Will of Robert Blake of Churchill, Somerset - The National Archives PROB 11/1861/275, probated 19 May 1836

Robert Blake is the testator and is already known. He is married to Francis Poole and there are a number of wills which mention this family. This is a collateral line to Admiral Robert Blake.

The will of his youngest son John was blogged:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/10/will-of-reberend-john-blake-clerk-of.html

He remembers his sisters Francis, Jane and Elizabeth in his will. His elder brother Robert is already deceased at the time of his death. There are no Blake surname descendants to this family as only the daughter Jane has children.

Robert, the testator, was the son of Reverend Roger Blake and Jane St Albyn and they married 21 Oct 1747 at Nether Stowey. The father of Roger was also Reverend Roger Blake but wife is unknown thus far. The father of this Roger was also Roger Blake married to Susannah Taylor and they had a large family of eleven children. This Roger was the son of Humphry Blake the elder and Elizabeth Upon then back to Humphry Blake and Elizabeth Giles continuing back to Humphrey Blake and Agnus/Ann James who married 23 Oct 1578 at Over Stowey. This Humphrey the son of John Blake the elder and Johan and thence back to the founder Humphrey Blake and his wife Agnis.

Relationship Chart


Admiral Robert Blake [101] is the 2nd cousin 5 times removed of Robert-173 Blake [569]

                                Common Ancestor

                              * Humphrey-21 Blake [1]
                                  (Cir 1499-1558)
                                    * Agnis [2]
                                 (          -1585)
                                   Married  [1]
                                        |
                    ---------------------------------------------------------
                    |                                                                       |
                    |                                                                       |
     * John-27 (the elder) Blake [3]                  * Robert-28 Blake [4]
          (Cir 1521-After 1576)                             (Cir 1523-Cir 1592)
               Johan [12]                                         Margaret Symonds [22]
            (          -1595)                                                (          -1600)
          Married Cir 1541 [4]                                             Married  [5]
                    |                                                                        |
                    |                                                                        |
        * Humphrey-38 Blake [16]                       * Humphry-43 Blake [25]
           (Cir 1556-Cir 1619)                                             (Cir 1563-1625)
          Agnus/Ann James [73]                      Sarah Swithers formerly Williams [100]
            (          -1645)                                                      (          -1638)
        Married 23 Oct 1578 [19]                                    Married 5 Oct 1597 [26]
                    |                                                                       |
                    |                                                                        |
         * Humphry-54 Blake [74]                    * Admiral Robert Blake [101]
          (Cir 1580-          )                                            (1598-1657)
          Elizabeth Giles [129]
              Married  [33]
                    |
                    |
   * Humphry-77 the elder Blake [131]
               (1611-1665)
          Elizabeth Upton [205]
            (          -1683)
              Married  [57]
                    |
                    |
         * Roger-105 Blake [210]
               (1651-1702)
          Susannah Taylor [226]
            (          -1718)
            Married 1672 [62]
                    |
                    |
    * Reverend Roger-129 Blake [225]
               (1681-1721)
              Unknown [477]
             Married  [165]
                    |
                    |
    * Reverend Roger-150 Blake [481]
               (1719-1785)
           Jane St Albyn [567]
               (1725-1761)
        Married 21 Oct 1747 [197]
                    |
                    |
        * Robert-173 Blake [569]
               (1750-1836)

Nether Stowey Parish Registers (http://www.wsom.org.uk/Registers/ ) 1 miles NE of Overstowey)

Baptisms
Robert Blake son of Robert and Frances 27 Dec 1787
Frances St Albyn daughter of Robert and Frances 12 Feb 1789
Jane Blake daughter of Robert and Frances 20 Aug 1790
Elizabeth Blake daughter of Robert and Frances 26 Oct 1791

Marriage

Robert Blake and Frances Poole 23 Nov 1786

Burials

Rev. Robert Blake 19 Jun 1820, 32 y, Churchill
Rev. John Blake 16 Mar 1832, 34 y, B. Lydeard
Robert Blake 11 Mar 1836, 85 y, Churchill
Frances Blake 8 Nov 1848, 88 y, Churchill


Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 30 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1861/275
Testator: Robert Blake
Place: Churchill, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 19 Feb 1836, probated 19 May 1836
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Robert
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 8

1    I Robert Blake of Churchill in the County
2    of Somerset do declare this to be my last will and testament I hereby give to
3    William Atkinson of the City of Bristol should his present wife my daughter
4    Jane die before him a clear annuity of fifty pounds from the decease of my
5    said daughter Jane to be paid him by my wife hereafter Named or she
6    being dead or at her decease by my daughter Elizabeth also hereafter named
7    or her heirs executors admors or assigns for and during his natural life I
8    hereby give to my dear wife Frances Blake my Cottage and Orchard at
9    Churchill Green and also the Sum of one thousand pounds and also all
10    the money I may have by me at the time of my decease and also all
11    rents dividends or interests of monies or balance in Bankers
12    hands then due or shall become due during her lifetime and also all
13    plate linen and china alis also all my goods and furniture and stock
14    if any and out door property if any and every kind to her my said wife
15    her heirs executors admors and assigns for ever I also hereby give to my said
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16    wife the whole or entire income of all the property I shall die possessed of for
17    and during her natural life subject to William Atkinsons contingent annuity
18    is hereby give to my daughter Elizabeth and such other trustee or trustees as she
19    I hereby empowerd to elect appoint or exchange one or more at any time
20    or from time to time either to act in conjunction with or to succeed her the
21    following * hereby vested property in trust nevertheless for my daughters Frances
22    St Albyn and Jane and Elizabeth Frances and Jane for their lives with
23    reversion to Elizabeth
24    The vested property for Frances St Albyn
25    * Sixteen acres of land late Mr James Gawes in Mark Liberty Moor and also
26    fifteen acres of land 2 fields late Jonas Coles also in Mark Liberty Moor and
27    also the sum of six hundred pounds
28    The vested property for Jane
29    * all my estate at Bicknoller held by Copy of Court Roll under the Dean and
30    Chapter of Wells for her own life and others and also seven acres of land in Land Moor
31    and parish of Huntspill late B[a]wderips and also a field ab[ou]t 4 acres at Woolavington
32    lately bought of Miss Hales and also the sum of eight hundred pounds
33    The entire or whole neat income of all the vested property as well as all
34    other the property I shall die possessed of to be received by my said wife for
35    and during her natural life and from and after her decease a whole or entire
36    neat income of the said vested property to be paid by the said trustees or trustee
37    into the hands of my said daughters Frances St Albyn and Jane and their
38    receipts _ing be accepted in discharge thereof and should my said daughters
39    Frances St Albyn and Jane or either of them die before their sister Elizabeth
40    the said recited property of either or both so dying shall be considered as
41    having vested at the time of their or either of their decease to their sister
42    Elizabeth her heirs executors admors and assigns for ever but subject to the
43    payment of half the neat income of the said recited property of the deceased
44    to the surviving sister for her life all the rest residue and
45    remainder of the property I shall die possessed of both real and
46    personal I hereby give to my said daughter Elizabeth her heirs executors
47    admors and assigns for ever I hereby appoint my dear wife and my daughter
48    Elizabeth joint Executrixes to this my last will and testament Robert
49    Blake Signed sealed and declared to be my last will and testament this
50    eighteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty six in the
51    presence of us as witnesses Joseph Curtis Susan Hemans
52    Thomas Shorland
53    Proved at London 19th May 1836 before the Judge by the Oaths
54    of Frances Blake widow the relict and Elizabeth Blake Spinster the daughter
55    the executrixes to whom administration was granted having been first sworn
56    in Comon duly to admr

Will of The Reverend Richard Blake, Clerk, Farway, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/1170/274, probated 24 Oct 1788

Richard Blake, the testator, has a memorial placed on Flicker:

“Near this place are deposited the Remains of the Reverend Richard Blake, A.M. Rector of this Parish, 31 Years, who Died much Lamented 22nd September 1788 Aged 66 Years. He was a liberal Benefactor to the poor. A sincere and Ready Friend. A vigilant and faithful Pastor. From his mind replete with Knowledge Flowed Instruction to all. And his Heart equally Benevolent Ever Expanded the Gate of his Hospitable Mansion. To whose memory this Monument is Erected By order of his affectionate Relative, Hannah Atkinson.”

The Parish Church at Farway is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels and the early Norman Church can still be seen (13th century).

This is a large wall plaque which can be found on Flickr (the sculptor was M. Eames and it is located in the parish church at Farway, Devon):  http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheepdog_rex/6153526529/

This is the third will mentioning John Stabback, Clerk. The other two were blogged earlier:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/07/will-of-martha-blake-widow-exon-devon.html

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/06/will-of-elizabeth-blake-widow-saint.html

In both wills, John Stabback has been entrusted with trusteeship as is also the case in this will. In the will of Martha Blake she names her sister as Elizabeth Stabback. John Stabback who is named as a Clerk is nephew to Martha Blake. Neither of these women have living children at their deaths.

Richard names his aunt: Alice Williams and his cousins: Thomas Williams, Hannah Atkinson, Richard Blake, William Blake, and Thomas Dodge.

This Richard is possibly the son of Richard Blake baptized 22 Sep 1722 at Saint David, Exeter, Devon. His donations to Charities in Exeter tend to make me think that he was from Exeter. Later in 1795 his cousin Miss Hannah Atkinson endowed a charity school at Farway:

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50578

There are references on the National Archives to Land deals in which both Robert Tarrant, Clerk, rector of St. Petrock Exon and John Stabback, clerk, rector of St Edmund upon the Bridge, Exon are mentioned:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=027-332a&cid=-1#-1

At St Davids Church in Exter there is a brass tablet remembering an earlier parishioner:

In memory of Richard Blake died 9th August 1746 aged 54. Hannah Blake his widow died 15th Aug 1673 aged 68.

http://www.archive.org/stream/pt2devoncornwall04exetuoft/pt2devoncornwall04exetuoft_djvu.txt


Searching for this marriage of Richard Blake and Hannah in the Marriage Allegations and will report back later if I find it.I believe it to be the marriage of Richard Blake and Hannah Matthews celebrated in Exeter Cathedral in 1721 from the Boyd's Marriage Index but am searching the allegations by Vivian at the moment for all Blake entries and will watch for that particular entry if they had a license. The baptism of Richard does fit in as it was likely in 1722 according to the memorial.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Aug 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1170/274
Testator: The Reverend Richard Blake, Clerk
Place: Farway, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 11 Nov 1769, probated 24 Oct 1788
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: The Reverend
[Margin]: Richard
[Margin]: Blake

1    Be it remembered
2    That this is the last Will and Testament of me Richard
3    Blake of Farway in the County of Devon Clerk made this
4    eleventh day of November one thousand seven hundred and sixty
5    nine First I give and bequeath unto Robert Tarrant of the City of
6    Exon Clerk and John Stabback of the same City Clerk their
7    Executors and administrators all my Capital Stock of Moneys in
8    any of the Publick Companys or Funds of this kingdom and all my
9    right and Interest therein respectively upon the trust herein
10    after mentioned concerning the same that is to say upon trust that they
11    my said Trustees their Executors and administrators do and shall
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12    by and out of the Yearly dividends Interest and produce
13    thereof in the first place pay unto my Aunt Alice Williams
14    widow the annual or clear yearly Sum of twenty five
15    pounds for and during her natural life free of all Rates
16    Taxes and other outgoings whatsoever and in the next place
17    do and shall by and out of the Yearly dividends Interest and
18    produce of my said Stocks pay unto Mary Davy my Servant
19    who now lives with me the annual or clear Yearly Sum of
20    Fifteen pounds for and during her natural life free of all rates
21    Taxes and other outgoings whatsoever and I do hereby
22    order and direct that both the said annuities shall be
23    paid and payable by two equal half yearly payments
24    and the First payment thereof respectively to begin and be
25    made at the End of six calendar Months next after my
26    decease and the residue of the clear and neat dividends
27    interest and produce of my said Stocks do and shall account
28    for and pay over unto my cousin Hannah Atkinson who
29    now lives with me to and for her own use and benefit and
30    upon this further trust that they my said trustees their
31    Executors and administrators do and shall by and out of my
32    said Capital Stock of Moneys in the Funds pay unto my
33    Cousin Thomas Williams Son of the said Alice Williams the
34    Sum of one hundred pounds of lawful British Money in six
35    months next after the death of his said Mother and also pay
36    unto my Cousin Richard Blake the Sum of two hundred
37    pounds of lawful British Money in six months next after the
38    deaths of both than the said Alice Williams and Mary Davy
39    and also do and shall pay unto the Treasurer or Treasurers
40    for the time being of a Society who now call themselves the
41    Governors of the Devon and Exeter hospital at Exeter the Sum
42    of thirty five pounds in six Calendar months next after the
43    deaths of both them the said Alice Williams and Mary Davy
44    which said Sum of thirty five pounds I desire may be applied
45    towards the carrying on the Charitable designs of the said
46    Society and also do and shall pay unto the Treasurer or
47    Treasurers for the time being of a Society who now call
48    themselves the trustees for the Charity Schools within the said
49    City of Exeter which were begun and established in the time when
50    Doctor Blackhall was Bishop of Exeter the like Sum of thirty
51    five pounds of lawful British Money in six Calendar months
52    next after the deaths of both of them the said Alice Williams
53    and Mary Davy which said last mentioned Sum of thirty five
54    pounds I desire may be applied towards the carrying on the
55    charitable designs of the said Society and also do and shall
56    pay unto the Treasurer or Treasurers for the time being of
57    a Society established for the support and maintenance of poor
58    Clergymens Widows and orphans within the archdeaconary
59    of Exeter the like Sum of thirty five pounds of lawful British
60    Money in six Calendar months next after the deaths of
61    both them the said Alice Williams and Mary Davy and my
62    express will and Meaning is that the said last mentioned
63    Sum of thirty five pounds shall be paid to and distributed
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64    amongst such poor Clergymen’s widows and orphans only
65    who are not possessed of or entitled to more than two hundred
66    pounds in real or personal Estate or in both real and
67    personal or have not an income of more than ten pounds
68    a year such being the objects for whose benefit the said
69    Charity was originally begun and established and the
70    residue of my said Stocks or Moneys in the Funds after the
71    several payments and applications aforesaid do and shall
72    account for and pay over or otherwise transfer the same
73    unto my said cousin Hannah Atkinson her Executors and
74    administrators to and for her and their own use and benefit
75    and upon no other need and for no other intent or
76    purpose whatsoever also I give and bequeath unto my said
77    Cousin Richard Blake the further Sum of one hundred pounds
78    of lawful British Money to be paid to him by my Executrix
79    hereinafter named within one year next after my death if
80    he shall then have attained his age of twenty one years
81    but if not then to be paid to him when and so soon as he
82    shall attain that age also I give and bequeath unto my
83    Cousin Thomas Dodge the Sum of one hundred pounds of lawful
84    British Money to be paid to him by my Executrix herein after
85    named within one year next after my decease if he shall
86    then have attained his age of twenty one years but if not then
87    to be paid to him when and so soon as he shall have
88    attained that age and my will is that if any or either of them
89    the said Thomas Williams Richard Blake and Thomas Dodge
90    shall happen to die before his or their Legacy or Legacys
91    or any part thereof respectively shall become payable that
92    then the Legacy or Legacies of him or them so dying or such
93    part thereof as shall not be payable in his or their life time
94    shall sink for the benefit of my Executrix and not be paid or
95    payable also I give and bequeath unto my Cousin William
96    Blake Brother of the said Richard Blake the Sum of one
97    hundred pounds of lawful British money to be paid to him by my
98    Executrix hereinafter named within one year next after my
99    death also I give and bequeath unto the said Robert Tarrant
100    and John Stabback the Sum of Fifty pounds each of lawful British
101    Money to be paid to them respectively by my Executrix herein
102    after named in six months next after my death provided always
103    nevertheless and my Will is that they my said trustees or
104    either of them shall  not be answerable or accountable for the acts
104    Deeds Receipts of mismanagement of each other but each for
106    his own acts Deeds Receipts and mismanagements only nor for any
107    loss or losses that shall or may happen to the said trust Estate and
108    premises nor for any more money than shall come to their
109    hands respectively and my Will further is that it shall and
110    may be lawful to and for my said trustees respectively to
111    deduct retain and keep in his and their hands respectively out
112    of the said trust moneys and premises over and besides the
113    several Legacies herein before to them respectively Given all such
114    Costs charges damages and Expences as they or either of them shall
115    sustain be at or put into for or on account of the trusts hereby in
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116    them reposed or their or either of their acting or intermeddling
117    therein or anything relating thereto together with so much
118    Money as they shall severally reasonably deserve for their labour
119    and trouble in and about the same also I give and bequeath
120    unto such poor people of the parish of Farway as have no
121    pay or relief from the said parish the Sum of ten pounds
122    of lawful British Money to be paid and distributed unto and
123    amongst such of them as my Executrix shall think proper
124    at the following times to wit one half hereof in two months next
125    after my death and the residue thereof within twelve months
126    next after my decease also all the rest residue and remainder
127    of my Goods Chattels Lands Tenements and hereditaments
128    Real and personal Estate whatsoever of mine hereinbefore
129    given devised or bequeathed my Debts Legacies and Funeral
130    Expences being first paid and discharged I give devise and
131    bequeath unto my said Cousin Hannah Atkinson her heirs Exors
132    administrators and assigns and her the said Hannah Atkinson
133    I make whole and sole Executrix of this my last Will and
134    Testament hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me
135    heretofore made and ratifying and confirming this to be my
136    last In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and
137    Testament contained in two Sheets of paper to the first Sheet
138    thereof set my hand and to the last my hand and Seal the day
139    and year aforesaid Richd Blake Signed Sealed published
140    and declared by the said Richard Blake the Testator as and
141    for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have
142    subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto in the presence of
143    the said Testator and of each other Henry Venn Junr Jas
144    Townsend Jno Pratt
145    This Will was proved at London the twenty
146    fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand
147    seven hundred and eighty eight before the Right Worshipful
148    Sir William Wynne Knight doctor of Laws Master keeper
149    or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
150    constituted by the Oath of Hannah Atkinson Spinster the Sole
151    Executrix named in the said Will to whom administration was
152    granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of
153    the deceased having been first sworn duly to administer.