 may be Sold by action or otherwise as my Executor
285 may be advised but I recommend that Mr Paine
286 at the Mews gate in Castle Street may have a
287 preference he being the faires honeste man
288 my Executor can deal with the prints I
289 suppose be Sold by action and I bequeath the
290 produce of said Books and prints to my
291 Cousin Bridget Cuff of Stephens Green Dublin
292 10thly I bequeath the eight hundred pounds Stock
293 which I have in the Four per Cent Consol Fund
294 to my Friend Parsons Sterling Esqre above
295 mentioned In Trust for the use of his Son James
296 Sterling if I should have mentioned this bequest
297 in my Will as I believe I have it being always
298 my intentions that what is here mentioned is only
299 to be considered as a confirmation of the said
300 Legacy in my Will or rather an unnecessary
301 repetition I except out of the Book I have ordered
302 to be held here those which are ready packed up
303 in the deal Box in the Clost they being mostly
304 Books printed in Dublin which are not Saleable here
305 and I desire my Executor may take them to
306 Ireland for his own use In witness whereof I have
307 here unto put my hand and Seal in London this
308 18 December 1779 H Blake Signed Sealed and
309 published in presence of Wm Lyndon
310 The last will and Testament and Codicil of
311 Henry Blake late of Lehinch in the county
312 of Mayo Esquire deceased (having and soforth
313 was proved and approved in Common Form
314 of Said and Registered in his Majesty Court
315 of Prerogative and the burden of the Execution
316 of and administration of the Goods
317 and so forth of the said deceased were
318 granted by the most Reverend Father
319 Richard and so forth to Valentine Blake
329 Esquire one of the Executors therein named
321 he being first personally Sworn Saving the
322 the Right of the honourable George
323 Browne and Arthur McGuire Esquire
324 the other Executors and so Forth (Sowing
325 and soforth) dated the 9th day of November
326 in the year of our Lord 1780
327 A true copy which I attest
328 Hen Upton
329 d Regr
330 This Will was proved at London with a
331 Codicil the fourteenth day of March in the Year
332 of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred eighty
333 one before the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert
334 doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
335 prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
336 by the oath of Valentine Blake one of Executors
337 named in the said Will to whom administration
338 was granted of all and Singular the Goods
339 Chattels and Credits of the deceased having
340 been first Sworn by Commission duly to administer
341 power reserved of making the like grant to the
342 Honourable George Browne and Arthur Mc
343 Guire otherwise Macquire Esquire the other
344 Executors named in the said Will when they
345 or either of them shall apply for the same.
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