Cleaning day today so just in and out of this work looking again at my transcribing of the will of Richard Blayke in 2013.
Listened to CBC yesterday for the talkshow on 51st State. Was quite fascinating listening to the comments from above the border and below the border. I can see it both ways actually but 51st state is a non-starter because we would not have enough representation (the very item that the Patriots fought for in the Revolution) and many many Canadians are descendant of those patriots including my own daughters as their 4x great grandfather Jonathan Mead the Cooper III was a patriot (amongst others - my husband had a mixture of patriots and loyalists in his family but there are actually a lot more patriots). Isaac Kipp married Hannah Mead the daughter of Jonathan Mead in 1790 in Northeast Town, Dutchess County. They came to Canada in late 1800 as settlers (land was cheap) with four of their five sons (Jonathan Kipp remained with his grandfather Jonathan Mead probably because his older sons had moved west towards Wisconsin area and he would have needed his help and he probably wanted to stay; after his grandfather died he came to Upper Canada (Ontario)). But there were lots of others equally drawn to Canada particularly southwestern Upper Canada (Ontario) in the early 1800s. We would have to be 13 States coming in (10 provinces and three territories and hence 26 senators not 2) but as I have said there is an enormous advantage to the United States if we remain Canada - we are your best friend at all times. We always have your back and we provide a perfect conduit for the people living in Alaska to go back and forth through Canada (I actually think Putin said he wanted Alaska back - perhaps they have lots of minerals, rare earths and oil/gas). We are best friends always. I have provided examples of why I think union would not be to the benefit of the United States. You always need a good friend especially when you share the huge border we do. We would need the representation as 13 States so that we can protect our huge wealthy country in order to preserve its gifts into the next century and beyond for the benefit of all of us who live in North America. That is our duty. A closer economic relationship like there is in Europe would be interesting, just one huge land mass that we can go anywhere without a lot of fuss. But one item came up, the value of the Canadian dollar compared to the United States dollar and I guess it is because he was too young, no ideas on that. But I clearly remember the last time the Canadian dollar was around 60 cents in value to the American dollar back in the late 1990s/ early 2000s. The Canadian dollar fluctuates for many reasons. We were going to the States a lot in those days. The exchange rate was huge but we went anyway as we needed to find all those graves of Edward's ancestors (many of them patriots as it turned out, nice the way they put an American flag on all of these graves that we found). A lower dollar makes our exports cheaper although we buy far more American items than Americans buy Canadian no matter what is said especially when you take the oil out of the equation. I guess to make the present administration happier we could just export less oil to them and keep ours here to refine that we usually buy back from them after it has been refined (you charge us 3x what we charge you for it!) The administration changes every four or eight years and is generally friendlier to Canada (we are good friends). Then it would be the United States selling far more to us. We like the fresh fruits and vegetables in the winter for sure. We could offset it by building our own small engine appliances like dishwashers, washing machines, dryers, lawn mowers - our smaller industries all got bought up by American companies during NAFTA and CUSMA - just to have balanced trade. Two methods were used by American companies buying up our Canadian counterparts - they either closed them outright or brought their own products here to sell them. Either way we lost a lot of industry with Free Trade (plus it isn't really free because there are already tariffs on our softwood lumber going to the United States!).
Myself, I would never support Russia against Ukraine or any other European country that they enslaved after World War II with the Iron Curtain (we did send the Soviet Union (Russia) supplies after Hitler's Nazi Germany attacked them but the axiom - an enemy of an enemy is our friend worked when it was needed during the dark cold days of World War II). My mother commented on that actually when I was a young child - she was not surprised that Russia rolled down the Iron Curtain. After all Stalin made a deal to split up Poland with Hitler's Nazi Germany and they did do that in 1939/1940. They also invaded Afghanistan much later and that disaster caused the fall of the Iron Curtain as they went bankrupt. However, much to Stalin's shock Hitler's Nazis invaded Russia and the rest is history. Can Russia ever be trusted? At the end of the war Stalin said at Yalta that he would withdraw from the Eastern European countries but down it came that Iron Curtain and there it stayed enslaving millions of Europeans for nearly two generations. How can they be trusted? Peacekeepers are the answer. There will probably be a need for peacekeepers in Ukraine for a long time to keep the Russians from attacking again and again. My experience with the rich young Russian girl that came to the Space Camp here and stayed on the weekend at our house is reminiscent of exactly what Putin is like. Just always asking to do something that is wrong - she wanted us to take her to the United States and was her first comment when she arrived at our house (no hello as I recall). I, being the person that I am, said do you have a visa? I did say hello and welcome and then the answer. She said I could just lie and say she was my daughter. I said "not happening as we do not lie to the Americans at the border." I moved on. She did not. We took her to see Niagara Falls (she did say she wanted to see it as it is one of the wonders of the world) and she complained all the way at how long the trip was. It is only seven hours by car - almost nothing in a country this large (I believe Russia is the largest country in the world; one would think they have more than enough land but perhaps they want these rare earth deposits that President Trump also wants in Ukraine - interesting)! Perhaps her rich family always flew every where there no ideas on that. Once there when she realized that was the United States on the other side of the Niagara River that was all I heard. Why can't I just go there; I said you "do not have a visa." I mean she was only at our house for a couple of days which we actually spent in Niagara Falls (going there and returning) - really a very strange child. It just never seemed to sink in that there is an answer to some items and it is "no." In this case Russia can not have Ukraine. It isn't theirs according to the people of Ukraine and the people who support them and the United Nations which we were part of creating for just that instance.
Anyway not doing politics; cleaning to do and the will to work on. A busy day ahead for me. Now that I am into latin I realize there is a sentence in this will I did not understand. There seemed to be a bit of friction between the two brothers Richard and Thomas and likely over property I think; still working on that line. I shall work away at that. I think that Nicholas (likely son of Richard) married Margaret the daughter of Thomas Blake and will see that a little later. My proof for that is pretty weak but none the less it is interesting. Nicholas may actually have been an adult at this time as he was just five years later in his mother's will and died in 1547 leaving his will. But only his brother Robert appears to have been given anything in Robert's will that was just blogged. Perhaps the eldest grandsons received something. English inheritance is very interesting. The first son and the first daughter were important in a family and the rest were just substitutes as far as I can tell. It was fairly common I think. But I could be corrected on that. Perhaps everyone thinks that way; I know I always thought of my two daughters equally not as replacements for each other. I could never have a favourite child; I think that is just strange. But then the child I miscarried (the first pregnancy) will always be in my mind safe with God. Like my grandparents, my parents and my siblings who have passed on in this life all safe with God. God is omnipotent and rules over all of us. We need to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ if Christian but equally the other faiths known to me Judaism and Islam also tells their adherents to follow the teachings of God, one God for all.
That reminds me; prayers for His Holiness Pope Francis. He had a good rest apparently last night but he is 88 and he had double pneumonia but doctors can do amazing things these days. Likely he will not get to leave that hospital until he is absolutely well. Doctors can be very insistent when they care for their patients.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 13 Aug 2013
Source: Family Search – 186681, A-658 and Item 195
Testator: Richard Blayke
Place: Knights Enham, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 12 April 1522, probated 23 May 1522
Wrapper: 1522 Rich[ard]us Blake De Enham
Wrapper: P[ro]batu[m] fuit xxiij de Maij mu[ ]day infra villa de Andev[er]
1 In die no[min]e Ame[n] xij die m[en]si[s] d’Ap[ri]lis Anno d[omi]ni M ccccc xxij Ego Richardus blayke cy[m]pos
1. In the name of God Amen 12 day of April AD 1522 I Richard Blake being of
2
me[n]t[i]s sane q[ue] memorie t[ame]n eg[e]r corpore condo et ordino
testament[um] meu[m] de mea[m] labor[aci]on[em] volu[n]tat[em]
2. sound mind and memory but sick of body I make and arrange my will voluntarily following
3
in h[u]nc modu[m] In p[ri]mis et lego A[n]i[m]am mea[m] deo patri
o[mni]pote[n]ti be[ate] marie v[ir]gini o[mn]ibus s[anc]tis
3. in this manner In the first instance, I pray to omnipotent God the Father, to the Blessed Virgin Mary and to all the saints
4 Corpus q[ue] meu[m] sepeliendu[m] in cimitt[er]io p[a]rochialis eccl[es]ie s[anc]ta michaelie archang[e]li de
4. My body to be buried in the parish cemetery of the Church of Saint Michael the Archangel of
5 enham It[e]m lego mat[ric]e eccl[es]ie winton xij d It[e]m lego p[re]dute eccl[es]ie de enham xl d
5. Enham I give and bequeath to the Mother Church of Winton xij d I give and bequeath to the poor at the Church of Enham xl d
6 It[e]m do eccl[es]ie p[a]rochiali[s] de Andov[er] xx d It[e]m lego fr[atr]i meo Thome Blayke xl s
6. I give and bequeath to the parochial Church of Andover xx d I give and bequeath to my brother Thomas Blake xl s
7 ut ip[s]e videar ____ mea vlv volunt[at]us suit testam[entu]s in Jurius duslerat et p[er]vient
cum tenementas It[e]m volo q[uod] Uxor[i] mea habet
7. so that it may be seen the will has been handed over to the judge and will be available when you hold the same Also I wish that my wife
8 Firmam mea p[ro] tempo exp[re]sso in indentua iux[ta] as[s]ignatorum Roberti Blayke pri[mi]s
8. has my land for the time expressed in the indenture between Robert Blake first heir of my estate
9 mei nichi et uxori mee de h[er]edibus u[ost]ris fait It[e]m do p[ar]ochiali presbicto[rum] xl d w[i]t[h]
9. and my wife I also give to the parochial priest 40 d
10 ip[s]e oret p[ro] salute ai[nim]e mee It[e]m volo q[uod] uxor mea h[ab]eat custodia[t] talus mei
10. to pray for the salvation of my soul
11 dura[n]te vita sua et post decessu[m] p[r]imo yedder sup[ra]dict eccl[es]ie de enham It[e]m lego
12 unicuiq[u]e Filiora[m] meor[um] cowes It[e]m do matri mee xl d ac volo q[uod] h[ab]eat victu et
13 vestitu[m] de bo__e meus q[uod] duo vixit It[e]m lego et unicuiq[ue] filior[am] meor[um] unden
14 vacta[ ] et vi[su]m lactu[ ] cum p[er]tin[en]ces Residuum v[er]o omn[ium] bonor[um] meor[um] do et lego uxori
15 mee qua[m] ordino de constituo executore[m] mea[m] et mi[ni]strare ut ipsa h[ab]eat acinde
16 Disponat p[re]sente die mee et sua ep[iscop]a utilitate s[ic]ut ei melius videbit[ur] insutu[r]
17 expedire deo place[r]e et an[im]e mee p[ro]fice[re] d[omi]ni dat[um] die Anno sup[ra]dict[i]s p[ertin]entibus
18 d[omi]no J[o]h[n]e battey curat[e] Thoma Blayke and Richarde Goldyn cum aliis dimis[s]is
19 P[ro]batu[m] fuit xxiij de me[n]sis maij in
20 cum du sup[ra]dicta in Capella infra villa de Andev[er]
21 Ergo fuit B bo____
22 iiij Juin
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