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.
http://archive.org/stream/annalswinchcomb00dentgoog/annalswinchcomb00dentgoog_djvu.txt
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
[Top]: 178
[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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Will of Priscilla Blake, Marks Hall, Essex - The National Archives PROB 11/2207/432, probated 29 Mar 1855
Priscilla Blake is the testatrix. She died March quarter 1855 in Lexden RD. She is on the 1851 census at Copford, Lexden, Essex. She is listed as a Lady and was born at Halsted, Essex. Everyone living at the same address is a servant. She was born in 1797. Her married surname was Honywood and she was of Marks Hall, Essex. Another descendant of the Galway Blake family, Arthur Netterville Blake was the son of Netterville Blake of Kilcloghans Co. He was a Captain in the British Military. He married (first wife) 7 Feb 1842 Mrs. Priscilla Honywood (relict of Philip Honywood) and they did not have any children. She died 9 Feb 1855. Her maiden name was Hanbury and she was the daughter of Charles Hanbury and Priscilla Blane. Arthur Netterville Blake then married Harriet Graham who was the daughter of Richard Blake and Eliza O’Donel (Richard was the son of George Blake and Juliane Lynch of Garracloone (another Galway Blake line).
Arthur’s will was proved at Tuam (Ireland) 7 Mar 1876. Arthur was the son of (Captain) Netterville Blake of Newborough, County Galway and he was the second son of Dominick Blake of Castlegrove and his first wife Francis Netterville. From the second marriage of Dominick Blake are descended one line of the Blake family in Canada (not my line!).
From the Landed Estates database: http://landedestates.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/search.jsp?q=parishes
(Estate) Blake (Castlegrove) - By his will (1612) Robert Blake of Ardfry left the lands of Castlegrove or Fartigare as they were originally known, in the barony of Dunmore, county Galway, to his seventh son, Andrew Blake. In the mid 18th century Dominick Blake of Castlegrove married Frances, daughter of Nicholas, 5th Viscount Netterville, as his first wife. Their second son founded the Blake family of Newborough. The Blakes of Canada are descended from Dominick Blake's second marriage. Castlegrove, an estate of over 2,300 acres belonging to Edward Blake, was advertised for sale in November 1852 and bought by John W. Cannon. Edward Blake still held land in the parishes of Killererin, Dunmore and Tuam at the time of Griffith's Valuation. An Edward Blake of Belgium owned 924 acres in county Galway and 1698 acres in county Roscommon in the 1870s. Netterville Blake of Newborough, parish of Kilbennan, barony of Dunmore, county Galway, second son of Dominick Blake of Castlegrove, had a large family of 14 children. His third son Arthur Netterville Blake lived at Kilcloghan House, north of Tuam and held the 93 acres of the townland of Mount Potter in fee, presumably having bought it from Jeremiah Tully in the Encumbered Estates' Court in 1850. Martin Blake writes that Arthur's younger brother James Netterville Blake, a doctor, lived at Newborough. The Blakes held Newborough from Patrick Crean Lynch. Lands at Lisnanny and Ballyroe, barony of Dunmore, amounting to 656 acres and 218 at Burris, barony of Clanmorris in county Mayo were advertised for sale by the trustees of Margaret Blake widow of James Netterville Blake in 1851.
The will of Arthur Netterville Blake will eventually appear in the Irish Wills if I am able to locate it.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Apr 2014
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2207/432
Testator: Priscilla Blake, wife
Place: Marks Hall, Essex, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 28 May 1842, probated 29 Mar 1855
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Priscilla
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 11
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Priscilla Blake the wife of Arthur Netterville Blake Esquire
3 now residing at Marks Hall in the County of Essex Whereas by the
4 Settlement made on my marriage with the said Arthur Netterville
5 Blake dated the sixth day of December one thousand eight hundred and
6 forty one the sum of one thousand two hundred and fifty pounds three
7 per cent consolidated annuities one thousand pounds bank stock two
8 hundred and eighty eight pounds Royal Exchange Stock and two hundred
9 and ninety eight pounds eighteen shillings and two pence River dee Stock
10 was assigned to the Reverend Charles Gooch of Topsfield Essex Clerk and
11 Philip Hanbury of Lombard Street London Banker In trust (subject to
12 the life interest thereby given to the said Arthur Netterville Blake therein
13 and to a power for raising a certain sum thereof which has been exer
14 rised for such person or persons for such interests and purposes and with
15 under and subject to such powers provisioes and declarations as I the
16 said Priscilla Blake by my last Will and Testament or any Codicil or
17 Codicils thereto should notwithstanding my coverture direct or appoint
18 and in default of such direction or appointment and so far as any such
19 direction or appointment should not extend In trust for the person or per
20 sons who under the Statute for the distribution of the personal estate of
21 Intestates would at the time of my decease have been entitled to my
22 personal estate if I had died intestate and the marriage between me
23 and the said Arthur Netterville Blake had not been solemnized and to
24 be divided between such persons if more than one in the shares as
25 which the same would be distributed by virtue of the said Statue
26 And whereas I have made a Will in pursuance of the said powers
27 which I am now desirous to revoke and it is my intention that the
28 said trust funds should as in the course and belong to the previous
29 provisos in my said in part recited Settlement Now thus revoked I do
30 hereby utterly revoke and cancel the said Will as is aforesaid made
31 by me in pursuance of the said power and every direction and appoint
32 ment thereby made and also all other Wills and Testaments and
33 Codicil or Codicils at any time heretofore made and consented by me
34 And I do hereby so far as I have any power so to do confirm the
35 hereinbefore in part recited settlement and the trusts and provisions
36 therein contained In witness whereof I have hereunder set my hand
37 this twenty eighth day of May one thousand eighteen hundred and forty
38 two Priscilla Blake Signed and declared by the said Priscilla
39 Blake the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the pre-
40 sence of us present at the same time who in her presence at her request
41 and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names
42 as witnesses Osgood Hanbury Cogeshall Essex Esquire
43 Guigis Sanforde Bailiff to Osgood Hanbury Esquire
44 This is a Codicil to the last Will and testament of me
45 Priscilla Blake of Marks Hall in the County of Essex the wife of
46 Arthur Netterville Blake Esquire but now living a separate life apart
47 from him under and by virtue of a deed of Separation bearing date the
48 twentieth day of September instant and now acting as if I was ____
49 sole and unmarried which said Will bears date the twenty eighth day of
50 May now last past Whereas I the said Priscilla Blake being entitled
51 to as my own private and exclusive property independently of the
52 said Arthur Netterville Blake and subject to my entire control and disposi
53 tion consisting of household and other furniture plate linen china
54 books wines carriage horses deer live and dead farming stock crops
55 and other effects and property div by a certain Indenture of Assign-
56 ment bearing even date with the said deed of Separation between me
57 and the said Arthur Netterville Blake assign over the same to my
58 brother Edward Hanbury of Hackeston in the County of Suffolk Esquire
60 upon certain trusts therein mentioned as an indemnity to the said
61 Edward Hanbury his executors administrators and assigns against any
62 responsibility incurred by him under the covenants entered into by him
63 on my behalf in the said deed of Separation Now I do hereby after
64 payment of all my just debts funeral and testamentary expences give
65 and bequeath unto my children Robert Honywood Priscilla Honywood
66 and Walter Honywood equally to be divided between them on their
67 severally attaining the age of twenty one years all so much and such
68 part of my said estate and effects as aforesaid as shall not have been
69 applied by the said Edward Hanbury his executors administrators and
70 assigns under the trusts in the said Indenture of Assignment expressed
71 And I nominate and appoint the said Edward Hanbury and my brother
72 in law Christopher Hewetson Barnes of Babergh in the County of
73 Suffolk Esquire my Executors In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
74 hand this twenty second day of September one thousand eight hundred
75 and forty two Priscilla Blake Signed and declared by the said
76 Priscilla Blake as and for a Codicil to her last Will and Testament in
77 the presence of us present at the same time who in her presence at her
78 request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our
79 names as witnesses Tho: Sadler Sol[icito]r Coggeshall Essex Sarah
80 Sallines Servant to Mrs Blake
81 On the 29th March 1855 Admon with the Will and Codicil annexed
82 of the goods chattels and credits of Priscilla Blake Wife of Arthur
83 Netterville Blake Esquire, late of Copford Place in the Parish of
84 Copford in the County of Essex deceased Limited so far only as concerns
85 all the right title and interest of the deceased in and to all such per
86 sonal estate and effects as she the said deceased by virtue of two certain
87 Indentures bearing date respectively the 6th December 1841 and the 20th September
88 1842 has a right to appoint or dispose of and hath in and by her
89 said Will appointed and disposed of accordingly but no further or
90 otherwise were granted to Robert Honywood the son of the said deceased
91 and a Principal Legatee named in the said Codicil he having been first
92 sworn by Com[missi]on duly to admini[ster] Christopher Hewitson Barnes the
93 surviving Executor named in the Codicil having first renounced the Probate
94 and execution of the said Will and Codicil as by Acts of Court appears
95 On the 20th April 1855 Admon of the rest of the Goods chattels and
96 credits of Priscilla Blake (wife of Arthur Netterville Blake Esquire
97 late of Copford Place in the Parish of Copford in the County of Essex
98 deceased concerning which the said intestate was granted to the said
99 Arthur Netterville Blake the lawful husband of the said deceased hav-
100 ing been first sworn duly to administer
Arthur’s will was proved at Tuam (Ireland) 7 Mar 1876. Arthur was the son of (Captain) Netterville Blake of Newborough, County Galway and he was the second son of Dominick Blake of Castlegrove and his first wife Francis Netterville. From the second marriage of Dominick Blake are descended one line of the Blake family in Canada (not my line!).
From the Landed Estates database: http://landedestates.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/search.jsp?q=parishes
(Estate) Blake (Castlegrove) - By his will (1612) Robert Blake of Ardfry left the lands of Castlegrove or Fartigare as they were originally known, in the barony of Dunmore, county Galway, to his seventh son, Andrew Blake. In the mid 18th century Dominick Blake of Castlegrove married Frances, daughter of Nicholas, 5th Viscount Netterville, as his first wife. Their second son founded the Blake family of Newborough. The Blakes of Canada are descended from Dominick Blake's second marriage. Castlegrove, an estate of over 2,300 acres belonging to Edward Blake, was advertised for sale in November 1852 and bought by John W. Cannon. Edward Blake still held land in the parishes of Killererin, Dunmore and Tuam at the time of Griffith's Valuation. An Edward Blake of Belgium owned 924 acres in county Galway and 1698 acres in county Roscommon in the 1870s. Netterville Blake of Newborough, parish of Kilbennan, barony of Dunmore, county Galway, second son of Dominick Blake of Castlegrove, had a large family of 14 children. His third son Arthur Netterville Blake lived at Kilcloghan House, north of Tuam and held the 93 acres of the townland of Mount Potter in fee, presumably having bought it from Jeremiah Tully in the Encumbered Estates' Court in 1850. Martin Blake writes that Arthur's younger brother James Netterville Blake, a doctor, lived at Newborough. The Blakes held Newborough from Patrick Crean Lynch. Lands at Lisnanny and Ballyroe, barony of Dunmore, amounting to 656 acres and 218 at Burris, barony of Clanmorris in county Mayo were advertised for sale by the trustees of Margaret Blake widow of James Netterville Blake in 1851.
The will of Arthur Netterville Blake will eventually appear in the Irish Wills if I am able to locate it.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Apr 2014
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2207/432
Testator: Priscilla Blake, wife
Place: Marks Hall, Essex, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 28 May 1842, probated 29 Mar 1855
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Priscilla
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 11
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Priscilla Blake the wife of Arthur Netterville Blake Esquire
3 now residing at Marks Hall in the County of Essex Whereas by the
4 Settlement made on my marriage with the said Arthur Netterville
5 Blake dated the sixth day of December one thousand eight hundred and
6 forty one the sum of one thousand two hundred and fifty pounds three
7 per cent consolidated annuities one thousand pounds bank stock two
8 hundred and eighty eight pounds Royal Exchange Stock and two hundred
9 and ninety eight pounds eighteen shillings and two pence River dee Stock
10 was assigned to the Reverend Charles Gooch of Topsfield Essex Clerk and
11 Philip Hanbury of Lombard Street London Banker In trust (subject to
12 the life interest thereby given to the said Arthur Netterville Blake therein
13 and to a power for raising a certain sum thereof which has been exer
14 rised for such person or persons for such interests and purposes and with
15 under and subject to such powers provisioes and declarations as I the
16 said Priscilla Blake by my last Will and Testament or any Codicil or
17 Codicils thereto should notwithstanding my coverture direct or appoint
18 and in default of such direction or appointment and so far as any such
19 direction or appointment should not extend In trust for the person or per
20 sons who under the Statute for the distribution of the personal estate of
21 Intestates would at the time of my decease have been entitled to my
22 personal estate if I had died intestate and the marriage between me
23 and the said Arthur Netterville Blake had not been solemnized and to
24 be divided between such persons if more than one in the shares as
25 which the same would be distributed by virtue of the said Statue
26 And whereas I have made a Will in pursuance of the said powers
27 which I am now desirous to revoke and it is my intention that the
28 said trust funds should as in the course and belong to the previous
29 provisos in my said in part recited Settlement Now thus revoked I do
30 hereby utterly revoke and cancel the said Will as is aforesaid made
31 by me in pursuance of the said power and every direction and appoint
32 ment thereby made and also all other Wills and Testaments and
33 Codicil or Codicils at any time heretofore made and consented by me
34 And I do hereby so far as I have any power so to do confirm the
35 hereinbefore in part recited settlement and the trusts and provisions
36 therein contained In witness whereof I have hereunder set my hand
37 this twenty eighth day of May one thousand eighteen hundred and forty
38 two Priscilla Blake Signed and declared by the said Priscilla
39 Blake the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the pre-
40 sence of us present at the same time who in her presence at her request
41 and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names
42 as witnesses Osgood Hanbury Cogeshall Essex Esquire
43 Guigis Sanforde Bailiff to Osgood Hanbury Esquire
44 This is a Codicil to the last Will and testament of me
45 Priscilla Blake of Marks Hall in the County of Essex the wife of
46 Arthur Netterville Blake Esquire but now living a separate life apart
47 from him under and by virtue of a deed of Separation bearing date the
48 twentieth day of September instant and now acting as if I was ____
49 sole and unmarried which said Will bears date the twenty eighth day of
50 May now last past Whereas I the said Priscilla Blake being entitled
51 to as my own private and exclusive property independently of the
52 said Arthur Netterville Blake and subject to my entire control and disposi
53 tion consisting of household and other furniture plate linen china
54 books wines carriage horses deer live and dead farming stock crops
55 and other effects and property div by a certain Indenture of Assign-
56 ment bearing even date with the said deed of Separation between me
57 and the said Arthur Netterville Blake assign over the same to my
58 brother Edward Hanbury of Hackeston in the County of Suffolk Esquire
60 upon certain trusts therein mentioned as an indemnity to the said
61 Edward Hanbury his executors administrators and assigns against any
62 responsibility incurred by him under the covenants entered into by him
63 on my behalf in the said deed of Separation Now I do hereby after
64 payment of all my just debts funeral and testamentary expences give
65 and bequeath unto my children Robert Honywood Priscilla Honywood
66 and Walter Honywood equally to be divided between them on their
67 severally attaining the age of twenty one years all so much and such
68 part of my said estate and effects as aforesaid as shall not have been
69 applied by the said Edward Hanbury his executors administrators and
70 assigns under the trusts in the said Indenture of Assignment expressed
71 And I nominate and appoint the said Edward Hanbury and my brother
72 in law Christopher Hewetson Barnes of Babergh in the County of
73 Suffolk Esquire my Executors In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
74 hand this twenty second day of September one thousand eight hundred
75 and forty two Priscilla Blake Signed and declared by the said
76 Priscilla Blake as and for a Codicil to her last Will and Testament in
77 the presence of us present at the same time who in her presence at her
78 request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our
79 names as witnesses Tho: Sadler Sol[icito]r Coggeshall Essex Sarah
80 Sallines Servant to Mrs Blake
81 On the 29th March 1855 Admon with the Will and Codicil annexed
82 of the goods chattels and credits of Priscilla Blake Wife of Arthur
83 Netterville Blake Esquire, late of Copford Place in the Parish of
84 Copford in the County of Essex deceased Limited so far only as concerns
85 all the right title and interest of the deceased in and to all such per
86 sonal estate and effects as she the said deceased by virtue of two certain
87 Indentures bearing date respectively the 6th December 1841 and the 20th September
88 1842 has a right to appoint or dispose of and hath in and by her
89 said Will appointed and disposed of accordingly but no further or
90 otherwise were granted to Robert Honywood the son of the said deceased
91 and a Principal Legatee named in the said Codicil he having been first
92 sworn by Com[missi]on duly to admini[ster] Christopher Hewitson Barnes the
93 surviving Executor named in the Codicil having first renounced the Probate
94 and execution of the said Will and Codicil as by Acts of Court appears
95 On the 20th April 1855 Admon of the rest of the Goods chattels and
96 credits of Priscilla Blake (wife of Arthur Netterville Blake Esquire
97 late of Copford Place in the Parish of Copford in the County of Essex
98 deceased concerning which the said intestate was granted to the said
99 Arthur Netterville Blake the lawful husband of the said deceased hav-
100 ing been first sworn duly to administer
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Will of Thomas Blake, Esquire, Bath, Somerset - The National Archives PROB 11/1710/445, probated 18 Apr 1826 and 5 Jul 1842
Thomas Blake is the testator living at Bath and I have no ideas on how or if he fits into the Blake families known to be at Bath.
The registers for the abbey at bath are online at Archive.org:
http://archive.org/stream/registersofabbey28abbe/registersofabbey28abbe_djvu.txt
Robert Sumption, Esquire was buried 19 Jan 1778
Mrs Ann Blake was buried in 1798
Ann Blake, niece of the testator and mentioned in his will, married James Barnes (he was 40 and she was 30) 15 Feb 1817 in Hampshire (no more details apparent although that would give Ann a birth date of 1787. Information from LDS I03915-6. A second reference gives Wiltshire as the marrying place with reference I03128-4. Find My Past provides more information with James Barnes being of Tisbury, Wiltshire, a bachelor and gardener and Ann Blake being of Chilmark, Wiltshire and a spinster. Bondsman James Cuffe, butcher, Tisbury. They were married by licence granted by the Bishop of Salisbury – the place of marriage was not given as this is from the Sarum Marriage Licence Bonds.
An interesting document about the village of Chilmark online:
http://www.history-pieces.co.uk/Docs/Chilmark_1851.pdf
William Blake is listed as a lodger of 71? years and was an agricultural labourer now pauper. There is also a John Blake born 1821 at Chilmark and an agricultural labourer. The paper above is an analysis of the 1851 census for Chilmark. I pulled up this census to see if there was anything more to glean from it. The nephew of the testator was Thomas Blake, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. However, Thomas is in will does express that there is a need for money on the part of his relatives.
The 1851 Census for Chilmark (listed in Tisbury RD) has the following entry:
John Blake, head, married, 30 years, agricultural labourer, born at Chilmark
Jane Blake, wife, married, 30 years, agricultural labourer, born at Dinton, Wiltshire
Ellen Blake, daughter, unmarried, 9 years Scholar, born at Chilmark
Anna Blake, daughter, unmarried, 7 years, Scholar, born at Chilmark
Keziah Blake, daughter, unmarried, 4 years, Scholar, born at Chilmark
Ann Alice Blake, daughter, unmarried, 2 years, Scholar, born at Chilmark
They are household 42 living on Street.
I also found William Blake, lodger, widower, 71 years, agricultural labourer/pauper, born at Teffont Magma. Household 94 living on Street. He is living with John Mould who is the head and next door is possibly his son John Mould with his family. All members of the Mould family except the younger head born at Chilmark (the other was born at Ridge).
The 1861 census for Chilmark (Tisbury) listed:
John Blake, head, married 44 years, agricultural labourer, born at Chilmark
Jane Blake, wife, married, 42 years, , born at Dinton
Ellen Blake, daughter, unmarried, 19 years, servant, born at Chilmark
Kezia Blake, daughter, unmarried, 14 years, , born at Chilmark
Alice Blake, daughter, unmarried, 12 years, scholar, born at Chilmark
Sarah Blake, daughter, unmarried, 9 years, scholar, born at Chilmark
Leah Blake, daughter, unmarried, 7 years, scholar, born at Chilmark
The 1871 Census at Chilmark (Tisbury):
John Blake, head, married, 57 years, agricultural labourer, born at Chilmark
Jane Blake, wife, married, 52 years, , born at Dinton
Edward Durnford, head, married, 31 years, agricultural labourer, born at Dinton
Ellen Durnford, wife, married, 29 years, , born at Chilmark
Elizabeth Durnford, daughter, 9 years, , born at Chilmark
John F Durnford, son, 6 years, scholar, born at Chilmark
William G Blake, son, 3 years, , born at Chilmark
(infant) Blake, son, less than 1 month, , born at Chilmark
Edward Durnford married Ellen Blake at Tisbury RD December quarter 1861 (Free BMD).
There was a marriage in December quarter 1840 between John Blake and Jane Yates in Wilton RD which includes Dinton.
But was John Blake the son of Thomas Blake, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy? Impossible to say but interesting none the less. The grandsons named John and William are also rather interesting and do tend to lead me to think this is not the family of Thomas Blake the testator but recorded none the less as a Blake family at Chilmark.
I did find James and Ann Barnes on the 1841 census at Tisbury:
James Barnes, 70 years, gardener, born in Wiltshire
Ann Barnes, 55 years, , not born in Wiltshire
Mary, 20 years, , born in Wiltshire
Ann, 20 years, , born in Wiltshire
In 1851 still in Tisbury RD but at New Sarum, there is an Ann Barnes:
Ann Barnes, head, widow, 65 years, fundholder (she made probate of her uncle’s will in 1844), born in Reynham, Kent
William Blake, son, unmarried, 28 years, farmer of 23 acres, born at Tisbury, Wiltshire
Have I perhaps solved the mystery of this Blake family? Could they be from the Kent Blake family? The Kent wills are still to come for the Blake family but will follow in due courser my doing the Wiltshire Blake and the Hampshire Blake family wills that I have acquired. There are 26 wills for Kent. I shall try to remember this will when I am doing Kent!
In 1861 Ann Barnes is still living at Tisbury, she is head of the household, widowed, 76 years of age, an annuitant and born at Raynham Kent.
Her son William is still farming at Tisbury, he is 38 years of age, farmer of 27 acres and married to Elizabeth, 50 years of age.
On the 1871 census Ann Barnes is a visitor at the home of Frederick Sibert (schoolmaster born in South America (British Subject)), also visiting an Ann Green, 52 years, widow, retired grocer of Tisbury Wiltshire, with her son Albert 12 years, born at Tisbury, Ann is widowed, 87 years of age, an annuitant, born at Rainham, Kent. Ann Green is perhaps the daughter of Ann Barnes mentioned in the 1841 census. On Free BMD March quarter 1849 Ann Barnes married Edward Green at Salisbury RD. On the 1851 Census at Tilbury, Edward Green is found on the census, head, married 53 years, grocer and baker, born at Tisbury, and with him Ann Green, wife, married 33 years, born at Tisbury. Although I did not notice it when I was looking up Ann Barnes on the 1861 census, living next door to Ann was the Edward Green family and Ann appears to be living with Phoebe Green, head, unmarried, 68 years, formerly lady’s maid, born at Tisbury:
Edward Green, head, married 64 years, grocer / malster, born at Tisbury
Ann Green, wife, married, 40 years, , born at Tisbury
Cecily Green, daughter, 8 years, scholar, born at East Tisbury
Alice B Green, daughter, 6 years, scholar, born at East Tisbury
William Green, son, 4 years, scholar, born at East Tisbury
Edward A Green, son, 2 years, scholar, born at East Tisbury
Ann has perhaps solved the mystery of who Thomas Blake, the testator, was and will wait to see the Kent Blake wills to see if anything further can be gleaned for this family. What has happened to Ann’s brother Thomas remains a mystery. I can not find him on the 1841 census. I did find one reference that he served as a Lieutenant (achieving that rank in 1808) but no other information yet. http://www.sailingnavies.com/show_person.php?nid=1&id=8629
This is a rather interesting page and will extract for future reference the Blake entries:
Blake, Edgar Henry, son of Henry and Martha Louisa (née Attersoll) Blake, achieved rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1845.
Blake, George, died in April 1822. He served in the Royal Navy. Sons who served as naval officers: George Hans Blake.
Blake, George Charles served in the Royal Navy. Ranks attained Lieutenant (1806) and Commander (1819).
Blake, George Hans, son of George Blake, was born in August 1791. He served in the Royal Navy. Attained Rank of Lieutenant (1815).
Blake, James served in the Royal Navy. Attained Rank of Rear Admiral of the White in 1799. Promoted directly to Rear-Admiral of the White from Post Captain.
Blake, James served in the Royal Navy. Attained Rank of Captain in 1665.
Blake, John served in the Royal Navy. Attained rank of Lieutenant in 1787.
Blake, John served in the Royal Navy. Attained Rank of Captain in 1666.
Blake, Patrick John served in the Royal Navy. Attained Rank of Lieutenant in 1823, Attained rank of Commander in 1830, attained rank of Captain in 1841. Nephew of William Hall Gage (Marshall (Volume IV – Part II, page 349).
William Hall Gage was born on 2 Oct 1777 and died on 4 Jan 1864. He served in the Royal Navy. Honors: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order (GCH) on 19 Apr 1834. Attained Ranks: Lt (1796), Capt (1797), RAdm B (1821), RAdm R (1830), Adm B (1846), Adm W (1847), Adm Fleet (1862). Notes: Son of General Hon. Thomas and Margaret (née Kemble) Gage. Uncle of Patrick John Blake. Brother-in-Law of Charles Ogle.
Blake, Peter served in the Royal Navy.
Blake, Thomas died on Canterbury on 27 Nov 1703 when she was lost during the Great Storm of 1703. He served in the Royal Navy.
All this searching has given me the history of Lieutenant Thomas Blake, 1808.
A Naval Biographical Dictionary: Comprising the Life and Services of Every Living Officer in Her Majesty’s Navy, from the Rank of Admiral of the Fleet to that of Lieutenant, inclusive. Compiled from Authentic and Family Documents. By William R O’Byrne, Esquire, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, Publisher to the Admiralty, 1849. Can be downloaded from Google Books.
Page 88 has the information and there are a number of Blake entries and I rather think I will record this information in another blog (there are a number of Blake entries). But for the moment I will record Thomas Blake in this blog. Since he entered the navy as midshipman 27 Feb 1802, he was likely a teenager between 14 and 18 years of age giving him a year of birth in the latter part of the 1780s. Ann, his sister, was born in the mid 1780s from the various census.
Page 88:
Blake, (Lieutenant, 1808. F-P, 11; H-P., 34.)
Thomas Blake entered the Navy, 27 Feb 1802, as Midshipman, on board the Fox 32, Capt. Jas. Giles Vashon, on the East India station, where he removed, as Master’s Mate, in Jan. 1805, to the Pitt (afterwards Salsette)36, Capt. Walter Bathurst. The latter ship, while blockading Port Louis in Jan. 1806, took several prizes; and on 20 of that month was much injured by a fire from Fort Canonnier, to which she lay exposed for 20 minutes without being able to return a shot. Mr. Blake, who subsequently proceeded to the Baltic, and was attached for a brief period to the Thisbe, bearing the flag in the Thames of Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, obtained a Lieutenancy, 23 Sept. 1808, in the Calliope 20, Capt. John McKeslie, under whom he witnessed the reduction of Flushing in Aug. 1809, and the capture, besides numerous other vessels, of the Comtesse d’Hambourg, French privateer, of 14 guns and 51 men, after an obstinate conflict, 25 Oct. 1810. He invalided from the Calliope, 27 Feb. 1811, and was subsequently appointed – 25 June following, to the Pylades sloop, Capt. Geo. Ferguson, employed in the Baltic, and also in the North Sea, whence his health obliged him to return in Feb. 1812 – 14 Nov. in the same year, to the Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife, in the Channel – and 29 July, 1814, to the Portia 14, Capt. Thompson. The last was but a nominal appointment, as in a few days afterwards he again invalided. He has since been on half-pay. Lieut. Blake is married, and has issue.
From the Family Search website, the birth of Ann Blake 27 Jan 1784 at Rainham, Kent daughter of John and Mary Blake (C16511-1). Also Thomas Blake baptized 19 Nov 1786 All Saints Church, Canterbury, Kent, England with father John and mother Jane Blake (I01225-8). Is this the same John Blake, is this the correct Thomas? There is a marriage for John Blake and Jane Greenstreet 20 Feb 1785 at All Saints Church, Canterbury, Kent. The testator, Thomas Blake, did identify his brother as John.
Another interesting document on line is the Kent Lay Subsidy Roll of 1334/5 and I will record the website for future reference:
http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/KRV/18/3/071.htm
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 15 Nov 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1710/445
Testator: Thomas Blake, Esquire
Place: Bath, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 18 Aug 1824, probated 18 Apr 1826
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Thomas
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 23 Esquire
1 In the Name of my Lord and Saviour
2 Jesus Christ whose I am and whom I desire to love honour and obey Amen I Thomas
3 Blake of Lion Hill Bath in the County of Somerset being by the merit and goodness
4 of God at this time of sound mind and memory and desiring to make such a disposition
5 of my Worldly property as is consistent with the duty I owe to those with whom I am
6 connected by blood or friendship hereby revoking any former Will by me heretofore at any
7 time made do make constitute and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner
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8 Following that is to say first in humble trust in the mercy of God through the redemption
9 that is in Christ Jesus the Lamb of God that taketh away the Sin of the World I cheerfully
10 commit my Soul into his hands firmly persuaded that whosoever believeth in him shall
11 not perish but have everlasting life to him who I humbly hope hath loved me and
12 given himself for me I would ascribe all honour glory and praise for his great and precious
13 Salvation and for having graciously called me a poor guilty and perishing Sinner out of
14 darkness into his marvelous light and given me the blessed hope of an Inheritance
15 among the Saints in light secondly I will and direct that my mortal remains be interred
16 with all decent frugality in the abbey Church at Bath in the same Grave with my late
17 beloved Wife on the North side of the Great Western door near the entrance and that
18 my name the date of my death and my age be added to the inscription on the Stone
19 that covers her ashes and those of her Uncle the late Rob[er]t Sumption Esq[uie]r the first
20 Service I would request of my Executors hereinafter named is that they do as soon as
21 possible after my decease pay and fully discharge all my lawful debts which are but few
22 and small and also all charges and expences on account of my Funeral out of the money
23 I may leave either at home or at my Bankers Sir Benj[ami]n Hobhouse and Co. Milsom Street
24 Bath at the time of my death to my old and worthy friends Lieut General Sir William
25 Cockburn of Bath aforesaid Baronet and to Eliza Lady Cockburn his wife to each of them
26 I give five pounds for the purchase of a Ring which I request them to accept as a token
27 of my love and Friendship as an acknowledgement of the pleasure and comfort I have
28 during many years received from their kind Friendship and domestick Society also to
29 William Sarsfield Rossiter Cockburn Esquire their Son and to Miss Catherine Harriet
30 Catherine their daughter I give to each of them two pounds for a Ring and to the said
31 William S. R. Cockburn I also give my Copy of Homer in Greek commonly called
32 the Grenville Homer in 4 volumes small 4th printed at oxford 1800 and which was
33 the property of the late Lord Glenbernie and to the before named Catherine h
34 Cockburn I also give my Copy of Carys Dante in 3 volumes 8vo London 1819 those I
35 request my young Friends to accept as memorials of a departed Friend who loved them
36 to my Friend Charles Claude Clifton Esquire Son of the before named Eliza Lady Cockburn
37 I give two guineas for a Ring as a token of my gratitude for his benevolent Services
38 when by the perfidy of a professed Friend I was involved in distress and difficulties
39 to the Reverend William Say Minister of the Church of Christ assembling for the public
40 Worship of God in Argyle Chapel Bath I give two guineas for a Ring as a token of
41 my gratitude for the beneficial interest inspiration I have received under his Ministry and of
42 my esteem and respect of him as an able and faithful Minister of the Gospel
43 of Christ these small bequests to my Friends before mentioned are very inadequate
44 returns for which I owe them for the many acts of kindness with which they
45 have favored me but a sense of the duty I owe to my relations whose necessities
46 have indispensable claims on my consideration and assistance restrains me from
47 being more and obliges me to implore their indulgence and to allow me to substitute
48 the Will for the deed and in case the money I may die possessed of whether at home
49 or at my Bankers Sir Benj[ami]n Hobhouse and Co should not be sufficient for the payment
50 of my lawful debts my Funeral charges and the several small sums given and
51 bequeathed to my Friends before named for Rings etc then and in that case I will and
52 direct that the first monies due and receivable from my annuity of £85 Long
53 annuities in the Bank of England be applied to the payment of my said debts
54 Funeral charges and small bequests to my Friends and that neither the said
55 annuity nor any part thereof shall be appropriated or applied to the purposes and
56 bequests of this my Will which are hereinafter mentioned until my said lawful
57 debts my Funeral charges and the several small gifts and bequests to my Friends
58 for Rings etc be paid and fully discharged by my Executors hereinafter named with
59 regard to my Worldly property which consists principally of an annuity of eighty five
60 pounds in the Long annuities of the Bank of England of a Library of books of about
61 2000 volumes the particulars of which are specified in a written Catalogue of my
62 Silver plate my Iron Chest with its contents my pictures and prints framed and
63 glazed the Furniture in my apartments at No 1 Lion Hill Bath my China Glass
64 Kitchen utensils a large India Chest with its contents Linen of various sorts wearing apparel
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65 apparel philosophical and optimal Instruments a fine violoncello by Forster Sen[io]r with
66 its appurtenances in a Case with my name engraved on a brass plate my eight day grand
67 Clock by Grant on a carved bracket my gold duplex Watch with the gold Chain Seals and
68 key thereto appendant whatever money I may die possessed of whether it be at my home or
69 at my Bankers in short the whole of my property wheresoever and of what kind soever it
70 may be those articles only excepted which are before disposed of and appropriated in this my
71 Will I do hereby give and bequeath to my Nephew Thomas Blake of Chilmark in the County
72 of Wilts a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy of England and the Son of my late beloved
73 Brother John Blake subject nevertheless to the conditions and purposes hereinafter expressed and
74 enjoined that is to say that he my said Nephew Thomas Blake shall faithfully and regularly pay
75 or cause to be paid to my Niece Ann Barnes the Sister of my said Nephew Thomas Blake and
76 daughter of my late Brother John Blake an annuity of forty pounds by equal half yearly
77 payments to be by her received and enjoyed during her natural life and this said annuity of
78 forty pounds before mentioned I hereby give and bequeath to my Niece the said Ann Barnes to be
79 received and enjoyed by her during the whole time of her natural life and not to be by any means
80 subject to the Will and control of her Husband and for which the receipt along shall be a sufficient
81 discharge to my Executors and in order to secure to my said Niece Ann Barnes the certain enjoyment
82 and receipt of the said annuity of forty pounds I do hereby charge my annuity of eighty five pounds
83 Long annuities bequeathed to my said Nephew Tho[ma]s Blake with the payment of forty pounds
84 annually to my said Niece Ann Barnes bequeath so to her in the manner before expressed and
85 this said annuity of forty pounds by this my Will bequeath and given to my said Niece Ann
86 Barnes I do give and bequeath upon this express condition and with this positive restriction that
87 she the said Ann Barnes shall not at any time during her natural life directly or indirectly
88 transfer mortgage or sell or promise or engage to transfer mortgage or sell to any person or persons
89 whatsoever the said annuity of forty pounds or any part thereof by me bequeathed and give to her
90 my said Niece by this my Will and should she the said Ann Barnes contrary to my Will and
91 purpose herein expressed do or cause to be done any act and deal whereby she may invalidate
92 or dispossess herself of her right and title in and to the receipt and enjoyment of the said annuity
93 of forty pounds hereby bequeathed and given to her my said Niece by me in this my Will that and
94 in that case I do hereby revoke and entirely make null and void my said bequest of the said annuity
95 of forty pounds to my said Niece Ann Barnes and I hereby charge and require my Executors
96 hereinafter named to with hold and discontinue the payment of the said annuity or any part
97 thereof and to consider this my bequest to my Niece the said Ann Barnes as null and void
98 and as ineffectual as if it had never been made and I do hereby nominate and appoint my
99 dear and faithful Friend Lieutenant General Sir William Cockburn of Bath in the County of
100 Somerset Baronet and my said Nephew Thomas Blake of Chilmark in the County of Wilts
101 a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy of England joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament
102 not doubting that they will jointly and individually and faithfully and effectually discharge the
103 trust hereby reposed and bested in them according to the best of their judgement and ability and
104 I do hereby direct and authorize my said Executors jointly and separately to reimburse and indemnify
105 themselves for and on account of any expences charges or demands that they may be put to
106 or become subject and liable to by or in consequence of the execution and performance of this
107 my Will the whole of which is written by my own hand and I humbly and earnestly beseech
108 my most gracious Lord and Saviour that his blessing may attend it and that it may be beneficial
109 and satisfactory to all those who have any Interest or concern therein In Witness whereof I have
110 to the preceding pages subscribed my name and to this last page subscribed my name and affixed
111 my Seal this eighteenth day of august in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
112 twenty four and in the seventy seventh year of my age T. Blake Signed Sealed published
113 and declared by the Testator Thomas Blake as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence
114 of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have signed our
115 names as Witnesses hereto Chas. Lawder of Bath Banker J B Munday his Clerk
116 Proved at London 18th april 1826 before the Judge by the oath of Sir William
117 Cockburn Bart one of the Exors to whom admon was granted having been first sworn
118 by Comon duly to admr power reserved to Thomas Blake Esquire the Nephew the other Exor
119 On the 5th July 1842 Admon with the Will annexed of the Goods Chattles and Credits of
120 Thomas Blake late of Lion Hill Bath in the County of Somerset Esquire deceased
121 ____ by Sir William Cockburn Baronet deceased which ______ one of the Exors
122 named in the said Will was granted to Ann Barnes (Wife of James Barnes) a Legatee
123 named in the said Will having been first sworn by Comon duly to administer Thomas
124 Blake the Nephew and other Surviving Exor and the Residuary Legatee named in the said
125 Will having been first duly cited to accept or refuse as well the probate and execution of
126 the said Will as Letter of Admin with the said Will annexed of the said nam[e[d Goods with
127 the usual admonition but in no ______ as by Acts of Commt appearing
The registers for the abbey at bath are online at Archive.org:
http://archive.org/stream/registersofabbey28abbe/registersofabbey28abbe_djvu.txt
Robert Sumption, Esquire was buried 19 Jan 1778
Mrs Ann Blake was buried in 1798
Ann Blake, niece of the testator and mentioned in his will, married James Barnes (he was 40 and she was 30) 15 Feb 1817 in Hampshire (no more details apparent although that would give Ann a birth date of 1787. Information from LDS I03915-6. A second reference gives Wiltshire as the marrying place with reference I03128-4. Find My Past provides more information with James Barnes being of Tisbury, Wiltshire, a bachelor and gardener and Ann Blake being of Chilmark, Wiltshire and a spinster. Bondsman James Cuffe, butcher, Tisbury. They were married by licence granted by the Bishop of Salisbury – the place of marriage was not given as this is from the Sarum Marriage Licence Bonds.
An interesting document about the village of Chilmark online:
http://www.history-pieces.co.uk/Docs/Chilmark_1851.pdf
William Blake is listed as a lodger of 71? years and was an agricultural labourer now pauper. There is also a John Blake born 1821 at Chilmark and an agricultural labourer. The paper above is an analysis of the 1851 census for Chilmark. I pulled up this census to see if there was anything more to glean from it. The nephew of the testator was Thomas Blake, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. However, Thomas is in will does express that there is a need for money on the part of his relatives.
The 1851 Census for Chilmark (listed in Tisbury RD) has the following entry:
John Blake, head, married, 30 years, agricultural labourer, born at Chilmark
Jane Blake, wife, married, 30 years, agricultural labourer, born at Dinton, Wiltshire
Ellen Blake, daughter, unmarried, 9 years Scholar, born at Chilmark
Anna Blake, daughter, unmarried, 7 years, Scholar, born at Chilmark
Keziah Blake, daughter, unmarried, 4 years, Scholar, born at Chilmark
Ann Alice Blake, daughter, unmarried, 2 years, Scholar, born at Chilmark
They are household 42 living on Street.
I also found William Blake, lodger, widower, 71 years, agricultural labourer/pauper, born at Teffont Magma. Household 94 living on Street. He is living with John Mould who is the head and next door is possibly his son John Mould with his family. All members of the Mould family except the younger head born at Chilmark (the other was born at Ridge).
The 1861 census for Chilmark (Tisbury) listed:
John Blake, head, married 44 years, agricultural labourer, born at Chilmark
Jane Blake, wife, married, 42 years, , born at Dinton
Ellen Blake, daughter, unmarried, 19 years, servant, born at Chilmark
Kezia Blake, daughter, unmarried, 14 years, , born at Chilmark
Alice Blake, daughter, unmarried, 12 years, scholar, born at Chilmark
Sarah Blake, daughter, unmarried, 9 years, scholar, born at Chilmark
Leah Blake, daughter, unmarried, 7 years, scholar, born at Chilmark
The 1871 Census at Chilmark (Tisbury):
John Blake, head, married, 57 years, agricultural labourer, born at Chilmark
Jane Blake, wife, married, 52 years, , born at Dinton
Edward Durnford, head, married, 31 years, agricultural labourer, born at Dinton
Ellen Durnford, wife, married, 29 years, , born at Chilmark
Elizabeth Durnford, daughter, 9 years, , born at Chilmark
John F Durnford, son, 6 years, scholar, born at Chilmark
William G Blake, son, 3 years, , born at Chilmark
(infant) Blake, son, less than 1 month, , born at Chilmark
Edward Durnford married Ellen Blake at Tisbury RD December quarter 1861 (Free BMD).
There was a marriage in December quarter 1840 between John Blake and Jane Yates in Wilton RD which includes Dinton.
But was John Blake the son of Thomas Blake, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy? Impossible to say but interesting none the less. The grandsons named John and William are also rather interesting and do tend to lead me to think this is not the family of Thomas Blake the testator but recorded none the less as a Blake family at Chilmark.
I did find James and Ann Barnes on the 1841 census at Tisbury:
James Barnes, 70 years, gardener, born in Wiltshire
Ann Barnes, 55 years, , not born in Wiltshire
Mary, 20 years, , born in Wiltshire
Ann, 20 years, , born in Wiltshire
In 1851 still in Tisbury RD but at New Sarum, there is an Ann Barnes:
Ann Barnes, head, widow, 65 years, fundholder (she made probate of her uncle’s will in 1844), born in Reynham, Kent
William Blake, son, unmarried, 28 years, farmer of 23 acres, born at Tisbury, Wiltshire
Have I perhaps solved the mystery of this Blake family? Could they be from the Kent Blake family? The Kent wills are still to come for the Blake family but will follow in due courser my doing the Wiltshire Blake and the Hampshire Blake family wills that I have acquired. There are 26 wills for Kent. I shall try to remember this will when I am doing Kent!
In 1861 Ann Barnes is still living at Tisbury, she is head of the household, widowed, 76 years of age, an annuitant and born at Raynham Kent.
Her son William is still farming at Tisbury, he is 38 years of age, farmer of 27 acres and married to Elizabeth, 50 years of age.
On the 1871 census Ann Barnes is a visitor at the home of Frederick Sibert (schoolmaster born in South America (British Subject)), also visiting an Ann Green, 52 years, widow, retired grocer of Tisbury Wiltshire, with her son Albert 12 years, born at Tisbury, Ann is widowed, 87 years of age, an annuitant, born at Rainham, Kent. Ann Green is perhaps the daughter of Ann Barnes mentioned in the 1841 census. On Free BMD March quarter 1849 Ann Barnes married Edward Green at Salisbury RD. On the 1851 Census at Tilbury, Edward Green is found on the census, head, married 53 years, grocer and baker, born at Tisbury, and with him Ann Green, wife, married 33 years, born at Tisbury. Although I did not notice it when I was looking up Ann Barnes on the 1861 census, living next door to Ann was the Edward Green family and Ann appears to be living with Phoebe Green, head, unmarried, 68 years, formerly lady’s maid, born at Tisbury:
Edward Green, head, married 64 years, grocer / malster, born at Tisbury
Ann Green, wife, married, 40 years, , born at Tisbury
Cecily Green, daughter, 8 years, scholar, born at East Tisbury
Alice B Green, daughter, 6 years, scholar, born at East Tisbury
William Green, son, 4 years, scholar, born at East Tisbury
Edward A Green, son, 2 years, scholar, born at East Tisbury
Ann has perhaps solved the mystery of who Thomas Blake, the testator, was and will wait to see the Kent Blake wills to see if anything further can be gleaned for this family. What has happened to Ann’s brother Thomas remains a mystery. I can not find him on the 1841 census. I did find one reference that he served as a Lieutenant (achieving that rank in 1808) but no other information yet. http://www.sailingnavies.com/show_person.php?nid=1&id=8629
This is a rather interesting page and will extract for future reference the Blake entries:
Blake, Edgar Henry, son of Henry and Martha Louisa (née Attersoll) Blake, achieved rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1845.
Blake, George, died in April 1822. He served in the Royal Navy. Sons who served as naval officers: George Hans Blake.
Blake, George Charles served in the Royal Navy. Ranks attained Lieutenant (1806) and Commander (1819).
Blake, George Hans, son of George Blake, was born in August 1791. He served in the Royal Navy. Attained Rank of Lieutenant (1815).
Blake, James served in the Royal Navy. Attained Rank of Rear Admiral of the White in 1799. Promoted directly to Rear-Admiral of the White from Post Captain.
Blake, James served in the Royal Navy. Attained Rank of Captain in 1665.
Blake, John served in the Royal Navy. Attained rank of Lieutenant in 1787.
Blake, John served in the Royal Navy. Attained Rank of Captain in 1666.
Blake, Patrick John served in the Royal Navy. Attained Rank of Lieutenant in 1823, Attained rank of Commander in 1830, attained rank of Captain in 1841. Nephew of William Hall Gage (Marshall (Volume IV – Part II, page 349).
William Hall Gage was born on 2 Oct 1777 and died on 4 Jan 1864. He served in the Royal Navy. Honors: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order (GCH) on 19 Apr 1834. Attained Ranks: Lt (1796), Capt (1797), RAdm B (1821), RAdm R (1830), Adm B (1846), Adm W (1847), Adm Fleet (1862). Notes: Son of General Hon. Thomas and Margaret (née Kemble) Gage. Uncle of Patrick John Blake. Brother-in-Law of Charles Ogle.
Blake, Peter served in the Royal Navy.
Blake, Thomas died on Canterbury on 27 Nov 1703 when she was lost during the Great Storm of 1703. He served in the Royal Navy.
All this searching has given me the history of Lieutenant Thomas Blake, 1808.
A Naval Biographical Dictionary: Comprising the Life and Services of Every Living Officer in Her Majesty’s Navy, from the Rank of Admiral of the Fleet to that of Lieutenant, inclusive. Compiled from Authentic and Family Documents. By William R O’Byrne, Esquire, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, Publisher to the Admiralty, 1849. Can be downloaded from Google Books.
Page 88 has the information and there are a number of Blake entries and I rather think I will record this information in another blog (there are a number of Blake entries). But for the moment I will record Thomas Blake in this blog. Since he entered the navy as midshipman 27 Feb 1802, he was likely a teenager between 14 and 18 years of age giving him a year of birth in the latter part of the 1780s. Ann, his sister, was born in the mid 1780s from the various census.
Page 88:
Blake, (Lieutenant, 1808. F-P, 11; H-P., 34.)
Thomas Blake entered the Navy, 27 Feb 1802, as Midshipman, on board the Fox 32, Capt. Jas. Giles Vashon, on the East India station, where he removed, as Master’s Mate, in Jan. 1805, to the Pitt (afterwards Salsette)36, Capt. Walter Bathurst. The latter ship, while blockading Port Louis in Jan. 1806, took several prizes; and on 20 of that month was much injured by a fire from Fort Canonnier, to which she lay exposed for 20 minutes without being able to return a shot. Mr. Blake, who subsequently proceeded to the Baltic, and was attached for a brief period to the Thisbe, bearing the flag in the Thames of Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, obtained a Lieutenancy, 23 Sept. 1808, in the Calliope 20, Capt. John McKeslie, under whom he witnessed the reduction of Flushing in Aug. 1809, and the capture, besides numerous other vessels, of the Comtesse d’Hambourg, French privateer, of 14 guns and 51 men, after an obstinate conflict, 25 Oct. 1810. He invalided from the Calliope, 27 Feb. 1811, and was subsequently appointed – 25 June following, to the Pylades sloop, Capt. Geo. Ferguson, employed in the Baltic, and also in the North Sea, whence his health obliged him to return in Feb. 1812 – 14 Nov. in the same year, to the Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife, in the Channel – and 29 July, 1814, to the Portia 14, Capt. Thompson. The last was but a nominal appointment, as in a few days afterwards he again invalided. He has since been on half-pay. Lieut. Blake is married, and has issue.
From the Family Search website, the birth of Ann Blake 27 Jan 1784 at Rainham, Kent daughter of John and Mary Blake (C16511-1). Also Thomas Blake baptized 19 Nov 1786 All Saints Church, Canterbury, Kent, England with father John and mother Jane Blake (I01225-8). Is this the same John Blake, is this the correct Thomas? There is a marriage for John Blake and Jane Greenstreet 20 Feb 1785 at All Saints Church, Canterbury, Kent. The testator, Thomas Blake, did identify his brother as John.
Another interesting document on line is the Kent Lay Subsidy Roll of 1334/5 and I will record the website for future reference:
http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/KRV/18/3/071.htm
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 15 Nov 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1710/445
Testator: Thomas Blake, Esquire
Place: Bath, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 18 Aug 1824, probated 18 Apr 1826
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Thomas
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 23 Esquire
1 In the Name of my Lord and Saviour
2 Jesus Christ whose I am and whom I desire to love honour and obey Amen I Thomas
3 Blake of Lion Hill Bath in the County of Somerset being by the merit and goodness
4 of God at this time of sound mind and memory and desiring to make such a disposition
5 of my Worldly property as is consistent with the duty I owe to those with whom I am
6 connected by blood or friendship hereby revoking any former Will by me heretofore at any
7 time made do make constitute and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner
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8 Following that is to say first in humble trust in the mercy of God through the redemption
9 that is in Christ Jesus the Lamb of God that taketh away the Sin of the World I cheerfully
10 commit my Soul into his hands firmly persuaded that whosoever believeth in him shall
11 not perish but have everlasting life to him who I humbly hope hath loved me and
12 given himself for me I would ascribe all honour glory and praise for his great and precious
13 Salvation and for having graciously called me a poor guilty and perishing Sinner out of
14 darkness into his marvelous light and given me the blessed hope of an Inheritance
15 among the Saints in light secondly I will and direct that my mortal remains be interred
16 with all decent frugality in the abbey Church at Bath in the same Grave with my late
17 beloved Wife on the North side of the Great Western door near the entrance and that
18 my name the date of my death and my age be added to the inscription on the Stone
19 that covers her ashes and those of her Uncle the late Rob[er]t Sumption Esq[uie]r the first
20 Service I would request of my Executors hereinafter named is that they do as soon as
21 possible after my decease pay and fully discharge all my lawful debts which are but few
22 and small and also all charges and expences on account of my Funeral out of the money
23 I may leave either at home or at my Bankers Sir Benj[ami]n Hobhouse and Co. Milsom Street
24 Bath at the time of my death to my old and worthy friends Lieut General Sir William
25 Cockburn of Bath aforesaid Baronet and to Eliza Lady Cockburn his wife to each of them
26 I give five pounds for the purchase of a Ring which I request them to accept as a token
27 of my love and Friendship as an acknowledgement of the pleasure and comfort I have
28 during many years received from their kind Friendship and domestick Society also to
29 William Sarsfield Rossiter Cockburn Esquire their Son and to Miss Catherine Harriet
30 Catherine their daughter I give to each of them two pounds for a Ring and to the said
31 William S. R. Cockburn I also give my Copy of Homer in Greek commonly called
32 the Grenville Homer in 4 volumes small 4th printed at oxford 1800 and which was
33 the property of the late Lord Glenbernie and to the before named Catherine h
34 Cockburn I also give my Copy of Carys Dante in 3 volumes 8vo London 1819 those I
35 request my young Friends to accept as memorials of a departed Friend who loved them
36 to my Friend Charles Claude Clifton Esquire Son of the before named Eliza Lady Cockburn
37 I give two guineas for a Ring as a token of my gratitude for his benevolent Services
38 when by the perfidy of a professed Friend I was involved in distress and difficulties
39 to the Reverend William Say Minister of the Church of Christ assembling for the public
40 Worship of God in Argyle Chapel Bath I give two guineas for a Ring as a token of
41 my gratitude for the beneficial interest inspiration I have received under his Ministry and of
42 my esteem and respect of him as an able and faithful Minister of the Gospel
43 of Christ these small bequests to my Friends before mentioned are very inadequate
44 returns for which I owe them for the many acts of kindness with which they
45 have favored me but a sense of the duty I owe to my relations whose necessities
46 have indispensable claims on my consideration and assistance restrains me from
47 being more and obliges me to implore their indulgence and to allow me to substitute
48 the Will for the deed and in case the money I may die possessed of whether at home
49 or at my Bankers Sir Benj[ami]n Hobhouse and Co should not be sufficient for the payment
50 of my lawful debts my Funeral charges and the several small sums given and
51 bequeathed to my Friends before named for Rings etc then and in that case I will and
52 direct that the first monies due and receivable from my annuity of £85 Long
53 annuities in the Bank of England be applied to the payment of my said debts
54 Funeral charges and small bequests to my Friends and that neither the said
55 annuity nor any part thereof shall be appropriated or applied to the purposes and
56 bequests of this my Will which are hereinafter mentioned until my said lawful
57 debts my Funeral charges and the several small gifts and bequests to my Friends
58 for Rings etc be paid and fully discharged by my Executors hereinafter named with
59 regard to my Worldly property which consists principally of an annuity of eighty five
60 pounds in the Long annuities of the Bank of England of a Library of books of about
61 2000 volumes the particulars of which are specified in a written Catalogue of my
62 Silver plate my Iron Chest with its contents my pictures and prints framed and
63 glazed the Furniture in my apartments at No 1 Lion Hill Bath my China Glass
64 Kitchen utensils a large India Chest with its contents Linen of various sorts wearing apparel
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65 apparel philosophical and optimal Instruments a fine violoncello by Forster Sen[io]r with
66 its appurtenances in a Case with my name engraved on a brass plate my eight day grand
67 Clock by Grant on a carved bracket my gold duplex Watch with the gold Chain Seals and
68 key thereto appendant whatever money I may die possessed of whether it be at my home or
69 at my Bankers in short the whole of my property wheresoever and of what kind soever it
70 may be those articles only excepted which are before disposed of and appropriated in this my
71 Will I do hereby give and bequeath to my Nephew Thomas Blake of Chilmark in the County
72 of Wilts a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy of England and the Son of my late beloved
73 Brother John Blake subject nevertheless to the conditions and purposes hereinafter expressed and
74 enjoined that is to say that he my said Nephew Thomas Blake shall faithfully and regularly pay
75 or cause to be paid to my Niece Ann Barnes the Sister of my said Nephew Thomas Blake and
76 daughter of my late Brother John Blake an annuity of forty pounds by equal half yearly
77 payments to be by her received and enjoyed during her natural life and this said annuity of
78 forty pounds before mentioned I hereby give and bequeath to my Niece the said Ann Barnes to be
79 received and enjoyed by her during the whole time of her natural life and not to be by any means
80 subject to the Will and control of her Husband and for which the receipt along shall be a sufficient
81 discharge to my Executors and in order to secure to my said Niece Ann Barnes the certain enjoyment
82 and receipt of the said annuity of forty pounds I do hereby charge my annuity of eighty five pounds
83 Long annuities bequeathed to my said Nephew Tho[ma]s Blake with the payment of forty pounds
84 annually to my said Niece Ann Barnes bequeath so to her in the manner before expressed and
85 this said annuity of forty pounds by this my Will bequeath and given to my said Niece Ann
86 Barnes I do give and bequeath upon this express condition and with this positive restriction that
87 she the said Ann Barnes shall not at any time during her natural life directly or indirectly
88 transfer mortgage or sell or promise or engage to transfer mortgage or sell to any person or persons
89 whatsoever the said annuity of forty pounds or any part thereof by me bequeathed and give to her
90 my said Niece by this my Will and should she the said Ann Barnes contrary to my Will and
91 purpose herein expressed do or cause to be done any act and deal whereby she may invalidate
92 or dispossess herself of her right and title in and to the receipt and enjoyment of the said annuity
93 of forty pounds hereby bequeathed and given to her my said Niece by me in this my Will that and
94 in that case I do hereby revoke and entirely make null and void my said bequest of the said annuity
95 of forty pounds to my said Niece Ann Barnes and I hereby charge and require my Executors
96 hereinafter named to with hold and discontinue the payment of the said annuity or any part
97 thereof and to consider this my bequest to my Niece the said Ann Barnes as null and void
98 and as ineffectual as if it had never been made and I do hereby nominate and appoint my
99 dear and faithful Friend Lieutenant General Sir William Cockburn of Bath in the County of
100 Somerset Baronet and my said Nephew Thomas Blake of Chilmark in the County of Wilts
101 a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy of England joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament
102 not doubting that they will jointly and individually and faithfully and effectually discharge the
103 trust hereby reposed and bested in them according to the best of their judgement and ability and
104 I do hereby direct and authorize my said Executors jointly and separately to reimburse and indemnify
105 themselves for and on account of any expences charges or demands that they may be put to
106 or become subject and liable to by or in consequence of the execution and performance of this
107 my Will the whole of which is written by my own hand and I humbly and earnestly beseech
108 my most gracious Lord and Saviour that his blessing may attend it and that it may be beneficial
109 and satisfactory to all those who have any Interest or concern therein In Witness whereof I have
110 to the preceding pages subscribed my name and to this last page subscribed my name and affixed
111 my Seal this eighteenth day of august in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
112 twenty four and in the seventy seventh year of my age T. Blake Signed Sealed published
113 and declared by the Testator Thomas Blake as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence
114 of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have signed our
115 names as Witnesses hereto Chas. Lawder of Bath Banker J B Munday his Clerk
116 Proved at London 18th april 1826 before the Judge by the oath of Sir William
117 Cockburn Bart one of the Exors to whom admon was granted having been first sworn
118 by Comon duly to admr power reserved to Thomas Blake Esquire the Nephew the other Exor
119 On the 5th July 1842 Admon with the Will annexed of the Goods Chattles and Credits of
120 Thomas Blake late of Lion Hill Bath in the County of Somerset Esquire deceased
121 ____ by Sir William Cockburn Baronet deceased which ______ one of the Exors
122 named in the said Will was granted to Ann Barnes (Wife of James Barnes) a Legatee
123 named in the said Will having been first sworn by Comon duly to administer Thomas
124 Blake the Nephew and other Surviving Exor and the Residuary Legatee named in the said
125 Will having been first duly cited to accept or refuse as well the probate and execution of
126 the said Will as Letter of Admin with the said Will annexed of the said nam[e[d Goods with
127 the usual admonition but in no ______ as by Acts of Commt appearing
Monday, April 8, 2013
Knight family at Spetisbury, Winterborne Stickland, Turnworth Dorset and Dorset Parish Registers
The last research day on the Knight families was 25 Jul 2011:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2011/07/knight-families-at-spetisbury.html
although there have been several posts on the Knight family due to emails received from descendants of this family in Dorset.
I planned to look at the Dorset parish registers that have come up on Ancestry in particular Spetisbury, Winterborne Stickland and Turnworth. Today I did Spetisbury from 1780 to 1812 and will return to work on Spetisbury from 1700 to 1779 on the next research day.
Spetisbury:
Baptisms
Henry son of William and Sarah Knight baptized 26 May 1812
Samuel son of Ellis and Eleanor Knight 8 Nov 1811
William son of William and Eliz Knight 7 Oct 1810
George son of Henry and Anne Knight 1 Oct 1810
Mary Anne daughter of Ellis and Elianor Knight 26 Nov 1809
George son of William and Sarah Knight 20 Aug 1809
Jane daughter of Henry and Ann Knight 30 Oct 1806
George son of Ellis and Eleanor Knight 28 Jun 1806
David son of William and Elizabeth Knight 16 Aug 1805
Hannah daughter of William and Sarah Knight 22 Mar 1807
Elizabeth daughter of Henry and Ann Knight 25 Feb 1807
Ellis son of Ellis and Eleanor Knight 27 Jul 1806
Miriam daughter of William and Elizabeth Knight baptized 5 May 1805
Eliza daughter of Henry and Ann Knight 21 Oct 1804
Charles son of William and Sarah Knight 12 Jan 1804
Mary Ann daughter of Henry and Ann Knight 26 Dec 1802
James son of William and Sarah Knight 11 May 1802
Henrietta daughter of Henry and Ann Knight
John son of John and Ann Knight 30 Nov 1800
William son of William and Sarah Knight 22 Sep 1799
Benjamin son of Henry and Ann Knight 22 Mar 1799
Henry son of John and Elizabeth Knight 25 Nov 1798
Joseph son of Thomas and Ann Knight 29 Apr 1798
Martha daughter of John and Ann Knight 8 Oct 1797
Jemima daughter of William and Anne Knight 2 Nov 1796
Maria daughter of John and Anne Knight 1 Jan 1796
Anne daughter of Thomas and Anne Knight 6 Dec 1795
George son of Sarah Knight 4 Oct 1795
Henry son of John and Eliz Knight 17 Sep 1795
James son of William and Anne Knight 6 Jul 1794
Harriet daughter of John and Eliz: Knight 3 Mar 1794
Mary daughter of Thomas and Ann Knight 30 Jan 1794
Mary Ann daughter of John and Elizabeth Knight 7 Oct 1793
Mary Anne daughter of Jo and Eliz Knight 9 Aug 1792
Charlotte daughter of John and Elizabeth Knight 3 Jun 1792
Elizabeth Ann daughter of William and Ann Knight 16 Oct 1791
Jane daughter of John and Elizabeth Knight 21 Apr 1791
Henry son of John and Elizth Knight 1 Dec 1789
Sophia daughter of John and Anne Knight 25 Sep 1789
David son of John and Elizth Knight 16 Dec 1787
Eleanor daughter of John and Ann Knight 12 Dec 1786
Jane daughter of John and Elizabeth Knight 1 Jan 1786
Joseph son of John and Ann Knight 24 Aug 1785
Sarah daughter of John and Elizabeth Knight 2 May 1784
Burials
William son of William and Eliz Knight 8 Oct 1810
Martha Knight 1 Jan 1806
Miriam Knight 19 Oct 1803
James son of William Knight 14 Sep 1801
Charles son of William Knight 14 Sep 1801
Elizabeth Knight 10 Jun 1801
Henry son of Elizabeth Knight 23 Feb 1801
John Knight 15 Feb 1799
Ann wife of William Knight 28 May 1798
Harriet daughter of John and Elizth Knight 15 Jan 1797
Henry son of John and Elizth Knight 5 Jan 1797
Thomas Knight Parish Clerk 28 Nov 1794
Henry son of John and Elizth Knight 21 Apr 1791
Ann widow of Henry Knight 21 Jun 1788
Henry Knight 2 Jun 1788
Jane daughter of John and Elizabeth Knight 31 Jan 1787
Mary Knight widow 16 Aug 1786
David son of John and Elizabeth Knight 19 Jan 1786
Joseph son of Jo and Elizth Knight 4 Sep 1785
David son of Henry and Ann Knight 25 Dec 1777
Henry son of Henry and Ann Knight 23 Sep 1773
Marriages
No. 94 Ellis Knight of this Parish and Eleanor Knight of this Parish were Married in this Church by Banns this 29 Day of May in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Four by me Th: Toppings Clerk. This Marriage was solemnized between us, The Mark X of Ellis Knight, Eleanor Knight in the Presence of William Knight and Mary Elford (my 3x great grandparents - Ellis and Eleanor Knight)
No. 93 William Knight of this parish Widower and Elizabeth Mitchel were married in this Church by Banns this eighth day of April in the year One Thousand eight Hundred and four by me Ed Binfield Curate. This marriage was solemnized between us, William Knight, The X Mark of Elizth Mitchel. In the presence of John Banting and Henry Knight.
William Knight of this parish widower and Sarah Loader of the same place were married in this Church by Banns this third day of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight by me Thomas Rackett Rector. This marriage was solemnized between us Willian Knight and Sarah Loader In the Presence of Tho[ma]s Loader and Henry Knight.
No. 16 William Knight of this parish Bachelor and Anne Ballet of the same place spinster married in this church by Banns this twenty third day of October in the year One thousand seven hundred and eighty six by me Thomas Rackett Rector This Marriage was solemnized between us William Knight, Ann Ballet. In the Presence of Thomas Knight, George Ballet
Banns
Henry Knight and Ann Holloway (married 13 Apr 1799 at Silton, Dorset)
John Knight and Elizabeth Barnes (Kingston)
John Knight and Anne Vincent (Shapwick) (married 3 Jun 1783 at Shapwick, Dorset)
On the previous research day I did build families with the material but will wait until I have made all the extractions from all the parishes before redoing. It will be interesting if I can solve any mysteries with this information. I am confident going back to Henry Knight and Mary Oliver as Eleanor's parents but is William also a descendant of Henry Knight (father of Ellis)?
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2011/07/knight-families-at-spetisbury.html
although there have been several posts on the Knight family due to emails received from descendants of this family in Dorset.
I planned to look at the Dorset parish registers that have come up on Ancestry in particular Spetisbury, Winterborne Stickland and Turnworth. Today I did Spetisbury from 1780 to 1812 and will return to work on Spetisbury from 1700 to 1779 on the next research day.
Spetisbury:
Baptisms
Henry son of William and Sarah Knight baptized 26 May 1812
Samuel son of Ellis and Eleanor Knight 8 Nov 1811
William son of William and Eliz Knight 7 Oct 1810
George son of Henry and Anne Knight 1 Oct 1810
Mary Anne daughter of Ellis and Elianor Knight 26 Nov 1809
George son of William and Sarah Knight 20 Aug 1809
Jane daughter of Henry and Ann Knight 30 Oct 1806
George son of Ellis and Eleanor Knight 28 Jun 1806
David son of William and Elizabeth Knight 16 Aug 1805
Hannah daughter of William and Sarah Knight 22 Mar 1807
Elizabeth daughter of Henry and Ann Knight 25 Feb 1807
Ellis son of Ellis and Eleanor Knight 27 Jul 1806
Miriam daughter of William and Elizabeth Knight baptized 5 May 1805
Eliza daughter of Henry and Ann Knight 21 Oct 1804
Charles son of William and Sarah Knight 12 Jan 1804
Mary Ann daughter of Henry and Ann Knight 26 Dec 1802
James son of William and Sarah Knight 11 May 1802
Henrietta daughter of Henry and Ann Knight
John son of John and Ann Knight 30 Nov 1800
William son of William and Sarah Knight 22 Sep 1799
Benjamin son of Henry and Ann Knight 22 Mar 1799
Henry son of John and Elizabeth Knight 25 Nov 1798
Joseph son of Thomas and Ann Knight 29 Apr 1798
Martha daughter of John and Ann Knight 8 Oct 1797
Jemima daughter of William and Anne Knight 2 Nov 1796
Maria daughter of John and Anne Knight 1 Jan 1796
Anne daughter of Thomas and Anne Knight 6 Dec 1795
George son of Sarah Knight 4 Oct 1795
Henry son of John and Eliz Knight 17 Sep 1795
James son of William and Anne Knight 6 Jul 1794
Harriet daughter of John and Eliz: Knight 3 Mar 1794
Mary daughter of Thomas and Ann Knight 30 Jan 1794
Mary Ann daughter of John and Elizabeth Knight 7 Oct 1793
Mary Anne daughter of Jo and Eliz Knight 9 Aug 1792
Charlotte daughter of John and Elizabeth Knight 3 Jun 1792
Elizabeth Ann daughter of William and Ann Knight 16 Oct 1791
Jane daughter of John and Elizabeth Knight 21 Apr 1791
Henry son of John and Elizth Knight 1 Dec 1789
Sophia daughter of John and Anne Knight 25 Sep 1789
David son of John and Elizth Knight 16 Dec 1787
Eleanor daughter of John and Ann Knight 12 Dec 1786
Jane daughter of John and Elizabeth Knight 1 Jan 1786
Joseph son of John and Ann Knight 24 Aug 1785
Sarah daughter of John and Elizabeth Knight 2 May 1784
Burials
William son of William and Eliz Knight 8 Oct 1810
Martha Knight 1 Jan 1806
Miriam Knight 19 Oct 1803
James son of William Knight 14 Sep 1801
Charles son of William Knight 14 Sep 1801
Elizabeth Knight 10 Jun 1801
Henry son of Elizabeth Knight 23 Feb 1801
John Knight 15 Feb 1799
Ann wife of William Knight 28 May 1798
Harriet daughter of John and Elizth Knight 15 Jan 1797
Henry son of John and Elizth Knight 5 Jan 1797
Thomas Knight Parish Clerk 28 Nov 1794
Henry son of John and Elizth Knight 21 Apr 1791
Ann widow of Henry Knight 21 Jun 1788
Henry Knight 2 Jun 1788
Jane daughter of John and Elizabeth Knight 31 Jan 1787
Mary Knight widow 16 Aug 1786
David son of John and Elizabeth Knight 19 Jan 1786
Joseph son of Jo and Elizth Knight 4 Sep 1785
David son of Henry and Ann Knight 25 Dec 1777
Henry son of Henry and Ann Knight 23 Sep 1773
Marriages
No. 94 Ellis Knight of this Parish and Eleanor Knight of this Parish were Married in this Church by Banns this 29 Day of May in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Four by me Th: Toppings Clerk. This Marriage was solemnized between us, The Mark X of Ellis Knight, Eleanor Knight in the Presence of William Knight and Mary Elford (my 3x great grandparents - Ellis and Eleanor Knight)
No. 93 William Knight of this parish Widower and Elizabeth Mitchel were married in this Church by Banns this eighth day of April in the year One Thousand eight Hundred and four by me Ed Binfield Curate. This marriage was solemnized between us, William Knight, The X Mark of Elizth Mitchel. In the presence of John Banting and Henry Knight.
William Knight of this parish widower and Sarah Loader of the same place were married in this Church by Banns this third day of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight by me Thomas Rackett Rector. This marriage was solemnized between us Willian Knight and Sarah Loader In the Presence of Tho[ma]s Loader and Henry Knight.
No. 16 William Knight of this parish Bachelor and Anne Ballet of the same place spinster married in this church by Banns this twenty third day of October in the year One thousand seven hundred and eighty six by me Thomas Rackett Rector This Marriage was solemnized between us William Knight, Ann Ballet. In the Presence of Thomas Knight, George Ballet
Banns
Henry Knight and Ann Holloway (married 13 Apr 1799 at Silton, Dorset)
John Knight and Elizabeth Barnes (Kingston)
John Knight and Anne Vincent (Shapwick) (married 3 Jun 1783 at Shapwick, Dorset)
On the previous research day I did build families with the material but will wait until I have made all the extractions from all the parishes before redoing. It will be interesting if I can solve any mysteries with this information. I am confident going back to Henry Knight and Mary Oliver as Eleanor's parents but is William also a descendant of Henry Knight (father of Ellis)?
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Will of George Blake, Citizen and Draper of London - National Archives PROB 11/341/7, probated 25 Jan 1672/73
George Blake Citizen and Draper of the City of London is testator of this will. He is married to Jane and she is his second wife and he is her third husband. George mentions his daughters Martha and Mary and his sons Thomas and John. There is perhaps another child as he mentions his grand daughter Mary Bishop.
The will of his wife Jane Blake will follow this one.
Information was obtained from Boyds Inhabitants of London and Family Search. The marriage of Edward Holden and Mary Blake was celebrated 27 Jun 1662 at All Hallows Barking. Mary was born in 1621 according to Boyds Inhabitants of London and George. The amazing item perhaps is that Mary has had seven children in ten years (and she was 41 when she married). Edward Holden is a woollen draper.
Boyd's Inhabitants of London shows the family of George Blake (All Hallows Barking) and his second wife was Jane (daughter of Noel) Matin/Maton widow of Simon (George and Jane married 14 Mar 1653 at St Augustin and St Faith). George is a citizen and draper free 1653 March 20 by redemption merchant. His children are Thomas, John, Elizabeth married 1665 to Thomas Bell, unknown daughter married to Thomas Thynne, Martha married to unknown Turner and Mary married 1662 to Edward Holding. Will is mentioned on the facing page for George: Will All Hallows Barking, wife Jane exix, sons Thomas and John, son in law Thomas Bell of London merchant, Thomas Thynne of London Merchant (not sure if the will is actually saying that he is a son in law), daughter Martha Turner, daughter Mary Holding, witness Susan Barnes, Perry Lloyd, John Hill SCR, 9 May 1665, Thomas Bell of Whitechapel and Elizabeth Blake of S Andrew Holborn at St Martin Orgar (perhaps this is their marriage). A note about his will 1673 PCC and his wife's will Jane 1673 (dead 1674).
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 31 Oct 2012
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/341/7
Name of testator: George Blake, Citizen and Draper
Place: London, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 10 Jan 1672/73, probated 25 Jan 1672/73
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: 17th century, middle English, small writing
[Margin] T[esta]m[ent] Georgij
[Margin] Blake 12
1 In the name of God Amen
2 The Tenth day of January Anno Domini 1672 And in the Foure and
3 twentieth yeare of the reigne of our Sovereigne Lord Charles the Second by the
4 grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland defender of the
5 Faith etc I George Blake Citizen and Draper of London of London being at
6 this time sicke and very weake in body, but of sound and perfect mind and memory
7 for which I praise Almighty God And considering with my selfe the cer-
8 tainty of death and the great incertainty of the time houre and manner
9 thereof And being desirous as much as in me lieth to settle such worldly
10 estate as it hath or shall please Almighty God to blesse me withall so
11 as no strife or difference may be or arise touching the same after my decease
12 do therefore make publish and declare this my Last will and Testament in
13 manner and forme following that is to say First and principally I committ
14 and recommend my Soul which is immortal into the hands of Almighty
15 God my Creator hoping and stedfastly believing to receive and obtaine
16 the full and free pardon and remission of all my sins only by and through
17 the precious merits of Jesus Christ my alone Saviour and Redeemer My
18 body I committ to the earth from whence it came to be decently buried
19 according to the good discretion of my executor hereafter named And as
20 touching and concerning all such Mesuages Lands Tenements Goods Chat-
21 tels Leases Plate Jewels housholdstuff ready Money debts to me owing and
22 other my estate whatsoever as God hath of shall be pleased to bless me
23 withall at the time of my decease I give devise bequeath and dispose there-
24 of as followeth first my will and mind is that after my debts shall be
25 satisfied and paid and my funerall charges borne and des[t]rayed that my
26 estate shall be devided according to the custome of the City of London into
27 three equall parts one third part whereof I give devise and bequeath unto
28 my very loving and wel[l]beloved wife Jane Blake one other third part of my
29 personall estate I give devise and bequeath unto my loving Sons Thomas
30 Blake and John Blake equally betwixt them And as for and concerning the
31 other third part of my personall estate I will and dispose of the same in
32 manner and forme following Item I give devise and bequeath
33 unto my loving Son in Law Thomas Bell of London Merchant and my
34 very loving friend Thomas Thynne of London Merchant their Executors
35 Administrators and Assignes All That Mesuage or Tenement now or late
36 in the tenure or occupa[c]ion of one [unnamed] Palmer his Assignee or
37 Assignes And all that Mesuage or Tenement now or late in the tenure
38 or occupa[c]ion of one Thomas Lymeston his Assignee or Assignes And all
39 That Mesuage or Tenement now or late in the tenure or occupa[c]ion of
40 William Thackbolt his Assignee or Assignes And all that Mesuage or
41 Tenement now or late in the tenure or occupa[c]ion of Thomas Crossely
42 his Assignee or Assignes All which said Mesuages or Tenements are
43 scituate upon Great Tower hill in the parish of Alhallows Barking
44 London and all my estate right title interest terme of years to come and
45 unexpired clayme and demand whatsoever of me the said George
46 Blake of in or to the same or any of them upon trust and confidence and to
47 the intent and purpose (my will and meaning being that the Rents and
48 profits shall be had and received by the said Thomas Bell and Thomas
49 Thynne their Executors Adm[inistrator]s and assignes during such time or terme I
50 have therein in trust for my daughter Martha Turner and to dispose
51 of the same as they shall at any time or times by writing under her
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52 hand and seale or otherwise limit order direct and appoint for the
53 use and benefit of her self and children or any of them as she shall
54 direct and her husband not to intermeddle neither have any benefit
55 thereof Item I give devise and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Hol-
56 ding the sume of five pounds of lawfull money of England And to my
57 Son Tho Bell and Thomas Thynne Ten pounds sterling apiece mourning
58 All the Rest and residue of the said Third part of my personall estate
59 whatsoever not before by me herein bequeathed my will and meaning is
60 shall be divided into two equall parts one part whereof I give devise and
61 bequeath unto the two children of my daughter Martha Turner And the
62 other remaining parr thereof I give devise and bequeath into the seaven
63 children of my said daughter Mary Holding equally to be divided betwixt
64 them part and part alike to be paid unto them respectively at their severall
65 ages of One and Twenty years or day of marriage which shall first hap-
66 pen And I do further declare my will and m ind to be and I do order and
67 appoint that my executrix hereafter named or her assignes shall pay or
68 cause to be paid unto my said Son in Law Thomas Bell and Thomas Thynne
69 the several and respective Legacy and Legacies sume and sumes of money
70 before by me given and bequeathed to the severall and respective children
71 of my said daughters Martha Turner and Mary Holding upon trust and
72 confidence and to the intent and purpose that they the said Thomas Bell
73 and Thomas Thynne and the Survivor of them their Executors and Admini-
74 strators do and shall lay out and dispose of the same to the best advantage
75 for the educating and bringing up of my said daughters' children and in-
76 crease of their por[t]ions as they the said Thomas Bell and Thomas Thynne
77 shall thinke fit and to be paid unto them at their severall ages of One-
78 and Twenty yeare or day of marriage which shall first happen as afores[ai]d
79 And I do further declare that my will is that if any of the children of my
80 said daughters Martha Turner and Mary Holding or either of them
81 shall happen to depart this life before such child or children shall have
82 attained unto his or they age of One and Twenty yeare or day of mar-
83 riage as aforesaid that then and in such case the Legacy or part share or
84 propor[t]ion of such child or children so deceasing shall go and I give and be
85 queath the same unto my Grandchild Mary bishop and my will is that
86 the severall legacies herein by me given and bequeathed unto my said
87 Sons and daughters or their children with the severall por[t]ions I have
88 already given to them or to any other of my Sons or daughters shall be
89 to every one of them in full recompence and satisfaction of all such part
90 or share of my estate as they or any of them shall or may challenge by cus-
91 tome of the City of London or otherwise and in discharge of all claymes
92 concerning And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said
93 very loving wife Jane Blake to be the sole and alone executrix of this
94 my Last will and Testament And I do appoint the said Thomas Bell
95 and Thomas Thynne overseers of the same And I charge and comand
96 all my children upon my blessing that they carry and behave themselves
97 dutifully and respectively to their mother And that acquiesse and
98 rest content with what I have done in this my will so that no strife or
99 suite of Law do arise touching the same And Lastly I do hereby revoke
100 disannull and make void all former wills terrier executors and bequeathes
101 by me made And do appoint these presents only to stand in full force for
102 and as my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have to every
103 sheet of this my Last will and Testament containing foure sheets and one
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104 half in number subscribed my name and affixed my seale at the top of
105 them all, the day, and yeare first above written Geo[rge] Blake Sealed published
106 and declared by the said Testator for and as his Last Will and Testament
107 the day and yeare first above written in the presence of Susanna Barnes Perry
108 Lloyd John Hill etc
The will of his wife Jane Blake will follow this one.
Information was obtained from Boyds Inhabitants of London and Family Search. The marriage of Edward Holden and Mary Blake was celebrated 27 Jun 1662 at All Hallows Barking. Mary was born in 1621 according to Boyds Inhabitants of London and George. The amazing item perhaps is that Mary has had seven children in ten years (and she was 41 when she married). Edward Holden is a woollen draper.
Boyd's Inhabitants of London shows the family of George Blake (All Hallows Barking) and his second wife was Jane (daughter of Noel) Matin/Maton widow of Simon (George and Jane married 14 Mar 1653 at St Augustin and St Faith). George is a citizen and draper free 1653 March 20 by redemption merchant. His children are Thomas, John, Elizabeth married 1665 to Thomas Bell, unknown daughter married to Thomas Thynne, Martha married to unknown Turner and Mary married 1662 to Edward Holding. Will is mentioned on the facing page for George: Will All Hallows Barking, wife Jane exix, sons Thomas and John, son in law Thomas Bell of London merchant, Thomas Thynne of London Merchant (not sure if the will is actually saying that he is a son in law), daughter Martha Turner, daughter Mary Holding, witness Susan Barnes, Perry Lloyd, John Hill SCR, 9 May 1665, Thomas Bell of Whitechapel and Elizabeth Blake of S Andrew Holborn at St Martin Orgar (perhaps this is their marriage). A note about his will 1673 PCC and his wife's will Jane 1673 (dead 1674).
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 31 Oct 2012
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/341/7
Name of testator: George Blake, Citizen and Draper
Place: London, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 10 Jan 1672/73, probated 25 Jan 1672/73
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: 17th century, middle English, small writing
[Margin] T[esta]m[ent] Georgij
[Margin] Blake 12
1 In the name of God Amen
2 The Tenth day of January Anno Domini 1672 And in the Foure and
3 twentieth yeare of the reigne of our Sovereigne Lord Charles the Second by the
4 grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland defender of the
5 Faith etc I George Blake Citizen and Draper of London of London being at
6 this time sicke and very weake in body, but of sound and perfect mind and memory
7 for which I praise Almighty God And considering with my selfe the cer-
8 tainty of death and the great incertainty of the time houre and manner
9 thereof And being desirous as much as in me lieth to settle such worldly
10 estate as it hath or shall please Almighty God to blesse me withall so
11 as no strife or difference may be or arise touching the same after my decease
12 do therefore make publish and declare this my Last will and Testament in
13 manner and forme following that is to say First and principally I committ
14 and recommend my Soul which is immortal into the hands of Almighty
15 God my Creator hoping and stedfastly believing to receive and obtaine
16 the full and free pardon and remission of all my sins only by and through
17 the precious merits of Jesus Christ my alone Saviour and Redeemer My
18 body I committ to the earth from whence it came to be decently buried
19 according to the good discretion of my executor hereafter named And as
20 touching and concerning all such Mesuages Lands Tenements Goods Chat-
21 tels Leases Plate Jewels housholdstuff ready Money debts to me owing and
22 other my estate whatsoever as God hath of shall be pleased to bless me
23 withall at the time of my decease I give devise bequeath and dispose there-
24 of as followeth first my will and mind is that after my debts shall be
25 satisfied and paid and my funerall charges borne and des[t]rayed that my
26 estate shall be devided according to the custome of the City of London into
27 three equall parts one third part whereof I give devise and bequeath unto
28 my very loving and wel[l]beloved wife Jane Blake one other third part of my
29 personall estate I give devise and bequeath unto my loving Sons Thomas
30 Blake and John Blake equally betwixt them And as for and concerning the
31 other third part of my personall estate I will and dispose of the same in
32 manner and forme following Item I give devise and bequeath
33 unto my loving Son in Law Thomas Bell of London Merchant and my
34 very loving friend Thomas Thynne of London Merchant their Executors
35 Administrators and Assignes All That Mesuage or Tenement now or late
36 in the tenure or occupa[c]ion of one [unnamed] Palmer his Assignee or
37 Assignes And all that Mesuage or Tenement now or late in the tenure
38 or occupa[c]ion of one Thomas Lymeston his Assignee or Assignes And all
39 That Mesuage or Tenement now or late in the tenure or occupa[c]ion of
40 William Thackbolt his Assignee or Assignes And all that Mesuage or
41 Tenement now or late in the tenure or occupa[c]ion of Thomas Crossely
42 his Assignee or Assignes All which said Mesuages or Tenements are
43 scituate upon Great Tower hill in the parish of Alhallows Barking
44 London and all my estate right title interest terme of years to come and
45 unexpired clayme and demand whatsoever of me the said George
46 Blake of in or to the same or any of them upon trust and confidence and to
47 the intent and purpose (my will and meaning being that the Rents and
48 profits shall be had and received by the said Thomas Bell and Thomas
49 Thynne their Executors Adm[inistrator]s and assignes during such time or terme I
50 have therein in trust for my daughter Martha Turner and to dispose
51 of the same as they shall at any time or times by writing under her
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52 hand and seale or otherwise limit order direct and appoint for the
53 use and benefit of her self and children or any of them as she shall
54 direct and her husband not to intermeddle neither have any benefit
55 thereof Item I give devise and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Hol-
56 ding the sume of five pounds of lawfull money of England And to my
57 Son Tho Bell and Thomas Thynne Ten pounds sterling apiece mourning
58 All the Rest and residue of the said Third part of my personall estate
59 whatsoever not before by me herein bequeathed my will and meaning is
60 shall be divided into two equall parts one part whereof I give devise and
61 bequeath unto the two children of my daughter Martha Turner And the
62 other remaining parr thereof I give devise and bequeath into the seaven
63 children of my said daughter Mary Holding equally to be divided betwixt
64 them part and part alike to be paid unto them respectively at their severall
65 ages of One and Twenty years or day of marriage which shall first hap-
66 pen And I do further declare my will and m ind to be and I do order and
67 appoint that my executrix hereafter named or her assignes shall pay or
68 cause to be paid unto my said Son in Law Thomas Bell and Thomas Thynne
69 the several and respective Legacy and Legacies sume and sumes of money
70 before by me given and bequeathed to the severall and respective children
71 of my said daughters Martha Turner and Mary Holding upon trust and
72 confidence and to the intent and purpose that they the said Thomas Bell
73 and Thomas Thynne and the Survivor of them their Executors and Admini-
74 strators do and shall lay out and dispose of the same to the best advantage
75 for the educating and bringing up of my said daughters' children and in-
76 crease of their por[t]ions as they the said Thomas Bell and Thomas Thynne
77 shall thinke fit and to be paid unto them at their severall ages of One-
78 and Twenty yeare or day of marriage which shall first happen as afores[ai]d
79 And I do further declare that my will is that if any of the children of my
80 said daughters Martha Turner and Mary Holding or either of them
81 shall happen to depart this life before such child or children shall have
82 attained unto his or they age of One and Twenty yeare or day of mar-
83 riage as aforesaid that then and in such case the Legacy or part share or
84 propor[t]ion of such child or children so deceasing shall go and I give and be
85 queath the same unto my Grandchild Mary bishop and my will is that
86 the severall legacies herein by me given and bequeathed unto my said
87 Sons and daughters or their children with the severall por[t]ions I have
88 already given to them or to any other of my Sons or daughters shall be
89 to every one of them in full recompence and satisfaction of all such part
90 or share of my estate as they or any of them shall or may challenge by cus-
91 tome of the City of London or otherwise and in discharge of all claymes
92 concerning And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said
93 very loving wife Jane Blake to be the sole and alone executrix of this
94 my Last will and Testament And I do appoint the said Thomas Bell
95 and Thomas Thynne overseers of the same And I charge and comand
96 all my children upon my blessing that they carry and behave themselves
97 dutifully and respectively to their mother And that acquiesse and
98 rest content with what I have done in this my will so that no strife or
99 suite of Law do arise touching the same And Lastly I do hereby revoke
100 disannull and make void all former wills terrier executors and bequeathes
101 by me made And do appoint these presents only to stand in full force for
102 and as my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have to every
103 sheet of this my Last will and Testament containing foure sheets and one
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104 half in number subscribed my name and affixed my seale at the top of
105 them all, the day, and yeare first above written Geo[rge] Blake Sealed published
106 and declared by the said Testator for and as his Last Will and Testament
107 the day and yeare first above written in the presence of Susanna Barnes Perry
108 Lloyd John Hill etc
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