Bampton in Devon is located about six miles north of Tiverton close to the Somerset border. Just 2.9 miles west is Oakford where my Bishops Nympton Blackmore family also had property.
The testator Jane Blackmore is a widow with sons John, Christopher and Tristram. Her grandchildren namely Alice Blackmore, John, Mary and Henry Blackmore and Christopher Blackmore. Curious if these are connected to the sons in this particular order with Alice being the daughter of John, John, Mary and Henry the children of Christopher and Christopher the son of Tristram. I did check out the IGI but did not locate any records that appear to help determine this family.
Good details if one descends from this particular line.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 25 Jan 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/273/621
Testator: Jane Blackmore, widow
Place: Bampton, Devon, England
Date of document: 22 Jan 1653, probated 20 Feb 1657/58
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[Margin]: Jane Blackmore
1 In the name of God Amen
2 the Two and Twentieth day of Januarie In the yeare
3 of our Lord God One Thousand Six hundred Fiftie three
4 I Jane Blackmore of Bampton in the Countie of Devon
5 widdowe being of perfect minde and memorie praised be
6 God doe make and ordaine this my last Will and testament
7 in manner and forme following First I bequeath my soule
8 unto the Almightie God my Maker trusting through the
9 meritts of Jesus Christ my Saviour and Redeemer to be
10 saved and my bodie to be buried in the Souther Ile of the
11 Church of Bampton as neare my loving husband as may
12 bee Item I give and bequeath unto the poore of the parish of Banton
13 twentie shillings to be distributed unto them at the day of my funerall
14 Item I give and bequeath unto my Sonn John Blackmore the summe
15 of five shillings to be paid within three moneths after my death Item
16 I give and bequeath unto my Sonne Christopher Blackmore the
17 somme of fortie pounds to be paid within three moneths next after
18 my death Item I give and bequeath unto my said Sonne Christopher
19 Blackmore my best bedd and bedstead performed the best brasse pann
20 except the best brasse Crock and six of my best pewter dishes that I
21 shall be owner of at the time of my death to be paid him within three
22 moneths after my death Item I give and bequeath unto Alice Blackmore
23 my Grandchild the summe of Tenn pounds to be paid her within three
24 moneths after my death Item I further give and bequeath unto the
25 same Alice Blackmore the bedd and bedstead performed that I usually
26 lie in and three pewter dishes which were her Aunt Mary and the
27 best of the round bottome panns and the second best brass caldron and
28 all my apparrell except my best hatt and best wastcoate Item I give
29 and bequeath unto John Blackmore Mary Blackmore and Henrie
30 Blackmore my Grandchildren one shilling a peece Item I give and
31 bequeath unto Christopher Blackmore my Grandchild the summe
32 of Tenn shillings to be paid within three moneths next after my death
33 Item I give and bequeath unto Dorothie Luscombe of Bouldscombe
34 my best hatt and my best Waistcoate Item I give and bequeathe
35 unto George Marse Thomas Blue and Trisham Brounsford my
36 apprentices two shillings apeece Item I give and bequeath unto Nicholas
37 Luscombe the summe of Tenn shillings to be paid within three moneths
38 after my death Item I give and bequeath unto William Luscombe sonn
39 of Jennie Luscombe of Burlescombe the summe of two shillings All the
40 rest of my goods and Chattells not given and bequeathed I give and
41 bequeath unto my youngest sonne Tristram Blackmore whome I
42 make my sole and only Executor of this my Will and hereby revoake
43 all
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44 all former Wills Item I appoynte and ordenne my cozine Thomas
45 Balliman and George Fursey my Overseers desiring them to be ayding
46 unto my Executor in and about the performeing of this my Will In
47 witness whereof I have here unto sett my hand and seale the day and
48 yeare above written The marke of Jane Blackmore Sealed and published
49 in the presence of us Hu: Canworthy Robert Kelland Jh: Canworthy Jun[iou]r
50 This Will was proved att London vc
51 Twentieth day of Februarie In the yeare of our Lord God according
52 to the accompt and computation of the Church of England One thou-
53 sand Six hundred Fiftie and Seaven before the Judges for probate
54 of Wills and graunting Administrations lawfullie authorized by the oath
55 of Tristram Blackmore the youngest Sonne and sole and onlie
56 Executor named in the above written Will To whome Administration
57 of all and singular the goods Chattells and debts of the said deceased
58 was graunted and committed he being first legallie sworne by vertue
59 of a Commission truly and faythfullie to administer the same
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Friday, January 25, 2013
Will of Hugh Blackmore, yeoman, of Bishops Nympton - The National Archives PROB 11/173/434, probated 20 Mar 1636/37
Hugh Blackmore the testator of the following will is my 9x great grandfather and he was married to Johan Whetstone (daughter of Walter Whetstone). They married 23 Oct 1586 at Bishops Nympton. I think he was baptized at Bishops Nympton and the son of Thomas Blackmoore and Honor Snow. It is the Snow family that links together the Blackmoore and the Pincombe family. Unknown Snowe baptized two children at West Anstey - William (father of Honor Snow) and Emotte (wife of William Pincombe my 10x great grandfather) thus making Thomas Blackmoore (son of Hugh) and John Pincombe mentioned in the will of Thomas cousins (third).
I did not read through this entire will prior to transcribing it. I skimmed through it quickly and thought I had discovered everything there was to be found but wills can have surprises. The big surprise is that Anthony's wife Johane is deceased by 1636 so that rather leaves me with just one Johane Blackmoore daughter of Thomas as my ancestor. A surprise find in this will of Hugh Blackmoore actually.
Hugh mentions his daughters Peternell, Elizabeth and Frances. Joan the youngest daughter died as an infant in 1600 and Susanne died as an infant in 1588. He mentions all of his sons except for Hugh who died as a young child in 1603 with Thomas being the eldest and then Edward followed then Anthonie and Bartholomew.
Hugh put a lot of emphasis on education it would appear as his two younger sons were sent to Oxford with Anthony trained in the law and Bartholomew to be a priest. All in all a very satisfying bit of transcription. Hugh would have been somewhat elderly for the times - over 65 years of age at his death. His sons did not survive long after him, Thomas died in 1648, Bartholomew in late 1636, Anthony by 1651 and Edward I have not yet filled in his date. Will have to look for that in the parish registers.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Jan 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/173/434
Testator: Hugh Blackmore, yeoman
Place: Bishops Nympton, Devon, England
Date of document: 15 Oct 1636, probated 20 Mar 1636/37
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Document quality: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[estament]Hugonis
[Margin]: Blackmore
1 In the name of God Amen The fyfteenth
2 day of October in the twelfe yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord
3 Charles over England etc Anno d[omi]ni 1636 I Hugh Blackmore of
4 Bishops Nympton in the countie of Devon yeoman the unprofitable servant
5 of God revokeing hereby every former will by me heretofore made doe
6 for the certaine disposing of those goodes and chattells which God of his
7 goodnes hath given mee make this my last will and Testament in manner
8 and forme followeing First I bequeath my soule unto almightie God
9 hopeing that by the bloudy death and passion of his sonne Christ Jesus to have
10 remission for all my sinnes; And for my body being but dust and meate for
11 wormes I comitt unto the earth from whence it first was taken, And first for
12 Johane my wife with whome I have lived in the holy estate of Matrimony I
13 doe devise and leave unto her all such estate and interest as I have of and in
14 all those fyve tenements in Crosse with the appurtenances Item I give and
15 bequeath unto her fower oxen and two steeres ready for labour seaven kyne
16 two weaneing calves three younge bullocks of one yeare old or more Fortie
17 Ewe sheepe fortie Lambes or hoggs tenn weathers and rammes two mares or colts
18 fitt or able for labour with saddles and furniture one mayneing colte All my swyne
19 hoggs piggs and poultrie att Crosse aforesaid, All my silver spoones my bedstead bedd and furniture in the chamber over the winter parlor, the twoe tables livery tables standing in the said parlor and chamber over the same, and all my corne growinge or being in feildes barne or graners there, all my hay goodes and similar at Crosse aforesaid, All my bedding with sheets and
20 furniture excepting one viz[ a vi]t the bedsted with bed and furniture in the chamber
21 over the little parlour, Item I give unto her all my potts of brasse except my
22 least pott, all my candlesticks one half of all my pannes and pewter Vessells, the
23 one half of my wooll and of my Tumber or wooding Vessells, Alsoe I give unto
24 her my silver Tankerd partie quilted my cupbord standing in the hall, All my
25 tablebords and livery Table, Alsoe I give unto her all my napery and carpets
26 the one half of all my chaires formes and stooles, my settle and seeting in the hall,
27 All my chests and cofferrs excepting fower my musket and furniture for warr'
28 All my provision of Butter Cheese and meate in salt or salted the greate
29 presse in the wring chamber, one Trunke all my spitts w[i]th drepping and fryeing
30 panns twoe paire of Andyrons one yron Barr, all my other tooles of husbandry,
31 all sackes windeing stuffe and chimney stuffe one great corne chest or Garner
32 to keepe corne in, All my wood and ladders at Crosse my Apple pound and wring
33 belonging thereunto and alsoe one Gowne of blacke to be provided for her against
34 the daie of my buriall, And whereas Anthony Blackmore my sonne and Joane
35 his wife sometyme by the name of Joane Heale thence deceased did by their
36 deed of obliga[t]ion beareing date the twelfe day of November Anno d[omi]ni 1633
37 become bounden unto mee in the forme of three hundred pounds condi[t]ioned
38 that if the said Anthony Blackmore and Joane his wife shall at all tymes
39 from henceforth p[er]mit and suffer me the said Hugh Blackmore and Joane
40 my nowe wife to have hould and enioy all that messuage called Crosse
41 aforesaid, And all that five ten[emen]ts belonging thereunto for and dureing the
42 life of mee the said Hughe and the widdowhood of Joane my wife one lower
43 or ground room and the chamber over the same and one orchard plott only
44 excepted that then the obliga[t]ion to be voyd, Now my will and meaneing is
45 and I doe hereby devise ordaine and appoint that my executor in this my
46 Testament nominated shall w[i]thin twentie dayes next after my decease
47 make over the said bond by sufficient letter of Attorney unto the said Johan
48 my wife, And if it happen that the said Anthony or his assignes shall make
49 my clayme or entrie in or to the five said messuage or ten[emen]ts or any p[ar]te thereof
50 other then is excepted as aforesaid or shall disturbe or molest my said wife
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51 of the quiet enioyeing thereof w[i]thout her good likeing or consent, That then I
52 straightly charge and com[m]and my said executor to be assistant and helpfull
53 unto my said wife for serveing com[m]enceing and prosecuteing of a suite against the
54 said Anthony his executors or assignes for recovery of the penaltie of the said bond,
55 Item I give and bequeath unto Thomas my sonne my Ring or Signet of gould which
56 I use to seale w[i[thall and one paire of _irg_ulls and alsoe one silver salt
57 guilted, Item I give and bequeath unto Joane his wife my great chest in the
58 chamber over the little parlour, Item I doe devise give and bequeath unto
59 Edward my sonne all such interest terme of yeares clayme and demand
60 whatsoever I have or clayme to have of in or to all those closes of land
61 pasture and wood knowne by the name of Furse Parke al[ia]s Furse Parks with
62 the appurtenances lyeing and being in Bishops Nympton aforesayd and sometime
63 parcell of the Barton or demeasne lands of the man[n]or there Provided allwaies
64 and nevertheles my will and meaneing is that yf the said Anthony Blackmore
65 one other of my sonnes shall within two yeares next after my death well and
66 truly paye or cause to be payed unto the said Edward my sonne the some of
67 threescore pounds lawfull money of England That then the sayd Edward shall
68 upon receit thereof forthwith assigne assure make over and convey by good and
69 lawfull assurance and conveyance in lawe unto the said Anthony his brother
70 all such right interest and clayme as he the said Edward shall have of in or
71 to the said closes and p[ar]cells of land pasture and wood with the appurtenances
72 by force of theis p[re]sents, And my will and meaneing is that my executor
73 hereafter nominated shall keepe the conveyance which I have for enioying
74 thereof untill the said Terme of two yeares be fully expired and then to
75 deliver the same unto such of the sayd two brothers as the same shall of right
76 belong unto or app[er]taine And alsoe I give and bequeath unto the said Edward my
77 greatest silver balle guilted one hand gunn or fowling peece And alsoe
78 thirtie pounds of lawfull money of England to be payed within one yeare
79 next after my death Item I doe give and bequeath unto Frances Blackmoore
80 my daughter in lawe my best Cofferr Item I doe give and bequeath unto
81 my sonne Anthony my bed and furniture in the chamber over the little parlour
82 at Crosse, And whereas the right wor[shipfu]ll Sir John Stawell of the honourable
83 order of the Bath Knight hath by his deed indented bearing date the first
84 daye of February in the eight yeare of the raigne of our Sov[er]aigne Lord
85 King Charles given granted and made over unto mee and my assignes the
86 first and next avodance and assenta[t]ion of in and to the Patronage and
87 Church of Sutcombe alias Suttacombe in the Countie aforesaid for one
88 turne onely next and im[m]ediately ensueing the nowe p[re]sent incumbrance of the
89 said Church as by and in the said deed at large appeareth Nowe my will and
90 meaneing is and I doe hereby devise ordaine and appoint that my executor
91 in this my testament nominated to go ther with Edward and Anthony my said sonnes
92 or one of them their or one of their executors or assignes shall forthwith upon
93 the death resignation or depriva[t]ion w[hi]ch shall first happen of Myles Phaire
94 Clarke nowe p[re]sent Rector or member of the said Church of Sutcombe
95 present unto the Lord Bishop of the dioces of Exon for the tyme then being as
96 Clarke for the said Church of Sutcombe Bartholomewe my youngest sonne
97 yf he shal[l ]be then liveing Alsoe I doe give and bequeath unto the sayd
98 Bartholomewe one annuitye or yearly rent of tenn pounds of lawfull mony of England
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99 to be yssueing or goeing forth and to be had levied pieaved and taken out
100 of all that part of the farme or barten of hayne lyeing on the south side of the
101 king's highwaye leading from Southmolton toward Dulverton in Bishops
102 Nympton aforesaid or out of my part or parcell thereof To have levey receave
103 and take the said anuitye or yearly rent of tenn pounds from the daye of my death
104 unto the end and terme and for and dureing the terme of threescore yeares if
105 he the said Bartholomewe shall soe long happen to lyve, and shall not in the meane
106 while be lawfullie instituted and inducted to the parrish charge of Sutcombe aforesaid to
107 be payable at the fower most usuall terms of the yeare by even and equall por[t]ions
108 Alsoe I doe give unto the said Bartholmewe one Trunke and desk and one cloke
109 of black to be provided for him against my buriall Item I doe give unto
110 Petronell my daughter one little chest standing in the chamber over the great
111 parlor aforesaid and one Gowne of blacke against my buriall Item I doe give
112 and bequeath unto Elizabeth my daughter five pounds in money one panne of brasse
113 two dishes of pewter p[er]formed one coffer and one Gowne of blacke against the
114 daye of my buriall Item I doe give and bequeath unto Frances my daughter
115 tenn pounds in money a little silver bolle guilted one panne and one pott of brasse
116 two dishes of pewter p[er]formed and alsoe one gowne of blacke against the daye of
117 my buriall. Item I doe give and bequeath unto each of the children of Elizabeth
118 my daughter which shee had by her first husband John White fower pounds a
119 peece to be payed within two yeares next after my death and to be put to some
120 proffit and advantage for them Item I doe give unto all the rest of my Grand-
121 children twentie shillings a peece Item I doe give to each of my Godchildren unmarried
122 twelve pence a peece Item I doe give unto the poore of the parrish of B[isho]ps
123 Nympton twentie shillings Item I doe give unto each of my houshould s[er]vants
124 fyve shillings a peece And to George Blackmoore my servant fyve pounds
125 Item I give unto John Vicary the sonne of George Vicary twentie shillings Item
126 I doe give unto the Ringers of my knill and Grave makers for their paines tenn
127 shillings Item I doe give unto the preacher that shall preach my fun[er]all s[er]mon
128 tenn shillings All the residue of my goods and chattles I doe give and bequeath
129 unto Thomas Blackmore my sonne whome I doe hereby make and ordaine
130 to be my sole executor of this my said Testament And I doe appoint my beloved
131 sonnes in lawe John Vicary the younger and Richard Comme and my abovesaid
132 sonnes Edward and Anthony to be Overseers of this my Testament and doe give
133 each of them for their paines a cloake of black against my buriall And soe
134 humbly craveing of God's pardon for my offences I committ my self to his
135 protection hopeing that after this painfull life ended I shall have a resting
136 place with him in his everlasting kingdome which I hope he will grant me for
137 his infinite mercies sake In witnes whereof I have hereunto put my hand
138 and seale even the daye and yeare first above written Hugh Blackmoore Sealed
139 Signed by the within named Hugh Blackmore and alsoe by him published and declared
140 to be his last will and testam[en]t in the p[rese]nce of us Thomas Skyner sign Giles Skyner
I did not read through this entire will prior to transcribing it. I skimmed through it quickly and thought I had discovered everything there was to be found but wills can have surprises. The big surprise is that Anthony's wife Johane is deceased by 1636 so that rather leaves me with just one Johane Blackmoore daughter of Thomas as my ancestor. A surprise find in this will of Hugh Blackmoore actually.
Hugh mentions his daughters Peternell, Elizabeth and Frances. Joan the youngest daughter died as an infant in 1600 and Susanne died as an infant in 1588. He mentions all of his sons except for Hugh who died as a young child in 1603 with Thomas being the eldest and then Edward followed then Anthonie and Bartholomew.
Hugh put a lot of emphasis on education it would appear as his two younger sons were sent to Oxford with Anthony trained in the law and Bartholomew to be a priest. All in all a very satisfying bit of transcription. Hugh would have been somewhat elderly for the times - over 65 years of age at his death. His sons did not survive long after him, Thomas died in 1648, Bartholomew in late 1636, Anthony by 1651 and Edward I have not yet filled in his date. Will have to look for that in the parish registers.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Jan 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/173/434
Testator: Hugh Blackmore, yeoman
Place: Bishops Nympton, Devon, England
Date of document: 15 Oct 1636, probated 20 Mar 1636/37
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Document quality: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[estament]Hugonis
[Margin]: Blackmore
1 In the name of God Amen The fyfteenth
2 day of October in the twelfe yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord
3 Charles over England etc Anno d[omi]ni 1636 I Hugh Blackmore of
4 Bishops Nympton in the countie of Devon yeoman the unprofitable servant
5 of God revokeing hereby every former will by me heretofore made doe
6 for the certaine disposing of those goodes and chattells which God of his
7 goodnes hath given mee make this my last will and Testament in manner
8 and forme followeing First I bequeath my soule unto almightie God
9 hopeing that by the bloudy death and passion of his sonne Christ Jesus to have
10 remission for all my sinnes; And for my body being but dust and meate for
11 wormes I comitt unto the earth from whence it first was taken, And first for
12 Johane my wife with whome I have lived in the holy estate of Matrimony I
13 doe devise and leave unto her all such estate and interest as I have of and in
14 all those fyve tenements in Crosse with the appurtenances Item I give and
15 bequeath unto her fower oxen and two steeres ready for labour seaven kyne
16 two weaneing calves three younge bullocks of one yeare old or more Fortie
17 Ewe sheepe fortie Lambes or hoggs tenn weathers and rammes two mares or colts
18 fitt or able for labour with saddles and furniture one mayneing colte All my swyne
19 hoggs piggs and poultrie att Crosse aforesaid, All my silver spoones my bedstead bedd and furniture in the chamber over the winter parlor, the twoe tables livery tables standing in the said parlor and chamber over the same, and all my corne growinge or being in feildes barne or graners there, all my hay goodes and similar at Crosse aforesaid, All my bedding with sheets and
20 furniture excepting one viz[ a vi]t the bedsted with bed and furniture in the chamber
21 over the little parlour, Item I give unto her all my potts of brasse except my
22 least pott, all my candlesticks one half of all my pannes and pewter Vessells, the
23 one half of my wooll and of my Tumber or wooding Vessells, Alsoe I give unto
24 her my silver Tankerd partie quilted my cupbord standing in the hall, All my
25 tablebords and livery Table, Alsoe I give unto her all my napery and carpets
26 the one half of all my chaires formes and stooles, my settle and seeting in the hall,
27 All my chests and cofferrs excepting fower my musket and furniture for warr'
28 All my provision of Butter Cheese and meate in salt or salted the greate
29 presse in the wring chamber, one Trunke all my spitts w[i]th drepping and fryeing
30 panns twoe paire of Andyrons one yron Barr, all my other tooles of husbandry,
31 all sackes windeing stuffe and chimney stuffe one great corne chest or Garner
32 to keepe corne in, All my wood and ladders at Crosse my Apple pound and wring
33 belonging thereunto and alsoe one Gowne of blacke to be provided for her against
34 the daie of my buriall, And whereas Anthony Blackmore my sonne and Joane
35 his wife sometyme by the name of Joane Heale thence deceased did by their
36 deed of obliga[t]ion beareing date the twelfe day of November Anno d[omi]ni 1633
37 become bounden unto mee in the forme of three hundred pounds condi[t]ioned
38 that if the said Anthony Blackmore and Joane his wife shall at all tymes
39 from henceforth p[er]mit and suffer me the said Hugh Blackmore and Joane
40 my nowe wife to have hould and enioy all that messuage called Crosse
41 aforesaid, And all that five ten[emen]ts belonging thereunto for and dureing the
42 life of mee the said Hughe and the widdowhood of Joane my wife one lower
43 or ground room and the chamber over the same and one orchard plott only
44 excepted that then the obliga[t]ion to be voyd, Now my will and meaneing is
45 and I doe hereby devise ordaine and appoint that my executor in this my
46 Testament nominated shall w[i]thin twentie dayes next after my decease
47 make over the said bond by sufficient letter of Attorney unto the said Johan
48 my wife, And if it happen that the said Anthony or his assignes shall make
49 my clayme or entrie in or to the five said messuage or ten[emen]ts or any p[ar]te thereof
50 other then is excepted as aforesaid or shall disturbe or molest my said wife
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51 of the quiet enioyeing thereof w[i]thout her good likeing or consent, That then I
52 straightly charge and com[m]and my said executor to be assistant and helpfull
53 unto my said wife for serveing com[m]enceing and prosecuteing of a suite against the
54 said Anthony his executors or assignes for recovery of the penaltie of the said bond,
55 Item I give and bequeath unto Thomas my sonne my Ring or Signet of gould which
56 I use to seale w[i[thall and one paire of _irg_ulls and alsoe one silver salt
57 guilted, Item I give and bequeath unto Joane his wife my great chest in the
58 chamber over the little parlour, Item I doe devise give and bequeath unto
59 Edward my sonne all such interest terme of yeares clayme and demand
60 whatsoever I have or clayme to have of in or to all those closes of land
61 pasture and wood knowne by the name of Furse Parke al[ia]s Furse Parks with
62 the appurtenances lyeing and being in Bishops Nympton aforesayd and sometime
63 parcell of the Barton or demeasne lands of the man[n]or there Provided allwaies
64 and nevertheles my will and meaneing is that yf the said Anthony Blackmore
65 one other of my sonnes shall within two yeares next after my death well and
66 truly paye or cause to be payed unto the said Edward my sonne the some of
67 threescore pounds lawfull money of England That then the sayd Edward shall
68 upon receit thereof forthwith assigne assure make over and convey by good and
69 lawfull assurance and conveyance in lawe unto the said Anthony his brother
70 all such right interest and clayme as he the said Edward shall have of in or
71 to the said closes and p[ar]cells of land pasture and wood with the appurtenances
72 by force of theis p[re]sents, And my will and meaneing is that my executor
73 hereafter nominated shall keepe the conveyance which I have for enioying
74 thereof untill the said Terme of two yeares be fully expired and then to
75 deliver the same unto such of the sayd two brothers as the same shall of right
76 belong unto or app[er]taine And alsoe I give and bequeath unto the said Edward my
77 greatest silver balle guilted one hand gunn or fowling peece And alsoe
78 thirtie pounds of lawfull money of England to be payed within one yeare
79 next after my death Item I doe give and bequeath unto Frances Blackmoore
80 my daughter in lawe my best Cofferr Item I doe give and bequeath unto
81 my sonne Anthony my bed and furniture in the chamber over the little parlour
82 at Crosse, And whereas the right wor[shipfu]ll Sir John Stawell of the honourable
83 order of the Bath Knight hath by his deed indented bearing date the first
84 daye of February in the eight yeare of the raigne of our Sov[er]aigne Lord
85 King Charles given granted and made over unto mee and my assignes the
86 first and next avodance and assenta[t]ion of in and to the Patronage and
87 Church of Sutcombe alias Suttacombe in the Countie aforesaid for one
88 turne onely next and im[m]ediately ensueing the nowe p[re]sent incumbrance of the
89 said Church as by and in the said deed at large appeareth Nowe my will and
90 meaneing is and I doe hereby devise ordaine and appoint that my executor
91 in this my testament nominated to go ther with Edward and Anthony my said sonnes
92 or one of them their or one of their executors or assignes shall forthwith upon
93 the death resignation or depriva[t]ion w[hi]ch shall first happen of Myles Phaire
94 Clarke nowe p[re]sent Rector or member of the said Church of Sutcombe
95 present unto the Lord Bishop of the dioces of Exon for the tyme then being as
96 Clarke for the said Church of Sutcombe Bartholomewe my youngest sonne
97 yf he shal[l ]be then liveing Alsoe I doe give and bequeath unto the sayd
98 Bartholomewe one annuitye or yearly rent of tenn pounds of lawfull mony of England
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99 to be yssueing or goeing forth and to be had levied pieaved and taken out
100 of all that part of the farme or barten of hayne lyeing on the south side of the
101 king's highwaye leading from Southmolton toward Dulverton in Bishops
102 Nympton aforesaid or out of my part or parcell thereof To have levey receave
103 and take the said anuitye or yearly rent of tenn pounds from the daye of my death
104 unto the end and terme and for and dureing the terme of threescore yeares if
105 he the said Bartholomewe shall soe long happen to lyve, and shall not in the meane
106 while be lawfullie instituted and inducted to the parrish charge of Sutcombe aforesaid to
107 be payable at the fower most usuall terms of the yeare by even and equall por[t]ions
108 Alsoe I doe give unto the said Bartholmewe one Trunke and desk and one cloke
109 of black to be provided for him against my buriall Item I doe give unto
110 Petronell my daughter one little chest standing in the chamber over the great
111 parlor aforesaid and one Gowne of blacke against my buriall Item I doe give
112 and bequeath unto Elizabeth my daughter five pounds in money one panne of brasse
113 two dishes of pewter p[er]formed one coffer and one Gowne of blacke against the
114 daye of my buriall Item I doe give and bequeath unto Frances my daughter
115 tenn pounds in money a little silver bolle guilted one panne and one pott of brasse
116 two dishes of pewter p[er]formed and alsoe one gowne of blacke against the daye of
117 my buriall. Item I doe give and bequeath unto each of the children of Elizabeth
118 my daughter which shee had by her first husband John White fower pounds a
119 peece to be payed within two yeares next after my death and to be put to some
120 proffit and advantage for them Item I doe give unto all the rest of my Grand-
121 children twentie shillings a peece Item I doe give to each of my Godchildren unmarried
122 twelve pence a peece Item I doe give unto the poore of the parrish of B[isho]ps
123 Nympton twentie shillings Item I doe give unto each of my houshould s[er]vants
124 fyve shillings a peece And to George Blackmoore my servant fyve pounds
125 Item I give unto John Vicary the sonne of George Vicary twentie shillings Item
126 I doe give unto the Ringers of my knill and Grave makers for their paines tenn
127 shillings Item I doe give unto the preacher that shall preach my fun[er]all s[er]mon
128 tenn shillings All the residue of my goods and chattles I doe give and bequeath
129 unto Thomas Blackmore my sonne whome I doe hereby make and ordaine
130 to be my sole executor of this my said Testament And I doe appoint my beloved
131 sonnes in lawe John Vicary the younger and Richard Comme and my abovesaid
132 sonnes Edward and Anthony to be Overseers of this my Testament and doe give
133 each of them for their paines a cloake of black against my buriall And soe
134 humbly craveing of God's pardon for my offences I committ my self to his
135 protection hopeing that after this painfull life ended I shall have a resting
136 place with him in his everlasting kingdome which I hope he will grant me for
137 his infinite mercies sake In witnes whereof I have hereunto put my hand
138 and seale even the daye and yeare first above written Hugh Blackmoore Sealed
139 Signed by the within named Hugh Blackmore and alsoe by him published and declared
140 to be his last will and testam[en]t in the p[rese]nce of us Thomas Skyner sign Giles Skyner
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Will of Walter Blackmore of Swimbridge - The National Archives PROB 11/74/362, probated 30 Oct 1589
This Walter Blackmore is unknown to me. Although Thomas Blackmore at Bishops Nympton named his second son Walter his grandfather was Walter Whetstone (his mother's father).
I think Walter is apprenticed to Nicholas Shorte and probably in his teens. I found a Walter Blackmore son of John Blackmore on the IGI baptized at Northam 19 Jun 1575 (11 miles west of Swimbridge).
From the Devon Tax Rolls (1581) there was a John Blackmore of Totiscombe and a James Blackmore in Trentishoe Parish, John Blackmore (roper) at Torrington Magna Town, a John Blackmore and a William Blackmore at Northam Parish, a William Blackmore at East Anstye Parish (possibly related to the Blackmore family at Bishops Nympton as Thomas had property at East Anstey), Joan Blackmore widow and Thomas Blackemore at Bishops Nympton, Hugh Blackmore at Thelbridge Parish, Thomas Blackmore at West Worlington Parish, Nicholas Blackemore at Combyne Parish, Thomas Blackmore at Axmouth Parish, William Blackemore at Harpford Parish, John Blackmore at Bampton Parish, Henry Blackmore and Richard Blackmore at Samphorde Peverell Parish, Henry Blackmore at Colompton Parish, John Blackmore at Shildon Parish.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 23 Jan 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/74/362
Testator: Walter Blackmore
Place: Swimbridge, Devon, England
Date of document: 21 Jun 1588, probated 30 Oct 1589
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Document quality: 16th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent]Walteri
[Margin]: Blackmore
1 In the name of God Amen on Frydaye
2 the one and twentithe daye of the monethe of June in Anno D[omi]ni a thousand
3 five hundred eightie eight Walter Blackmore of the parishe of Swimbridge
4 beinge sick in bodye but of perfett memorie did make and declare his testament
5 noncupative conterminge the disposition of his goodes as followethe viz First he
6 gave and bequeathed to the sonne of Elizabeth Thorne his godchilde fortie shillings
7 And to every of his other godchildren beinge five in number a cowe a peece and
8 did name and rehearse in whose kepinge every of the same kyne weare And did will
9 that it shoulde be imployed to their best profitt The residue of all his goodes he gave
10 and bequeathed to his maister Nicholas Shorte whom he named his executor
11 being present and witnesses John Short John Pylman and Margarett Beare
12 And afterwardes on Satterdaye the twoe and twentithe of June the saide Wal
13 ter Blackmore beinge in like perfett memorie did confess and declared that he
14 had made and acknowledged his last will and testament and had given to five of
15 his godchildren a cowe to eache of them And to one other godchilde beinge the sonne
16 of Elizabeth Thorne fortie shillings And that the rest of his goodes he hadd
17 given and bequeathed to Nicholas Shorte his maister and had nominated
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18 and made him his executor beinge present John Somewell and the saide John Shorte
19 and John Pyllman
I think Walter is apprenticed to Nicholas Shorte and probably in his teens. I found a Walter Blackmore son of John Blackmore on the IGI baptized at Northam 19 Jun 1575 (11 miles west of Swimbridge).
From the Devon Tax Rolls (1581) there was a John Blackmore of Totiscombe and a James Blackmore in Trentishoe Parish, John Blackmore (roper) at Torrington Magna Town, a John Blackmore and a William Blackmore at Northam Parish, a William Blackmore at East Anstye Parish (possibly related to the Blackmore family at Bishops Nympton as Thomas had property at East Anstey), Joan Blackmore widow and Thomas Blackemore at Bishops Nympton, Hugh Blackmore at Thelbridge Parish, Thomas Blackmore at West Worlington Parish, Nicholas Blackemore at Combyne Parish, Thomas Blackmore at Axmouth Parish, William Blackemore at Harpford Parish, John Blackmore at Bampton Parish, Henry Blackmore and Richard Blackmore at Samphorde Peverell Parish, Henry Blackmore at Colompton Parish, John Blackmore at Shildon Parish.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 23 Jan 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/74/362
Testator: Walter Blackmore
Place: Swimbridge, Devon, England
Date of document: 21 Jun 1588, probated 30 Oct 1589
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Document quality: 16th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent]Walteri
[Margin]: Blackmore
1 In the name of God Amen on Frydaye
2 the one and twentithe daye of the monethe of June in Anno D[omi]ni a thousand
3 five hundred eightie eight Walter Blackmore of the parishe of Swimbridge
4 beinge sick in bodye but of perfett memorie did make and declare his testament
5 noncupative conterminge the disposition of his goodes as followethe viz First he
6 gave and bequeathed to the sonne of Elizabeth Thorne his godchilde fortie shillings
7 And to every of his other godchildren beinge five in number a cowe a peece and
8 did name and rehearse in whose kepinge every of the same kyne weare And did will
9 that it shoulde be imployed to their best profitt The residue of all his goodes he gave
10 and bequeathed to his maister Nicholas Shorte whom he named his executor
11 being present and witnesses John Short John Pylman and Margarett Beare
12 And afterwardes on Satterdaye the twoe and twentithe of June the saide Wal
13 ter Blackmore beinge in like perfett memorie did confess and declared that he
14 had made and acknowledged his last will and testament and had given to five of
15 his godchildren a cowe to eache of them And to one other godchilde beinge the sonne
16 of Elizabeth Thorne fortie shillings And that the rest of his goodes he hadd
17 given and bequeathed to Nicholas Shorte his maister and had nominated
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18 and made him his executor beinge present John Somewell and the saide John Shorte
19 and John Pyllman
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Will of Thomas Blackmore yeoman Bishops Nympton - The National Archives PROB 11/206/147, probated 17 Nov 1648
I am now into the wills of the Blackmoore/Blackmore family of Bishops Nympton and closeby. I knew of this family from my mother and that my Pincombe line at Bishops Nympton was descendant of this family. The testator Thomas Blackmore has been married twice and has a large family. His first wife Maria Saunders and Thomas had four known children: Hugh, Walter, Johane and Margaret. With his second wife Johane Datscombe: Lewes, Agnes, Edward, Jane, Julian, Thomas and Anthony. Thomas was baptized 12 Sep 1591 at Bishops Nympton and 55 years of age when he was buried.
However, it remains that my 8x great grandfather was either Thomas or Anthonie Blackmoore/Blackmore. It was the daughter of Thomas or Anthonie, Johan Blackmore, who married John Pincombe 25 Sep 1655 at Bishops Nympton. All Pincombe families found at Bishops Nympton through the next nearly four centuries are descendants of this couple.
The Blackmoore family can be found at Bishops Nympton from the time of the Parish Registers on and prior to that time as well. The first marriage of the Blackmoore family recorded in the parish registers was 2 Dec 1559 (the marriage registers begin in 1558) at Bishops Nympton. This was the marriage of John Laneman of Rose Ash and Johane Blakemore.
Although it would have been great to find information on my Blackmoore family that would definitively name this Thomas as my ancestor from this will that is not to be. There remains another three wills for the Blackmoore/Blackmore family in this area that I will work away at. This one was particularly difficult to read and I hope to fill in the spaces/revise in the future at some point. As was the case of the Pincombe wills which I transcribed earlier, I had only ever read these wills but now wish to have them all transcribed before the next time at Kew imaging wills and other documents. I still have quite a few to do :)
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22 Jan 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/206/147
Testator: Thomas Blackmore, yeoman
Place: Bishops Nympton, Devon, England
Date of document: 7 Aug 1648, probated 17 Nov 1648
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Document quality: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent]Thomas
[Margin]: Blackmore
1 In the name of God Amen
2 the seaventh day of August in the three and twentyth yeare of the Raigne of our
3 Soveraigne Lord Charles by the grace of God of England Scotland Frannce and
4 Ireland king defender of the Fayth etc I Thomas Blackmore of Bishops Nimpton in the
5 County of Devon Yeoman beinge sicke in bodye but of right and perfect memory (thankes
6 bee to Allmighty God) doe make and ordaine this my last will and Testament in man[n]er
7 and forme followinge Imprimis I bequeath my Soule into the handes of Allmighty God
8 my only Saviour and Redeemer hoping through his meritorious death and Passion to
9 enioy the ioyes of lyfe everlastinge and my body to Christian buryall Item I devise and
10 bequeath unto Johan my wife all the estate graunted by mee to her Father deceased and to
11 her brother Lewis Datscombe in the Rectory or Parsonnage of Bishops Nympton all my
12 estate in Wredburne scituate in East Ansty Parish All my estate in two parcell of land
13 called Gradethorn and Gradethorne meadowe lyinge and being w[i]thin the Parish of
14 Oakeford All the estate which of right she ought to have in Sowaell in the Parish of
15 Brushford and County of Somersett And the Forty poundes of money which was to her
16 given by her Father's last will and Testament All the chests and coffers which she was
17 owner of att the time of our Intermarrynge and one other great Chest which my Father
18 gave her Item I give and bequeath unto the sayd Johan my wyfe six kyne two mayned
19 weaning heyfer calves one Bull two heifer yearlinges one heifer of two yeares age
20 and upwardes Forty melch ewes now usually milked att Parsonage aforesayd twoe
21 Rammes and Twenty lambes the sayd Cattell and sheepe to bee allowed and appointed
22 by the free election of my Executor hereinafter nominated Item I give unto her one old
23 Mare one sydesaddle and packsaddle two hackney girts two pack girts one coveringe for
24 a syde saddle one bridle one halter and one payre of carne crookes Item I give unto her
25 all my Swyne hogges pigges and poultry that wholly goe att Parsonage Item I give
26 unto her all the bedsteddes bedds and their usual furniture standinge in the chamber over
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27 the Buttery there (the Curtynes and yron Rodes now thereunto hanging only excepted)
28 the Bedsteede Bedd and furniture uppon which my sonnes Thomas and Anthony doe nowe
29 usually lye Item I give unto her the halfe onelie of all my brasse potts the half onelie of
30 all my brasse pannes and caldrones the halfe onelie of all my pewter vessells one silver
31 bowle guilted and one silver spoon the halfe onelie of all my woodin vesselles att Parsonnage
32 one Garnier or corner Hutch standing on the Sowthsyde of the Mault howse att Parsonnage
33 one other corner Hutch standinge on the Easte syde of the sayd Mault howse allwayes wholy and
34 freely p[re]served to my Executors herinafter nominated Item I give unto hir my Tableboards
35 standinge in the Hall one squar Table standing on the West syde of the same hall my Table
36 board and livery Table in the Parlour three Formes now standings in the sayd hall nere
37 Parlour Item I give unto her all my Corne and Pease now in the Feildes att Parsonage
38 together w][ith the syth thereof Item I give unto her All my Corne in the Barne and other
39 Howeses att her Parsonage all my hay att Parsonage all my wooll all my spinninge
40 turnes and cardes one Skeaner all my butter and cheese one cheese Rack all my flesh
41 in sault or saulted (my two second best flitches of Bacon and all other howshold provision
42 whatsoever fitt for my Funerall only excepted) the same to bee freely had and taken by my
43 Executors without disturbance or dinyall Item I give unto her my greatest spitt my least
44 spitt my dripping Panns and Frying pann three of my bist casks all my ____inge
45 stuffe my dough sheetes my best corne pecke all my Ladders att Parsonage my best
46 chaire three Frame stoules all my Earthen vessells (my greatest earthen Jugg only excepted)
47 the Kettle in the hall and all my wood att Parsonage my best Table Cloth sixe of my best
48 Table napkins any best cheese wring my dry hurdle my two best Piggs troughes one
49 dozen of neeld spoones two dozen of ordinary Trenchers one dozen of fruite Trenchers my
50 best bellowes and two best each of pothookes and pothangers my Gridyron forskyron my
52 two best B_andyrons my second best payar of Andyrons my best lither bottle one
53 ____ and woll weightes and one bill hooke provided allwayes and my will and
54 meaninge is that yf Johan my wyfe doe not demeane and behave herselfe fairely and
55 instly to my Executor in this my will hereafter named in the true deliverance of all
56 such thinges unto him as doe or shall unto him rightfully belong that then the aforesayd
57 Legacyes herein before to hir bequeathed shal[l ]bee utterly voyd and all the right and property
58 of them shall wholy redonnd to the use and proffitt of my executor hereafter mentioned
59 the course thereof in case of difference to bee first heard and adiudged by my Overseers
60 and Rulers hereafter nominated Item I devise and bequeath unto Walter Blackmore
61 my sonne all my estate in Knoll Downes and Wibworthy Moore together w[i]th all my wrytings
62 thereonto belonging And yf Hugh Blackmore my sonne shall happin to dye before hee
63 shall undertake the estate of Matrimony I doe then devise and bequith unto the sayd
64 Walter my sonne all my right and interist in the Parsonage of Bishops Nympton duringe
65 the Terme to mee therein graunted Item I give and bequeath unto the sayd Walter my
66 sonne Thirty poundes of lawfull money of England to be payd within two yeares next after
67 my decease Item I give unto the sayd Walter my best long rydinge Coate lyned w[i]th bayis
68 Item I give and bequeath unto Johan Blackmore my daughter nynety poundes of
69 lawfull money of England to be payd within one yeare next after my death Item I give
70 and bequeath unto Margarett Blackmore my daughter Thirty poundes of lawfull
71 money of England to bee payd within two yeares next after my decease Provided allwayes
72 ande my will and meaninge is that yf my sonne Walter my daughter Johan or my
73 daughter Margarett shall happen to dye before he shee or they shal[l ]bee maryed soe as yet doe
74 soe exceed fower yeares next after my death that then the Legacyes and Portions herein
75 before given and bequeathed unto the sayd Walter Johan and Margarett shall remayn
76 and bee equally devided between the Survivor or Survivors of them and my Executor
77 hereafter mentioned ioyntly and together with them And further whereas my brother
78 Lewes Datscombe hath often promised mee to provide sufficiently for my sonne Lewes
79 Blackmore now in his Instley and espicially in June last past did againe _______
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80 his sayd Promise yet neverthelesse I give and bequeath unto the sayd Lewes my sonne as a
81 Filial portion Twenty two poundes lawfull money of England of which sixteene poundes
82 ys now in my brother Datscombes handes and the other six poundes in my wyfes hand
83 And whereas I have heretofore for Fatherly affiction given and grannted unto my two
84 sonnes Thomas and Anthony twoe severall estates in Threwston and East Threwston
85 yet nevertheless I give and bequeath unto the sayd Thomas and Anthony Twenty pounds
86 apeece of lawfull English money to bee payd unto them within Fouer yeares next after
87 my decease or sooner yf a convenient opportunity for their better preferment shall
88 fitly require yet Provided allwayes that yf the sayd Thomas and Anthony together
89 with Julian there sister or eyther of them shall happen to survive the foresayd Johan
90 their mother that then the Tenant and Tenants of the Parsonage aforesayd shall well
91 and truely pay unto each of them the sayd Thomas Anthony and Julian the somme of
92 Three poundes six shillinges and eight pence yearly untill such time as they shall severally
93 accomplish the age of seventeen yeares Item I give unto my three daughters Agnes
94 Jane and Julian Fifty poundes a peece of lawfull money of England Agnes her Fifty
95 poundes to be payd within one month after she shall accomplish the age of one and Twenty
96 yeares Jane her Fifty poundes to be payd within one month after she shall accomplish
97 the age of one and Twenty Yeares Julyan her Fifty poundes to bee payd within sixe
98 yeares next after my death not doubtinge but that my wyfi their mother being lefte
99 well furnished both within doores and without will inlarge their portions sufficiently
100 hereafter Item I doe appoint my Executors to pay unto John Quinteck Five shillings
101 Item I give unto the Poore of the Parish of Bishopps Nympton Twenty shillinges
102 All the residue of my goodes and chattells not herein before given nor bequeathed
103 I give and bequeath unto Hugh Blackmore my sonne whom I make and ordaine
104 the sole and whole Executor of this my last will and Testament And I doe appointe
105 my wel[l ]beloved freindes and kinsmen John Towte John Pincombe David Hill and William
106 Pincombe the younger to bee Rulers and Overseers of this my last will and Testament
107 And I give unto each of them for their paynes takinge herein three shillinges
108 foure pence Witnesse my hand and Seale the day and yeare first above wrytten
109 This I doe add and annex unto this my last will and Testament as a
110 Codicill these thinges followinge viz[ a vi]t whereas I have thereby given and bequeathed
111 unto my daughters Agnes Jane and Julian Fifty poundes a peece to Thomas
112 and Anthony my sonnes Twenty poundes a peece in manner and forme therein
113 severally expressed my further will intent and meaning is that yf the sole sayd Agnes
114 Jane Julian Thomas and Anthony or any or either of them shall happen to dye
115 before the guiftes and legacyes to them soe given and bequeathed shal[l ]bee come due
116 and payable that then the sayd Guiftes and legacyes of him her or them or eyther
117 of them soe dyinge as affore sayd shall wholy ridund and in__ to the Proffitt and
118 advantage of the Survivors and Survivor of them to bee equally devided among
119 them Item I give unto my wyfe and to each of my children and to such other freinds
120 as my Executor shall thinke fitt one payre of Black gloves to bee worn att my
121 Funerall Item I give to my sayd wyfe one Rodden Fla_ke to keepe clothes in Item
122 I give unto my wyfe my greene corsitt of Jersey Thomas Blackmoore
123 Sealed published and declared as his last will and Testament in presence of
124 Mathew Hinscombe Anthony Blackmoore
However, it remains that my 8x great grandfather was either Thomas or Anthonie Blackmoore/Blackmore. It was the daughter of Thomas or Anthonie, Johan Blackmore, who married John Pincombe 25 Sep 1655 at Bishops Nympton. All Pincombe families found at Bishops Nympton through the next nearly four centuries are descendants of this couple.
The Blackmoore family can be found at Bishops Nympton from the time of the Parish Registers on and prior to that time as well. The first marriage of the Blackmoore family recorded in the parish registers was 2 Dec 1559 (the marriage registers begin in 1558) at Bishops Nympton. This was the marriage of John Laneman of Rose Ash and Johane Blakemore.
Although it would have been great to find information on my Blackmoore family that would definitively name this Thomas as my ancestor from this will that is not to be. There remains another three wills for the Blackmoore/Blackmore family in this area that I will work away at. This one was particularly difficult to read and I hope to fill in the spaces/revise in the future at some point. As was the case of the Pincombe wills which I transcribed earlier, I had only ever read these wills but now wish to have them all transcribed before the next time at Kew imaging wills and other documents. I still have quite a few to do :)
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22 Jan 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/206/147
Testator: Thomas Blackmore, yeoman
Place: Bishops Nympton, Devon, England
Date of document: 7 Aug 1648, probated 17 Nov 1648
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Document quality: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent]Thomas
[Margin]: Blackmore
1 In the name of God Amen
2 the seaventh day of August in the three and twentyth yeare of the Raigne of our
3 Soveraigne Lord Charles by the grace of God of England Scotland Frannce and
4 Ireland king defender of the Fayth etc I Thomas Blackmore of Bishops Nimpton in the
5 County of Devon Yeoman beinge sicke in bodye but of right and perfect memory (thankes
6 bee to Allmighty God) doe make and ordaine this my last will and Testament in man[n]er
7 and forme followinge Imprimis I bequeath my Soule into the handes of Allmighty God
8 my only Saviour and Redeemer hoping through his meritorious death and Passion to
9 enioy the ioyes of lyfe everlastinge and my body to Christian buryall Item I devise and
10 bequeath unto Johan my wife all the estate graunted by mee to her Father deceased and to
11 her brother Lewis Datscombe in the Rectory or Parsonnage of Bishops Nympton all my
12 estate in Wredburne scituate in East Ansty Parish All my estate in two parcell of land
13 called Gradethorn and Gradethorne meadowe lyinge and being w[i]thin the Parish of
14 Oakeford All the estate which of right she ought to have in Sowaell in the Parish of
15 Brushford and County of Somersett And the Forty poundes of money which was to her
16 given by her Father's last will and Testament All the chests and coffers which she was
17 owner of att the time of our Intermarrynge and one other great Chest which my Father
18 gave her Item I give and bequeath unto the sayd Johan my wyfe six kyne two mayned
19 weaning heyfer calves one Bull two heifer yearlinges one heifer of two yeares age
20 and upwardes Forty melch ewes now usually milked att Parsonage aforesayd twoe
21 Rammes and Twenty lambes the sayd Cattell and sheepe to bee allowed and appointed
22 by the free election of my Executor hereinafter nominated Item I give unto her one old
23 Mare one sydesaddle and packsaddle two hackney girts two pack girts one coveringe for
24 a syde saddle one bridle one halter and one payre of carne crookes Item I give unto her
25 all my Swyne hogges pigges and poultry that wholly goe att Parsonage Item I give
26 unto her all the bedsteddes bedds and their usual furniture standinge in the chamber over
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27 the Buttery there (the Curtynes and yron Rodes now thereunto hanging only excepted)
28 the Bedsteede Bedd and furniture uppon which my sonnes Thomas and Anthony doe nowe
29 usually lye Item I give unto her the halfe onelie of all my brasse potts the half onelie of
30 all my brasse pannes and caldrones the halfe onelie of all my pewter vessells one silver
31 bowle guilted and one silver spoon the halfe onelie of all my woodin vesselles att Parsonnage
32 one Garnier or corner Hutch standing on the Sowthsyde of the Mault howse att Parsonnage
33 one other corner Hutch standinge on the Easte syde of the sayd Mault howse allwayes wholy and
34 freely p[re]served to my Executors herinafter nominated Item I give unto hir my Tableboards
35 standinge in the Hall one squar Table standing on the West syde of the same hall my Table
36 board and livery Table in the Parlour three Formes now standings in the sayd hall nere
37 Parlour Item I give unto her all my Corne and Pease now in the Feildes att Parsonage
38 together w][ith the syth thereof Item I give unto her All my Corne in the Barne and other
39 Howeses att her Parsonage all my hay att Parsonage all my wooll all my spinninge
40 turnes and cardes one Skeaner all my butter and cheese one cheese Rack all my flesh
41 in sault or saulted (my two second best flitches of Bacon and all other howshold provision
42 whatsoever fitt for my Funerall only excepted) the same to bee freely had and taken by my
43 Executors without disturbance or dinyall Item I give unto her my greatest spitt my least
44 spitt my dripping Panns and Frying pann three of my bist casks all my ____inge
45 stuffe my dough sheetes my best corne pecke all my Ladders att Parsonage my best
46 chaire three Frame stoules all my Earthen vessells (my greatest earthen Jugg only excepted)
47 the Kettle in the hall and all my wood att Parsonage my best Table Cloth sixe of my best
48 Table napkins any best cheese wring my dry hurdle my two best Piggs troughes one
49 dozen of neeld spoones two dozen of ordinary Trenchers one dozen of fruite Trenchers my
50 best bellowes and two best each of pothookes and pothangers my Gridyron forskyron my
52 two best B_andyrons my second best payar of Andyrons my best lither bottle one
53 ____ and woll weightes and one bill hooke provided allwayes and my will and
54 meaninge is that yf Johan my wyfe doe not demeane and behave herselfe fairely and
55 instly to my Executor in this my will hereafter named in the true deliverance of all
56 such thinges unto him as doe or shall unto him rightfully belong that then the aforesayd
57 Legacyes herein before to hir bequeathed shal[l ]bee utterly voyd and all the right and property
58 of them shall wholy redonnd to the use and proffitt of my executor hereafter mentioned
59 the course thereof in case of difference to bee first heard and adiudged by my Overseers
60 and Rulers hereafter nominated Item I devise and bequeath unto Walter Blackmore
61 my sonne all my estate in Knoll Downes and Wibworthy Moore together w[i]th all my wrytings
62 thereonto belonging And yf Hugh Blackmore my sonne shall happin to dye before hee
63 shall undertake the estate of Matrimony I doe then devise and bequith unto the sayd
64 Walter my sonne all my right and interist in the Parsonage of Bishops Nympton duringe
65 the Terme to mee therein graunted Item I give and bequeath unto the sayd Walter my
66 sonne Thirty poundes of lawfull money of England to be payd within two yeares next after
67 my decease Item I give unto the sayd Walter my best long rydinge Coate lyned w[i]th bayis
68 Item I give and bequeath unto Johan Blackmore my daughter nynety poundes of
69 lawfull money of England to be payd within one yeare next after my death Item I give
70 and bequeath unto Margarett Blackmore my daughter Thirty poundes of lawfull
71 money of England to bee payd within two yeares next after my decease Provided allwayes
72 ande my will and meaninge is that yf my sonne Walter my daughter Johan or my
73 daughter Margarett shall happen to dye before he shee or they shal[l ]bee maryed soe as yet doe
74 soe exceed fower yeares next after my death that then the Legacyes and Portions herein
75 before given and bequeathed unto the sayd Walter Johan and Margarett shall remayn
76 and bee equally devided between the Survivor or Survivors of them and my Executor
77 hereafter mentioned ioyntly and together with them And further whereas my brother
78 Lewes Datscombe hath often promised mee to provide sufficiently for my sonne Lewes
79 Blackmore now in his Instley and espicially in June last past did againe _______
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80 his sayd Promise yet neverthelesse I give and bequeath unto the sayd Lewes my sonne as a
81 Filial portion Twenty two poundes lawfull money of England of which sixteene poundes
82 ys now in my brother Datscombes handes and the other six poundes in my wyfes hand
83 And whereas I have heretofore for Fatherly affiction given and grannted unto my two
84 sonnes Thomas and Anthony twoe severall estates in Threwston and East Threwston
85 yet nevertheless I give and bequeath unto the sayd Thomas and Anthony Twenty pounds
86 apeece of lawfull English money to bee payd unto them within Fouer yeares next after
87 my decease or sooner yf a convenient opportunity for their better preferment shall
88 fitly require yet Provided allwayes that yf the sayd Thomas and Anthony together
89 with Julian there sister or eyther of them shall happen to survive the foresayd Johan
90 their mother that then the Tenant and Tenants of the Parsonage aforesayd shall well
91 and truely pay unto each of them the sayd Thomas Anthony and Julian the somme of
92 Three poundes six shillinges and eight pence yearly untill such time as they shall severally
93 accomplish the age of seventeen yeares Item I give unto my three daughters Agnes
94 Jane and Julian Fifty poundes a peece of lawfull money of England Agnes her Fifty
95 poundes to be payd within one month after she shall accomplish the age of one and Twenty
96 yeares Jane her Fifty poundes to be payd within one month after she shall accomplish
97 the age of one and Twenty Yeares Julyan her Fifty poundes to bee payd within sixe
98 yeares next after my death not doubtinge but that my wyfi their mother being lefte
99 well furnished both within doores and without will inlarge their portions sufficiently
100 hereafter Item I doe appoint my Executors to pay unto John Quinteck Five shillings
101 Item I give unto the Poore of the Parish of Bishopps Nympton Twenty shillinges
102 All the residue of my goodes and chattells not herein before given nor bequeathed
103 I give and bequeath unto Hugh Blackmore my sonne whom I make and ordaine
104 the sole and whole Executor of this my last will and Testament And I doe appointe
105 my wel[l ]beloved freindes and kinsmen John Towte John Pincombe David Hill and William
106 Pincombe the younger to bee Rulers and Overseers of this my last will and Testament
107 And I give unto each of them for their paynes takinge herein three shillinges
108 foure pence Witnesse my hand and Seale the day and yeare first above wrytten
109 This I doe add and annex unto this my last will and Testament as a
110 Codicill these thinges followinge viz[ a vi]t whereas I have thereby given and bequeathed
111 unto my daughters Agnes Jane and Julian Fifty poundes a peece to Thomas
112 and Anthony my sonnes Twenty poundes a peece in manner and forme therein
113 severally expressed my further will intent and meaning is that yf the sole sayd Agnes
114 Jane Julian Thomas and Anthony or any or either of them shall happen to dye
115 before the guiftes and legacyes to them soe given and bequeathed shal[l ]bee come due
116 and payable that then the sayd Guiftes and legacyes of him her or them or eyther
117 of them soe dyinge as affore sayd shall wholy ridund and in__ to the Proffitt and
118 advantage of the Survivors and Survivor of them to bee equally devided among
119 them Item I give unto my wyfe and to each of my children and to such other freinds
120 as my Executor shall thinke fitt one payre of Black gloves to bee worn att my
121 Funerall Item I give to my sayd wyfe one Rodden Fla_ke to keepe clothes in Item
122 I give unto my wyfe my greene corsitt of Jersey Thomas Blackmoore
123 Sealed published and declared as his last will and Testament in presence of
124 Mathew Hinscombe Anthony Blackmoore
Friday, April 1, 2011
Full Genetic Scans on mitochondrial DNA
I continued working on the subgrouping of the T_FGS study group and completed the assignments to subgroups. I now need to add the mutations that belong to the particular subgroupings to the description and decide on a colour scheme. Although this isn't my mtDNA, the sample is my husband's line, it was an interesting couple of years spent looking at the grouping for T haplogroup.
I think that if you are interested in testing your DNA and in particular the mitochondrial DNA the most practical and efficient way is to do the Full Genetic Scan. Overall the cost has diminished greatly and it is a very practical way to test in that there are no further tests in this area. My family finder results amazed me as I have a fourth cousin or greater match with someone whose family has always been in England. I still need to sort through the material which she sent to me. I suspect that the attachment is through my mother's Buller line - perhaps Christopher's mother was of German descent. Living in London as he did plus being executor of so many wills has left me wondering about who he was. My Buller day will look some more at the Buller records at St Olave where he buried his wife, two of his children and then himself although they attended St Mary Magdalene Bermondsey and baptized their children at St Mary Magdalene.
Now having published the paper, it has freed my mind up to look at the H11 mtDNA haplogroup which is my line. Having this likely "resting spot" for my mutations in Agryllshire Scotland has set my thoughts towards how my line ended up in the Midlands of England. I remember my mother talking about her thoughts on her ancestry and she suspected Irish but could that have been Scot-Irish! Would my ancestor have emigrated from Ireland to England looking for work at some time in the past? My grandmother's mother used to sing an Irish lullaby to the children. But it was a popular lilt and a lot of people could have sung that particular tune I suspect. I really have very little to go on with my great grandmother Ellen Taylor's family other than her father being a shoemaker in Birmingham. As far as I can ascertain none of Ellen's possible sisters had daughters so any matches would have to be more distant. Ellen's likely mother did not have any sisters so I am back to her mother Ellen Lawley who was born in 1819 in Wellington Shropshire England. Other than knowing that her father was Joseph I do not have any further information yet. I am hoping that she might have had sisters with descendants.
The Devon Genuki pages updated with the index of wills prepared by Beckerlegge, J.J. (Ed.) Index of the Wills and Administrations relating to the County of Devon proved in the Court of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple, 1563-1858. Since my mother's paternal family comes from this area I pulled out my families from the index: Blackmore, Bray, Burges, Charley, Harvey, Hobbs, Manning, Moggridge, Pincombe, Pearse, Rew, Rowcliffe, Snow, Stanbury, Tapp, Thomas, Upcott, Vicary, Whetson. I also pulled the Blake entries for the Blake one name study. It would be interesting to discover the ancestry of that particular Blake family in Devon - there appears to be a thought that it might be the Hampshire Blake family from Knights Enham.
I must get back to transcribing Abbotts Ann once again. I shall put a high priority on those parish registers to complete them.
I think that if you are interested in testing your DNA and in particular the mitochondrial DNA the most practical and efficient way is to do the Full Genetic Scan. Overall the cost has diminished greatly and it is a very practical way to test in that there are no further tests in this area. My family finder results amazed me as I have a fourth cousin or greater match with someone whose family has always been in England. I still need to sort through the material which she sent to me. I suspect that the attachment is through my mother's Buller line - perhaps Christopher's mother was of German descent. Living in London as he did plus being executor of so many wills has left me wondering about who he was. My Buller day will look some more at the Buller records at St Olave where he buried his wife, two of his children and then himself although they attended St Mary Magdalene Bermondsey and baptized their children at St Mary Magdalene.
Now having published the paper, it has freed my mind up to look at the H11 mtDNA haplogroup which is my line. Having this likely "resting spot" for my mutations in Agryllshire Scotland has set my thoughts towards how my line ended up in the Midlands of England. I remember my mother talking about her thoughts on her ancestry and she suspected Irish but could that have been Scot-Irish! Would my ancestor have emigrated from Ireland to England looking for work at some time in the past? My grandmother's mother used to sing an Irish lullaby to the children. But it was a popular lilt and a lot of people could have sung that particular tune I suspect. I really have very little to go on with my great grandmother Ellen Taylor's family other than her father being a shoemaker in Birmingham. As far as I can ascertain none of Ellen's possible sisters had daughters so any matches would have to be more distant. Ellen's likely mother did not have any sisters so I am back to her mother Ellen Lawley who was born in 1819 in Wellington Shropshire England. Other than knowing that her father was Joseph I do not have any further information yet. I am hoping that she might have had sisters with descendants.
The Devon Genuki pages updated with the index of wills prepared by Beckerlegge, J.J. (Ed.) Index of the Wills and Administrations relating to the County of Devon proved in the Court of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple, 1563-1858. Since my mother's paternal family comes from this area I pulled out my families from the index: Blackmore, Bray, Burges, Charley, Harvey, Hobbs, Manning, Moggridge, Pincombe, Pearse, Rew, Rowcliffe, Snow, Stanbury, Tapp, Thomas, Upcott, Vicary, Whetson. I also pulled the Blake entries for the Blake one name study. It would be interesting to discover the ancestry of that particular Blake family in Devon - there appears to be a thought that it might be the Hampshire Blake family from Knights Enham.
I must get back to transcribing Abbotts Ann once again. I shall put a high priority on those parish registers to complete them.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Pincombe family at Landkey
I received an inquiry about the marriage of John Skinner and Mary Pincombe which is listed as a patron entry on the Family Search website. Unfortunately I do not have the parish registers for Warkleigh so I am unable to check out the entry. John Skinner is a freeholder at Warkleigh in the 1730s and could potentially be the father of the John Skinner who is said to have married Mary Pincombe 4 May 1749 at Warkleigh. There isn't a Pincombe family at Warkleigh in this time period to my knowledge. I do not have one listed on any of the 16 charts that I received from the earlier researchers. However, Warkleigh is located 5 miles south west of South Molton placing it is close proximity to Swimbridge and Landkey where there are known Pincombe families in this time period. Pincombe is my other one name study with the Guild of one name studies.
Stephen Pincombe married Elizabeth Darch 5 Jan 1714 at Swimbridge but I do not see any baptisms for this couple at Swimbridge although marriages at Lankey list:
Pincombe John Ridley Mary 1737 April 29 groom of Swimbridge, bride of Barnstaple
Pincombe Richard Yolland Mary 1746 May 6 both of Swimbridge
But both of these marriages are too late for them to have been the parents of a Mary Pincombe marrying in 1749 at Warkleigh.
Hugh Pincombe married Sarah supposedly at Lankey according to a patron entry but I do not find this marriage at Landkey in the Parish Registers (nor is it at Bishops Nympton the home parish of Hugh Pincombe). Their son John married Elizabeth Leye at Landkey 28 Apr 1728 and they had a daughter Elizabeth for whom I have no further information yet.
Possibly Stephen Pincombe and Elizabeth Darch had a daughter Mary but I can not find baptisms for this couple.
Hugh Pincombe is the son of John Pincombe and Johane Blackmore who married 25 Sep 1655 at Bishops Nympton. He was baptized 2 Nov 1664 at Bishops Nympton and was their youngest child. His two older brothers remained at Bishops Nympton (William baptized 18 Oct 1656 married Mary Vicary 17 Jun 1685 at Bishops Nympton and Thomas married Christian). This is my line as John Pincombe and Johane Blackmore are my 7x great grandparents.
Eye strain has kept me away from my transcription of the Abbotts Ann Parish Registers but I am still doing a little. I am up to 1595 in the baptisms (325 baptisms from the commencement of the register in 1561). No more Blake entries but the IGI only lists the one in the 1500s.
I have also been in touch with Charlou who has done quite a bit of research on the Blake family. I sent her my Andover Parish Registers and at some point I have to decide whether I want to place them on the OPC Hampshire website not yet proofread. It goes against my thinking actually as there is enough wrong information out there without my introducing more of it. I shall make my mind up soon on that. It is really the early part of the register that is difficult to read. Any other errors would be typing errors mostly and I did try to go slowly enough to avoid those.
Stephen Pincombe married Elizabeth Darch 5 Jan 1714 at Swimbridge but I do not see any baptisms for this couple at Swimbridge although marriages at Lankey list:
Pincombe John Ridley Mary 1737 April 29 groom of Swimbridge, bride of Barnstaple
Pincombe Richard Yolland Mary 1746 May 6 both of Swimbridge
But both of these marriages are too late for them to have been the parents of a Mary Pincombe marrying in 1749 at Warkleigh.
Hugh Pincombe married Sarah
Possibly Stephen Pincombe and Elizabeth Darch had a daughter Mary but I can not find baptisms for this couple.
Hugh Pincombe is the son of John Pincombe and Johane Blackmore who married 25 Sep 1655 at Bishops Nympton. He was baptized 2 Nov 1664 at Bishops Nympton and was their youngest child. His two older brothers remained at Bishops Nympton (William baptized 18 Oct 1656 married Mary Vicary 17 Jun 1685 at Bishops Nympton and Thomas married Christian
Eye strain has kept me away from my transcription of the Abbotts Ann Parish Registers but I am still doing a little. I am up to 1595 in the baptisms (325 baptisms from the commencement of the register in 1561). No more Blake entries but the IGI only lists the one in the 1500s.
I have also been in touch with Charlou who has done quite a bit of research on the Blake family. I sent her my Andover Parish Registers and at some point I have to decide whether I want to place them on the OPC Hampshire website not yet proofread. It goes against my thinking actually as there is enough wrong information out there without my introducing more of it. I shall make my mind up soon on that. It is really the early part of the register that is difficult to read. Any other errors would be typing errors mostly and I did try to go slowly enough to avoid those.
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