I decided to add a new chapter "The Le Blak family early history in England." I came across this Blake line purely by accident when I was searching the Calender of Patent Rolls. This family's name gradually becomes Blake and I believe it is the ancestors of the Blake family at Calne. I decided to add it as there were occasions when members of this family married into the Blake family at Andover. In light of the ancestry of the Blake family at Andover (providing my grandfather's line has no breaks and given the Hunter Gatherer results it does appear to be continuous from the deep past in this area) and the wills of the 1500s for Blake in this area and into Berkshire/Wiltshire this link has proven to be quite interesting. A permit to set up a wool market in England was given to Richard le Blak in 1274 and if the Pipe Rolls of 1301-2 are this same individual and I suspect it to be true as it does not appear to be a common surname in Normandy in this time frame given the long list that was granted for Normandy. There were thirteen earlier records than the 1274 for Richard le Blak of Rouen, Normandy.
Year Month Day Patent Issued Surname Forename Home location
1305 3 20 Westminster le Blake Henry Dorsetshire
1305 3 20 Westminster le Blak Robert Dorsetshire
1315 7 12 Westminster le Blake John Berkshire
1323 7 24 Faxfleet le Blak Simon Hampshire
1340 9 18 Andover le Blake John Berkshire
1340 9 18 Andover le Blake Roger Berkshire
1343 5 16 Westminster Blake Robert Hampshire
1352 11 26 Westminster la Blake Alice Hampshire
1352 11 26 Westminster le Blake Walter Hampshire
1352 11 26 Westminster le Blake Henry Hampshire
1355 11 12 Woodstock Blake Adam Wiltshire
1357 10 21 Westminster Blake Robert Wiltshire
1365 10 18 Westminster Blake Robert Wiltshire
1386 1 28 Westminster Blake John Wiltshire
1386 2 12 Westminster Blake Robert Wiltshire
1389 9 15 Clarendon manor Blake John Hampshire
Relating these to the Emigrants Database 1330-1550 does not reveal any possibilities as the earliest Blake recorded is 1406, a Peter Blake with no location of residence given. So presumably all of these patents were issued to Blake individuals that were either English or too early for the type of recording that yielded the Emigrants Database. Not being an expert on early British history (but learning as I go) I do find this to be quite fascinating how many of these names actually appear on the Pipe Rolls in 1301-2. I think they are showing the movement of this family into Wiltshire actually out of the Waltham area of Berkshire although still found at Speen, Berkshire in the 1500s.
Adding this chapter is very much an after thought mostly because I do think that there were marriages between the daughters of this le Blak family with individuals in Hampshire who did not have a surname and the Blake surname was adopted by them in this early 1300s period. Proving it is another thing but gradually the evidence may make itself shown.
Latin completed, time for my run. Then breakfast. The day begins. Sunday once again and Church on YouTube.
Prayers for Israel, Ukraine and the people of Gaza especially the children who are not involved in Hamas assaulting their neighbour, committing barbaric acts that resulted in the murder of 1200 Israelis on the 7th October last. Although the International Court of Justice has demanded the immediate unconditional release of all the remaining hostages Hamas has not done so but clings to some sort of a barbaric era thought to be long gone from our world.
Prayers for the repose of the soul of Alexei Navalny; the world will truly miss him and remember him centuries from now as the Russian patriot that he was. We will honour him for ever.
Church on YouTube was celebrated at St Peter and St Paul Rustington, West Sussex. In our travels we were not in West Sussex although not too far away as we returned from the Isle of Wight near Gosport, Hampshire. We finished the service with the wondrous hymn of the Church "Great is Our Faithfulness."
Minimal work on the computer today; giving my eyes a rest.
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